Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-26
MUCH INTEREST
IN BIC REGATTA
Long Entry List for the Middle
StateS--Work of the
Local Crews.

the local committee in charge is com
mencing to feel easy that everything SO
far Is in order to insure a perfect success
to what promises to be the greatest aquatic
carnival of the year. The entries for the
regatta do not close until tomorrow, Au-
gust %, and they. under the rules, must
go to Mr.. David Brown. secretary of the
Middle States Association, at his Office In
New York city, so the local committee at
work here VIII not know exactly the num-
Der entered before Tuesday night. The
committee is not awaiting this intelligence.
but has already prepared the racks for
the invading navy. The Potomac boat
mouse looks depleted, as nearly all of the
canoes and outriggers have been removed
from the center of the structure. 1t is ex-
pected that each rack will be filled up with
boats belonging to visitors
The reception committee, of which Mr.
f. Russell Underwood is chairman. with
oI,lces IN the Colorado building, and of
which Messrs. Hecox, Finney, Davis. Swim
dell and Hanecke are members will be on
duty all of the week looking after the in
coming visitors. Two extension wagons
nave been secured by Superintendent
Bromley. and they will be used to TRANSPORT
the shells TO and from the depot. The mo-
ment a race is over and the shell no longer
required it will be sent back to the depot,
thus relieving the committee of rush work
at the last minute
1t requires the greatest skill to cart these
racing craft from depot to the boat honse
as the sIlghtest jar or bump is liable TO
permanently injure them. and the local
committee holds themselves responsible for
the safety of all boats while in their care.
The prospective list of entries as mentioned
IN Inc Star of last week still holds good,
with the exception that possibly Titus the
American champion senior scu!ler will NOT
be here, as he desires to rest on his hon
ors If he should fail to come there will
be those in the race who are today nos
los
and regarded as Americas fastest man:
Vesseley, who beat Titus here in the last
regatta; Wood of Philadelphia and Bennett
of Worcester. Greer who has not artad
TINS year in any of the big regattas, and
who was kept out of the national because
OF the time limit, is certain to come as is
FRED Shepherd. This senior race is the
only uncertain one but even if that did
not fill at all the stars represented in the
cup races for the eight, four and double
she'll contests will offset any failure on
that score.
A Unique Event
The race for centipedes and octuples,
class events that have never before been
exhibited on the Potomac river, will mark
an epoch in local rowing, as they are the
Kind that electrify and thrill the specta-
tors up to the greatest excitement. Every
particular race Will be star feature.
The Treasury Department has notified
President John Hadley Doyle that the rev.
enue cutter Apache has been ordered to
Washington, and that its officers will see
that the course is properly patrolled. Capt
Worth G. Ross, in charge of the cutter
service, has also ordered two small launches
to act in conjunction with the Apache and
they VIII serve as scouts, together with the
local police squadron of the harbor, so this
important feature of the regatta-safety for
spectators-is assured. The mill owners
those whose waste water runs into the river
at 34th street-have agreed to shut down.
so this bad feature will be obviated, though
to make assurance double sure the regatta
committee VIII have large barge anchored
right at its mouth to back the rush of wa
ter.
A movement is on foot to erect a grand
stand on the ice wharf adjoining the Po-
tomac boat house, the regatta committee
having asked permission of the American
Ice Company for the privilege This would
be, they claim, the best place TO the
finish of the races. and at the same time
would help out the locals in meeting the
heavy expense of the regatta. The mag
nificent individual medals and the silver
cups to the clubs will arrive in the city dur
ing the week and will be on exhibition in
the show windows of Bryan & Co., 18th
and F streets. These prizes will be dis
tributed the night of the regatta in the
parlors of the Riggs House the neadquar-
tiers of the rowing men during their So
journ in the city.
Locals Working Hard.
In local rowing circles the two clubs are
working hard under the guidance of
Coaches Dempsey and Plaisted. The acct
tdent to the fine racing shell of the Analos-
tans early in the week came near putting
them out of business, but luckily they Sc
cured the damaged shell of the Georgetown
University and Coach Plaisted and Super
lntendent Biggs soon had the craft repaired
and the crew used 1t on Thursday after
noon.
The Analostans have a fine appearing
crew. row a very rapid stroke and keep
their boat moving well between strokes.
They should be able to give a good ac-
count of themselves In the Potomacs. the
coach has his troubles as three of his men.
Hayden and Edmonston, have
failed to show up. while CaRario has not
been very punctual in his work, necessitat-
ing the use of Coach Dempsey and Substi-
tute Miller in the crew. This has seriously
The Old Dominions are hard at work
with their four-oared crew that they will
enter in the senior race. Coach Dempsey
IF the Potomacs is going to help them out
by going down in the mornings to rig their
BOAT and look after the crew.
Boat House Gossip.
Mr. Claude r. Zappone will represent the
Potomac Regatta Association at the meet
ng of the Middle States Association in
hiIadelphia on Wednesday next.
1t is very probable that the Potomacs
will enter a senior eight-oared smell, as
MCGOWAN, Bliss, Mueller and Freeman ara
working every day with this idea in view.
t Is believed that with Bell Cadna, Ca
lario and King they would have iairly
good eight.
Would 1t not be a great sight to see the
Argonauts New York Athletics and River
sides line up in the senior eight-oared shell
ace?
The Virginia Boat Club of Ri .lmcnd.
Va will not enter their eight-oared crew,
,ut instead will send up junior and an
gig crew.
The famous Vesper Club of Philadelphia
lave commenced to build up new crews
md will start here at the middle states
With a junior crew and Smith in the Junio-
tngles.
New York will send down a delega lion
numbering over two hundred and fifty peo-
lie These H4irlemites never do anything
~ halves.
1t was certainly an unfortunate ctrcum-
lance that wrecked the Analostan new
ight-oared shell on Adelaide Rock last
week, as it kept Coach Plaisted out of the
unning with his good men. The disaster
vas pure accident and could not have