Evening star., 1907-07-01
ROUSING REGATTA INDICATED
CREWS TO MEASURE
OARS ON THE SCHUYLKILL.
Entry List Breaks the Record-Wash-
ingten Oarsmen to Row in Phila-
delphia Thursday.

PHILADELPHIA, July with an entry
list of sixty-nine scullers and crews. fifteen
more than have ever before been received
for the event. the Peoples Fourth of July
regatta promises to eclipse all previous rec
ords. The cream of eastern amateur oars
men will measure sculls and sweeps with
each other in the various races. This will
insure keen contests and thrilling finishes.
Commodore Harry Penn Burke has sur
rounded himself with a hustling committee
from the Schuylkill Navy. and. to quote his
words, Even the minutest detail has been
attended to, and now 1t Is up to the weather
man to give us favorable conditions
A huge grand stand Is being erected at
Rockland. the finish Of the national course.
arranged parallel with the same. 1t is be-
ing placed at such height that the spec
tators may have an uninterrupted view OF
almost the entire course-at least from the
trolley bridge to the finish line The Munich
pal Band will be seated on the stand to
play patriotic airs during the regatta.
officials Of the Regatta.
The double referee system will be used.
and oarsmen must be at the starting line
five minutes before each race. as 1t Is the
intention of the committee to start each
event on schedule time, so that the Peoples
regatta of 1907 may go on record as being
a perfectly managed affair.
Jim PilkingtOn OF the National AS5ocia-
ton of Amateur Oarsmen, a sculler of In
ternational fame, will act as chief referee
on board the University of Pennsylvania
launch Ben Franklin. James A. Miller.
president Of the Harlem Regatta Associa-
ton, will be the other referee. in the Blue
Peter II. Charles w. Preisendanz OF the
Fairmount Rowing Association Will have
charge Of the judging of the races at the
I'M
the National Association OF Amateur Oars
men, will handle the gun whose boom Will
start the Oarsmen on their mile-and-a- half
journey.
Members Of the press will be provided
with the speedy motor boat White Seal.
which will fly the signals of the regatta.
This craft will be one Of the most impor-
tant ON the river. it will display colored
signals corresponding with the competing
crews. and the spectators on either side of
the river will be Immediately apprised of
the order Of finish and the time in which
the races were rowed.
The councilmanic committee, under whose
Joint auspices with the Schuylkill Navy the
regatta Is being held. will be on the fast
boat East Side. while Col. Ainscow's Alfred
II will be kept in reserve as an auxiliary
craft in the event Of accident to any of the
other boats.
Capt. John Glenn, in the launch Rescue.
will police the course from the Falls bridge
to Rockland. This means that the river be-
tween these two points will be clear of
craft, excepting those entered In the races.
Entertainment for Oarsmen.
"He who has not tasted of Philadelphia
hospitality knows not what Is in store for
him." This will be the slogan along boat
house row from now until July 5, when
the visiting crews depart for their homes.
The committee on the arrival and de-
parture of crews announced last night that
the visitors would be entertained as fol-
lows: Nonpareil. New Rochelle and Sea-
wanhaka boat clubs Of New York. by the
Malta Boat Club; Atlanta Boat Club Of
New York. by the Philadelphia Barge Club:
Potomac Boat Club of Washington, by the
Bachelors Barge Club; Ariel and Arundel
Boat Club; New York Athletic Club crews.
by the West Philadelphia Boat Club; Staten
Island Boat Club and Nassau Boat Club OF
New York, by the Undine Barge Club;
Harlem and Metropolitan rowing clubs Of
New York. by the Pennsylvania Boat Club.
and Sheepshead Bay of New York and In
stitute Boat Club of Newark, by the Fair
mount Rowing Association.
This will be the first time for five years
that the Newark crew has rowed over the
national course and the Passaic river oars
men are generally finished sweeps.
How to Reach the Course.
Although Fairmount Park is the peoples
pleasure ground Of Philadelphia, yet many
are ignorant as to the best way to get to
the national course Any cars that lead
to Girard Avenue bridge. where passengers
may alight and walk up the River Drive, is
the shortest route for those living in the
city proper south of Columbia avenue West
Philadelphians can reach the course by
using the Park trolley to the east side Of
the trolley bridge, while those living in the
northern part of the city can ride to s3d
street and Columbia avenue and walk across
a strip Of the park to the overhanging
cliffs at Rockland alongside of Columbia
bridge, overlooking the finish OF the course
The three days debate In the house of
commons at London ended Wednesday
night. when Premier Campbell Bannerman's
resolution in favor of curtaiiing the power
Of the house Of lords In vetoing bills passed
in the house Of commons was carried bv