The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-29
HARTMAN COMPOSED
Discusses Arrest at BOatRace
Good Naturally.
DESCRIBES REGATTA INCIDENT
Railroad Magnate Treats the whole
Matter as Joke-CIaims He Did
Racing BuIes-Intimatcs He VIII
Not Retire as Long as He Lives.

New York, June 2S.-E. II. Hartman,
who was arrested Thursday for following
up too closely IN his power boat the Har-
vard-Yale crews when they were racing
at New London. had cooled off somewhat
when he talked to inqUirers at his office
in the Equitable Building to-day, and
treated the whole matter as a joke.
The trouble was the result Of his igno-
rance Of the rules, he said. He had writ
ten a letter to the regatta committee, and
supposed that would end the matter. II
# did not, or if any question Of annulling
the license of the power boat, which he
was running himself at the time, came up.
he would defend himself
He was quoted as having said, after his
arrest TO C. II. Schweppe, chairman Of
the regatta committee, You'll hear from
me later" and is reported 10 have en-
phasized his words by shaking his fist
This was not at all his attitude to-day,
He began by telling one Of the news
paper men who came to ask him about
It an that be looked like a Presbyterian,
and the only time that he showed any
signs Of irritation was when he described
the discourteOUs way he was treated by
the occupant Of boat that was run
ming along near his at the time of his ar
rest.
Defies Younger Man.
This man" he said. used language
which I can only characterize as vulgar
l called him a coward for talking that
way TO me when he knew l could not get
at him because Of the water space be-
tween us. He would not have dared TO
say it If We had been face to face, and
he was a younger man than I, too
Mr. Hartman said that copy of the
regatta committees rules had not been
delivered on his yacht. because she was
lying some distance from the line. The
yacht had been anchored where, accord
ing to the original schedule the crews
were TO finish. When it was decided 10
row the race the other way on account Of
the tide. this left the Sultana (Mr Harri-
mans yacht at the start instead Of the
finish
With Nr Hartman were his son and
one Of his schO0lboy friends at GrotOn
Their disappointment at the prospects Of
missing the finish was so great that Mr.
Hartman decided TO follow the racers in
his power boat.
Not in Crews Way.
we were never near enough 10 the
crews 20 cause them the slightest incOn-
veuience." he said. The only notice I
saw was the sign Keep astern' on the
referees boat and I took that to mean
that as long as I kept behind that boat
I was entitled 10 go anywhere I pleased
I did not hear anybody calling 10 us. 1
was steering myself and the noise OF the
exhaust was enough 10 drown all halls
The first I knew that anything was
wrong was when one of the boys with
me said somebody was calling to US. 1t
was 1r Schweppe. l believe, and he said
that he was going 10 put a man aboard
Of as I should never have allowed that
81 I had known what il was for Our
boat was one Of the smallest near there
and a sudden turn one way or the other
might have caused US to capsiZe on aC-
count Of the wash from the larger boat
i guess the regatta people were in q
peCVish mood on account Of the delay
In starting the race and the little an
nJying things that always turn up on
occasions like that. / admit that from
The point of view Of the committee, my
arrest was justified by the rules, but
had not received the rules. and did not
know anything about them till after
ward
BumOr of Retirement
Mr. Hartman was asked about The
rumor that he was going TO retire from
the active management Of his railroads
Il am going TO-"
When"
4 hope YOU viii come 70 my funeral"
DO YOU mean by that you viii not stop
work until you dIe?"
Perhaps. il people 60 on troubling me
the way they have been. The sooner they
leave me alone the sooner ! will retire"
How about the suggestion that you are
10 become chairman Of the board Of the
railroads that YOU are now president of"
There IS no such office in those roads
I am not looking for any more gold lace
! saw all the gold lace l wanted to yes
terdav on the revenue cutter"
II was TO the revenue cutter that Mr.
Hartman was taken after his arrest