Evening star., 1907-08-05
HE WAS GIVEN AN OVATION
Beat Named the Spray in Honor Of
Capt. Slocum.
THEODORE JUNIOR IS A JOKER
EsteeE-s Himself Quite a Cut-Up on
the Water-Some Of His
Exploits.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
OYSTER BAY, NJ Y. August 5.-The
proudest sailor In the waters hereabout is
Archie Roosevelt. Last Saturday he won
the knockabout race for fifteen-footers
held by the members Of the Seawanhaka
Yacht Club with his new boat. the Spray.
which he named In honor of his friend.
Capt. Joshua Slocum. and after the cap
tain's yawl, the Spray, which circumnavi-
gated the globe few years ago.
Young Arches new boat has a jib and
mainsai. and 1t was built after plans which
he partly drew up himself The boat does
not look like a fast one. and when it en-
tered the race on Saturday with about a
dozen others 1t did not create much of a
stir. Some of the other boats jockeyed all
around 1t. and 1t was an object of interest
only because young Archie was aboard
When the boats crossed the line, however,
with a spanking breeze. the Spray rapidly
drew away from the others. and young
Archie could be seen grinning appreciative-
ly at the wheel. He crossed the finish line
full minute ahead Of the next boat, and
when the crowd assembled at the clubs
dock he was given an ovation. Archie Is
an accomplished sailor and learned the art
from Capt Slocum. with whom he has
made several cruises on board the Spray.
Archie's tastes run to water. and almost
every day he can be seen sailing around
Oyster Bay or Cold Spring Harbor. Theo-
dore, Jr.. spends good deal Of his time on
board the Sylph. which lies just off the
Roosevelt dock. The Sylphs launch. the
Dart. Is the fastest thing in the waters
hereabouts and nothing pleases young Theo-
dore so much as to send the swift little
craft at full speed around the bay.
Theodore, Jr., Gets Gay.
Therefore. jr.. is inclined to play jokes
at times. One day recently he was scud-
ding across the bay in the Dart, when he
esped a party of Oyster Bay girls in a
rowboat. Theodore. jr., changed the course
of the Dart until it bore directly down
upon the astonshed girls. They thought
the launch was surely going to run them
down and all began to scream There was
almost a panic on board. but Theodore,
when not ten yards away suddenly swerved
the launch off to one sde and as 1t whizzed
past the girls he laughed and guyed them.
Who is that fresh kid?" asked one in
dignant young maiden. as soon as she
Why. that's Theodore Roosevelt. jr.." she
was told.
We'll. If 1 had hold of him would
box his ears good and hard" she replied.
Some of the bay men are telling of dare
devil exploit which they saw young Theo-
dore perform recently. They were out fish
ing when the Dart came along at a ten
mile an-hour clip. Just as 1t got opposite
their boat. they say they saw some one
go overheard from the launch. A yell
went up and the fishermen started to row
where the man disappea ed Sudd .nly he
came to the surface and began to trail after
the boat in the most astonishing fashion
Looking closer they discovered that the
man In the water was the Presidents oldest
son. and that he was being towed with a
rope around his body just below the arms
After being dragged in this fashion for
a mile or more. the launch stopped and
Theodore climbed aboard. laughing hearth
ly at the scare he had given the fishermen.
The Roosevelt children are. In fact the
life of the Cove colony. as the inha bitants
of Lloyd's Neck. which includes Sycamore
Hill. are termed
They give many picnics, dances and au-
tomoble parties to their young friends. be-
sides being expert sailors and equest ria ns.
They are enjoying their vacation to the
utmost.
President Roosevelt today appointed the
following postmasters:
H. r. Warner, Del Monte. Cal: Charles
c. Wengart. Kenda'ville. Ind: George c.
Barber. Prague. Okla: 0. F. Mason. AZ
ton. /. T.: Edward Redmond. Sunrise. Wyo;
John K. Niesse. Maumee Ohio.