The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-05-22
WATER SPORTS
PLANNED FOR OLD
HOME WEEK

Lovers OF water sports can not fall to
be interested In the arrangements being
made in that direction for Old Home
Week. A program full of events calcu-
lated to arouse the enthusiasm OF the
least enthusiastic is being prepared. and
not only will 1t appeal to the sportsman
as sporting event. but to the artist as
an artistic picture.
DR.. f. t. Rogers. chairman of the COM
mittee on yachting. has so covered the
field. or rather the water, with his list OF
features that there is little left that could
be thought OF. Everything that has to
do with yachts, barges soops. whale
boats. dinghys, etc. that Is possible on
Narragansett bay is To be seen, and there
will be one or two exhibitions which have
never before been given here.
In addition to the races, swimming
matches. rescues. and the like. the dec
orations of the boats, club houses. private
residences and grounds, which surround
the bay, will be unusually beautiful and
artistic The day for this water fete mas
not been fully decided upon, but 1t VIII
be one OF the three of the colonial carni-
val. The sports of themselves will cover
an afternoon, with very little lnterInis-
sion between the leading events and IN
the evening there will be illuminations
on all the crafts in the harbor, colored
lights and fireworks.
dered the use of It's club house to the com
mittee on sports for Old Home Week.
This will enable many yachtsmen who
will gather here to be assured or proper
meeting place for that time and will be
splendid vantage point from which a
number of visitors can view the sports.
In the evening near the club house pier
a barge will be anchored from which will
be stationed a band of music. which will
render an elaborate program. This in
conjunction with the illumination, the
colored fires on the many piers. the search
lights, and the fireworks will make the
bay and harbor OF Narragansett one OF
the spectacles Of the week.
The sports themselves viii be numerous
and will occupy nearly every hour
of the afternoon. The racing features by
yachts will be divided into four classes.
and 1t Is expected that the entries for
these viii be large. They VIII include
what are known as the Newport thirty
footers. Already fleet of some fifteen
of these sporty yachts have been arranged
for and unless something unforeseen comes
up before the carnival they will all COM
pete.
The second class OF boats will be the
twenty-five footers, OF which IL Is ex-
pected there will be from ten to fifteen
entries, and OF the still smaller ones, the
sixteen foot sailing craft. there will prob
ably the same number of contestants In
their race. The smallest OF all these
particular entries Will be the smartl
little dighys.
In addition to the yacht races there will
be races by barges. One by the naval
reserves and the other from the training
station from Newport. The first will be
a twelve Dared race. and the others prob
ably a ten Dared race.
A tug-of-war by whale boats will be one
of the interesting sports of the afternoon,
and there will be two long distance SWIM
ming matches. One of the most exciting
features will be furnished by the u. s..
Volunteer Life Saving corps which will
give an exhibition OF rescue work. A
sloop will be capsized almost directly op-
posite the pier of the r. /. Yacht club and
this with Its complete crew Will be res
cued and brought safely 10 shore by the
young lifo savers
To those interested in the newest tnven-
tions in motor boating there will be plen-
" for them to see I'm this way. num-
ber OF motor launches both local and from
n distance have been arranged for, and
there will probably be a motor boat
parade as we'll "a one or two races with
these, the speediest Of all the water craft.