Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-07
CREW WINS
JUNIOR EIGHT RACE
Locals Take Regatta's Morn
ing Feature in Good Time.
OLYMPIAN Won GAIA LOSES
Ideal Conditions Prevail on Potomac's
Upper Course.
BIG FEATURE THIS AFTERNOON
That's When the Potomac Seniors
Meet Unbeaten New York Cham
pions in the Senior Eight Class.
Members Of Potomac Boat Clubs
Winning Junior Eight.

All hail the Potomac Boat Club junior
eight. They won the premier event in
this mornings half Of the program of the
third Middle States regatta on the Po-
tomac.
The junior eight race was the hardest
fought contest of the morning. and the
local lads won because of their superior
staying qualities. and because their heady
little coxswain. Randolph, did not lose an
inch. The Potomacs drew the inside
course. and Randolph hugged the Virginia
shore all the way.
The Arundel Boat Club crew of Balti-
more were forced to take second place
and they were "all in crossing the bows
of the Ariels and losing much valuable
time by taking to the middle of the river
for the finish The local lads had a length
open water at the finish. while the Arun-
dels had about as much on the Ariel Jun
iors and the Virginia Boat Club of Rich.
mond, Va. which finished in order
The Arundel eight made the going and
had half length to the good at the
Aqueduct bridge. which advantage they
| held to the three-quarter mark.
ihe guests of the Regatta Association
followed the races on the steamer Rar.
tholdi. and the reporters were cared for
| on the speed motor boat Black Arrou,
Capt j. +. Battenfeld.
Inc course was in excellent condition.
the light breeze blowing being directly
across the channel, SO that there was Iit-
Tie advantage to any of the positions. As
1t happened, the crews and scullers who
drew the inside course, near the Virginia
shore were successful in a ma aioritv oy
instances. and the whistle of the steamer
Queen Anne blew the one long blast an
nounclng the winner more frequently than
any other.
After the junior eights there was q ces.
satlon In the sport until o'clock, an in
PERMISSION being taken for luncheon
Gayety and Sport.
Gayety and sport joined hands in q rars
celebration on the old Potomac today.
The fun began in the early morning and
late this afternoon 1t was still going on,
with the promise of a glorious finish at
about o'clock in a terrific struggle for
acquatc supremacy between the senior
eight-oared shells of the New York Ath-
letic Club and Washington's own con.
tenders-the Potomac Boat Club.
This is the third great Middle States re.
gatta to be held on the Potomac, and the
largest entry list in the history of similar
events drew followers Of water sports
from far and near to the Capital city.
Glorious weather. after the heavy down.
pour of Saturday, greeted the oarsmen
and made the occasion ideally pleasant
for the thousands Of spectators who lined
every available foot of both shores of the
river and who filled the hundreds of craft
of all descriptions which dotted both sides
of the famous course from the Three Sis
ters to the finish line opposite the foot or
31st street
River a Riot of Color.
Nearly everything afoat-the canoes and
rowboats. the jaunty power launches, the
revenue cutter Apache, the big steamer
Queen Anne and other craft-was deco
rated from stem to stern with flags and
bunting and streaming pennants. And
these. together with the bunting covered
boathouse of the Potomacs. the flag
decked wharves and the brilliant cos
tunes of the fair admirers of the Drawn
and skill personifed in the straining occu-
pants of the frail racing shells. gave the
famous course on the upper Potomac a
setting which has never been equaled.
The high Aqueduct bridge, just about
half way of the course. also bore it's
load Of interested spectators. and many
were the crews which were cheered on to
Victory Dy admirers percned nlgh ABOVE
them as they flashed through the arches.
The oarsmen we're astir early this morn
ing, and few ventured out for final slow
spins over the river. But the great ma
jority were anxlously going over every
detail Of their long, slender racing craft
making sure that there would be no fall
ure of wood or of metal in the moments
Of greatest strain near the finish line.
Craft at the Finish Line
Capt. j. F. Wild. commander OF the rev.
enue cutter Apache. entertained a COM
pany of distinguished guests aboard his
boat, which was anchored just few
feet below the finish line. while the Po-
tomac Boat Club. its new house being too
far away from the center Of excitement.