Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-07
B0ATHOUSE GOSSIP.

BOATHOUSE GOSSIP.
As announced in last Mondays Star, a
lantern parade will take place Thursday
night under the auspices of the Wash
ington Canoe Club. The idea is intended
as a compliment to the hundreds of visit
ing oarsmen, and also to show the oars
men the canoeists are heart and soul In
the work of making the regatta sue
cess.
Commodore Rogers of the Washington
club has issued call for the parade, in
viting all the clubs on the river to join
in the pageant and make it fitting the
time and place. In his call Commodore
Rogers says nothing elaborate is wanted,
only a simple festooning of lanterns from
the craft being necessary. goodly num-
Der of the Analostans have signitied their
intention of joining in the show, while
many also from the Potomacs will take
part.
The paraders will assemble at the
United States government wharf at 8
o'clock and will move promptly at $50
o'clock up stream, making detours and
circles. in front Of the Potomac boat
house, where the greater part Of the
oarsmen will be quartered. the parade
disbanding at Washington canoe house.
The first detachment of the 'army of
fakers," with their souvenir badges, ETC..
for the regatta, made their appearance
last week. The city will be fun of them
from now on, and will remind one of
inauguration times on small scale.
The new Highway bridge will be one
of the best places to witness all the fin
isheS in the great races Friday and Sat
urday next. 1t will be the vantage spot,
too, of the vast army Of camera people.
The cruise of the Interclub Canoe As
sociation Labor day will be the next inn
portant affair in local circles, and there
is no doubt the new departure will draw
large fleet of canoes to the trip. Com
modore SiZer and his fleet officers are
now considering the movements of the
fleet and its passage down the river, and
In a short while will make known all de-
tails of the trip.
President Charles c. Warden of the
Potomacs, after a two-week absence
harness on is fighting for the good Of his
club.
The Potomacs are up against it bad. as
that 1t will be absolutely necessary to
make new wharfage in front of their
boathouse, if they desire to use the
present structure with safety. 1t has
cost them nearly $500 to put the dam
aged wharf in temporary repairs, and
the saddiing Of this on the heavy ex-
pense of the regatta is a very st1f
proposition for the members to take up
and handle safely just now. new front
will cost them something like $1,000. and
the board of governors cannot see tnelr
way clear to raise such a sum of money.
Yet the work is absolutely necessary In
order to protect the clubs property. An
other fact is that when the work is COM
menced the wharf will have to be moved
in something like Ave feet, as the en-
gineers' department OF the army claims
the club property abuts that Tar too
much on the new lines as laid down by
the department for the river fronts, all
of which naturally tends to keep the
club unstrung. It's a bad dilemma for
the club just now to say the least.
Already talk is being heard about send
ing crews to the Middle States at Phila-
delphia Saturday. It all depends on how
things come to pass at the races this
week.
The Schuylkill navy will move almost
solid its working forces down here this
will attract the attention of the country
at the meeting Friday night at the Ar
lington. The whole mess is unsavory.
and is pretty good example Of the
usual style of Philadelphia politics when
the people Of that place become aroused.
The annual fall regatta of the Wash
fngton Canoe Club will, IL the present
ideas of the officers are carried out, be
the best canoe meet ever held on the
Potomac river. They intend making 1t
a feature affair in every way. and to
attract, if possible, knights OF the pad
die" from other cities. The men behind
the best hustlers In our midst, and pull
together in perfect harmony for the good
of their club.
Considerable regret is expressed over
the failure Of the Old Dominions Of Alex
andria to enter a crew in the interme
date four-oared race They had the
that they did not keep up their promising
work.
The return of the Ottawa crew here to
compete will recall the fact that the
same crew was here in 1905 and was
the recipient of much attention from the
Potomacs They won the senior race In
that year, and reports say they are COM
ing now to reap In greater honors py
capturing the national championship.
Mr.. Claude r. Zappone Of the National
Association attended the Canadian Hen
ley at St Catharine's yesterday, and Will
return home tomorrow, bringing with
him the Canadian entries for the races
here next Friday and Saturday.
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