Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01
All Members Working.


Thursday evening was attended by about
fifty of the active members and the
greatest amount of interest and enthu-
siasm was manifested. all pledging them
selves to support the organization and
become solicitors, thereby helping to raise
the money and come out without any loss
The PotomacS intend al this regatta to
act in a sort of reciprocal manner, and
to- each subscriber to their fund they will
insert a block advertisement in the beau
tiful souvenir program they going to
issue during the two days of racing. In
this way our people Will get some re-
turn for the money they donate to help
along the clean and honest sport. The
dummies of the proposed souvenir pro-
gram were submitted at the meeting
Thursday evening and were hastily COB
bled up by enthusiastic members who de-
sire to work in this cause Tor the sue
cess of the club, many members report
ing that they had already received cards
from our merchants for the booklet. In
each dummy is letter from the Cham
Der of Commerce indorsing the movement
and calling on all citizens through civic
pride to come forward and help make the
regatta a credit 10 our city.
1t is expected that the convention COM
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce will
constitute itself a committee to wait on
the railroad and other corporations in the
city requesting from all liberal dona-
ton in behalf of the international meet
ing August L and IL of this year. This,
they claim, is as little as they can do, as
it was by good deal of their promised
help that the National Association of
Amateur Oarsmen was induced to con-
slider Washington's claim.
Benefit at Columbia.
The regatta boomers start the ball
tomorrow evening at the Columbia
Theater, where the proceeds OF the open
ing are to be turned into the fund. Presi-
dent Taft and family have been asked to be
present and a box has been placed at his
disposal. and it is likely he will be there.
Commissioner Rudolph and party will
occupy one of the boxes, while the Ana
Iostan Club, to show its appreciation of
the efforts to bring the blue ribbon event
of aquatics to our city, has purchased
four boxes for it's members.
Secretary Fred Fortmyer of the Nation
al Association, writing from his Office in
New York to the local officers here, says
that never before in the history of the as
ISOLATION has so much interest been shown
in the national regatta SO early in the
year, and he writes that he can only at
tribute il to the fact that Washington
the capital of the country, is to be the
| battle-ground for the best carsmen anc
| scullers in America next August. he
says he can say confidently that the
entry list will go away ahead of last
! years, not only in number but also IT
| point of standing. Secretary Fortmyer
| is sending out answers to many inquiries
received from foreign clubs, especially II
England. France and Germany, the ma
! ioritv of the questions being in relation
I To ire free entry OF boats and the cost
! and length of time II would take to trans
| port boats from New York 70 Washing
! ton. 1t is understood that a movement
Will De shortly started in Congress look
! ing to the free entry OF all racing boats
| from abroad-that is, those coming tt
take part in the national regatta-and II
| is probable that the tariff gates will be
| lowered in behalf of such visitors and
| beats.