The Washington herald., 1911-08-20
BALL At BEACH,
WITH BOAT RACE
Celebration Of Gala Week
Has Many Features.
CLUBS TO ENTER CREWS
Match Races Between Members OF
i, the Potomac Boat Club to BE
Held ON Munroe Bay-Decorated
Boat Parade at NiEht-To Have
well-known Entries.

Aside from the ball, which is to be
held in colonial costume. on Thursday
night, August "a. as a finale to the
celebration Colonial Beach Is to hold.
1t is expected that the principal inter-
est will center in "a series Of match
races and regatta between various
members Of the Potomac Boat Club, to
be held in Munroe Bay. back Of Colo
nial Beach, on Tuesday. August %.
Capt. Frank Smith, of the Potomacs,
is now busy getting his crewR together
for their work at Colonial Beach. This
will be largely In preparation for the
work Capt. Smiths crews are to do in
the regatta on Labor Day at Baltimore.
and. as usual. the Potomacs have never
lost a chance for a try-out or practice.
It was expected that the Analostans and
the Old Dominions, Of Alexandria, would
participate in all four Of the races at
Colonial Beach, but the Analostans
found that as they were not able to
compete in the Baltimore regatta against
the Potomacs, It would be inadvisable
for them to work out such Of their men
as they could gather back from vaca-
ton points to go against the Potomacs
at Colonial Beach. on August %. The
Old Dominions will enter a four oar
against the Potomacs at Colonial Beach
on August %, Just for the sheer love of
the sport. and II Is likely that thousands
Of people will see them row.
Gold Medals Are Prizes.
The programme at Colonial Beach, for
its carnival and regatta, begins on Tues
day morning. August q, with swimming
races open to all, with two gold medals
as first and second prizes. After the
swimming races are held. dory races
come. with a first prize of SIS, and a
second of S.. The regatta comes in the
afternoon of Tuesday. August q #
At night, on Tuesday, August q, there
is to be held a decorated boat parade,
which will be conducted by naval on
GERS II is expected that Lieut.. Comdr
F. n. Freeman, formerly In charge Of
the torpedo boat reserve squadron, and
who is now on duty in Washington in
the Bureau Of Operations, will marshal
the parade Of decorated boats and ca
noes on this night, with the assistance
of two other naval officers, one of whom
will probably be Lieut.. Long, of the
Bureau Of Ordnance, and the other
midshipman still to be selected.
On the morning Wednesday, August q
there will be a tennis tournament at the
beach, which is in charge Of Gould Lin
coin, former tennis champion Of the
United States
On the night Of Wednesday. August q.
there Is to be a parade Of carnival cos
tunes on the boardwalk. A well-known
costumer OF Washington has sent two
men to Colonial Beach with twelve
trunks of costumes, and they are now es-
tablished in the town hall In the Virginia
river city. so that there will be no lack
of costumes.
An old-fashioned tournament is to take
place on Thursday afternoon. The boat
companies going to Colonial Beach from
Marshall Hall and Baltimore have ar
ranged to stop their freight boats to
take down to the Beach on Wednesday
night well-known horses. The Capital
City will stop at Marshall Hall Wednes-
day night to take on these horses.
To close the three days festival at
Colonial Beach there will be a ball in
old and true Colonial costume fashion
on the big pier over the water. Prizes
OF SO for the best lady's costume and
Of SO for the best gentleman's costume
will be awarded in this event.