The Washington herald., 1911-04-02
AMONG LOCAL BOAT CLUBS

boat adds tremendously to the comfort
Said he: Take a boat eating into a
headsea and pounding, put a jib on her.
and she will rise and fall steadily and
gently. The wind in the jib makes
cushion stop and kills the pinch and
jerk
Gus P Lohr. manager for the Wimsatt
Lumber Company, has had sold his neat
little launch "Wimsatta-" Most times
Gus used his boat to trek after ducks
in the Lower Potomac. Gus hasn't
abandoned aquatcs altogether. He is
still on the water wagon
". Ed Sockets -Whoo-ee,- a %
horsepower power boat. was on the
ways down at "Corinthiana' for sew
eraI days undergoing repairs Gus Fors-
burg declared that Ed shaved the bar
nacles off with safety razor Several
yachtsmen. who were anxious for Ed
TO get his boat in the water, so that
they could massage their own crafts.
gathered about the perSpiring workmen,
and for the benefit of Mr.. Stockett sang.
Always on the Ways" Bad opera
Two power cruisers, thirty feet long,
and eight-foot beam are in course Of
construction at the Corinthian Yacht
Clubs yards They are built exactly
alike, and will have 3o-horsepower mo-
tors. DR.. ". o. Owens owns one and
Trezavant Williams the other. These
boon companions have built twin boats,
and there is much speculation as to the
names that should be given to the
twins. How about calling one JEFF
and the other Mutt" suggested Arthur
Lithgow. kate and Duplicate would
fit them to T.. " ventured Commodore
InglinG- Aye, aye. sir. said Secretary
Adams. out l think that if they called
one Wed and the other Ded they'd
be as one for better or worse till
death ''Aw, shut up" said eX-
Commodore Ingram. You talk like a
defective carbureter. Call one Hard
and the other Luck That's what L
called it when twins came to our home"
The Corinthian navigators are planning
for a ladies' night at their cozy club
house on the Potomac. This will occur
| about the middle of May.
An odd looking craft came in to Cum
berland's last week. 1t was dug-out.
with bow-sprit and mast, a small
schooner cabin. and equipped with gaso-
line engine It also had huge oarlocks
on each side and a ''sculling'' hole at
the stern. 1t was anything but a float
ing palace, and suggested a parody on a
burlesque.
Canoeists in this city are offered fine
opportunity to show their prowess in a
Marathon race that will be pulled off on
July 10, under the auspices of the Bloom
ngdale Athletic Club. of this city. Man
ager F. S. Ross. of the BIoominsdales.
is receiving lots of entries for the event,
which will be one of the features of the
by the Florida avenue boys. The course
will be from the Seventh street wharf to
Marshall Hall. and the start will be
so arranged that the eNcursioniSts who
20 down on the afternoon boat will pass
the racers on the way, and arrive at q,
Marshall Hall in time to witness the
finish.
President John Guethler. of the East
Washington Rod and Gun Club. informs
me that Constructor James Dean. who
is building the new house boat for the
East Washingtonians. has assured him
that the big new water domicile will
be finished in time for the clubs hrst
trip to GunSton Cove, Va, on May 81.
The house boat will he equipped with
powerful motor capable of carrying II
TO any lace along the Potomac where the
clubmen may dcsirn to bivouac. Hero
tofore the old house boat had TO be
towed by a tug.
The local committee in charge OF the
annual regatta Of the National Associa-
ton of Amateur Oarsmen, to be held on
Saratoga Lake. July IS and % has laid
out the course 1t will be mile and a
o.Iarter straight away, starting at Point
Breeze, with the finish at Moons Lake
House This will give a view of the
COURSE and finish.
The Saratoga Spring Regatta Associa-
tion has been organized. with 100 local
citizens as members, to arrange for tho
regatta.