Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15

meeting Of the board Of directors on the
30th of this month. a program Of winter
entertainments will be arranged, includ-
ing smoker and a dance at least once a
month.
The ladies' smoker will be held the night
Of the 2Sth of this month.
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The Potomac Boat Club will give an
oyster roast on Analostan Island next
Sunday, if weather conditions are favor
able.
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B. P. Pulliam's launch Doris has been
renamed the Pearl The work of build
ing a new Overhanging stern on the boat
is completed and the craft is now In COM
mission.
The cruiser Mary B.. which sank at her
moOring about a month ago, has been
raised and tOwed over to Riley Cumber-
lands for repair The boat was dam
aged to the extent of about $500.
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Jack Linsey's power cruiser Culprit
Fay. which was in collision with the
[. S. S. Dolphin the night of the 9th of
May, has been turned over to her owner
by the officials of the navy yard, where
she was rebuilt, in almost perfect condi-
ton. The boat is not entirely in commits
sion, but will be in about a week. She is
now at the Corinthian Yacht Club basin.
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The Corinthians will hold their oyster
roast next Sunday and those in charge
of the affair plan to start the fleet from
the clubhouse at 10 o'clock in the morn
ing. They Will form in line, headed by
the senior officers in the cruisers Vika,
Spunky and Virginia, and make the run
to the scene of the roast in single file
forma ton.
1t is expected that the fleet will consist
of more than fifty boats and the parade
will be at least mile long. Late in the
afternoon all hands will race back to the
club.
The time of high water at Washington
for the coming week, beginning with to-
day. is as follows:
AM.PM AMP
October Is jJ 1s 1:3S October 49, 40 600
oesoSeT aS " October 81 9ss 20 iS
October Is. .4:49 5:15 October 22. sic S:21
Low tide at Marshall Hall today: $40 pm
Low tide at River View next Sunday, 40 Pm.
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The yawl F'reya sailed on cruise to
the lower river last Thursday. with Oliver
Bright and E. W. Shepard aboard. They
will stop wherever fancy dictates. proba-
bly, visiting places in Bretons bay and the
Lower Machodoc.
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by John r. Emory. arrived here last Sun
day from Annapolis The boat will be
wintered here and not at Kent Island as
reported
At recent meeting of the Eastern
Power Boat Club, officers for the coming
year were nominated, the election to be
held at the end of the fiscal Year, which
will be the first Wednesday In November.
The nominations were as follows:
For commodore. William Mills: for vice
commodore. G.. d. Wagner; fleet captain.
al,
Gee: secretary treasurer. A. r. Hester;
trustees. William Wilkerson. William
Ruckert Samuel Barnard and Charles
kerper.
On the 10Th of this month the club Will
hold an oyster roast at River View and
speed boat races will be feature of the
outing. Boats entered in the events in
clude the Grey Bat. Eel August Bel
mont and the Senator.
\ regular meeting of the Capital Yacht
Club was held last Thursday night, and
several matters OF Importance We're
launched. Commodore Lyman f. Hewins
presided and during the meeting an
nounced that the owner of public boat
house adjoining the club property had
requested permission to build locker
house on an unused portion of the club
grounds. and also 10 erect stalls for motor
boats, TO be connected by a narrow run
way the doWn-riyer side of the house.
leaving space enough at the outer end
for dngieS belonging to Capital yachts
men. The club granted the request and
gave its officers authority to make neccs-
Sary arrangements with the parties in
tereSted. Upon the completion of this
business "A handsome brass saluting can
non. gift To the club from Or. William
Tindall. was exhibited by George III.
Bright through whom the presentation
was made.
\ letter accompanied the gift. which
explained that 1t was presented in CRATE
full recollection of many cOurtesies ell
joyed through the Inequalities of those
promoters OF the best of all human diver
sions-the Harvesting of wind and water.
y proposition for an oyster roast was
then discussed. and though II was unani-
mOusly decided that the 10Th of this
month would be the proper date for the
feast so many conflicting suggestions
were offered In regard to the scene of
the entertainment and the matter of
gaiiiZing a race in connection with the
affair that the whole thing was finally
put into the hands of a committee. which
with the regular regatta committee, VIII
arrange every detail.
George T. Dalton. +. CLYDE Cruit Oliver
Bright. Thomas Evans Greene and WI
mittee and they, with DIR. w. ". Grer,
Fleet Capt Eugene +. Hartley and Otto
f. Braitmayer. the regatta committee,
will hold meeting at the clubhouse to-
morrow night to draw up plans. There
were several places suggested for the
holding of the roast. including River
View. Marshall Hall and White House
Landing. but il was the view OF many
that a shorter run would be more desir-
able, and that Fort Foote would be the
nearest and most adaptable place for the
spread
AS one member suggested. a longer
jaunt down the river than that would
require so much time in going and COM
ing that the feast might have to be made
a hurry-up affair, and besides In the lat
ter part of the month weather conditions
are apt to be such that the shortest run
on the water might be the most popular
with all hands.
As far as the race is concerned, that
part of the program cannot be discussed
until after tomorrow night. but the event
will surely be pulled off.
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Charles w Vickery, owner of the
auxiliary yawl Stranger, will embark on
a ducking trip to the lower river late in
November.
The auxiliary cutter Grace, owned by
Otto f. Braitmayer, will probably be
brought to Washington in the latter part
of this month by Dan Fowler, Eugene
Hartley and Royal Burnham.
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Wallace Miller, one of the best oarsmen
that ever stepped into Potomac Boat
Club shell, was married last Friday night.
Wallace rowed with the champion junior,
intermediate and senior club crews Of