The Washington herald., 1911-07-23
AMONG THE BOAT CLUBS

NAODo
! Sullivan was accompanied by J. A. Lyn-
ham. OF the Capital Yacht Club. in his
Racine hunting cabin cruiser Bluebell.
o. C. Robey. of the Capital Yacht Club,
and party will probably leave for Nor
folk this afternoon in his twenty-six-
foot raised cabin cruiser Armida.r The
party will remain there about two weeks.
| Harry Cheek, well-known fisherman
around the Potomac River, caught ten
pound catfish last Tuesday morning. Mr..
Cheek has had unusually good luck dur
! ing the past week. He also caught an
eight-pound catfish last Monday.
Ralph l. Gait. of the Capital Yacht
Club, and a party of friends went to Nor
folk last Thursday afternoon in his
seventy-two-foot power cruiser Decota-
Mr.. Gait will probably take part in the
races of the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Rae
ing Association at Norfolk the middle
! of this week.
Charles w. Vickery, of the Capital
Yacht Club. and party Of friends. num-
bering twenty. will start down the Po-
tomac River on August for a months
cruise in his forty-fve-foot auxiliary
yawl Stranger. Mr.. Vickery will make
his headquarters at Piney Point. Nd.
| The Interclub Canoe Association will
probably hold a meeting the latter part
! of this week to select a date for the
annual meeting. when the new officers
will be elected for the coming year.
Many other matters pertaining to tho
welfare Of the members will be consid-
cred.
Commodore W. A. Rogers, Of the Wash
ington Canoe Club. announces club
regatta for the first week in September.
1t will be an unusual affair. as Commo-
| dore Rogers says the races Will be
| comedy races" and from present indica-
tions it will be the funniest regatta ever
held In this city. Much interest is be-
ing shown, and 1t will undoubtedly be
I the most successful as we'll as the most
ENJOYABLE event held by the club in years.
Commodore Rogers promises a number
| of surprises for the members OF the
! club.
| Justice Wright, of the Supreme Court,
and a party OF friends took trip down
the river yesterday afternoon In his
| forty-five-foot raised cabin cruiser Eynyt
! The party will return Monday evening.
Judge Wright is a member Of the Capital
Yacht Club.
S. ]. Kubel, of the Capital Yacht Club,
and a party Of friends went to White
House, Va, which is situated opposite
Marshall Hall, yesterday afternoon In his
forty-foot raised cabin cruiser, Louise X.
The party will return tonight.
E. F. Cochran, Of the Capital Yacht
Club, and party left for Colonial Beach
| Yesterday afternoon in his thirty-dve-
foot raised cabin cruiser Ducal. Mr..
Cochran will return Tuesday evening.
Not long ago we stated that it was
our opinion that the season of 1911 would
be the greatest ever known to those who
followed the sport of motorboat racing.
| OF course, We do not wish to create an
idea that the prediction was exclusive
| with US, for all enthusiasts who had stu
died conditions were Of like mind. How
ever, IL ever a ''hunch'' panned out, that
one did.
Witness: The Albany race. Of the New
York Motorboat Club with twenty
three starters: the Block Island race.
with twice the usual number Of starters,
and with proper management, the latter
| event would have had many more en-
| tries. But, to cap the climax, to close
our case, Just look at what happened at
Dubuque, Iowa, on July 4, s. and G.
The only race that hasn't been a big
success is the Bermuda race. which. ow-
! ing to the delay in getting ready some
of the boats entered, has been postponed
until the first week In September.
A. S. Pattison, of the Capital Yacht
Club, and family left last Tuesday morn
ing at 4:30 o'clock for Champlain, N. Y.
/ in his forty-nine-foot power yacht, Lady
Maud. The party will remain there about
two weeks.
At a meeting of the board Of governors
of the Old Dominion Boat Club. Of Alex
andria, Va, held last Friday evening.
three members fere taken into the club.
They were George 8. French. g. Neu-
man Bennett. and T. Coke.
Capt. Jim Douglas announced that the
club will hold another regatta the Sec
ond Saturday in August. and from pres
ent indications it will undoubtedly be as
successful as the last one, as number
Iof the members have already .signified
their intention Of entering a number
4 OF the events. The races viii include
single, double, and four canoes; single.
i double, and four shells; outrigger races.
and some special swimming events. The
programme win start about o'clock.
Tho work OF enlarging the clubhouse
viii be started this week.
4 Grover Land. whom Cleveland recently
sold to Toledo. ID out Of the gsms with