Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-31
BY VIM. B. LAUB, JR.

Tomorrow we all sign on for another
VOYAGE with but three months passage
before warmer chimes are encountered and
probably a sight of spring in less time
than that From today boating in all Its
branches will gradually but surely take
on life until the first cover is ripped off.
the first paint torch applied and finally
the first splash heard at the business end
of the marine railway Such dope may
seem rather dreamy with the bulb contin-
ually and persistently registering below
45 but time is doing hydroplane stunts in
the eyes of the busy man and 1t seems as
only yesterday when the average tenor of
boat club gossip items were of this. that
and the other craft being hauled out and
covered for the winter. And don't club
meeting notices seem to arrive oftener
than once month? Apparently 1t was
only last week that the commodore or
president swung his gavel for the last
time and remarked that some one else
would warm the chair at the January
meeting and here we are, beginning to
receive notices of that meeting already.
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At both the Corinthian and the Capital
Yacht clubs, all is In readiness to receive
the army of yachtSmen and near-yacnts-
men who will call to pay their respects on
the morrow. and at both clubs the enter
tainment of guests with music Will De the
most attractive feature of the day. Fer
haps not the most attractive, for there
are foamy egg connections, synonymous
in q way with New Year day, that Will or
course be in evidence, but ask a yachts
man IL the two don't stand hand-tn-hand
in his estimation. The committee In
charge of the reception at the -Capital
Yacht Club held a meeting at the club
house last Thursday night and completed
It's arrangements.
The announcements of the affair, sent
out to every member of the club, are
about as unique and original as anything
of the kind ever gotten up and great cred
1t Is due Secretary George I. Dalton, who
was mainly responsible for the idea. 1t
is printed on a square OF canvas with the
club flag at the top and worded as fol-
lows
ship 1912 will be launched at the Capt.
tai Yacht Club on the first day Of the
New Year
"A full crew Numerically speaking) is
wanted to grease the ways with the usual
ingredients preparatory to her initial
splash
AS these entertainments at the Capital
Yacht Club are always very formal al
fairs the fact could hardly be conveyed
TO the uninitiated new members in bet
ter way than this.
DR.. William w. Grier of the Capital
Yacht Club. who has spent the holidays In
Bermuda, will return TO this city tomor-
row. DIR. Grier is seriously considering
buying a larger power boat and some
kind of racing wind Hammer. but accord
ing report he will first get rid Of the
Javelin.
The Javelin is an auxiliary bugeye
comfortable, but slow, and he has found
that in order to arrive at finish lines in
time to judge races during the regattas
on the bay more power and more boat
would come in handy.
Ii may be that a wind TANNER will find
itself under his burgee next summer, but
the purchase of a new power yacht
hinges entirely on the sale of the Javelin.
r. J. Hardin. owner of the power
cruiser Margaret, has taken the boat to
P1scataway creek for the winter
The combined crews of the Dauntless
and the Nenemoosha are out after 'em
again. The palatial yacht Dauntless
sailed last Thursday afternoon with
Capt. Gene Hartley in command for the
we'll known feeding grounds of several
members of the duck family, and the
auxiliary yawl Nenemoosha. with COM
modore Lyman f. Hewins and George
Dalton aboard, sailed yesterday to join in
the chase. Poor ducks. An unhappy be-
ginning of the new year for them, when
these n'mrods begin to pull loose at EN-
with number 12s, and what Gen. Sherman
said about war will just about express
their feelings in regard to the hunting
season The two outfits will return to-
morrow 10 attend the Launching" at the
clubhouse.
Herman Hollerith. owner OF un-
named new power cruiser, listed in the
Capital Yacht Club. has something up his
sleeve in the way of a bigger boat for
1912 that may interest other members of
that cor afIization.
His present craft is a forty footer, raised
deck Btnney designed boat, driven by an
eighteen horsepower Standard engine. and
though the craft is practically new
boat Mr.. Hoiierith has decided on the
purchase Of another.
The reason for this is that his country
place. located Mobjack bay some