The Washington herald., 1911-04-23

The loss by fire of the lighthouses,
shells. and trophies of the Nassau. Har-
lem. Wyandotte, and Metropolitan boat
clubs, of New York City, last Wednes-
day. is a matter of genuine regret to all
lovers of aquatic sports in this city. A
set of joint resolutions. expressive of this
feeling, will be drafted at once and sent
to each club that suffered by the confia-
grafton. The committee having this in
charge comprises Charles G. Warden.
president, PCtOmaCs: Samuel Maddox
president Analostans, and OdeIl Whipple
president, Washington Canoe Club.
John Rankin Middleton is of the belief
that the Middle States regatta will be
principally affected by the loss of the
New York aqUatics.
John Hadley Doyle felt that it would
be impossible for the boat clubs TO secure
new shells and maintain regular prac-
tice up TO the time the big Eastern re-
gattas start. The New Workers said
Mr.. Doyle. are always a big card and
will be sadly missed, if they are unable
to secure boats and practice enabling
them 10 enter all the big Eastern events.
A number of canoeists drove their boats
up river for a half mile race last We'd
n6SudS- ne NSdlILSL was 81 SO4N dLlN
damp that the race was abandoned be-
fore the quarter mile mark was reached.
and the paddle navy were glad to get
back into the coy clubhouse.
Capt. Charles Robinson. of the New
York Yacht Club. brought his ffty-four-
foot auxiliary bugeye. Wild Duck. into
the Potomac on Friday and is at anchor
near the Capital City Yacht Clubs
Wharves.
The houseboat Nahomah, from Mar
bIehead, Mass. came into the river yes
terday with a party OF twenty aboard
They will bivouac at Gunston, Va; River
side, Nd, and Point Lookout, Md.
A. O. Portner, who owns the sixty-six-
foot power boat Iona, has added two
handsome tenders to his craft. One is a
gasoline launch and the other a lifeboat
Both are made of cedar and mahogany
and match the general color scheme Of
the Iona.
Evans Brown. of the Capital City Yacht
Club, who, together with George Aukam,
c. c. Tucker, J. Miller Kenyon, owns the
15-horsepower Sahwa will enter the boat
in the nonstop race of the club from
Washington to Annapolis on May 30.
President Samuel Maddox stated that
the smoker of the Analostans that was
TO have been held last Saturday will be
held at the clubhouse on May 6.
Walter Thran is by far the likeliest
looking single sculler of the Potomacs.
while Ed Muller is going after the single
scull medal in earnest this season. Thrall
has had much experience, and Muller,
for a novice, has shown much improve
ment in the rowing he has arduously
pursued this spring
Capt. Frank Smith, of the Potomacs. is
busy with his junior crew and predicts
that he will put out the best rowing crew
of youngsters ever known in the career
OF the Potomacs.
While the committee on arrangements
of plans for a safe and sane Fourth are
hitting about for entertaining features to
be pulled off on Independence Day, why
not consider that a race between scullers
of different boat clubs here would be a
great attraction?
The article published in these columns
recently on the resuscitation of persons
apparently drowned brought forth a num-
Der Of letters from prominent physicians
who generally agreed that the method
cited was an eXpedient one.
DR.. D. Lee High, an ardent boatman, |
suggested another simple method of re-
suscitation. Dr. High writes: when |
a person, apparently drowned, is taken |
from the water, first clear the mouth |
and nostrils of anything that might OBJ |
struct a free passage of air into the |
lungs. Turn the body over on face, |
and remove anything that may have ac- |
cumualted in the mouth by sweeping fin |
ger around mouth. Now turn body on |
back, shoulders up, and stretch the neck. |
Draw tongue forward and let it be held |
by an assistant Then by manipulation
OF the arms. force air in and out of
lungs. Warm body by placing hot bot
ties. or stones beneath armpits. Keep
working as above, and II person is not
dead they will soon revive"
The triangular race between the crews
OF Princeton. Yale. and Cornell will be
rowed at Princeton on May 20, according
10 the announcement made by the Prince
ton management.
George P. Turhorst's Greyling is being
stocked with provisions, and earyv this
week will leave for Piney Point
Maurice F. Robey has fitted IN his
twenty-six-foot power boat at the CO.
rinthian Yacht Clubs wharfage. and vii,
next month have match race with
Frank Sanfords Teaser. Both are cabin
boats. Of the 3o-horsepower kind. and /