The Washington herald., 1911-01-30

The Potomacs insist that they will be
afloat by the middle of March. and plans
for the coming season are already being
discussed on the club vcranda every sun
day morning Present indications point
to very successful junior crew. Those
Of last year s boat who have promised
to report are Mcdonald D. Parker (9.
Hind Csl, HouEh a.. Kehoe G0, Wander
grift 6,. Lucas "a. and Lenovitch. stroke.
admiral Josh Slocom is candidate
for the captaincy of the club. elections
to be held in April.
Capt Joshua Slocom. who Circumnavt-
gated the globe in a thirty-ive foot sloop.
is young Josh's uncle. Capt. SlOcom left
New York last August for cruise to
the Bahamas and has not been heard
of since.
"Deak'' Randolph. the Potomac's star
coxsuain has become quite a few pounds
overweight. and it il certain that he will
try for sweep honors with the rest of
the youngsters.
Bill Bromley can tell you the winning
crews individual participants. ana exact
date Of every rel gatta held in his time.
This winter Superintendent Bromley in
sisted upon Bleaching the club float on
Analostan Island instead Of allowing it
to bc cut to pieces and finally carried
downstream by the ice, as was the case
last year. and as a consequence this i'm
portant piece OF club furniture is ready
to 20 into commission at any time.
Pat Dempsey is building a boathouse
on the up-river side of the Aqueduct
Bridge and intends to house the George
town College shells until the end Of
June. when the public will be permitted
to use the racks.
Ex-Stroke Dave Brewster has been ap-
pointed second lieutenant in the Marine
Corps. and is now stationed at Port Roy
al. S. c.
Dave wants the cruising canoeists Of
the club to drop in on him at the Stump
Neck rife range, where he will be on
duty during the summer. Stump Neck
lies about three miles down stream from
Indian Head.
Decoration Day will usher in the Capt.
tai Yacht Club season. with the usual
sailing race from Marshall Hall to Indian
Head and return.
AS tne .pll VI tcIHCS UH uSSudy,
it might be safe to conjecture that many
a grandmother will be buried on Mon
day should that day not be made a holi-
day. Last year the yawl Freyer. Messrs.
Bright, owners, captured the cup, and un-
less a dark horse looms up prior to this
years contest, she shouldn't have any
trouble repeating the performance.
Vice Commodore Horace Chandlee, who
owns the thirty -six-foot Racine cruiser
will equip his boat with auxil-
iary canvas before the season opens for
the sake of steadying the craft in a sea-
way; that is. unless a forty-fve-footer of
the same make which he will examine
at the New York motor show in
February alienates his affection for the
smaller boat. Mr.. Chandlee. like every
boating enthusiast that ever steered a
trick, started life on the ocean wave in
a small open boat and gradually accu-
mulated an appetite for more deck room
until the present craft was purchased.
The yawl Eleanora, sold last winter by
Mr.. Swift Boykin to Mr.. William Kemeys
Of this city, Las all but been abandoned
by her new owner. She is anchored op-
posite the Analostan boathouse, and
probably won't live to see the early
spring floods. II she does. downstream
she'll 20 to fetch up on the Highway
Bridge.
The Washington Canoe Club boasts a
iotilla of eighty-six boats. They claim
that theirs Is the largest paddle navy
south of New York, and that statement
will not be doubted when all hands turn
put at the first club regatta In April.
Capt Adrian Sizer. Of the Analostans.
declares that an eight will be out Of the
question this season. This statement viii
be received with sincere regret by fol-
lowers Of the sport who have witnessed
more than one plucky fight put up BY
,rsws from this old organisation. Tho
Iact that out Of hundsed-odd memboss