Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-29
VIM. B. Laub. Jr.

VIM. B. Laub, Jr.
III The Corinthian Yacht Club held us
annual oyster roast at River View last
Sunday, and though the weather man
failed to give the power boatists ms
best brand. a record breaking crowd
was in attendance.
Every boat in the fleet left the club
house at 1890 o'clock, or shortly aIter'
loaded to the guards with guests anu
though no attempt was made to form
parade. they were evenly strung OUT
as far down the river as the eye could
reach BY the time all had arrived.
Vice Commodore Barker. with his able
| corps of assistants, had the fires well
/ under way. and the first barrel OF
oysters almost ready to open.
Knives. mugs. buckets and plates were
distributed among the party. and all
hands proceeded to do justice to the
| king of she'll fish. roasted TO 4 turn ana
accompanied by plentiful supply or
l. foam-capped beverage when needs
no further description. The feast last
ed until about $3.50 pm, when 1t was
decided to embark for home, and though
lit was not planned to hold any Sort OF
Ian organized race back to the clup-
house, several spirited brushes TOOK
place between the fastest boats in the
| fleet.
| Commodore f. c. Engling says that
nothing in his class passed MIN, anu
| it is believed that the Fiji. owned Dy
former Commodore J. p. Welcker, he!d
her own with several other boats In
the fleet were the following we'll known
boats; vika. spunky, pi ,,tn ak cray ray
| Margaret. Doris, Culprit Fay and sew
eral others. -
The yawl Grace X. represented the
Capital Yacht Club at the roast. ana 1.
is expected that several Corinthian
boats will make the trip to MarsnalI
Hall today to attend a similar analr
to be given by the Capital yachtsmen.
i * =
G. w. Plaskett and a party of friends
left last night in the power boat RUDY
for a cruise to McKeesport, ma.
X X X X
meeting of the oyster roast commit
| tee and the regatta committee OF the zap
| ital Yacht Club was called by Secretary
George Dalton last Tuesday night, pu.
| fate apparently decided that there shouiu
| be no business transacted IN the ciuo
house on that particular evening.
Gene Hartley was the first to arrive
| and after making fire in the stove, ne
proceeded to become absorbed IN new
| addition of pilot rules. without warn
| ing the stove pipe suddenly came down,
| depositing a load of SCOT all over every
thing in its vicinity with the exception Oh
| the lucky Gene.
! FLAMES then shot out Of the remaining
| norton Of the fue and started licking
| the wooden ceiling in businesslke way.
Cant Hartley with his usual presence
| of mind subdued the blaze with the CON
tents of cuspidor and replaced the
pipe. -, c,.
| But the story is yet to be told. Skipper
| Bright. Clyde Cruit, Ted Shepard ana
Tom Green soon arrived and the tre was
| once more lighted in the stove. PROBABLY
| an hour passed and something heavy
dropped in the spar loft overhead Cruit,
making the remark tina. some one may
have tripped over some,nng upstairs,
started for the ladder in the storeroom TO
| investigate. He had hardly reached the
| ton rune before those in the clubroom De-
low heard him yell, Boys. the whoie
| place is afire.
Then there was a mad scramble TOT
| buckets and Of course nothing could De
| found but one small pail. but with this
and a garden hose, which was hastlly
| connected up, the fire was soon unoer
| control An alarm was telephoned 10
some blaze might still be in the roof. but
| a search by the firemen showed that
| the oyster roast and regatta committees
| had done their work thoroughly.
1t is thought that defective electric
| wiring NAV have caused the blaze unless
| something fell against the stove pipe,
| which was thought to be we'll protected
| The damage to the house Will not amount
to $50. but several Sails belonging elIner
| to the Javalin or the George E.. wVe
| badly damaged.
The sailing yachts were sent over the
| line promptly at o'clock last evening for
Marshall Hall, where the Capital Yacht
Club will hold it's annual oyster roast
today The course as announced last
Sunday was from the clubhouse to the
wharf at Marshall Hall, distance of
! sixteen and one-half miles.
Starting in class were the yawls
Nenemoosah. Commodore Lyman F.
4 uauipc Eugene Hartley and Swift
Boykin. crew: Freya. George II. Bright,
Oliver NJ Bright and Collingwood San
| born; Grace X, r. Clyde Cruit. z. w.
Shepard, Frank Reyes and Charlie Hen
| derson.
There will be two prizes awarded sail
| ing yachts, one for the winner in class
Y and one for class q. In the latter
| class the yawl Bess, owned by Charles E.
| Jones. and the Nancy Dauntless. owned
by George T. Dalton, raced. The COM
mittee in charge OF the roast will be hard
| at work by I o'clock this morning. clear
| ing up the grounds, collecting firewood
| and making things ready for the arrival
| Of the power boat fleet.
| this morning. both being started at the
| same time, and the guests OF the club
will be transported to the Hall on the
power yachts Lady Maud and Iona and
| the steam yacht Cloelia. The program
| for the power boat races this morning
was arranged by the regatta committee
as follows:
| The course for the power yachts will
be the same as that for sailing yachts.
| Power yachts will be divided in two
| classes.
| Glass A, fifty feet and over length
| over all
| Glass B, under fifty feet. length over
| all
The start for both classes will be at
9 am.
Starting signals to which attention will