The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
AMONG THE BOAT CLUBS

The members of the junior eight-oared
shell of the Potomac Boat Club, Walter
ThraIl, who will enter in a Junior single
scull, and a number of other members,
including Bob SlocTm, who has been
coaching the boys, and Capt. Frank
Smith leave early this morning for Bal
timore where they will take part in the
twenty-second annual regatta of the
Middle States Regatta Association to-
morrow afternoon on the Patapsco River
under the auspices of the Patapsco navy,
of Baltimore.
The recent rains have greatly handi-
capped :he oarsmen but Coach Slocum
= confident his men will make splendid
showing. The boys were out rowing Fri
day and Saturday evenings for the last
time. The juniors and Walter ThraI
have been out rowing daily during the
past month, except in bad weather, and
judging from their practice spins should
undoubtedly make a good showing. They
are in splendid condition, especially
Walter Thrall.
The Middle States regatta, which is
open to all amateur clubs, is the largest
event of its kind in the East, and Judg-
ing from the number of entries received
by Secretary Davis Brown, of New York
Qty II will r. the most successful ever
held under the auspices Of the assocla-
ton.
The entries closed last Tuesday after
noon at the office of David Brown. Sec
retary of the association. Word from
Mr.. Brown was to the effect that the
largest entry list has been received in
years. The conditions stated that two
entries from more than one club are
necessary to make a race. The races
will be one mile straightaway.
The list of races follows: !, junior
single sculIs; 2. intermediate single
sculIs: 3. association senior single
scuIls: 4, senior single scullS; ), Junior
double sculls; 6, intermediate double
sculls: 8, junior Quadruple sculls; 9. in
termediate quadruple sculls 1nterna-
tiOnal Cup); 10, Junior OCtuple SOULS
(Kent Cup); II. junior four-oared gig;
u, intermediate four-oared gig: l3,
senior four-oared gig; "A, Junior eight
barred she'll; Is. intermediate eight
Dared shell: 16, senior eight-oared shell.
The association single race is open only
TO scullers who have never won a senior
single race.
Lawrence S Paddock and his brother,
John Paddock. 10th members of the
Corinthian Yacht Club, returned from
Colonial Beach last Monday in the
formers twenty-six hydrOplane Mr..
Paddock left here Friday, August %. at
1890 o'clock and arrived at the Virginia
resort at o'clock in the evening. Splen-
did time was made on the return trip
considering the fact that a heavy tide
was against him. Mr.. Paddock left last
Monday morning at o'clock and arrived
in Washington at l o'clock.
The new hydroplane, built and designed
by William Blair Motherel. attracted a
great deal of attention while at the
Beach. This was on account of its pc
CuIar shape as il is pointed at the bow
and ten feet wide at the stern. 1t is
equipped with 2O-hOrsepOwer two-CyCle
engine, and travels at the rate of eight
cen miles an hour.
The most important feature is that the
boat is equipped with 200 special siphons
TO draw air beneath the hull at high
speed L draws three inches of water,
and when going at rate of over seven
miles an hour draws hardly no water,
but runs on air, leaving few, if any,
waves behind.
The craft. which is the only one OF its
kind in the world, has created a big SEN
satiOn in boa ting circles. as it makes a
speed of eighteen miles an hOur-a feat
same horsepower engine ever before &C
Complished
Mr. Paddock left Yesterday afternoon
for Huntington Bay, where the inter-
national races will be held tomorrow.
Oliver Bright, of the Capital Yacht
Club. and party returned from Marshall
Hall last Sunday night in his forty
Cluded William 3. Laub, jr., and r. Clyde
CrWtt. both of whom are members of the
Capital Yacht Club.
Last Tuesday afternoon Joe Harvey, of
the Capital Yacht Club returned with a
party Of friends from Colonial Beach in
the sixty-fve-fOOt power yacht DaCOta,
owned by Ralph L Gait. Mr.. Harvey
spent most of his time in fishing.
The stxty-six DOT power yacht Iona,
owned by Alvin o Portner. of the Capt.
tai Yacht Club, came off the railway
at Alexandria. Va. last Wednesday aft
eTnoon after bang rcpainted and over
hauled. Mr.. Portner and a party of
friends will leave early this week for
New York, where he will remain about
three weeks. He will make the trip In
lht lplldr LlCL IS COHSlOeTeu one OF
the best and most fully equipped yachts
on the river.
The Bureau Of Lighthouses, of this city.
has issued number of new publications
follows:
List Of lights and fog signals Atlantic
and Gulf coasts of the United States
Corrected to January 81, 1871.
List of buOvs and other aids TO nayiga-
ton. Narragansett Bay TO Cape May. in
Guiding New York Harbor. Third light
house district Corrected. 10 March 81,
1911.
List of buOys and other aids TO naviga-
ton, Delaware Bay and River, including