Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10
BY William B. Lauh. Jr.

With the various boating events of
Labor day. such as the Middle States re-
gatta and the British international trophy
races, now a matter of history. the cur
tain of 1911 begins slowly falling on prob
ably the best yachting season since primi-
tive man first hoisted a private burgee
on dugout. The sea son has brought into
the limelight several new boats. whose
performances have been in keeping with
the present era of progress. and of these
il may be said that karina. Beaver. Elena
and Sea Bird deserve mention in the
windjammer class. while Dixie ~. Viva.
Sand Burr III and Caroline head the list
of motorhoats. karina, the new three
mast schooner of Robert F.. Todd which
has taken tho Brenton Reef cup from
the we'll filled trophy lockers of Wilson
Marshalls Atlantic; Beaver. winner or
the international Sender races between
German and American boats. Elena, Nor
tan F. Plants new schooner. winner of
the Kings cup, and Sea Bird the little
yawl that safely carried three enthusiast
tic yachtsmer to Rome. arc but a small
portion of the American sailing yachts
that have done things this summer.
In tho motorbont fed Dixie " stands
pre-eminent as the successful defender
of the Harmsworth trophy. commonly
known as the British International cup;
Viva, locally built and equipped craft.
the world To have attained a speed of
ffty-seven and one-hslf miles per hour.
and as the only contestant to finish in
the races at Huntington bay besides
Dixie. while sand Burr III. winner of
everything in her class at Peoria and the
worlds champion twentyfooter. and
Caroline, winner Of the New York-Hali
fax reciprocity race, off sounding
run fraught with all the dangers of either
a Bermuda Havana contest. follow
closely in the wake of the Burnham flyer.
To name other boats that have demon
strated a wonderful evolution i'm building
and designing during the course of one
year and cite their individual perform
anceS would leave hut little space for To-
ca affairs. which. after all. are of most
interest to all of us, though it is rather
nice to make a short review of the entire
yachting field.
With the winning IF the junior eight
cared shell race at Baltimore last Mon
day the Potomac Boat Club sets a pace
that no other rowing organization in the
United States or Canada has ever at
tempted, that of emancipating themselves
from the time-worn idea that profess
sional coach is necessary tn victory. and
sending crew to the meet under the
tutelage of a corinthian and member of
the club. 1t was Capt. Frank Smith
who first conceived the idea of persuading
Josh Slocome to hold the coaching reins
this summer. and II Is almost assured that
ton next year. now that he has fallen
hep to his own abilities. Out of ap-
probation 10 the members of the crew,
the officials of the club bought out the
steamer Charles Manchester last We'd
nesday night and took all hands for Il
moonlight excursion to Marshall Hall
The crew is now disbanded. many OF
the fellows having left town on belated
vacations and rowing is dead issue until
next spring.
Next Saturday afternoon. beginning at
80 O'Clock, the Washington Canoe Club
will hold what Commodore Rogers terms
crazy regatta. in which every laugilabie
event ever pulled off will he featured
Besides such contests as blindfold tail
end races fat mems races. hurry -scurry
races and upset races. there will be a
double" event in which 'Skets Moore
and Tom feaSer will be matched against
similarly unbalanced teams. ''Skets'' Will
paddle stern to make his boat un-
manageable AS possible. will the othe
featherweights in the other boats.
novel attraction will he cavalry
race. in which the contestants will stand
in two canoes and paddle. while such
things bareback riding maintaining
ones balance gracefully the sleek
bottom OF an upturned canoe) will help
10 make the regatta circus. Tom
1eaEer has challenged Big Brook Amiss
TO race for any distance from five fee,
TO Ave miles. and il is understood tina,
from the club To Alexandria and return
the course To be covered until one or th
other passes away. This Will be a feature
come one. come all.
The fat men of the club will race tn.
long, thin fellows during the afternoon
and ii is probable that the evening viii
wind up with a free-for-a fight in tn,
water. All members of the club are invited
to enter. especially the front-porch ath
letes. After the last exciting affair is Owe
and the vanGuished have been cartet
away the women in attendance will serv,
supper In the grillroom, so be sure to site
around until the various scraps are scrap
ped Following the consumption of man,
sandwiches and the swallowing of tn
contents OF many stems. dancing will b.
in order In the ballroom.
Commodore w a. Rogers will be re
sponsible for all this. and he promises I,
carry the fun as far as the distribution
of prizes.
II is too bad Horace Chandlee will no
be here TO give the boys skirt dane
next Saturday afternoon, but the sta