Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-28
FIRST REGATTA HELD
By Alexandria Motor Boat
Club Yesterday.
THREE SPEED BOATS RACE
The Emerson Wins Ten-Mile Event
in 241M Minutes-Races q
Success.
THREE SPEED BOATS RAC|
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

| Special Dispatch to The Star.
| ALEXANDRIA, Va, July T.-The
first annual regatta Of the Alexan-
dria Motor Boat Club. held on the Poto-
mac of this city this afternoon. was a
big success. Six out OF the nine events
scheduled were pulled on. The river
| was dotted with small craft Many from
Washington, witnessed the events.
There were but three contestants in the
speed boat race and Victor F. Emerson
In the Emerson jr., proved an easy VIC
tor In tn Is race, winning by five
minutes over his nearest competitor. The
Emerson boat went over the ten-mile
course in exactly A1a minutes. Second
came the Ida ", owned by William
Cooksey OF Washington. and the third
! was the Martha. owned by William Half
pap, also of Washington.
AS Mr.. Emerson glided past the judges
boat for the third time In competing the
course OF approximately ten miles, he was
given a rousing ovation. Whistles footed
from the small craft, and there were
cheers among the throng assembled.
This event was the principal one and
was limited to members of recognized
motor boat clubs having a motor not ex-
ceeding four cylinders, by S. The prize
for this race was the Emerson trophy.
Big Parade Held.
Prior to the races proper there was q
parade Of the members Of the Alexandra
Motor Boat Club. in which practically all
of the members Of the club participated
The second event was the find-your-
number race and was won by Walter L.
Earney in the Virginia T. NJ Erwin in
the Hilda came second and c. P. Brawner
in the Lena came third There were
twelve entries in this race. Those par
ticipataing were given a number and
were supposed to catch number to cor
respond which was printed on wooden
blocks and thrown into the river a short
time prior to the race. This event proved
testants In the race for cruisers. over a
iive-mile course. The winners We're: u
ira, Frank kast. first: Josephine A,
George Ayers, second; Mutt, Ashby Cor
F'leischmann. dropped out OF tho contest
after making half Of the trip.
Charles c. Rouse in the Zephyr, proved
the winner OF the next event. which was
9. race for class 1 boats. twenty-stx feet
and under. Second came Harry A Cole
in the Meteor. OF the Corinthian Yacht
Club, Washington. and Bill Taft, Victor
Lee Emerson, was third. Wise Girl,
Charles NJ. Brown Of Washington. the
only other boat In the contest ran fourth.
were concluded shortly before O'Clock.
The run of the boats down the river,
which was planned for tonight, was aban-
doned.
The events scheduled which were drop
ped were the fourth. sixth and seventh
and they were tug OF war, hobby-horse
race and battle royal with pike poles in
dinghews. They We're dropped owing to
the fact that there were no contestants.
Many Citizens Watch Events.
Hundreds of citizens gathered on the
wharf and witnessed the regatta, while
the river. as stated above. was dotted
with small craft. among them being many
from Washington. Several of the partici-
pants were from Washington. The judges
Of the contest were stationed In the chan
mel off the Prince street dock In the
Idyl Wilde. and were Thomas A. Fisher
and Robert l.. Weaver, the latter Of
Washington. Henry E. Jenkins chair
man of the regatta committee. was the
starter. and A. Lennox Uhler vas sec
rotary OF the committee of arrangements.
The members of the club are already
planning for another regatta, which Will
be held Labor day next, according to