Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-28
BY WIN. B. LAUB, JR.

One feature of the motor boat show at
Madison Square Garden. February IL to
81, will be a bureau of information, i'm
which there will be many competent
motor boat men who will furnish informa-
ton regarding boats. engines. pleasant
trips, necessary outfits and the many
things that an owner is usually bothered
with thirty-foot motor boat Is now
being built for Abram Bandoine, owner OF
the fast steam yacht Kanawha. The boat
Is to be carried on the davits of the
steamer and will be one of the best equip
ped lauches of the season. With a Speed
way motor it is guaranteed to make twenty
miles an hour. This. with several other
new craft will be on exhibition at the
show. There will also be on exhibition
several very attractive and new small
boats of the dory type. The power dory
has often been called the kindergarten of
the motor boat man, as they are perfectly
safe. and with them a novice need have
little fear, even IL he should be unable to
do more than start and stop their power
plants. Dories from sixteen to thirty feet
in length will be on exhibition. and. as in
the past. will undoubtedly attract q great
deal of attention. Tomorrow the Boston
show opens, but few local enthusiasts will
attend 1T in comparison to the number who
will Journey to New York in February.
Vice Commodore Barker of the Corinthian
Yacht Club left town last night for Bos-
ton, where he expects to remain until
Wednesday.
Commodore Ingling of the Corinthian
Club has enlarged the engine room on
his power cruiser Vika by moving the
bulkhead separating the machinery from
the main cabin two feet forward. The
vika will go into commission as soon as
the ice leaves the river.
Several Corinthian boats have suffered
a little damage in the ice-bound basin
of the club, and the last two outfits to
be reported in trouble were the Mar
garet, owned by John Hill, and small
, power boat belonging to Judge Strider.
The Margaret. a forty-foot cruiser. was 5.
cut through in one or two places and Is
leaking badly. Two small launches were
sunk. but subsequently raised, little the
worse for their experiences.
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J. G. Lindsay, owner of the power
cruiser Culprit Fay. returned last week
from hunting trip in Texas. u
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Secretary W. r. Adams and Capt. j.
B. Welcker of the Corinthian Yacht
Club will take In the big show next
month.
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Next Thursday night after the regular
monthly meeting the officers OF the CLUB
will give the members a smoker. 1t is
.. expected that the electric device built
by Messrs. Ingram and Battenfield for
the characterization of the front OF the
clubhouse will be presented the evening
of the smoker II it is finished by that
time. The design of the club button has
been painted by Mr.. Battenfield on the
heavy plate glass front Of the device.
and in the case, which was built by Mr..
Ingram, will be placed several electric
lights.
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Local yachtsmen who often enjoy the
hospitality of the Baltimore Yacht Club
when cruising will be pleased to know
that it has decided to change the present
location of its anchorage at Curtis
bay and will hereafter moor at the new
clubhouse and pier which will be erect
ed on the Mclean property near Fort
McHenry. At the annual meeting of the
club last Monday this step was taken.
and work will begin as soon as possible