Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02
OARSMEN BUY MANY.
RACING SHELLS.
WATER CRAFT PURCHASED FROM
BURLINGTON FOR LOCAL
BOAT CLUB USE.
ARE WELL EQUIPPED
No Club in Association Better Fixed
For Race Boats; Big Regatta and
Program to be Held
Saturday.

The visit of Commodore Jesse Can
field and Herbert Pedrick of the OF
tumwa Oarsmen club to Burlington
Saturday resulted In replenishing the
stock of water craft Of the local boat
organization by seven shells. 1t also
leaves the Ottumwa boat club perhaps
the best equipped of any similar organ
ization in the Central Rowing assocla-
ton.
The fact that the Burlington Rowing
club has gone out of existence and the
corresponding fact that this same club
had some excellent equipment that II
wished to dispose of, trickled in some
manner to the ears of the local club.
The first step of the Ottumwa water
fans was to look over the stuff for sale.
This they did, Messrs Garfield ana
Pedrick going to the Mississippi river
city Saturday afternoon
It might be said that they were Wen
pleased with what they found there
too. This consisted of racing shells OF
various kinds, all of which could be
used to an advantage by the Ottum"a
boatmen. Suffice to say they were pur-
chased and the figure although not
stated, is said to have been very satls-
factory to both parties to the transac-
ton.
REGATTA Saturday.
With the additional equipment ana
what is already in the stock room or
the local club the Ottumwa Oarsmen
club has nice lot of water craft 10
supply fun and interest in future re-
gattas and other water pastimes Some
of the new equipment will be seen IN
the splendid regatta program to be CIV
en- on the river Saturday. July 4. rms
event promises to be one of beauty as
well as pleasure for aside. from pro-
gram of races during the day t3ere
will also be night parade with water
craft all decorated In colored lights ana
fireworks displayed on the water.
dance at the club will close the days
merriment.
Buy Much Equipment.
The list of articles purchased from
the Burlington Rowing club includes a
racing barge 43 feet long with 8 foot
beam, six oars and coxswain. origin
ally this craft cost $1,000 and has held
seventeen persons.
There was forty foot racing gig,
four oars and coxswain; three shells
thirtyeight feet long four cared type;
one thirty-two foot double racing smell
and one twenty-six foot cedar double
practice shell purchased also. The en-.
tire outfit with oars, riggers and
sweeps were delivered here Monday
and are now being given the "once
over" by the club members.
The Burlington Rowing association
sold it's club house to the Moose and
closed out it's equipment. Some OF tne
members have entered an organization
known as the Burlington Launch clup
as this type Of boating has become
very popular there. There are about
200 power boats of various kinds IN
Burlington.
Oraanlze Racing Crews.
Commodore Garfield will organize
racing crews and has determined to
do what he can toward building up an
enthusiastic club sentiment for devel'
opment of water sports and racing III
Ottumwa. The ultimate purpose is to
get into the Central Rowing assocla-
tion. attend some regattas and land
big meet for Ottumwa in the near fu-
ture. To aid in creating interest IN
racing. the racing shells except the
barge will be allotted to crews to De
formed and used by these for their own
nersonal use. the responsibility for the
craft being placed on each crew. One
If the new shells purchased has been
in a number Of races and has never
been defeated, always taking first IN
everv race it entered. Some OF the
singles and double to be staged July
4 will be in the new boats. The lack
Of four cared teams precludes the use
Of any of those shells this time but 1t
is expected at later regatta this year.
nerhaps about Labor day, crews will be
eor oil tvnoc ofs Sha ell racing.