The Washington herald., 1915-07-25


awarded the first resident of the District
! to finish. the cup being emblematic of
! the District championship and awarded
in addition to the fifteen medals for the
places won.
Eliason is a student of the engineering
department of George Washington Uni
! versity. while Ansley attends the George
town Law School.
Elvan Haines is entertaining a party
| of Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity men and
their Young lady friends, chaperoned by
| MIR. and Mrs. Weigand. at his shack near
Sycamore Island. The party started
Yesterday afternoon and will break up
tonight.
The Chesapeake Canoe Association, of
| Baltimore, has reelected Elmer c.
Smith. of the Maryland Canoe Club,
president for the third consecutive time:
Howard P. Roberts, of the Maryland
Swimming Club, vice president. and Jack
w. Mehling, of the Maryland Swimming
Club. secretary and treasurer. Affiliated
with the association are the Maryland
Canoe Club, the Maryland Swimming
Club. the IroQuois Canoe Club and the
Arundel Boat Club.
The election signifies the official open
ing of the Baltimore canoeing season,
eliminating in the annual association
championship regatta later in the year.
Tentative plans were discussed with
much enthusiasm, and the increased in
terest in this popular sport indicates that
the 1915 regatta will DE the most success
ful ever held in this vicinity.
The following races probably will COM
pose the program: Quarter-mile plain
singles, half-mile sponsor doubles. sail
ing race. quarter-mile novice sponsor
doubles, half-mile plain doubles. mile
plain doubles. and club tours.
Handsome medals and trophies will be
awarded The date and course over
which the races will be run will be an
Rounced later.
The Middle States regatta, which will
be rowed at Philadelphia on Labor Day,
should draw a large entry list. giving
every class of oarsman a chance There
will be seventeen races. including junior, |
intermediate. association senior, 40 |
pound senior and senior singles, junior |
intermediate 1+0-pound senior. and sem
ior doubles, junior and senior centipedes |
junior four-oared gigs, intermediate
four-oared gigs, senior 1ic-pound four !
Dared shells, and senior four-oared !
shells. Junior and senior eight-oared |
shells.
The Cloelia. owned by Gus Forsberg.
of this city. was recently fitted with |
a new gasoline engine in place of the |
old steam engine with which the boat |
was equipped. The Cloelia is one of |
the fastest cruisers on the river
George E. Sullivan. of the Capital |
Yacht Club. left yesterday for a |
months cruise down the Potomac in !
his yacht Meremaid.
nf Pa1 I'll
Washington last week with a party of .
male friends who came down. on his
ha ndsome yacht, the Kanised The |
party were guests of the Capital Yacht
Club and left yesterday for the Oriole |
City.
The power cruiser Almurue. belong
ing to Capt. Allen, left last week with
her owner and his wife and daughter
for an extended cruise to Annapolis
and Chesapeake Bay points.
The power craft Rover, of Buffalo.
and the Gretchen, of New York are
lying in the harbor while their own
ers and friends are taking in points
of interest about Washington.
Capt. John Battenfield has plans under
way for an eighteen-foot hydroplane
powered with a new 100 horsepower mo-
tor. The captain is strong for the speed
class and promises some real speed in
the new one.
Here's hoping he gets it. for the cap
tain is a good, clean sport all the way
through.
A new speeder has arrived in Washing
ton waters in the nineteen-foot hydro
plane, Big Ben This little wonder is
the property of Benjamin Hardaway. jr.,
of Georgia. and is powered with 100
horsepower Roberts aeroplane motor"
Mr.. Hardaway has placed it in the hands
of Sunny" Coleman for tuning UP. and
1t takes Sunny to get the speed out of
them.
Mr.. Hardaway intends 10 race this out
fit in all the Eastern regattas and as the
boat has shown forty miles in the
branch in its trials 1t has a good chance
to bring home the silver cup.
1t is worth a trip up the Anacostia
River to see the improvements that have
been made there. From crooked,
marshy stream 1t has been transformed
into the most beautiful branch of the Po-
tomac. From the number of new boats
being moved there 1t Is evident that
the boys know good thing when they
see II.
The Yachtsman's Annual Guide and
Nautical Calendar for 1915 has made
Its appearance and finds its Customary
place in the library Of enthusiasts.
The book has been enlarged ana
serves as a pilot for most of the At
lantic seaboard and rivers. The pub
fishers have Incorporated a chart Of +
Long Island sound. and the amateur
may find his way by its use with no
particular dificulty. The canal. too.