The Washington herald., 1916-08-27
UPPER POTOMAC IN HOLIDAY
ATTIRE FOR BIG REGATTA
ON LABOR DAY AFTERNOON

to take on holiday appearance. From
the Three Sisters Island down to the foot
of Twenty-ninth street one can find the
rivermen making preparations for the big
Middle States Regatta, which is now
but seven days of.
Each day finds more of those who have
boat houses, launches or other type of
boats, cleaning up in order that they may
look their best to receive the many visi-
tors who will be here for the great rowing
classic.
The committee in charge of arrange
ments for the regatta has been working
hard during the past week making prep
arations for the care and comfort Of the
thousands of people who are expected TO
witness the events on September 4. The
committee feels that the regatta is given
| for the special benefit OF the people Of
Washington and 1t is with this end in
view that they are doing everything pos
sible to see that all who care to enjoy
these exhibitions of physical strength and
endurance that are portrayed in such an
entertaining way in no other sport as
In amateur rowing, will be comfortably
accommodated
| The course selected for the race was
chosen on this account more than any
\ other, for on no other course along the
| Potomac could spectators be given such
an excellent point of vantage as Is pos
sible near the finish line Of the upper
river course. II one is not fortu-
| late enough to own an automobile he
will not find II necessary to walk a
mile or two before he can get to the race
course as the finish line will be directly
opposite the foot of Twenty-ninth street.
which is only short walk from the car
line Those with automobiles will be
equally as well Accommodated, for there Is
parking room at this place for over 500
machines
The committee has arranged for seat
Ing capacity for over 500 people right on
the finish line and the seats will be so
arranged that a person sitting in one OF
| them will be able to see the crews prac-
tically from the time they leave the start
until they cross the line.
| Another feature to the regatta that has
been received with much enthusiasm by
the local yachting and power boat clubs
Is the special invitation extended to them
| by the regatta officials to come down
along the race course with their boats
| Nothing would be more spectacular
than to have hundreds of boats decorated
with holiday regalia form lane down
which the racing oarsmen may row amid
the cheers OF the thousands on shore and
on the water. or course. II is understood
that they will have a certain section
properly policed by the Revenue Cutter
Service. and the Harbor Patrol set aside
| for them. so that there will be no con-
fusion nor interference with the oarsmen
| or the spectators on the shore. but that
has all been gone over and anyone will be
granted ample opportunity to witness the
events and still not be in the way of
others present.
Another excellent point OF vantage will
be from the Aqueduct Bridge. which is
situated half way between the start and
the finish OF the race. and from there
one can witness the start, see the crews
coming down the river. and be right over
them when they hit the half way mark.
There Is one arrangement that has been
worked out for this regatta that will
make it a great deal more attractive than
| is generally the case In affairs OF this
kind. and that is that a double referee
system will be in force. thereby shorten
ing the length of time it will take to
run of the events by fully three hours.
The regatta will begin sharply al 80
|P. NJ, instead of 1O:SO A. NJ. as was
the case in the last big regatta held here,
and a race will be run off every fifteen
minutes thereafter so that all OF the
races should be completed by o'clock at
the latest
The arrangement would only be possible
under the double referee system. by
this method, while one referee will be
the other referee will be lining up the
contestants for the next event, and will
start them as soon as the previous race
has been finished. In this way there will
be no undue delay, and there will be no
chance for the spectators to get tired
waiting for something TO happen.
| The regatta committee has been much
| encouraged from reports coming from
other cities in the East about the amount
Ipf int hain taL in ha
States this season and they feel that
the affair will be one well worth going
some distance to see.
The Columbia Boat Club. of Pittsburgh,
Pa, has agreed to send at least four
and possibly five entries. The Virginia
Boat Club, of Richmond, Va, will have
at least four entries. The Arundels, of
Baltimore. the Potomac Boat Clubs old
friendly rivals will be over with several
entries among which will be their junior
eight that won from the Potomac eight
last month in their match race in the
Monumental City. The Potomac junior
eight is expecting to redeem itself when
they meet the Baltimoreans Labor Day.
| 1t Is practically certain that New York
will send a large delegation. while Phil
adelphia Is known to be alive in antici-
patton of the event, both cities are figur-
ing on making a killing here, but how
| both can do it is not quite understood.
| The local rowing contingent will have
something to say as to where number of
the prizes are going, for from the form
| the Analostan Boat Club senior eight
| and the various Potomac crews have
been showing of late. it will take some
excellent crews to win from them.
| The Analostan Club in preparing for
this regatta has been working under the
theory of quality and not quantity in re-
gard to the number of crews they will
enter in the events on that day, and
from what their senior eight has been
showing in practice it appears that the
clubs method will bear good results.
| Coach Edmonston has as fine a looking
| lot of youngsters as one would want
to see in one boat. Size, youth and
experience are all there and under the
watchful eye of Edmonston these ele-
ments have been worked into a snappy,
fighting aggregation that is sure to give
| an excellent account OF themselves.
| There is hardly a man in the boat
who is not at least six feet in height
and every one of them is in his early
twenties. Each man of them can
claim a record of at least two pre-
yious races during the last couple of
years, and this will serve them in
good stead when they go to the mark
on Labor Day, for experience is a well
come asset to any crew, and espe-
1 cially to senior eight when thew