New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Miami Is Preparing
For Great Annual
Motorboat Regatta
Races Start Saturday and
Continue Until March 6;
Regent Entertains Daugh-
ters of the Revolution
From a Spscia, Corrs.pondsrs

"TOW q Opoc10t Correspondents
MIAMI, Fla. Feb. 7.-Mlami 10 pre-
eminently a winter resort for sport
lovers. Every visitor physically able,
1t seems, pursues some particular
hobby. Bathing Is tho most popular,
with the ocean registering 72 degrees
throughout the season. Angling runs
close second In favor. then follow
golf. tennis. motor boating, aerial trips
and polo.
This seasons program for the an
nual motor boat regatta is the most
ambitious ever undertaken. There will
be weekly long distance races, begin,
ming next Saturday and closing with
the Miami Beach speedway contests on
March and 6. The preliminary races
Will start from the Biscayne Bay Yacht
Club and are designated the United
States Express Cruiser Champtonshin.
The events are:
February Ia, 100-mile race to Bimini.
bananas. and return; February 21.
Ia1m "a 6each and return, approximately
l3o miles; February %, Key West, one
way. approximately 100 miles. March
b-0 will be given over to speedway
races ON Biscayne Bay for express
cruisers and displacement boats. AQUA
plane events also will be novel fea-
ture. Carl G. Fisher, one Of the pro
moters of the Indianapolis motor
speedway, is chairman Of the regatta
committee.
Sir John Craig Eaton, director Of
the canadian Pacific Railway, is q visi-
Many of the winter colony met with
tn the Everglades Chapter, Daughters of
cne American Revolution, early in the
week. Ihey were entertained by Mrs
everest u. Sewell, regent Of the So
clety. Among those present were Mrs.
=. Il. Cunningham, Of Louisville; Mrs.
n: Is. Fisher. Miss Lucy w. Crane, Mrs.
John T. Cannon, Mrs. G. W. Fleming.
Mrs. l.. James Baker, Miss Carrie Scar
Mrs. Robert l.. Post, Mrs N. Herbert
Goodspeed, Mrs. W. H. Sheldon, Mrs.
Ellen Richards and Mrs. John L Whit
lock.
Polo matches at tho Miami Beach
neid nave taken strong hold upon So
clety; Ihe opening contest with Palm
Beach poloists attracted scores OF
motorists from that resort and eyerv
match since played has been we'll at
tended. ts, 1t is expected that Redman
,Wanamaker I'd, who was unable to play
here with Palm Beach, will do SO later.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Van Anden. Of
lslip, l.. l., gave dance Wednesday eve
ming on their houseboat, the Omedita,
IN II honor Of their guest, Mrs. George B.
Melme. Among those invited wore
Mr.; and Mrs. James H. Gilman, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles M. Eaton. Mr.. and
Mrs. Rollin A. De Weese. William
Pruden Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee NJ.
Rumsey, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank L.
Connable. Mrs. Kilgour Miller and Mr..
MT. and Mrs. T. E. James enter
tanned Thursday evening with the
ater party given for their niece, Miss
Henrletta Lovejoy, Of New York.
r, MISS Charlotte Bevans, of Short
Hills, N. j., is passing the winter with
her grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs. James
+. Logan, at their Point View home.
The Martinique Is entertaining W.
B. Mcbride, Miss L. Mcbride, Mrs. E.
A. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Pipp
and Miss G: M. Ethridge, of New York.
At the Hotel McKinnon are II. G.
Ostermoor, Mr.. and Mrs. W. G. Cor
nell, A. w. Church, Rudolph Guerton,
Harold Cornell. G. A. Robinson, w. F.
Crochet and l.. L. Harris, of New
York, and Mrs. E. R. Franklin, Of
Yonkers.
Late arrivals at the Mills-san Carlos
include Arthur Luft, William Bowen.
Sidney Levy A. H. Symons and Miss
Marjorie Stirling, Of New York; LLOYD
NJ. Evans. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Stokes
and Clyde P. Roos, of Asbury Park.