Evening star., 1926-05-16

in riding Il roller coaster.
It's great! I'm glad l took that
spin. Yes, l want to take another
ride some time. I'll strap myself to
the seat securely next time. however.
SO the invitation of w. A. Rogers,
vice commodore of the Corinthian
Yacht Club. to join him on another
ride in the Baby Gar" 5Smile-an-
hour speed boat of the Potomac,
owned by j. IL. Mccormick -Goodhart,
heads my engagement calendar.
Commodore G. c. Smith already had
expressed a desire To take us for a
ride on the Viking, flagship of the
Corinthian fleet by virtue of her SKIP
per'S seniority.
Coming out of the Corinthian Yacht
Club slip, on the Virginia shore below
the Highway Bridge, Baby Gar plot
turned her nose in the direction on me
railway bridge which spans the Po
tomac at that point. rs Capt. Rogers
throttled down the Baby Gar, he said.
"our course begins under this railway
bridge We come to deaG stop.
A well moduated. humnniEE noise
suddenly the tenor voice Ot capt.
Rogers was heard "She : off, l was
taken by surprise. No doubt [ eN-
peCted to see A barrier 20 1p--rCallE
it even beats the thrill OF seeing the
ponies get off. Thud. m" back
Gar / could feel the craft fairly
spring out of the wafer. Her skip
per stepped down on the accelcv}tor
and the Baby Gar was wide open.
Having registered amaHcment when
told the speed of the trip would come
close to a mile-a minute. ! glanced 1T
my wrist Watch--lt WAS Ln use. for
the VapUriZed spray produced hY the
speeding Baby Gar hr moW hal not
l. I,n 1f,41 = lNa
readily dc monstrated The uniform of
the day should have le"n rtlnco,.t or
bathing suit. The bifoy2l lens would
have come in handy. too. Ny ision
soon became lImmcd, making it DIFF
ffcult to distinguish one shore of the
Potomac from the other.
"Ilains Point" shouted Capt. RoS-
ers. as he cut down the speed of the
Raby Gar in order to make the turn.
Swish. Swish. Soon we were headed
back to the railway bridge. The IA
miiar humming sound and she was
off again. The return trip seemed
even faster 10 me.
As we passed under the bridge,
Capt. Rogers voice ran" out--"She
made it." He had timel the trip. = he
Raby Gar had lived up to her repu-
tation as nearly a m;lc-a minnie speed
boat. The course IS q distance of
road bridge to Hains Point-aud the
Baby Cars time WAS slightly more
than minutes.
Capt. Rogers explained this speed
IS low for power boats. lie cited the
time made by the winner nf the IA
nous Gold Cup race. usually held in
Detroit as fast as 81 miles an hour
during the 15-mile lap race. TIE aver
age time for the race. Capt Rogers
IA n1~ -.
One speed boat recently was re-
ported as making speed of 107
miles an hour in a test run. De-
spite the performances OF other speed
boats, the Baby Gar is speed king
of the Potomac.
THE GRAY BAT. another speed
boat of the river owrel by J. f..
Battenfeld. commodore Of the Fast
ern Power Boat Club, is nearly a
mile minute boat.
The fastest speed boats in the
country will compete oye~ tho roto-
mac course in the PrH~i.-cn''s CUp
regatta, scheduled for SeD-e22b he. ! 5. |
The Corinthian Yacht C12b H@servcs
a deal of credit for arranging this
national event, which is 10 be an
annual affair.
ItSluVit DoiitletS St'pil~pl ga w.
$4,000 presidents Cup" which VIII
go to the winner of the race with
deed of gift for one year : de-
sign for the cup was selected last
week at a meeting Of the advisory
council for the event.
The American Power Boat Associ2 =
tion. which has the same relation
ship to boat races as Three \ or
ganiZation has in control of TIE
h; a
the Potomac event, and it will he
governed by the rules Of the orGani-
zation. Every water sports enthu-
siast is waiting for TIE big race.
which will center eyes from all over
the country on the activity in the
Potomac.
A LII Washington-official resident
and business spheres as well as
the Sports-loving population-might
we'll extend expressions of appreciation
to the Corinthian Yacht Club for its
enterprise in bringing this national
regatta to the Nations Capital. A
provision in the agreement between
the American Power Boat Association
and the Corinthian Yacht Club stipu
lateS the event shall be held annually
on the Potomac River course.
Holding of the regatta here will
identify Washington as a center of
aquatic sports. 1t is expected to at
tract hundreds of visitors to the city
annually. 1t is pointed out the event
will mean effective national adVertiS
ing for the community, rs well. Cog
infant of this feature, fOreSighted
ShingtonanS who have interested
themselves in putting over cam
paign ito sell Washington to the Ma
tion" regard the activity as a splendid
stimulus to their purpose.
In addition to President Coolidge
and Secretary of the Navy Wilbur.
sponsoring the affair are the District
commissioners, Washington Chamber
of Commerce, the Board of Trade,
representatives of the civic organiZa
tionS and business men and women
of Washington.
The deed of gift to the 'S5,0O0 Presi-
dents cup will go to the winner in
the senior championship class. regatta
officials announced, "The Secretary of
the Navy cup to be the award for
junior championship contestants un-
der similar conditions. A design sub
mitted for the latter trophy has been
accepted the announcement said.
The presidential yacht, Mayf1Ower.
heads the Potomac River fiotilla. Al
ready this year the President and his
party have taken customary week end
cruises on the Potomac.
In addition to this distinguished
craft, some of the finest pleasure boats
afioat have anchored in the river. An
chored in the water opposite the Capt.
tai Yacht Club. another prominent or
eanization of the Potomac, at present
is a fleet of pleasure boats represent
ing a vast investment of money.
Opposite Haines Point, few hun
dred yards below the Capital Yacht
Club, are the seaplane hangers of the
Bureau of Naval Aeronautics. The
sight of these flying ships making