Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-22

club house a. Is Q club house Tt Il
large, 1t Is spacious. It In clean and
well kept. it is tidy. It contains show
ers and canoe rooms, its lounge Is lux
urious, its dining room Is large, with
luncheon and dinner available: its ball
room OF ample area Its broad veranda
overlooks the Patapsco and the feet,
its lockers plenteous, its every accom-
mediation of the best.
Here the national colors are lowered
nightly with fitting ceremony and q
salute; here they observe the amenities
And here, too. one might figure that
all this would he very expensive--too
costly for Mr.. Average Chap to belong
to or come in. Not so. It costs less TO
maintain membership-join, dues,
basin charges, etc.--than In the city of
multitudinous clubs mentioned above.
And one receives SO much more. And
the answer seems to be, one club, one
LARGE club under efi1cient, paid man
agement; one club whose membership
Is not one bit larger than would be
possible In the city Of five clubs, were
they to combine, memberships, resources,
meets and property into one big club.
The time is long past that this should
have been done. Petty differences seem
to be the only obstacle. It seems, how
ever. that before this may be accom-
plished, before the formation OF such
club becomes an accomplished fact,
that BarbaroSsa will have then come
down from his mountain and the
millennium arrived. Five yacht clubs
Just four too manyl
A ND Of activity! OF Sunday there
"A are few craft left in the basin.
From Friday night onward there is a
continuous procession of craft bound
out for trip on the bay or one of the
numerous creeks within q few hours
run. Motor and sail, out they 60. And
so as not to be left behind, we also took
a day of from the business of exploring
and explored a bit for recreation. Sc
curing instruction and information from
genial native who CHANGED aboard, we
ranged southwark to Gibson Island,
where, We were told, we would find q
large feet Of sailing craft known as
Stars" competing for the International
Trophy. These were known as elimina-
ton trials, and one Of them surely
eliminated the 20 others present, If ap-
pearances may count, the craft In ques-
competitor.
These Stars are beautiful little craft,
fast sailing and furnishing plenty of
thrills for crews and spectators alike,
though they are very safe and said to
be non-capsizable. And 80 of them
fighting, blanketing, jibing and scram-
bling for position at the windward mark
are sight worth going miles to see. It
is regrettable that washington is not
represented In this great class of racing
boats and curious, too, In view of the
fine reaches of water available for sail
ing. The reason Is probably that one
applying to most Sof our deficiencies
here-lack Of facilities.
And 50 our explorations end, for there
remains nothing now but the return
voyage, covering of water that has al
ready been sailed over, q feeling Of de-
preston that the cruise is nearly over
lover. we might add, without even q
clue to the pemmican so much desired,
and little before US but the rehashing,
time over without end, to curious friends
of the great expedition into the outlands.
And We must then turn our reporting
into more prosaic channels-the Capt.
Jones and a party of friends were seen
down river" sort of thing colylm
filled with personals and rant Of oil and
speed boats. What no? No! Ho hum!
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