Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-30

about his height-11 feet; length of trunk, 7
feet inches; around his trunk, l foot 3l2
inches; length Of foreleg, feet.
Jumbo meant whole lot to the children of
Washington and, of course, wherever he was eX-
hibited, and there was genuine grief among the
younger set when news of his death reached
here. No doubt there are still living in the Dis
trict at least several thousand persons who re-
member this mammoth elephant.
A MOTHER news note that attracted the
writer's attention was the great yacht race
near New York. between the American boat
Puritan and the British boat Genesta. This
was in September, 1885, and after finding out
that the American boat won, as it has con-
tinued to do ever since, he unalterably decided
to confine himself to the boat story he was
writing, and this is what he found that The
Star had to say about the Columbias victory at
the Staten Island regatta, September l, 1890,
which added another great victory to its list of
winnings:
THE COLUNIBIAS VICTORY.
THEY WON THE EIGHT-OARED RACE AT
STATEN ISLAND.
THE Columbia Athletic Clubs senior eight
cared crew yesterday won the mile race at the
Staten Island Athletic Clubs regatta, New
York. The Potomac crew finished third, and
today the town is colored a deep shade by the
Columbian adherents. The race was rowed in
the afternoon the start being made at O'Clock.
The entries the Columbias and Potomacs
of this city, the Arthur Kulls of New Jersey the
Tritons of Newark, the New York Athletics of
New York and the Staten Island Athletics.
The Potomacs made poor start owing to the
suddenness Of the word. The Columbias and
Staten Island crew at once took the lead, the
former a little bit ahead.
IAN accident to the steering apparatus of
the New York Athletic shell caused the men
@-f-~
At the half-mile,- the Columbians led by
length with Staten Island second and Potomac
third two lengths behind Staten Island. The
Potomacs made a squirt which nearly
closed the gap, but some unsteady work in
the boat caused her to lose her course and
the gap was widened again. Columbia crossed
the line clean winner by length having
never been headed, her time being 4:4012."
The crews were:
Columbia Athletics M Kenyon /; A. A.
Snyder, 2; l.. L, Harlan, 3; Ed Ryan, 4; A w.
Johnson, S; w. E. Crst, 6; Charles Baker, 7;
S. j. Janus, stroke and w. A. Smith,
coxswain.
Potomac Athletics-H. w. Elmore, /: c.. E.
Sawyer, 2; w. T. Norton 3; John Reinhart, 4;
z. r. Reynolds. 5; c. C. Smithson, 6; l.. A.
Fischer, 7; I. S. Dyer, stroke, and w F. Roberts,
coxswain."
The following year, on September 7, the
Columbia Club showed it's heels to the other
crews both at Staten Island and at Boston,
and again we find The Star saying:
THE Columbia Athletic Clubs crews yester-
day won both of the races in which they were
entered at West Brighton, Staten Island, and
at Boston. The great race at West Brighton
was for the Staten Island Challenge Cup,
one mile, valued at 81 900. The following were
the competing crews:
Columbia Athletic Club of Washington, D
CT, L. L. Harlan; 2, r. j. Brewster; 8, S. j.
Manus; T. Edward Ryan; S. A. Johnson; s, w.
E. Crist; Z, Charles Baker; stroke, I. Dyer;
coxswain, H. S. Ward"
In the eight-oared Junior shell race there
were four contestants. The Columbus of
Washington rowed well within themselves and
were not headed The Crescents met with a
slight mishap which lost them some time, but
they held second place, with the Union Club
OF New York third and the Riversides who
rowed ragged stroke, last Time Of winner,
8:29h"