Evening star., 1932-05-08

the foot Of the stairs Of the Lincoln Memorial
makes an interesting picture on every fair Sun
day afternoon during the Spring and Summer.
The club members are always racing their
boats with the hope that one OF them will win
eventually the international cup given each
year at the August model yatch races at Cos
port, England. None of the Washington boats
has made the trip abroad yet, as Boston and
other cities have won the finals for America
but each Spring sees a new boat two
appearing as the hopeful contender.
Thanks to the Century Road Club Associ-
alton, the National Capital still has reminder
of the days when the last generation had real
racing thrills in the bicycle contests that
held here in June and July. Four of these
races are run on the cinder paths bordering
the polo field. The racing high light of the
Summer however, is the Midsummer speed
boat race for the Presidents Cup when the
Nations fastest sea craft churn the waters at
Hains Point to the delight of thousands of
observers
Washington has some of the most beautiful
municipal golf courses in the country, which
fact may account in part for the popularity of
the game. Another determining factor is the
proximity of the Potomac Park courses to the
downtown section of the city. As the East
Potomac course has SO holes, it has the larg-
est attendance of any of the Governme... links.
1t is in itself of the scenic beauty spots
of the District. Under foot is a grass turf of
exceptional depth watched and groomed as
carefully as that of a country club. In the
background are the lacy willows along the
banks of the Potomac on one side and the
War College, with its orderly array of Wash
ington barracks nearby, stands across the
other side. The Arlington towers seem but
construction against
hills. The Washington Monument breaks into
the scene along the opposite perspective that
ends at the channel edge where the soft smoke
OF waiting steamers tells of quiet activity
below decks. This Potomac course is not
difficult. There are lockers with shower baths
and a cafeteria with a glorious outlook toward
the city, in the commodious, stucco club house
here. There is row of the cherry trees which
make the city so attractive in the Springtime
near the caddy house. A resplendent miniature
golf course with picket fence inclosure lies
adjacent TO the entrance driveway. The time
keeping rack in the club house Office has the
cards of 36 men. who are working on the
course steadily. They have fvver which
has seen better days to haul them about the
grounds.
The West Potomac Park course has its
beauty, too, but Of the less obtrusive kind the
trees there making one Corot Landscape after
another rather than the wide sweep Of a
Washington skyline, IL this city may be said
to have that urban asset which industrial and
commercial centers desire. The Lincoln
Memorial golf course which Is reserved for the
use Of colored players, is almost within teeing
distance of the magnificent new Arlington
Memorial Bridge, and like the one at West
Potomac Park, is built with sand greens. The
East Potomac links and those in Rock Creek
Park at Sixteenth and Underwood streets
northwest are made Of grass green's
The actual operation Of those municipal
recreation facilities for which fee. Is assessed