Evening star., 1933-05-14
VNyASHINGTON, perennial host
w one of the most important
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dress parade will serve a double pur-
pose. First it will signify the official
opening of the Yachting season here:
secondly it will tend to create interest
in the Forthcoming Gold Cup battle.
Many people Of Washington states
DR.. Roy Lyman Sexton. commodore OF
the Corinthian Yacht Club and gen
eral chairman Of the Parade Commit
tee. ARE not aware Of the splendid pos
sibilities of boating in these waters.
The pageant not only Will stimulate
owners of boats to complete the over
hauling and painting of their crafts III
time for the parade, but will attract
general interest to water sports ana
will present a dignifled. worthwhile
spectacle for thousands to view.
There are more than 800 Washing
ton-owned boats in the city. More
than $50 will be in the dress parade.
which will be at least four miles long.
A wAsHINGToN-owNED gold cup
~ craft will whip the waves this
season in the Presidents Cup
REGATTA for the first time since the in,
ception of the classic during the Cool
idee regime.
Shortly after Bill Horn had driven
her Delphine ~ to victory last year,
Mrs. Raymond T. Baker, formerly OF
Detroit, but now resident OF wash
ington. stood before President Hoover
and promised to float and drive the
Capitals first gold cup racer next sea-
son. Mrs. Baker, sister OF Horace
Dodge, now has her new boat down
at Dodges plant at Newport News, W.
An expert driver Mrs. Baker, winner
in 1927, when she handled Miss Synol-
cate. promises to become a real con-
tender for the $4,000 gold trophy this
season. Having an entry flying the COL
ors OF the Capital is expected to prove
a real stimulus to interest here IN the
grueling race.
THE first of the important power
boat races on the national cal
= endar will be staged today when
100 Of the country's crack outooafd
drivers send their frsil craft whining
down the historic Hudson in the sixth
running of the hazardous 132-mile
speeG- boat marathon from Albany to
New York
1t is the Grand National OF outboard
racing. There are mud flats. driftwood,
rough water and fog-to mention only
A few hazards, Five hundred and forty
beats nave started down the river in
the past five years. Only 226 have
reached the finish line.
The winner undoubtedly VIII SET
new record for the marathon. for since
1928. when the Albany-to-New York
race first was held. minutes and even
hours have been clipped of the time:
In 1928 Earl Widegren won in APT.
Charles Cabot was victorious last year
In 2:56:39 W1degren's miles-per-hour
speed was 297; Cabot's, 44.4.
~ANOE blades will slice the Potomac
in competition fer the first time
~ in 1888 today when paddlers be-
gin the first of series OF four races
in preparation for the annual regatta
of the Delaware and Chesapeake di-
vision of the American Canoe Assocla-
ton here July 16.
Today's test will be for one-man
single blade contenders. Other races
are one-man double blade, May %;
tandem single blade. June II. and tam
dem double b'ade, June 18. All will be
at three miles
Each contestant entering automati-
cal;y will be given one point. and will
receive an additional five. four. three,
| two or one point for finishing first,
second, third. fourth or fifth.
~ORRIN L. STRONG of Washington
has entered his schooner Ataloa
~ in the annual Gibson Island race.
premier long distance event OF 1888 on
the Atlantic Coast.
The start of the race is scheduled for