The Washington times., 1934-06-21

Along with the Presidents CuI
Regatta, here in Washington, tht
Baltimore event Of August 10, Il
! and IL takes rank with the great
est regattas Of the year. It prob
ably will Surpass any other cele
bration Of 1894.
It is more than paSsingly inter
esting to note that the Baltimore
regatta and celebration includes
no less than 100 events.
Friday, the first day Of the re
gatta, has 20 events, Saturday has
AZ and Sunday has 2S.
Rowing, sailing, powerboating
air demonstrations, social events
and music are included on al
three days.
Races for Cruisers
The Army Band starts the big
Baltimore regatta with a concert
Then Sea Scouts will distribute
themselves for their various du
ties. Next, an escort of cruisers
will leave the Maryland Yacht
Club to go to Fort Carroll from
where the cruisers will escort
visiting craft back to the yacht
club.
There are two cruiser races
North Bay and South Bay. A
number of power cruisers north
of Baltimore, coming to the re
gatta, will rendezvous at Better
ton at $3.50 a. m. on the first day
of the regatta and will race to
Fort Carroll in Baltimore. A mum
ber of power cruisers south OF
Baltimore will rendezvous at An
napolis, in the Severn River south
of GreenSbury Light, from where
they will race to Fort Carroll
The next event scheduled for
Friday is the parade from Fort
Carroll to the Coast Guard pa
troll boat, Apache, which will be
stationed on the race course at
Fort McHenry. The parade will
be headed by the Governors
party, with Commander Earl in
charge. Governor Ritchie's party
will be followed by those OF
Mayor JACKSON of Baltimore,
and the Commodore. The par
ade is scheduled to reach the
Apache at 1880 p. m, when the
Governors salute by the Army,
Navy and Coast Guard will be
fired, just as the Governors boat
reaches the Apache.
Many Planes, Too
One of the feature events of
the first day will be a demon
stration Of formation flying,
aerial acrobaticS and combat
maneuvers by the Pursuit
Squadron, U. S. Air Corps, from
Langley Field, Va. This will be
the signal for all whistles on all
boats and factories in and about
Baltimore to officially open the
celebration with one-minute
blasts. Following this will be a
fire boat demonstration and a
band concert.
Racing events-16 Of them
feature the afternoon, and in.
clude rowing, sailing and power
boating. The Sea Scout race be.
tween cutters from Philadelphia,
Rhode Island, North Carolina
and New York City opens the
racing card Of the day. Then
come these events in the order
named:
Sea Scout cutters from D. c.,
Va, Md. and DEL; Class B
canoes, first heat; Snipe Glass,
first heat; Sea Scout cutters
from Mass, New York, Pa, and
Conn.,; Canvas canoes, Glass C,
first heat; 125-cubic inch Class,
powerboatS, first heat; National
championship, 225inch Class for
hydroplanes, first heat: A, B.
c and D stock runaboutS, first
heat: winners of Sea Scout first
and second races; E, F. and G
stock runabouts, first heat; stock
runaboutS, unlimited, first heat:
winners OF third and fourth Sea
Scout races: A, B, c and D ladies
stock runabouts; winners Of fifth
and sixth Sea Scout races; and
chance cruiser race.
Big Day Saturday
Races will be followed by a band
concert, at Broening Park, by the
Army Band; q reception by the
Commodore, at the Maryland
Yacht Club; q band concert by
the Army Band, at Fort McHenry;
and, dancing at the Maryland
Yacht Club. with all visitors in
vited.
Saturday and Sunday are big
days.
Saturday opens with q band con
cert. at Fort McHenry. Then
come o series Of races-power
sailing and rowing-numbering IS
Of this number, IL are sailing
events, 16 are power events, an6
the remainder rowing events.
After the races, air demon
Strations of formation f1vinp aero