Evening star., 1935-09-28
Regatta
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blade for men, and quad single blade
for men-an international trophy tilt
At O'Clock tonight the annual
dinner and reception will be held at
the National Press Club.
The vagaries of sail boating were
never better illustrated than in the
free-for-all which wound up yester-
days four-event program, for which
IL trophies-for the first three in
each race-were given by The Eve
ming Star.
Bringing out almost everything that
would carry a sail among its 43 en-
tries, which included Carl Ackerman's
60-year-old sloop Hattie B. the free
for-all was all of that, and the finish,
decided entirely by handicaps. was
comparable to horse race in which
the winner turns out to be one that
was left at the post.
Zephyr Wins With Handicap.
The 24-foot yawl Zephyr. owned by
John Marsh, commodore of the Poto-
mac Sailing Association. and manned
by Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Orr, finished
far down the list, but was declared
the winner, its handicap Of 10 min
utes and 81 seconds, deducted from
actual sailing time of / hour. 81
minutes and II seconds, lowering the
corrected time to 46:l7 for the
miles
Two other trailers, 80" and "61"
Of the moth class, entered from the
Maryland Yacht Club, also aided by
high handicaps, finished second and
third-the same positions they had
held in the race for moths in the
morning.
The racers went of in three groups,
and the fastest elapsed time was
scored by the Madic, a double-ended
sloop. also from the Maryland Y. c.,
which went past the finish line in
hour, Is minutes and 80 seconds
after the start. The Madic is owned
by William w. Heintz Of Baltimore,
and although it started from scratch
in the third flight, it was the fourth
to finish.
Sassy Gives a Thrill.
The real thrill of the race was fur
nished by the Sassy, owned by D.
Werner Smythe, and the Serena, the
entry of Clyde Cruit. which had bat
tied it out earlier in the day in the
comet class race.
For the greater part of the S
miles the pair, off with the second
bunch, went along like team,
Smythe aided by Gushing Daniel, and
Cruit by E. Covert, but at the end
the Sassy was going away. The
handicap time element, however, elm
mated them from consideration.
In winning the comet race. Smythe
not only outdistanced his own field,
but that in the sailing canoe race,
which had started 10 minutes before
the comets got away.
Third In the comets was the Freya,
of D. H. Fowler, with r. S. Doyle |
as crew.
In the sailing canoes, the winner |
was c. Van Kammen, whose aide was
16-year-old Verna Hazard, one of
several members of her sex who took
part in the races. She saw her father
and brother finish behind her, Jack
Hazard and his son John running
second, and John Oxley, sailing alone,
third.
1t was first announced that Jim
Hood was third, but recheck Of the
time replaced him with Oxley.
Jaycee Turns Over.
While Capital sailors were taking
the honors in the other classes, the
moth race was an all-Baltimore affair,
the Jaycee, skippered by w. johnson,
winning after turning over before the
start, and the go" and "61" follow |
ing in order.
AS the sail races ended, the Coast
Guard and Red Cross put on novelty
marine events for the benefit of the
crowd which continued to grow all
during the day.
In a colorful water carnival and
garden reception at the Corinthian
Yacht Club last night, winners of the
sailing events received their trophies,
and several hundred enthusiasts
gathered under multitude Of bright