Evening star., 1938-07-31
RACE CARD HEAVY
AT ST. M|CHAELS
Record Fleet to Assemble
Thursday for Big Meet
on Eastern Shore,
BY MALCOLM LAMBoRNE, Jr

ny "hLSOLM LAMbOhNE, Jr.
Anyway you look at it, the 18th an
nual regatta OF Miles River Yacht Club
this coming week end stands to be the
biggest ever in the life of the little
crab town Of st. Michaels on Mary
lands Eastern Shore.
Local yachtsmen-sailors, speedsters
and cruising skippers-will desert
Washington and nearby moorings as
they help to swell a spectator fleet esti-
mated at 1,500 boats and an entry list
OF some 400 craft for events and ac-
tivities that swing full sway with ar
rival Of the Governor of Maryland on
board the yacht Dupont Thursday
night.
The Race Committee, reporting 20
per cent increase over last year in en-
tries received to date. expects racing
feet that in the sailing division alone
will be second only to the turnout at
LArchmont race week on Long Island
Sound last week. A total of 81 events
Is scheduled for the three days
For the first time on Chesapeake
Bay an intersquadron rendezvous of
members of the United States Power
Squadron, including the local group,
will be attempted and the ST. Michaels
regatta has been selected as the scene.
Special events have been programmed
for approximately 100 boats from the
Delaware River, Hampton Roads, Pa
tapsco River, Potomac River and Will
mington Power Squadrons.
Heavy Capital Entry.
Washington squadroneers on Is
local cruisers will join in the first
event, chance cruiser race, on Fri
day afternoon. Registration and get
together will follow that evening on
the club grounds. All squadron boats
will assemble at the far end of the
race course the following noon for
parade and review. led by National
Vice Comdr. Arthur Middleton in his
cruiser Royaltie.
Combined squadrons have placed
trophy in competition for one of the
sailing events.
As an added feature and something
that never before has been attempted,
q race for miniature full-rigged ships
Is scheduled. The tiny brig Isobel III
Of Carl Won Zielinski already is on
hand, and toy clipper ships of John
K. Roosevelt and Hans Isbrandtsen of
New York and the brieantine owned
by Capt. Franklin Carter. veteran
square-rigger sailor from Baltimore,
are expected. An anonymous donor
has placed a trophy in competition.
known as the Ann McKim Cup. named
for the frst real Baltimore clipper.
Speedboats in % Events.
As in the past. 2l2-mile course
along the shore off St. Michaels will
be used for the % power events that
run the gamut from 135-cubic-inch
hydroplanes to chance workboats. At
the same time shoal draft sailboats
from little moths to the famous Chesa-
peake Bay log canoes with their sky
scrapers Of canvas will be racing over
an inside course on the opposite shore
OF the Miles River Four miles farther
out the river toward Tilghman Point,
In deeper water and with more room
for rnaneuvering. comets, stars and
racing sloops, cutters, yawls and
schooners will sail
With the exception of the star class.
the comets are expected to turn out
one of the largest fleets in the regatta.
Included among Is entries will be that
same group of Capital sailors that last
year won every available trophy
Werner Smythe in Sassy Too. Ernie
Covert in Esca pade, Col. H. H. Jacobs
Iitl. Dick Doyle's Freya and Jack
thinner in Serena.
West River Fleet in Races.
West River Sailing Club members,
calling halt to their Sunday races,
sail or tow across en- masse this week.
A special race for the albatross class
sloops has been arranged. The 90
footers will compete in the 20-foot
knockabout division. In all sailing
events three heats over Friday and
Saturday is the rule.
Traditionally, Sunday is the day for
yachtsmen to weigh anchor for home
ports However, the larger sailing
craft. as in the past, will compete in
the Maryland Yacht Club race-back
from Tilghmans Point to Baltimore
Light of Gibson Island
John Charles Thomas, noted BARI
tone and adopted son of the Eastern
Shore, will assist Gov. Nice in trophy
presentation at the club Saturday
night. In her first season on the bay
since relieving the old Coast Guard
cutter Apache, the new Calypso will
serve as committee boat and be on
station at the power course.
The races will be broadcast over
wFBR in Baltimore through the first
broadcasting unit on wheels to visit
the Shore"