Evening star., 1939-08-20
Islands Best Comet,
Will Compete for
Star 5 Trophies
Record Fleet Expected
For Meet; Rowing, Canoe
Races Again on Card
By MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.

BY MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.
Sailing events of the Presidents
Cup Regatta will assume wider
aspect this year, with word received
that Puerto Rico will be repre-
sented by two entries In the large
comet class, l OF II divisions TO
compete for trophies donated by The
Evening Star.
Luis Santaella, commodore of Club
Nautico in San Juan, informed Sail
ing Chairman Arthur Clephane that
his son, Luis Antonio, will enter
his comet Puerto Rico II and that
he has assurance Senator Pedro
SerralleS, commodore of the Ponce
Yacht Club, will race his Don Q
on the Potomac River September IL
and II.
Both boats will compete for the
first time IN the United States q
week earlier in the comet class ma
tional championships at oxford, Md.
Islands Fastest Comets.
The two boats represent the fast
est comets of the large fleets at San
Juan on the north and Ponce on
the south coast of Puerto Rico. The
duet will be accompanied by several
prominent island yachtSmen. Com
modore Santaella, who will attend,
organized the first Puerto Rico mid
winter comet regatta last February
in which a number of continental
shippers including two local sailors,
were entered.
A total of 25 entries already have
been received for the sailing events,
which at this early date indicates a
record-breaking fleet.
In addition to the Puerto Rican
boatmen Arthur Fucker top-rank-
ing comet sailor of Perth Amboy,
N j., and Robert Welsh of Millers-
vile. Mo, have notified Clephane
they would be on hand for the
three-race series. Carroll Smith of
Galesville, Md, and Frank Carlson
Of Annapolis Jointly hold the honor
OF being the first 20-foot class
yachtSmen to enter.
Racing Order Settled.
From Norfolk. Va, comes the en-
try Of David Pritchard, winner of
the moth class events here last year
James Caulk, jr.. will compete in his
St. Michaels. Nd, moth.
Racing will open on Saturday.
the 10Th, at l:30 pm. Second and
third heats begin at $50 am and
2 pm. the next day.
Twentyfoot round bilge boats
will lead the way, with 2O-foot chine,
albatross, comet, Hampton one de-
sign, snipe, open canoes in two di-
visions, handicap A, handicap B,
penguin dinghy and moth classes
following in order mentioned at five
minute intervals.
Meanwhile, Aubrey Bogley, chair
man of the Race Committee for
power events, prophesies this years
regatta will see the largest entry list
in history for the big Presidents
Cup event.
Hard-working Bogley has every
right to this claim. Just when it ap-
peared the Gold Cup class was
doomed, whole crop of boats and
drivers, several of them newcomers,
loomed on the boating horizon.
Big Cup Field Likely.
If all of the seven big racers prom
ised for Detroit's regatta over Labor
Day materialize and not crack up,
these alone will give Washington a
fine crop.
But add to this number several
entries anticipated as a result of the
new cylinder displacement require
ments and you have as large a field
as ever raced in old Georgetown
Channel
Among the racers the Detroit mo-
guls have lined up, you can bank on
Count Theo Rossi of Turin, Italy;
Julius Manger, Pelham, N. Y: Har-
old Wilson, Toronto: Herb Mendel-
son. Detroit; Zal Simmons, Green
wich, Conn; DR.. A. L. Harbinger,
Akron, Ohio, and John L. Hacker,
Detroit. Bogley has assurance that
L. T. Christian, Richmond, Va, will
enter the Presidents Cup race even
should he not be ready for the Gold
Cup.
Rowing, Canoeing Carded.
Earle Orem, lone Marylander to
compete mere last year Tor the John
Charles Thomas Trophy, for the 225
hydroplane national title, has en-
tered his Cambridge, Md, boat again
David Gerli of New York City will
place new Ventnor-built boat in
the American Power Boat Associa-
tion championship race for all run
abouts except E and K.
Rowing and canoeing returns to
the regatta program after too long
an absence. They will have their
places the afternoon of September
IT in conjunction with sailing races.
A finish line for paddlers will be
established about 100 yards above
the upper mark of the sailing course
in Georgetown Channel. A. Earle
Weeks is in charge and will be assist
ed by George Herman Of Potomac
Boat Club and William Rhodes of
Washington Canoe Club. Five row.
ing events, including an Soar race,