Evening star., 1941-08-08
Eastern Shore Races
For Canvas Fans
To Start Today
Solomons Event Offers
Variety; Alexandria
Host to Oursmen
BY MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.


=August's largest yachting week
end opens today and continues
through Sunday on three scattered
fronts of Chesapeake Bay and Po-
tomae River to give sail, speedboat
and rowing enthusiasts their fill OF
competition.
This is TIE card for the week end:
The combined regattas of Chesa-
peake Bay and Tired Avon Yacht
Clubs on the Eastern Shore at OK
ford. Md-all sail.
The fifth annual regatta of Solo,
mons Island Yacht Club at Solo
mons, Md.-both sail and power.
The third and final regatta among
three clubs of the Southern Row.
ing Association at Alexandria, Va
all rowing.
OF the three, the Eastern Shore
races will afford the longest COM
petition. Events begin there this
afternoon, will be resumed tomor-
row and conclude Sunday. The Sol
onions regatta is scheduled for to-
morrow and Sunday, while the near
by rowing regatta will be held Sum-
day, beginning at 2:15 pm.
d. c. Enthusiasts Strong.
Washington sailors, speedsters
and oarsmen are expected to play
an important part in each of the
affairs.
Old Dominion Boat Club will play
host to oarsmen of the Virginia
Boat Club in Richmond and Po-
tomac Boat Club here. With "a
points to their credit, Old Dominion
crewmen now lead in the S. r. A.
series. The Richmond club is Sec
Ond with 80 points and Potomac
trails with 20 points. But, accord
ing to authorities, it's still any
body's title.
Events have been scheduled for
four-oared gigs, quadruple sculls and
the eight-oared shells. In the last
match of the three clubs, held last
month in Richmond, Potomac and
Virginia divided honors.
Gov. Herbert r. O'Conor of Mary
land and Mayor Howard w. Jackson
of Baltimore have accepted invita-
tions to attend the Solomons Island
regatta which will be featured by
inboard and outboard races. Sail
ing races will be staged on the
Patuxtent River. while power boats
take over the inner harbor.
Novelty Race Promises Laughs.
A novelty race which promises to
afford many thrill-and no few
1aughs-has been cooked up by
Solomons officials. Business and
professional men whose only quail
fication is their inexperience in
racing will compete in inboard
racers known as Miami Flyers.
More than so trophies for some 80
events have been donated for the
Solornons show, according to DR.. R.
v. Truittr new commodore. ., .s
The oxford races were to open
this morning when the bays large
racing fleet sets out from Gibson
Island for the race down the Chesa-
peake and into the Choptank River
to Oxford Meanwhile, seven smaller
sailing classes were to take over the
Tired Avon River this afternoon for
the first of three races.
Events have been scheduled for
stars, comets, 20-foot round and 20
foot chine boats, Hampton one
designs, scrappy cats and penguin
dinghies. The Tired Avon Y. G.
portion of the regatta closes tomor-
row afternoon, and prizes will be
awarded in the evening.
Sunday will find Chesapeake Bay
Y. c. sponsoring events for stars,
comets and cruising and racing di-
visions. The Potapskut Sailing As
sociation of Baltimore will sponsor
a "raceback" from Oxford to Balti-
more Light for the large boats that
day.