Evening star., 1950-07-14
FORE AND AFT
By Mdlcolm Lombor,e, j.

A dry-run regatta viii be
staged by Capital Power Boat As
sociation July % 50 that novices
will be better prepared for the
groups utility outboard regatta
here August 6.
Commodore Jack Hyde said all
the equipment for a regular race
will be set up on the docks at
Frank Miller,s Boat Yard. foot Of
Mstreet Sc. After q brief1ng on
starting signals and racing rules,
the neophytes will be sent out on
the Anacostia for practice starts.
They also will be given lessons
In passing other boats and turn
ing buoys, so that when the Au-
gust races come of. there win be
no reluctant drivers.
The instruction is part Of the
educational program proposed by
Ed Sullivan. at last weeks drivers
school. association members lend
ing a hand included Sullivan.
Hyde, William Carlo. Jack Mari
and Francis Pasquini.
Capital Yacht Club members
are sprucing up their dock space
these days in anticipation Of
the District governments annual
waterfront inspection. The sur
vey is made to determine whether
docks under the city's jurisdiction
are maintained in a safe and sani-
tary condition.
Commodore Jack Miller Of Co
rinthian Yacht Club, chairman Of
the Presidents Cup Regatta IL
Illuminated boat parade unit, dis
closed this week q special trophy
will be offered for the most at
tractively decked out yacht in the
September Is affair.
He expects between SO and go
yachts for the parade which will
open the power week end of the
big regatta. Fireworks supplied by
the Sesquicentennial Commission
will be a feature of the evening.
Serving with Miller on the COM
mittee are Roswell Boothby, Rich
ard Jones. jr.; Frank Courtney,
James Hannah, jr.: c. c. Jadwin
and Eugene Duffer.
Committee chairmen announced
at a regatta luncheon this week
included Horace B. Smith, vice
general chairman under General
Chairman Eric Greenleaf, Leon
Chatelain, jr.. program; James
Councillor, -ordinator of club ac-
tivities. and Jack Blank, trophies.
Ben Treadwell previously was ap-
pointed membership chairman
The sudden death Sunday at
the Bush River regatta of How
ard Scott came as q profound
shock to his many friends in the
racing game in the East. The ST.
|year-old Alexandrian was one Of
the founders of the Capital Power
Boat Association.
Friends recalled his elation over
finally getting delivery this spring
from Morlan Visel of the 48-cubic-
inch hydroplane Our Folly. How
ard campaigned extensively In
the early regattaS and was look
ing forward to numerous other
races when stricken between heats
Sunday. .>.-.<~ * 49,
Sundays utility outboard races
at Solomons, Md, may see the
debut of a new boat driven by
Jackie Lanier. the youthful Wash
ington driver whose press agent is
his pappy, Maj. A. L. Lanier. The
elder Lanier writes from DeniSon,
Tex. concerning a new boat
named Firebal, Jr. II:
''It's terrific Chat part heavily
underscored in the note). It's a
cinch to set a world record at the
New Jersey outboard regatta on
the 23rd. viii run 1t at Paris,
Tex, then ship it by air to Wash
ington so as to run 1t at Solo,
mons on the 18TH"
A later Lanier communique
from the Paris front reports
Jackie took two firstS and q sec
ond.
A Star boat built during World
War I will be racing this week end
at the Gibson Island (Md.) re-
gatta. Bearing the very low num-
Der A, the boat is named Draco
and owned by Thomas Barnes Of
Huntington. L. l., who is expected
to be the skipper.
At least two Chesapeake Bay
yachts viii be racing in the New
York Yacht Club cruise which be-
gins late this month on Long Is
land Sound and winds up In New
England waters. They are thu
Naval Academy's yawl Royono,
sailed by LIT. Frank Siatkowski,
and Carleton Mitchell's yawl
Caribbee of Annapolis. The two
Glass A yachts staged real fight
for first place. honors in last week
ends Annapolis regatta.
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