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Show 0BEN Hi 1 FOR GffllEGSIIS I Fund Being Swelled to Make Jfl the Event a Success; jfl Many Entries. ffl By Leased Wire to The Tribune. 'B WASHINGTON, July 30. OaremenT' flj and scullers in every nook and corner H of tho United States whoro a blado Jfl is pulled, and across the border line in tjH neighboring Canada, aro priming for fl one great occasion, the national regatta, fvM to be held hero on August 2 and 3. Thcro , are a number of aquatic ovents in tho iffl meantime, including the famous Cana- ,SM dian Henley at St, Catherines, Ont., on $S August 5 and 0, and aro looked upon by S those who will compcto in them as bo- ing in a measure try-outs. Local bust- nes-a men and rowing enthusiasts aro M answering tho call of the committee, and are swelling the funds that aro no- .- ccssary to carry the thirty-eighth an-nual an-nual mooting ol tho nation's big carni- val to success. , " It is tho firBt time since 1892 that rm the rcaatta has come here. Naturally, 4fl New York. Philadelphia and Canadian clubs are making the greatest number JM of entries for each organization, but 3fl tho blanks are coming into headquarters from every rowing center ia the north, Jm south, west and intervening point's. |