THE CUBA REVIEW 



15 



Crew of the Athletic Chib of Matanzas. 



REGATTA AT VARADERO 



This regatta took place at Cardenas on 

 August 22d. The ])riiieipal prize competed 

 for was a silver cup which was presented by 

 President [Nlenocal. The boat chibs com- 

 peting weve the Vedado Tennis Club, the 

 Athletir- Chib of Cardenas, the Athletic Club 

 of Matanzas, the Nautical Club of Varadero 

 and the Havana Yacht Club. The cup was 

 won by the crew of the Vedado Tennis Club. 

 The crew of the Nautical Club of ^'aradero 

 was second, and the crew of the Athletic 

 Club of Matanzas was third. Tiie illustration 

 accompanying this article shows the crew of 

 the Matanzas Athletic Clul). 



CUBAN POET HONORED 



Bonifacio Byrne, the Cuban poet, has re- 

 ceived high honors in the Floral (iames of 

 Oviedo, Spain, for which he composed a 

 special poem. 



STATUE TO DR. FINLAY 



La Asociacion de Dependientes del Com- 

 ercio de la Habana has undertaken to raise 

 a sum of money, this sum to be devoted to the 

 erection of a statue to the memory of the 

 great physician. Dr. C. J. Finlay. 



CUBAN ROCK 



Ten carloads of Cuban rock have lieen 

 imported into Florida for use on an expensive 

 house to be built in Miami. The Culian 

 i-ock was selected ]iarticularly on account of 

 its durability. 



MONTCLAIR ACCUSES CUBA 



According to press i-eports tlie maple trees 

 in the town of Montclair, New Jersey, are 

 being greatly damaged by a small insect. It is 

 alleged that this insect came from Cuba, but 

 it is not clearly stated how the insect came 

 from Cuba. 



ROQLIE CANAL 



The work on the Koque Canal is nearing 

 completion. Civil Engineer Castro, acting for 

 the government, has just accepted 10 kilo- 

 meters of the canal, and he says that the rest 

 of it will be completed in a very short time. 

 The canal is 52 kilometers long. 



THE CUBAN TELEPHONE CO. 



This company jirojioses to operate a sj'steni 

 of automatic telephones in Santiago de Cuba, 

 the service to be extended to Vista Alegre 

 and Fomento. 



