The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-09-13
THE FAST VAMOOSE
She Makes Meat of the Famous
Mary Powell.
SHE GOES PAST THE NEW YORK
Editor Hearsts New Yacht Plays with the
Fastest Boats on the Hudson, Sailing
all Around Them with Ease.


with fast steamboat Friday and came
out OF it with flying colors. After the con
test OF last Saturday with the Monmouth
there were some people who said that the
Mary Powell was q faster boat than the
Monmouth. To see whether they were
right or not Mr.. Hearst the owner of the
Vamoose, determined to give the speedy
hudson river boat rum All the morn
ing papers have long accounts of the race
IN It's story, the Recorder says: ''The
naughty colors OF the Mary Powell were
lowered yesterday and she can no longer
pose as queen of Hudson river. w. r.
dearst's sleek and swift Vamooss gave her
Inc worst beating she ever sustained in the
course OF her long and memorable career.
~ course the Mary Powell was not racing.
IheSe river steamers all have too much re
cara for the safety of their passengers to
lnuulge IN such frivolous amusement. but
the pent up steam issuing at frequent
intervals from her safety valves indicated
1nat although she might not be racing she
was at any rate going as fast as a particular
kind OF coal bought specially for the occa-
zion could drive her. Passengers on the
Mary Powell said the Vamoose looked lust
ike ner name and they were right. She
resembled the French flea: first she was
seen and then she wasn't seen.
len minutes after the boats were
abreast and the race begun, the Vamoose
crossed the Mary Powel's bows and soon
was $40 yards ahead. The news of race
against the Mary Powell had been flashed
up Inc river. That this was so was evil
denced by the crowds that lined the docks
as the racers swept by. 1t is no use to say
that thero was no contest, for it was too
evident. Now g. big and memorable feat
occurred A little more steam was allowed
IN the cylinders until the gauge registered
24O pounds, leaving ten pounds in reserve.
Inc Vamoose crossed the bows of the Mary
ToWeIl, ana darling over to the New Jersey
slue Win her helm hard astarboard, de .
scrlbed semi circle Her object was to
show how much faster she was. The
Vamoose lost nearly a mile by this man
euVerlng, but she broke the record. Never
before had the Powell been treated so un
tremendously. The Vamoose passed her
on the starboard side and three minutes
later = was away ahead of her at
this tune the Mary Powells safety valves
were pu&ng forth steam. After this the
MARY PoWel ceased TO be an incident in
the race. All hands looked for other fields
to conquer.
Another contestant came to the front at
about this time. 1t was in the shane of a
passenger train on the line that skirts the
starboard bank of the Hudson, bound
Albanyward. The train and the Vamoose
lett RlVerdale together. The yacht beat
the train to Gonkers. Thus the Vamoose
peat not only the Mary Powell, but also a
went up the river as far as
Hastings, by which time the Mary
POWELL was almost hull down astern.
Coming back she had a brush with the
New York, one of the Albany boats a craft
with three tunnels and well known to be
faster than the Mary Powell. The Vamoose
uescrlbed semicircle round her stern and
caught her within short order. The New
ork made stop at Yonkers and SO de-
prlyed the Vamoose of the honor of an
authoritative victory chronicled by watches
registered half an hour. The Vamoose,
however, clearly demonstrated the New
ork was quite as much her mutton as was
the Mary Powell
This was the first time the vamoose car
ried 24O pounds of steam. The captain of
the Mary Powell declared that he had
never raced. But the fact is historic that
the Powell reached her first stopping place
forty minutes in advance of her usual time
This was said to be owing to the tide.n
The World has over acolumr account of
the race and this is the headlines: Steamed
all round her. Mr.. Hearst's Yacht Vemoose
beats the Mary Powell Ran ahead eros
5ed her bows, gave a stern chase and won
again Then the aquatic racer challenged
4 Hudson river railroad train and left il
behind from 1onkers to Hastings, running
at tWenty-slx miles an hour, the fastest
boat in the world, is the belief of experts"
And here is the first paragraph of a
column and half article in the Herald:
Talk about your Teutonics and your Males
lies, they would not have been in it with
w. X. HearsL's cyclonic little wonder the
amoose. When she raced against that
famous old river steamer, the Mary Powell
yesterday afternoon, on what some people
;all the American Danube, or what
s generally known as Hudson river,
not only did the Vamoose beat
The Mary Powell but she did what no
other boat has done before, or even at
.empted, and that was to steam completely
around her. incidentally she beat one of
,he local passenger trains to Yonkers and /
practically walloped the New York Of the !
Albany Day line, in run from Hastings
20 1onkers, the New York, fortunately
Tor herself, stopping there to land pas
The sun has a couple of coluu ms about
he race, which begins thus: Like a tiuv
lemon crowned with flowing Jocks of sootv |
lair, which the wind tossed victoriousIy /
behind, the Vamoose danced all around the |
swift Mary Powell yesterday on the Hud- |
ION. 1t was defiant race, too for there !
vas dignity in the way the speedy steam
yacht tossed her head about the waves |
whenever she settled down to real work |
n short, the Namoose started out yester !
lay to beat the Mary Powell on her trim
Up the Hudson. She loitered by her side |
IS though fearful of the contest at firstand |
hen burst ahead gleefully as though laugh /
ng at the Powelps clumsiness. She
iarted from side to side in front of the big
team boat and circled clear around her
Her sharp bow spelled out the word de-
eat in clear letters behind. On !
either side and in front of her
zig antagonist and &C length to Hastings
when the PowelPs discontinue was more
han complete, she put about and darted .
way without even salute to try and find
worthier antagonist. Then the Vamoose /
tarted in for some fun. There was local I
passenger train from New York abreast ON
he New York Central road. 1t was made
Up of four cars and had easily passed the I
POWELL, when it caught up to the Vamoose !
he yacht started up again, Again her
tern sank nearly into the water and again /
he smoke blackeued as her tiremen
hovelled new supplies of soft coal into her
furnaces. The yacht and passenger had il
Zip and tuck from Riverdale to Yonkers /
where the train stopped. It was a close |
rush, but the merry fier of the waters /
yon."
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