Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-01
WHICH WILL WHY,


Great Race Among the SelsSn and Al
ierten Steam Yachts.
VIEW YoxK. Sept. Soy ttis tine
nsx. -s.k IL ill in all pfseseif''y be settled
vLieh i. he fastzr bSAt-see Norwood or
the ysmoo.e. II he p,opcsi,i,n Of the
American Yacht Ciuo to GET up race OF
20 or rro-s very fast steam pleasure ooats
i. aeesp.,d SRI II really looks nss as II II
viii b.. the trial of Up g. sill ssks place
OF. TIE Sud rext Ssturdsy, unless later
DIV /. sge- ell on b. all The parties II in'er-
ss- l. seems Doubtful At tiis sritsrg II
the Goreramsai hoss Cushing and Stiistfo
viii be sl wed 10 e,m?sse, sid il they are
ard IL rtlsy are ret 10 II, the race viii uH-
ae.'io sblF ioes some Of the in;srest IL
would hsr.iss sw.kea Blu, although
Ac,ins Seere ary L .msey CT the navy has
slrSssy givsa an sipsren'iy positive denial,
there 10 yet possibility thNs Sscretar!
Tracy viii exercise bis objectionable PEE
rcyAtiye and allow the boats TO participate.
Any how, even without the Govern menf
bosts, the race will be a. exceedingly
interesting event. Besides the Vsmoose
and Norwood there is certainty that the
Yank ee Doodle, formerly the Buzz, viii De
a sisrser. AID 3 possibility that the Nov
Then ard the Jsvelin will also be on hsnd-
The Ysrkee Doodle has record OF mile
in 81, snd il 10 claimed that she has sinee
been improved. Whatever this claim may
be worth, il is evident that her owners think
that she has 9 very good chance to win or
they would not have entered her.
O. the JAvelin nothing is known concern
ing her speed eIcep. 10 her Owner and
builders Owing. possibly, 10 the fact that
she has bad DO public Gisl. an impression
has gone abroad that she is not = success,
but that may be unusrrsntej. and it should
be borae in mild that che il an even lster
proiaction Of the HeireshC ffs than the
Vsmooss f1r, s'.houg se1s away from the
yard. sooner she WAS at begao o. launched
uaiil later than the Other. TIE Nov Then
IL will be rememb red bes. sill Of tie Sandy
Ht,k boats with ease in the summer OF
1887 II i. not gen rally known, however,
that under actusl tests she made ~ COZ
statute miles per hour.
Mountaineering the improeabillty that
the Goyeramen: boisa will be slloxei to
rsea, a ~orl should be said scout tn M 10
tsis connection The Cushing 10 not OILY
larger, bat more powerful, than any OF the
boast, phieh the race is open. She is al
30 the ouly one If the boats tina! has twin
screws. she is 1877 feet long and Is feet
b Am Her mschiutry onsists of two
Qusdruple eIpsr.ion engines Of 500 horse
power each Ga government test at
Bristol. K |, male Msrca p, 1890, she
ran 90 50 knots per hour for three consec
uiise hours Since her acc p.auce by the
~ h., haa Iay.Iapct snaal =,
"a 10 koots, something more THAI rs statute
miles per hour. IN short distance trials
This is d little more than three miles per
b ur less than the best torpedo boa. te cord
on the other side of the A laatc.
The Sttletto is much smaller boat than
The Cus.ing, being only shout 100 feet long
and Of much less displs cement. Taking
these ciIcum stances irto consideration she
is proporricnslly much faster, though her
absolute speed is lees, Her best pertor-
nance was short d stance run at the rate
Of 90 1876 knots. or 26 7C9 statute mi es per
hour In the three hour trisl under Gov
crnment tests she made 80 nautical mics,
or an average of ~ 3 4 knots-22 GAG stat
ute miles per hour As she is only a
single screw bost, with estimated horse
power Of $50, she compares very favor
ably with III, Cuihii e
Itany accurate test Of what the Vsmoose
can do has ever teen msd., the figures have
not been given our. Her performance with
the Msry Powell does not g for very much,
for the Sci to DID practically the came
thing six years ago, and Yet 1t has been
shown that the best she can do is something
under 2T miles per hour From Whist Is
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