The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-06-06
RACE IS NIP AND TUCK
But the City of Erie Gets There"
Forty-Give Seconds Ahead
of the ashmco.
HER BAOKERs POCKET 100000
Distance One Hundred Miles, and 1t
Was Either Boats Race
Most of the Time.

Cleveland, O., June 5.-The hundred
mile race from Cleveland to Erie yes
terday between the Cleveland pas
senger steamer City of Erie, owned by
the Cleveland and Buffalo Transit
company, and the Tashmoo, DetroitS
crack passenger boat, owned by the
White Star company, was in many re-
spects the most noteworthy race ever
sailed on fresh water. The Erie COW
cred the distance in four hours, nine
teen minutes and nine seconds, pass
ing the stake boat at Erie forty five
seconds ahead of the Tashmoo, beat
ing the latter by forty-fve seconds
elapsed time. 1t was pronounced by
old vesselmen to be the prettiest race
ever witnessed. Aside from winning
the speed championship of the great
lakes. the Erie won about 100000
for those who bet ON her.
ydeal Conditions fos the Race.
The conditions under which the race
was sailed were ideal. There was d
fair sky and sea as calm as a mill
pond. These conditions were more es-
sential to the Tashmoo, as she is q
light -draught boat and would have
been severely hampered by wind and
sea, while the Erie was made to travel
fast under all conditions. The course
was lined from start to finish with eX-
cursion boats of all kinds, and the
shores were crowded at all points in
sight with people. The noise at the
departure of .ae racers at Cleveland
was duplicated at the finish. Whis-
ties footed and people cheered both
victor and vanquished. Both boats
were stripped to fighting trim.
Preparations for the Struggle.
The Erie made no preparations for
the race except to unload her freight
after coming to her dock in the morn
ing. The Tashmoo had been scraped
thoroughly and everything done to IA
cilitate her speed. From the start the
result was In doubt until within a few
miles of the finish. The race demon
strated that the boats were pretty
evenly matched. Each was surprised
at the speed OF the other. The boats
approximately made nearly twenty
three miles an hour. 1t was neck and
neck from the starting point until just
about Fairport, where the Erie en-
countered shore water and fell three
lengths behind her rival. From Fair
port TO Ashtabula she made no percep-
tible gain. but finally picked up and
passed her rival. The Tashmoo sailed
by spurts, getting ahead for a while,
then falling back. while the Erie main
tanned a steady gain. When the VIC
torious craft entered the Cleveland har-
Dor last evening on her return from
the race she was greeted with a tre-
mendOus ovation.
Big Difference I'm Horse Power.
Both boats are side wheelers. Both
were built by the same man-Frank
Kirby, of the Detroit Dry Dock COM
pany. He designed the City Of Erie
to cover the 200-mile run from Cleve-
land to Buffalo at high rate Of speed
under all weather conditions. Kirby
built the Tashmoo for high speed on
short river route. The City of Erie
has a compound beam engine, which
has developed 5000 horse power, and
the Tashmoo has triple-expansion in
cline engine capable of developing
$500 horse power.