New-York tribune., 1902-09-07
ARROW BREAKS RECORD.
.prFs r FIJNTS YACHT SPEEDS A
MILE AT EMPRESS TRAIN SPEED


-,. .+sar, Yacht Arrow. built for Charles X
-r,,- from designs by Charles D. MoSHei.
b;s citv and intended 10 travel at spseo
sa-+v knots an hour. yesterday afternoon ',"
Get test under full power. She Responded
-t7- N the call made on her, and Jus'iileu ''''
..+io-7e of her designer. builder ard o"hei
.,-i-,er = measured nautical mile on IarIN
~ On ,he Hudson River, in l;5-. or al '''
10 of 1924 knots an hour This is equi<aieii,
. ALB statute miles, or one minute ~
'o..+aer seconds for one mile and is a lie"
,-ater speed record
Although she did not attain the 1uil speeu
x-+,, knots an hour required OF her 10 liiee' '''
s,+iors 1nder which she was built, 1t was
o1,arentIv not because she could not DO II, oU,
,eca,7se the pressure was reduced al d u i't'a-
,-+ ny an error in releasing a safety waive
r. bo;iars were at one time under a pres
=. &c fo,,r hundred pounds TO the square lheH
.rd the engines under a pressure OF 9''' po"iiuS
re test vas made with every uhesseH'"i
,-eiqhr stripped from her. and hef heiiiiSii.'i-
wearing ? chauffeur's goggles 10 protect ms
e,-As while travelling at TINS express ~
speed 49,. -. 1917
The Arrow left the city for the test at l--''
taking on board at Pier A for the UP
- +,,a t5n5son her owner Mt. Flint: his brother
~T-.r.oa z Flint: his secretary. w A SoaHos,
4osarb Il and Alfred Il. Hoadley ana Ss'e'4t
,,a7,-e-arer men. The vessel was IN chaI6 u
her commander D. c. Packard. Slc hau oee"
,7a-t1, stripped for the test. and carried oli'S V
of her Two boats. Part OF her coal was III Sl~fN7
r,ranaratorv 10 being removed Wheh inc NJ,
Fbo,,1a he reached. in order TO reduce her weight
as far as possible. The trip up the Il'eI |1
undoubtedly the fastest one that most % NJ
ar,srs had ever experienced on the "aIel-
-ar-1--+l7-ee minutes after leaving Per = liie
trirn Yacht was opposite Grants t"nlo' anu my
y,inr,tes later Ardsley was reached. Inc run o
thirty miles had been made IN seventy I'M ies
-o;-7,,-es In the run the vessel had swept pas
ordinary river craft as if they were only oulsiie
bowed lighters. with happlnS sans
vessels propelled by steam.
T was 80 o'clock when the slim crai' ran
,o-re,de Joseph H. HoadIeys yacht Nushha'
-rbfcb was fArdsiey. The Nushka took Oh al
the Arrows passengers except the of1lclal liii'e
l-eeper and her crew. consisting OF captain
Packard. the chief engineer Jefferson ; Briggs
-Eo assistant engineers. two hreren one
7-a+er tender and two oilers. While the Nusliha
e.-,r5 an anchorage about a quarter of nile
off the finishing mark ashore. the AFRO" ran
o,-a- n the Ardsley pier and landed her suTPlus
ros1 and other unnecessary fittings
r,e Weather conditions we're fairly good for
he +ae+ The tide had reached high water
sleck and there was only four Knot nreeze-
The s7,ruIus weight removed. the Arrow testea
.,e- machinery by crossing the river rom 1he
rier Then she swung around and started lot
he line OF her I'D river course ihls course
10. taan carefully marked off by Coast Survey
szrerts who had by triangulatlon fnarheo g
-5lA ~, white posts SET on tripods on the track
= -be Hev-York Central Railroad, one Just
~, of the ArdsIey pier and the other Just
,oa,-b of The bluff on which Miss Helen NJ
C5ould's house stands
II was half a mile below the starting hne tfldt
the Arrow got into her course she huns tHeIe
moment. and then leaped forward II was
exactly 90 O'Clock when she started 0he
Quickly gathered speed, and IN few secoluS
had gathered such headway that the oohe III
her teeth" could be seen from the Nushka' more
than mile away. Two big waves. Which sPreao
7,aarl, a hundred feet on either side OF the Ar
rovr we're rolled back from her cutNater NO
1ra-er -passed over her bow. however AS she
moved along, rapidly approaching The NusNAa'
4be roar Of her machinery could be heard Sfe
had measured half her course when cIouo OF
steam rose on either side Of the yacht IKE
wings. Some OF those unacquainteo with poii-
ers looked uneasy
There's nothing the matter" remarked MI
ru,r+ reass,,ringly. She's got her dander up.
end that comes from the safety valves" IhlS
Trove6 10 be true. The safety valves had beeh
ser for 2 pressure Of $40 pounds, or - pounds
less than her full working pressure. one OF tile
valves had opened automatically as the boiler
7,-essllre had risen 10 400 pounds In the bustIe
and excitement below there was misunder-
standing OF the jangling Of wires, and an assist
AMI engineer opened the other valve TINS re
duoed the pressure. and with slight swerving
in the Arrows course served TO reduce the
sr,ead of the vessel. Otherwise it is believed
that she would have covered the knot in less
than ninety seconds or At speed OF more Iilah
forty knots hour.
The Arrow passed the Nushka like express
train her deck level, and with little wake fol-
lowing her. except churned, green water she
ran almost 10 Tarrytown before reducing her
speed. Then she Circled TO the lrVlngt0n plsi'
where Mr.. Flint received the official time OF Ine
run The crew. after the test, praised the crdII s
Tor her Steadlness- At d speed OF twenty ~ ~
miles an hour tremor could be felt oniy "iIell
the hand was placed the rail The trehiol
when at full speed was increased only sllghly.
She ran perfectly her lines. The test was
seen by many people the shore.
Here are some OF the records which the Arrow
surpassed yesterday: The yacht Namoose t~en- t-
iy-tOur statute miles hour. the torpedo ooal
Porter. thlrt-three miles, the turbine torpeuo
boat Viper. under private, not official condltoS'
was credited with forty-two miles, ana a 1ei
man torpedo boat has been credited Will q
Slightly less speed.
Mr. Flint has used the Arrow to bring him
from the Ardsley Club TO the city. She WIN 80
out of commission tomorrow Unit lnlS 'eS'
she has never used but of her two boliefs:
The Arrows hull was constructed loI ~, ~.
Flint by Samuel Ayers & Son, of Nyack, ano 'he
boilers were built at the Crescent ShipyaTd' dl
Elizabeth. y J. The L. Wright Machine NofhS'
Of Newark y. J., turned out the main eilsInS es
and auxiliaries, the air and feed pump n coiiIe7
from the shops Of w. Forbes q 70, f1oDoe
y. j and the decorative work was that OF T.
Caldwell & Co, of New-York The dlmenslohs'
capacity. etc. OF the yacht are Length d
80 feet inches: length on waterilne, Lou IeeI,
beam extreme l. feet g inches: normal drauSht
OF hull. ) feet 10 inches; draught under screws: