New-York tribune., 1904-10-30
RACE FOR CR0XEN'S BOAT
Up AND DOWN HUDSON.
X p D " C cOUers IS6 Miles
Without Stop-Onontio Fast.

-, % ,be baze settling down the Hcdson
r,s,.er after sunset last night narrow rloaho OF
,bite foam growing IN volume as Il aPproaehed lhe
.s.c,,ars on Ire Columbia Yacht Clubs PIER al
b,,-sf,th-sf suddenly took the shape OF q ma
l,orany auto boat. Il was Frank Crok@rs r .
y c Travelling at railroad speed. SIS oasheu u
scvoss the l.nish line. The winner OF the s1she q
81 90 and os the longest and best race OF the year.
.zoine from Eighty-sixth-st- 20 the Poughkeepsls
S.isre ana back 1856 statute miles without STOP
- even slow down. at the rate OF 1oSS Aii0es an
,or tp end @ p down, an average OF <zeo' or @o%S
statute miles an hour. The ude was tair nan wa!
ND and half way down. -.
-v.u FOR mai" Herreshon sitter being beaten TINS
summer has produced boat that may De calieo
world beater. which has shown moi only "on.eI -
.nee6 but remarkable engine endurance vas
sbonpss, that all three OF the boats that started
,,15 tsrs 10 sfop A. least once and perhaps twice.
:. take or q supply OF gasolene- The Fingt et On
stonped twice. losing about forty minutes The
x-5prf .. In finished in The dark az e;l5 p N she
hsa been beaten 5s minutes ofhcial or II minutes
notlial with tine deducted for stoppages
The start uas al Eve minutes past noon. sfter q
,,, ~ Two hours for CrokeFs boat. which arrived
A. two minutes 70 Il and. with her owner ~ Ute
~eesL she dashed across the lire twenty SECONDS
after the last signal Owing TO soHae oefshs
A. her machinery a. the last moment the Chal"
ienre-. steereo by A. D. P. Smith. did not start
untn two minutes later. and the Vint et Un Win
C. H Crane at the helm. was even more IN
@o-frsFtafe for some one stepped On hS4 SON'~OA
vrirss ana broke them while she was Setuns reaoy
Cor the start Il required Il minutes ano SECONDS
o. repair them, ana By that time the otheT ooa's
zvere out OF sight 70 the north|ard
r,cnnodore Harrison 3. Moore. Of the Atiantio
svs.br r-lub With his new 6-foot boat Ononuo
.-rsstrs Of One-hundred-and-tWent -eghth-st unul
a. three boats hs5~Passed: he then began 20 chase
sb.r, Turning up 706 revolutions minute WIN
-, rvaie engine those on board the ononuo were
.ble "a see The boats when they passed fonAers-
Sc oxsrhauied and passed the Challenger on tSoeK
,Vht exactly g minutes after she began her race
80 .bern Later IN the day she beat all motor
No.+s' records by travelling over the measured
,vernnent Tnile az the rate OF 1856 knots or zeS0
St.,,,fe miles an hour. She was timed by COM
sooeore J. " Allison. Of the Cape May Yacht Club.
-The ghkeepsie course. which had been accu'
r,stelv surveyed BY officials Of the NeW-fork Cen
srsl srd Hudson River Railroad. was exactly oe-S
,.sauts miles from Eignty-sxth-st- TO the Pough-
lEepsis bridge 100 feet south Of which the turn
sng mark a tugcost, was anchored. A great crowd
a7ea gathered on both shores Of the river at this
rospt 10 see the race. The X P D and the
vIngt Il In made beautiful turn not slowing
II et ell but making vide sweep and continuing
sown the river The Challenger did not appear, for
AZ passing HaveTstraw she struck log in the river
which smashed her propeller and put her out OF the
FRce she was towed hack later 70 the yacht cluo.
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