The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-07-28
DIXIE II. TO MEET VoLSELEY
SELECTED TO DEFEND THE BRIT
ISL INTERNATIONAL TROPHY.

Makes Fine showing in F1rst Race OF the
Trials. Averaging 2B.5 Nautical Miies
Gould Have Made Better Time
Other Boats to ne Chosen To-day.
The Dixie H.. owned by former Commodore
r. j. Schroeder, won the motor-boat race at
Huntington yesterday afternoon! She went
! around the ten mile triangular course three
times without missing an explosion in l hour
0 minutes 81 seconds. which Is at the rate OF
?5.7 nautical miles an hour. IL was a re-
markable showing for a vessel that has been
In the water only " days and impressed
the committee 80 much that Dixie III. was
at once named as one OF the representatives,
OF the Motor Boat Club Of America to meet
the Wolseley -Siddeley. the challenger for
tho British international trophy. next Satur-
day.
This proceeding was somewhat irregular
' but was warranted by the conditions. Nine
! boats had been entered In the eliminating
/. trials. which after having been postponed
| for two weeks began yesterday. In these
trials the committee reserved to itself the
| right to select the three boats which in their
jud were best suited to defend the
| trophy. Only four Of these nine showed
up and Of these only two finished the course.
the Dixie ii. and the Den. The Dixie H.
defeated the Den BY II minutes ! seconds.
A anu buC u hoNSN ohO hiuSh
tons . minute and Shs6 Pnshaed, to her .S. limit InIt
mil mile OF Of the he' Course Hp 'S was she driven 70 her top
speed and then she made a wonderful show
sjsnsr Af hSsn ths Wilma e slip sS5 + H, S M' Crs tne f the
In view Of her performance, to. allow her 70
making such improvements as have sug-
gested themselves, and which will help the>
pThs cornnisfae Cha r,sx y Tower. Walter
NJ Bieiins and Morris WHITAKER. discussed
the suggestion and decided that as the Dixie
for but two. Of the others that are coming 70
S SsHs al hf fhe i ti Tss P Ssss 81 's e , pfspsr 1s fS for tie
big event on Saturday and so they announced
that the pixie j: was one Of the three sss
e Ss' pSs p t sss LEI = s sssHSs' condition 60 meet
'hf fh .G 9sss yes,efasy afternoon was started
quarter Of a mile from the n TERRACES ICES OF the the
crowded With sightseers who, had nun down
in motor, cars to witness the sport, The
out so that the turns were gradual and the
racers could make them without any sharp
turns. III turns were well marked Ssd ed , 80 t
snsIe ana no mistakes were made at an
boats, and the owners Of these boats too
kp TS. e niOs boats sS keep sTie ins Sou snt.r Slsar were
ssSTeedei: simplex TT y, &; Thiie6s.d:
" j.. snsdeetsr; rhip, fiIff.s Hawkins and
Wainwright: Antowin F. s. Webster Gray.
A' 81 f i%ase''s ss 'GSlp PEI III. - was u; H Sishs!awn.
The simplex xiii, had been sold and the
last Year. The Eoo:crsis had a good trisI
s sn su dsfssi IN 9u, ths se ssfsT pumps mo' thas h ,Si1 TO
from Bsyonne for Huntington and win be
Was IN the ha!6or. but had trouble wi!h, her
engines. which are the most powerful q
f ihsn y sissdr re- nj but ast those e'f in 's charge say say thu the
trouble has been ended and she too will race
to-day. She viii meet tho Elco-Craig. Den
power motor and which is somewhat Of a
Joke in such fast company, went two rounds
Of her four osyiinders wers working,
6; s,o W., IL s.; s't III ssss% NM nd AZ: 4! Si ;so. ssas &
II! Il: s Ss.ss'S ss.s siss. ] .s S. f Es e: St,i 4 Iss
: sSessiHs y sis s:ssns:; .fssT tss :isP.i FSS'
and then the Gray went .twenty-seven seconds
later, The Aqtow 4 Il the ipes an was
then went back. She finally got away slowly,
nine minutes Late! 'ss tina p,,,. II, with n ens
burst OF speed took q fair lead OF the Den
and then as those II sharse did net e wish to
e pSald The se s sSe . sSG ara down " 's ss a 81 'sps ssi' thu, sss
just left the Den a little in each mile tina twas
run OF. The Dixie cut the wsie5 very clearly,
s ss'sra, spp sars III Ike psei ; 'S0S sSsl g S btS ltS@
II. ID Gsax We. Ii z fl lt ! boat q f Sf h ss' .iI.s s1 ID. wit" Ras
The The pixie i l. in, sSs bi ,se ,. end q ), , m;Dn ars.
% %h ssSO /. :, to Pbs make 1ss. t III s sSs nautical nautical, miles %Iies;
at toos4, her elapsed time. being IS minutes
s. seconds, and the Gray, fnished at 4osS7.
Her elapsed time WAS % "A 1Sts m,s sssco sH1dds;
time The Dixie finished the second round,
having made twenty pies, at t:7ii2 and
W wa. Sat s. minutes ann est II i Seconds. which is Is at I'll the
rate Of .2Sa nautical miles an hour, The
being h y minut ss Il sTs seconds dsl for s!I he sec sa%s
round. and the Gray !hhished at 4:a7 IS, The
Gray then withdrew from The race ,.
home when she was let out to her limit OF
water until the keel was clear for about ten
feet. buried a little more ayt threw Just a
little NOR. wave and on dar RI tbs across pqss, the
pictures that has been presented in. motor
racing In, a long time. Her ELAPSED time for
the last ten miles was ~ minutes 6 sec
onds. her elapsed time for the whole course
OF thirty nautical miles was hour o minutes
81 seconds and her avera re speed ?5.7 miles
an hour, WHICH il equal to 20, rs statute miles.
The, Dlyie is ~ feet ~ inches over all and
she has q Whitman-Crane motor Of ?0n horse
power. She is single planked with mahog--
any and her beam is g feet o inches. She
d!splaces 400 pounds. n a trial she. is
said to have done about thirty nautical miles.
and according to the way she ran yesterday
she should do very nearly that when driven.
She Is a very pretty boa. with a straight
to the point of extreme beam about amidships
and then curve in slightly to the stern. which
Is fiat.
The Den finished at z:3a0i. Her elapsed
time was ! hour 2l minutes 6 seconds and
she averaged 22.2 nautical miles an hour. The
Den Ia driven by two an horsepower motors.
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