The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-01
MOTOR BOAT RACE TROUBLE
AUTOMOBILE CLUB INSISTS on
CONTROLLING TEA SPORT.
I've CSurses selected nnd nrItlAh Arc
Expected 10 SAP Something Keats
nuIldihg Ter the Defence u the
TPonh, Maple Leaf q ChAllenRer.

BuIldng Ter the Defence % the
TFSphy aaPls Leaf q ChAIlenEer.
while the Motor Boat Club Of America
and he Automobile club Of America. backed
no b. the larohmont Yacht Club, are At
dds a. 90 the control % International
motor boat racing there are some who are
PATRIOTIC enough 10 90 ahead aud build
BOATS that may help 10 keep the British
International trophy In these watera
Frederick X. Durham has two boats
that will undoubtedly take part In the
eliminating trials These are the Dixie n.
,hs Yacht that successfully defended the
trophy two years aEO. and the Intruder,
q GleioW designed craft equipped with a
Surfing motor. which II 10 be very fast
Il vas not expected that this boat would be
= world beater. but since she was designed
has become apparent that she will be
speedv. aud while her owner and designer
srs not making any remarkable claims about
Shat she will do In the way Of speed, they
are quietly confident that she will rive a
good account of herself.
Another boat has been built AZ Halaite
/, by the Atken- Wheeler Company.
Inc model 10 quite a taking one and the
vacht iu suuipped With w % horse power
motors witch weigh Only ten pounds TO
the hOrae-pOwer. Thia IA q remarkable
motor a. far az weight goes. The Dixie'a
motors. which developed about go horse
power. weighed S.aoo pounds.
AnOther defender that n being con-
structed Il a hydrOplans from designs by
Morris n. whitaker which viii have power
iu motor. similar craft but with small
horsepower started at Monaco against the
ruula. the Duke Of Westminster's fast
70 iooter In the race for the cup OF
natiOns Ursula won. covering tho 100 kilo-
meters. ~ miles. In I hour 20 minutes
50 - second The Brasier- Despuiols. tho
hvdrOplAne. took I hour "a minutes ts IS
seconds In the contest for the mile from
a standing start and the flying kilOmeter
he Brasler- Despuiols won on account
n her less power Il was possible 10 start
ssr very quickly and she had gained q lead
n nearly 10 wards before the Ursula vas
fong a. full speed Ths hyaTuptRne's
time for the mile was minutes 20 secon,is
and for the kilomeler - rs seconds. The
line Of the Ursula was minutes 80 rs
seconds and for the kilOmeter So 2-5 seconds
II d possible that The hydrOplane build
h,S here. which will have much more power
han tho French boat viii make much better
time, but Il has been repeatedly shown
hat tho hydroplans requires perfectly
smOoth water 70 maks her best speed. while
0 boat shaped like the Dixie II. OF Ursula
cah do wei when there h q rather rough
sea 10 speed In
The trouble between the three American
orEanixatiOns h unfortunate az this time
When there u blckering and trouble making
amonE the clubs % one country over an
International event Il naturally causes some
s.-auiet among the representatives Of the
other. 1hs members Of thu Automobile
Club have ever gone In for mot or boat
racinR and few Of them have ever owned a
fast meteor boat Thsy have shown = singu-
lar lack % knowledge Of Ire rules Of the
sport and have very vague idcss of the
manner In which a race for the British
trophy h conducted.
Ths Automobile Club 81 America has
played clever pOiiticu said a we'll posted
yachtsman IL has succeeded In getting
under he control two clubs that have needed
financial assistance and Il has used those
two clubs "a further is own ends In tg0s
the fnssFraii0nal Association Of Yachting
Automobie. q, purely European assocla;;
ton composed OF motor boat. yacht and
autOmobile clubs of Great Britain. France,
a iSst had sslectsd ted tss ' RatS;mobiIs Cub Is
Of AmeTiCa a. ita sole representative in this
country. hiCh selection carried with it
governing authority IN sll internstionnl
hits announcement caused some comment
among owuers 81 motor boats
In April. 1908. he Motor Boat Club 81
America, holder Of the British iuterna fiOnal
irophy b. virtue Of the victory Of the
Dixie ]. IN British waters and the Dixie u
10 these waters. vas IN financial trouble
The Automobile Club u America was
Motor Boat the Automobile Club Of America
agreed 10 supply the sum Of money
required TO meet the immediate needs -
the Motor Boat club q America. which
division Of the Automobile Club Of America
The money vas to 10 repaid from the
initiation lees OF new memhers coming
INTO ths Motor Boat club Of America The
70 10 allowed TO Use the quarters u the
aItQmObile club
me Larchmoni club was brought into
big Agreement TOO. Thai club since auto
mobiles have grown 40 popular has nor
zen doing a. vel ~ Ia former years. and
's MEMBER realiyed that By making some
arrangement with the Automobile club
De revenues might b. increased, a. mem
b@rs Of tie AUTOMOBILES club vere 10 have
he privileges Of The ArrhmOnf house
H vas also hGured OUT that br grtttng
u'o touch with the automobile lub su, b
International racing that might D. ar
8ud N course lake a crowd there and Of
.ourse the larger share Of the giory arising
Fom surh contests,
committee composed Of two members
'iom each Of these three clubs was 20 ar
-anGs the details of the races and d was
gnly natural that the Automobile and
lArchmont members should vote together
And the Motor Boat Club Of America BE- let
out In the cold. The Motor Boat Club ~
America At a meeting selected Huntington
2 he course for the next race ana he
British challenger we're 30 notified by ne
secretary Of that club. Walter VI BielinR
Later q meeting OF tho representatives OF
he ihree clubs was held. the action Of tho
AO'ot Boat Club rescinded and laTchmOnt
chosen a. the course and the British have
hesn notified Of This action just what the
British will do Il now awaited with some
anHiety and not a llatle curiosity
That there has been a sad bunEle made Of
h!nEs = shown by looking a. the deed Of
eff Whleh governs the British international
oup That deed, after telling what the
Fophy 4 for and what vessels are eligible
aAys The club holding the cup for the
line being shall make Al neceesary ar.
shall bear ell costs relating 20 such organiza-
Ion Now the cup h held by the Motor
Boa club Of america. va. won BY the
representative OF that club and successfully
defended two years ago BY another rep
sentative and II accepted the challenges
u the two British clubs The challenge
sas not cent BY the European lnternatio nal
1850 lailou 70 me AllviaYuh' 'iuu ~
imsrca bur by the British Motor Boat Club
and he Motor Yacht club of Great Britain
The Motor Boat Club Of America.
mother clause In The deed says. An
questions arising out Of the running u the
ra'ss shall be DEALT With BY an International
commission composed - follows. One
representative o. each u the composing
riIhs and one representative % the donor
and IN case 81 squBlity In the number ~
"nfea then the representative 81 the donor
o. AN IN addition 70 his ordinary vote, have
also = lasting vote The donor ~ the cup
4 Lord Northcihfe. formerly Sir Alfred
liarnHw0Tth
10 hsssrling IarrbnQnt - the Dlaqe for