New-York tribune., 1910-08-16
RESTLESS IN TIME TRIAL
oniy Motor Boat Ready for First
Elimination Races

WIN 'he forward part of her shapely
hu4i clean out of water. and tbe rest of
her' from arnidships to the stern. throw
| ing fountain of spray ten fee, on each
SIDE the twin screw motor boat the
Restless, owned and steered bv T T.
Sheseoroueh, sped three times around a
.th-ihlle course in Huntington BAY yester-
day at an average speed of q 90 knots or
2S,7SS statute miles an horr
MS speed trial against time. made in
'iie presence OF several thousand persons.
oi' poard steam, power and sail yachts
8iiohoreo inside the triangle forming the
oo"i So WAS IN the nature of test of this
pCa' ahlhty to sustain high speed for the
oiS'aHoe-thirty nautical miies-which all
or the eight boats entered for the elfmina-
ton races TO select defenders of the Inter
hauonai Motor Boat Challenge trophy will
Eave to cover.
Inc Restless was the only boat ready
10 take part in these races which uera
I" begin yesterday. but which have heen
postponed until to-day. to-morrov and
thursday to give the Others an onnor
tonltF to get their boats in proner shane
Tor the trials. The owner of the Restless
announced before the start that he wouId
rot drive his boat at full speed. because
Ihe water was too rough out in the Sound
Al the base OF the triangle so il is ex-
pected than when she meets some of the
cther boats she will travel considerably
faster
The Dixie. F K. Burnhan1's fast boat.
which has been winning prizes I'd at the
Thousand Islands. is entered for these
races She was shipped from there Sat,r-
oay- and her owner expects her at Hunting
ton, ready 10 race on Wednesday The
Nameless, owned Jointly by Commodore
Melville and August Hecksche- broke
seven OF her sixteen cylinders on q trial
yesterday and was unable TO start Her
owners promise TO have her ready IN rscA
or Friday morning. The hydroplane Hurry,
entered by Whitaker & Francis. is moi
ready. neither is the "R G. E" owned hv
harris Hammond. The Snedecki boat .s2,
arrived at the anchorage at n. m vester
day-too late to STAR DR. Branth's Skim
mer Is expected to-day. and SO is 7
fuckers Hob Goblin.
lteis well understood among those who
are managing the affair that the winner or
the International race off I.archn,on4 on
saturday will have 10 show a speed in ex
cess Of th1rty-fve knots, and there are
many VINO believe that the Dixie is the
boat that can and will do ii.
o'-1I 'CtplN iiiS start yesterday a pair of
horses attached TO an ice wagon, while be
ing turned by their driver on the narrow
pier Of the Chateau des Beaux Arts backed
the wagon off the side of the pier The
taE was twenty feet. The horses were
dragged overheard by the wagon, making a
gigantic splash as they fell. Captain Car
retson and his men in his launch cut tho
harness clear of the horses. and then. keen
ng their heads above water. towed them TO
the beach. where they appeared none the |
worse for the immersion
The steam yachts mustered in the harbor |
to witness the races yesterday included Rov
Raineys Cassandra. August Heckscher's /
Anahma, J. s, Blackton's Paula. Commodore |
H. H Melville's Vergana, the power boats |
he Ethel May II, the Kestrel. the Eupi- |
-eia, the Kahkin II, the Adara. the Drone. |
the Tarpon and the Alabama. and the |
schooners Moninlia and SiInitar. The mem
5ers Of the Motor Boat Club of America
used the houseboat Maine, on which the
British motor yachtsnen are TO be quar-
tered.