New-York tribune., 1910-06-26
BEGIN DASH TO BERMUDA
Motor Boats EroneI |! and 70 Ho
Start Three-Day Trip.
WOMAN IN CREW OF LATTER
Both Tiny Graft Specially De-
signed for This Race-The
Berneyo Is Withdrawn.

! Two tiny motor boats. neither one more
| than fifty feet over all in length started
OF q s7e-Ez.le dash 70 Bermuda from OF TIE
anchorage OF the New York Motor Boat
Cub yesterday morning. Followed by feet
Of craft the nteie racers pioughed down
/ the Hudson River, through the Upper and
/ the Lower bays and then out on the waters
q the broad Atlantic, where they wili
| pitch and toss for almost three full DAYS
Until the finish line is sighted Of ST.
David's Head. Bermuda
The craft that started were Vioe-CoUno-
/ dore Cochrane's flagship E-onel II, o. the
BensoahU-st Yacht Club. and The TO He,
which is the properly Of Henry Douglas
Bacon, OF the Kennebec Yacht Club The
latter boat vas the hrst 10 cross TIE start
Ing line, and although she had q lead q
mere than ten seconds OF TIE E-onel II. the
latter craft had passed the Yo Ho before
Grants Tomb vas abeam and led the
Maine boat IN the long dash down the
river 10 the sea.
The start was made az the foot Of
West 18th street and the Hudson River.
The starting signal was 70 have been set
az 10 O'Clock in the morning. but as IS
usual II such races neither boaI was ready
a. TIE scheduled starting hour. The Yo Eo
vas the frsc 20 reach the starting lire,
and sae dashed around the committee rug
while the officials were finding the meas
urensnt ot the E-onel II
On board of the 10 He vas Mrs. Rer-y
Douglas Bacon. wife o. the owner Of the
craft Mrs Bacon vas one Of the crew Of TIE
10 ho and stated -ha- she felt 10 fear re-
garding the danger Of the contest I, IS
fne first time that a woman ever mas al
tempted 10 take part n power boat race
10 Bermuda although several Years ago :
member q the fair sex sailed On board Of
wind 5amUe- il the Journey 70 The
hiF sies Mrs Bacon is an excellent
sai!9r and has taken many long OCEAN
tips She Is tie possesso- cf a United
states government license as pilot Of
steam vessels
Although Ms Bacon expressed 10 fear.
'ne slzs OF the boats did not promise e
peasant voyage in the mighty Guk
Stream EroaeI II was TIE larger A.
cording 70 Norris n Whitaker. the meas
uTe-. the craft rated AS, against 2s The
rating of tie 70 Ho- Il means, therescr..
that tie Bensonhurst yacht mus. allow The
Maine craft handicap Of ! hour - min !
cIes IS seconds over the course. Erpe-ts |
were Of the opinion yesterday that the i'm.
allowance is not enough 10 give the victory
70 the 70 Eio.
Three boats had entered II n. contest. /
but at the last moment the Be-reyo. the /
property of Samuel ". G-a1bery, with /
drew The boat recently wen the Ph,la-
deiphia TO Havana race and her owner
found i impossible 20 take the tine away
from MS business tor another long ocean
contest The withdrawal of the Berneyo /
almost ended the struggle, as yice-Con- /
modo7e Coch-ane vas not particularly snx-
,ous 70 race against Only one craft Real /
izi1g. however. that the Yo Ho had been /
brought from Maine for the contest. The
Brooklyn yachtsHan stated that re would
start
EroIel II was especially built for the race !
from designs OF Cary Smith Ferris /
She vas launched early IN the spring az /
Lawlsy's yards. South Boston. and sincs
,hsa has beel tuning Up for the contest
The boat is a feet over ALL n feet On the
vsterline, ) feet inches draft and is
driven By e5-horsepo.er engine. Vice
Commodore Cochrene IS the skipper and
the rest OF The crew is composed OF Captain
william Watt. navigator Z AoHa1t, en-
zineer. and J Woods, J. Bronfsld and 4
sfeigs, all members cf the Bsnsonhurst
Yacht Club.
TIE yo Ho also vas designed for the
Bermuda struggle 5y the Bath Marin. Con-
st--cIioG Company. The boat is IS fee.
inches over ali. Is feet % inches OF the
xatsriIae. u feet beam and draws Zee.
inches OF water. She is driven by q special
engine designed bT her builders. Captain
Bacon is IN charge OF the craft
The race that started yesterday was Jhs
ourTh annual contest 70 Bermuda The
i-st struggle was won by the Aiisa Craig
z - hours and - minutes. Il was decided
= 1901 The following year the Ailsa Craig
again vas the winner. scoring G leg the
Bennett Cup. Tie tine was % hours =
minutes and q seconds. Last year tie
leather was the winner, n - hours IS
minutes and & SECONDS
RACING ASSOCIATION BROKE"