New-York tribune., 1910-08-21
DIXIE H Wins CUP RACE
westn,inster's Pioneer Beaten
1aMi1. 81 Sec. After Accident.
TWO MOTOR BOATS DROP OUT
r~:-;+ed Scene as Durham
Grasses Line, with Harbor
Craft Saluting.

- hoat tore across the nnlsh me on
..--o-- az 1914 yesterday afternoon.
LIVER Of the much heralded race fo-
+,re-uatonal cup for motor boats
- l,v her owner, she came as straight
srrow for the finish line. The thou
IN board the assembled feet OF
e.. mower and sailing craft started TO
-, her when she was 8 mile away 70
eastward. and when the gun announc-
-ba sntsh echoed over the bay there
'-s ha51a-7 Of noises that reminded one
- aid racket at the finish Of an Amer
= -,,p race OF Sandy Hook,
7-zf1s ire crowd was proud 10 know that
American boat had won there we're
,.-4-o wished il had been closer race.
..s <c7.res showed that the Duke OF
.--,,-,ste-'s boat the Pioneer, the
s.s-s orlv real competitor, had been
= = minutes s. seconds because OF the
...s,,- down Of the British boat Every
81 --a- = the Pioneer had been able
-.,,,,A-a the course at the speed she
= - S-st nine miles she would have
- -re Dixie II by large margin n
.--s and distance
81. 7,x,e's elapsed tine over the entire
80 n thirty nautical miles was SO min
- :. seconds. and that Of the Pioneer,
,..----- he tine she was disabled by
- some seaweed in her intake pipe
- -esi,lred II setting her on fire for a
- vas = minutes. This shows that
pioneers tine over the course was 5
-.---ss = seconds better than the Dfxies,
=. .si-g unable 70 regain the % minutes
..,o,ds she lost while making repairs.
-.r+e finished g minutes 81 seconds in
re lead
-07y other starters were the Ar1e-i-
bos7. ire Naneless. owned by August
--..ksrbe- and Il H Melville. and the
--st nr5-opIane Zigarella. owned by
-7-,sf F5g~bu-y. The Nsueless dropped
- se-e- covering about three miles and
.As 7iga-ella quit after running about
-relre niles.
-5e s-a-- which was postponed an hour
sro- he members and guests Of the
.--o-obIle Club Of America to board their
-..-,s- a Ia-ch-1cn- presented q spirited
p;ctu7e
-z-- -he long wide lane Of water that
-. -erru- officers from the cutters No
S,zk s-d Manhattan had cleared. the four
h.s,rcs zane Il TOD speed. each ploughing
.--ox a foam as they fairly few through
~ rsre-. & fountain Of spray spouting
4-r- ne after half Of IFeir hUlls, and in
srsss Of ne ZiEarella hiding the helms
r-zr and crew
sbe zes frs across rf2e line formed be
tHss- the committee tug c. P. Raymond
p-s srakerosr anchored north Of her.
- Dixie 4 vas away three seconds after
~ with he Pioneer z second later and
re Na-neless last. twenty-five seconds after
ihe gn
r ius- -e- seconds tha Pioneers white
ArH with great sheets OF spray flying in
be- wake. had passed the Dixie and the
Egz-e-a and taken the lead which Il soon
heaa-e apparent she would easily keep.
tg----E accidents. for she rounded the first
-1a-k. set rxo niles and a fraction 10 the
Westward forty seconds ahead Of the Dixie.
Then she had covered five OF the ten
zzes comprising the first round OF the
course she was leading the Dixie by nearly
ME. and al the nine miles, when she
t-oke down and stopped. she was fully two
Niles L the 3eaE
TIE Dixie cane on and completed the
frs rc-nd Of -te course in g minutes 30
Fsc1nds. Her second round was done in D
minutes seconds, and she had almost
completed i when The Pioneers crew had
rzde repairs and started the boat again
she IVES wildly chee-ed when she crossed
he lie going west OF the beginning Of her
second round
L vas impossible for her TO catch the
EPes1ng Dixie now but she went on at
tol speed, her helnsmal. Noel Robins,
Eee-ing her carefully. and she made sur
l-Slg tine for both rounds. The first
vas Z minutes q seconds. and the second
-zutes e seconds. The Arst round had
aes1 Is minutes = seconds. counting cut the
a-7ssdoVr
-as Bikes average speed for the entire
co-rss-S)-3 knots OF 1864 statute miles
vas disappointing. for i had been con-
11e1ly expected that she would do at
7ss' 3 knots he- speed having exceeded
Ia Il some other races but all that was
-1sl s-gAt q a Ire end. when il was known
Ia The Gear old boat" as one man put
a. Aao successfully defended The cup she
'oh 50 vel TWO years ago
1ieat Britain was represented on board
''7 committee boat by (. Nackay Edgar,
= owner Of The Maple Leaf which broke
-'ah On Wednesday last. and by Captain
= Pierce The Duke OF Westminster's
.+'esen'a'-Te. TIE committee IN charge
: -a- Fare comprised Charles ?. Tower, VI.
r---1er. z. z. Carroll. Il. r Surphen. r
5l-naa-n and = Rutledge Schmidt.
- meeting OF the Motor Boat Club Of
a--s''es' ne holders Of the cup held. after
| T-i@ce, On board Commodore H H Mel
| g1-,z steam yacht Nergana, 4 was sug-
/ - mat Y future the races for this
| So s-!a-l 70 the best three races out OF
| -s.7ac O. one race as heretofore
| 49, sslss-n yachts anchored inside the
| rs-ss4--sr - "a course We're c. K Q Billings's
] 6e7--s, Fey Eainey's Cassandra, 4. Bau-
/ --l-eNs sTtlS4 Leonard P1chards's Caro-
| Esc,-Ss-e El1L Garcia, Charles Hayden
| = e-e-- Walton Ferguson : ChriSta bel,
| - wilson 5 Sunida. and A Z. Smiths
/ ~, a-aL ~ On board the committee
| g-ss.ar-e 80 rrec 2 Dal2eII. Nice-C Commodore
| 80 - f-ar and George Schard, Of the
| ~ -otlnt-lar Yacht Club. Mr and
| 1Agie SCsJanoby. Edward Greacen.
S1 Holland
10y =-5gAs- CUP. FOR MOTOR BOATS
E,SE. 30 NAUTICAL MILES
Elapsed
E. start Finish line.
| Ia = 9s-er Z II =. = Il Z II :.
F.ee-- ?, = Durham $4,000 1924 0-5s -
ls.ss --.-.-.---.- 3-3osco z.4821 lib q
ss-sss.e ...-.- $4,000 DID not finish.
~'-e .--.-... $4,000 Did not hnish.
sSr-5sslied on -inth mile for - minutes u
| 'h=- PROCEEDED and finished the race
| E-aatss actual running time Tor 30 miles. -
A,. AVERAGE SPEED.
has4- 30 . Knots. or a So statute miles.
/ Tss,sr si.i1 Knots. o- , p statute miles.
.---37 - kno's. o. 80 - statute miles
given IS for one round Of 10 miles.
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