New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-02
.SANDBURR | IN FRONT
Wins Second Trial Race for De-
Tending Motor Boats.
SPEED BELOW DIXIE Tvs
Shows Consistent Performance,
However, and May Be One
of Those Chosen.

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Ploughing a straight and narrow tuIloN
~ foam and throwing sheets OF spray
esise from her tiny hull, the little saho-
burr II. the smallest motor boat IN the
eeer Of candidates for the defence OF the
uarusworth Cup. crossed the tnish me N
Huntington Bay yesterday the winner OF
che second elimination race. In distance
=. uas fully two miles ahead Of the next
boat Melville and Heckschers Narneless
II ard IN time minutes 4S SECONDS IN tle
,ss6 There was smooth water through
cut the race
Despire the fact that the Sandnurr
time was much slower than that mace oy
por bigger sister. the Dixie N, on Nednes-
6sv the same engine reliability was
shown. Her performance from tho start
20 ,he finish OF the race was most con
sistent. and she was received with cheers
and whistle salutes from the great feet Of
attendant yachts ar anchor near the finish
line.
Louis Samnis was the helmsman and
.'Hun" Doughty the engineer Of this re
markable little craft The course was
thirty miles. and they had 10 cover q
mile triangle four times TO complete
T. The first round was covered in Is min
utes % seconds. the second in IS minutes
s seconds. the third in Is minutes "a Sec
ords and the fourth in rs minutes ~ Sec
onds The actual time for all, l hour
minutes. gives the boat an average speed
of 2727 nautical or 31.5 statute miles an
hour
The start, made at $40 2 m. was excit-
ing enough 70 please any motor boat en-
thusiast The buzz" Of the high speed
engines could be heard for mile 70 the
south Of the chateau pier as the -four
boats approached the starting line. where
the race committee-Henry r. sutphen
Charles ?. Tower and Victor I. CumnocB
stood ready on board the Motor Boat
Club Of Americas steamer Pioneer 70 time
-heu Almost at gunfre the Viva with
Commodore Blackton at the helm, dashed
across the line and sped to the northward
The Nameless. steered by William Adkin
vas second. the Sandburr II third and
me Disturber II fourth.
The Nameless held the lead for the first
round. She soon passed the Viva. which
was travelling under two Of her four en-
Eines. Then the little Sandburr II OBJ
5sined the lead and held it 10 the finish
The Disturber H. handled by her owner
James +. Pugh. Of Chicago. retired soon
after starting, having broken the gear 81
Ter starboard engine. The committee de-
clired 10 make a selection of the two other
boats required until after to-days race
Although the Sand Burr II is the small
est single plane boat in the feet Of
Fo,- Of no rf,~ Ch
has record for consistency that many OF
the larger boats do not possess. She is
owned hy A K and c. D. White, Of the
Seaside Yacht Club. OF Atlantic City. She
g soui1ped with a 100 horsepower six-cyln-
der Emerson engine, and her overall
length is 70 feet. Il inches. She is the
holder Of the worlds record for 2o-foot
boats for 1911. and her top speed is recorded
Is &7 miles an hour. At the Western
Power Boat Associations regatta at Peoria
On July she did 10 miles IN 1859 4-5, 10
miles in SS7l-5. % miles in 1871 10 and 3
I. miles in 1895 The Sand Burr's bottom
=. e. concave from stem to stern.
The Vita H. Rear Commodore J. Stuart
Blackton's 51o-horsepower boat. was IN
fortunate Yesterday She went out in the
morning and IL is said made better speed
for half an hour or more than any Of the
American boats have vet shown, but her
engineers in their anxiety 10 have her run
smoothly gave her so much lubricating
oil that Il became mixed with the gaso-
lsne and when it was time 70 start she
was in a helpless condition. Her owners
expect 70 have her IN proper condition this
morning 10 show her speed
Ire British boats. Maple Leaf III and
Tvre'ess. both took trial spins IN the bay
pf+er the races. and those VINO saW them
fsv they showed great speed, especially
sne TvrllesS The Pioneer. the Duke or
n est1nlnster boat, did not have O trial
The summary Of Yesterdays race follows:
1st % "a 4th Elapsed
Poa- and owner. md md. md. md. tims
Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms Inns
q % 7vhits' Is 25 1900 1914 1912 :Os IN
r--'s-H ecsso5er. 1924 1885 17.54 1890 1.f443
Biscr,-on -. % Is 1928 1870 1s.4O ils:Oo
riFr1r-er H. James
purh '...... Disabled and withdrew.
Average sneeds-sandburr II. q q knots 815
rilss Nsmeless, 2f.lo knots. 2s-b miles. NiFs'
z OF knots rs miles
Rear Commodore Blackton said last night
ltat he expected both MS boats, the Vita II
b77 the Viva. would start IN tomorrow
race ard in perfect condition. Vice-Com-
tnodCre Frederick K Durham, the helms
man ard part owner OF the Dixie ",
viewed the race from the steamer Pioneer.
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