New-York tribune., 1911-09-05
DIXIE " SKINS OVER
THE LINE A WINNER
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II fairly amazed those who had never
witnessed this type of boat under 'uii
speed conditions.
out to the northward toward the
Sound the six flyers sped. their hulls
lost to view in the clouds OF spray wn'ch
covered them. When the Dixie lV
rounded the first mark and started on
the duarter-mile wide turn on her way
to tho westward It was seen that she
had good lead on the Pioneer. She
increased It as she flew around the
course. and when she passed the start
ing line on the completion OF the first
round she was leading the Pioneer by
twenty four seconds. II was evident
from this time that the Dixie was not
doing her best.
on the completion Of the second round
the Dixie " was leading the Pioneer by
twenty-nne seconds In the third and
fourth rounds she gained on the Dixie,
hut the American boat had such COM
manding lead that there was never any
danger of her being passed The Dixie
finally won, as stated. by 1fty-nine sec
0nds.
II was lust before the end Of her sec
ond round that the Maple Leaf III met
with the accident that finally put her
ont Of the race Her steering gear broke,
and Immediately after she crossed the
line hor helmsman signslled that she
was disabled Soon after he accepted
tow. which barred him. according to the
rule. from racing again.
Words of praise were heard on all sides
for the creditable performance Of the
Disturber II and Of the Vivi; also for
the race committee which had managed
the contest so we'll William K. Van
derbilts steam yacht Tarantua, Peter
W. Rouss's Winchester and August
Heckschers Anahma were stationed at
the three turns ip the course, as OBJ
servers boats Beekman Winthrop, AS
sistant Secretary Of the Navy, was on
board the Anahma.
The Dixie " has three owners, II. H.
Melville. commodore Of the Motor Boat
Club Of America; Frederick K. Burn
ham. vice-commodore of the same CLUB
and August Heckscher, also a member.
AS a syndicate they had the boat de-
signed by Clinton II. Crane. the engines
build by H. NJ. Crane and the boat puiit
hv the Staten Island Shipbuilding Com
pany She Is a single step hydropiane'
eouipped with two V-type Crane motors
of $50 horsepower. installed tandem
fashion She has two four bladed pro-
nelIers and she is credited with speed
of A knots for several miles. She made
20 S6 knots. or 45.73 statute miles, an
hour last Wednesday when che won the
first elimination race.
The Pioneer. owned by the Duke OF
Westminster, is a Fauber hydropiahe'
She is fitted with one 12-cylinder
Woolseley-siddelly engine Of $50 horse
rover
The Viva. owned by Rear Commodore
J. Stuart Blackton. is 32 feet over all
and 4 feet inches beam. she was
huilt by the Emerson Company or East
Alexandria. Va, and she is equipped
with four Emerson motors OF 1oo horse
mower each and each having six cyln-
ders.
The Disturber II is a Fauber hydro
plane. owned by James F.. Pugh, OF tho
Chicago Yacht Club. She is 81 feet u
inches long and she is driven by two
Sterling motors of 1870 horsepower each.
There are eight cylinders to each en-
gine.
The Maple Leaf III. mahogany Fau-
her hyIroplane, is owned by f. Mackay
Edgar She is equipped with q pair Of
twelve cylinder engines Of 375 horse
bower each. Her owner claimed the
worlds record of 49la knots over half
mile.
The Tyreless III. owned by F. Gordon
Pratt and entered from the Royal Motor
Yacht Club. is fitted with two Brooke
engines of 100 horsepower each. set tan
dem fashion. She measures 30 feet over
all and she was regarded IS the best
British boat for heavy weather.
The crews Of the competing boats were
as follows
American Dixie ". Frederick *. Burn
ham. hemsman;> Charles Nauber. Paul
Gander, John Danielson and 6. NJ. Heck
scher Disturber II. James T.. Pugh, helms
man: Harry Hoff and James Flaherty
The Vita, Captain Barclay Pearce, helms
man; Victor Emerson, jr, and Amos Ent
wisle.
British boats-Maple Leaf III, W. ~. As
tell helmsman; A. Stapleton. y. NJ. Hiskins
and +. Galton. The Pioneer. Noel Robins,
helmsman; Francis Murtagh. Edward Hall
and Claude Lelas. The TyreleSs, T. Gordon
Pratt. helmsman; G. w. Manuel Alfred
Graham and Edward Single.
The summary follows;
TrRST INTERNATIONAL RACE -SEPTEM-
BER 4-START. p M.-COURsE. go
MILES
Elapsed
Finish. time.