New-York tribune., 1912-08-29
ANKLE DEEP SPEED|EST
Beats Baby Reliance III IN Sec
ond of Elimination Races.
ONLY TWO BOATS FINISH
The Minnow Withdrawn, While
Spray Puts Out Magnetos
of Restless II.
Ii, r.lerraph % &C TribuHs.l

Huntington. Long Island. Aug 2-Her
an-borsepower engine not missing
stroke from, start 10 finish. the S2-ioot
l,ydronIane Ankle Deep won the secono
of the series Of elimination races 10 seIect
a defender for the HarmswoTtn trophy
here to-day. Considering the tact that
fully one-third OF the thirty-mile course
was rough, the time Of 81 minutes 2 sec
ends made is regarded as excellent oy
couopetent Judges. Her average speed was
a9e knots. or 4O15 statute miles an hou'
'This IS Ssi knots better than She made IN
MONDAYS race. The race committee an
oounced that the races will continue to-
morrow.
Although six boats crossed the starIlhs
ltDe two Of which were not onclaily
recognized because they failed 10 comply
with the rules, only two boats completed
thc full course. They were the Ankle
Deep and Commodore J. Stuart Black
tons Baby Reliance III, 26-foot boat
with l5O-horsepower engine. The latters g
time over the course was :l4:s8. She was
defea ted by the Ankle Deep % minutes 3
seconds. but she was greatly handicapped
Eaton's Point and Lloyd's Neck. COM
nnodore Blackton believes that the Baby
Reliance ". which is TO arrive this morn
fng from the West, will show greater
sueed than either Of his other boats. John
J. RYAN. who built all the Renances, wit
messed to-days race from the steam
yacht Paula.
Soon after 10 o'clock this morning the
Henry Hardness boat. which is said 10
be named the Panther Cub. came out
for a trial spin She astOnlshed those
who watched her from the shore. for her
speed seemed marvellous. Soon after the
Baby Reliance III white-hulled boat
also made Il couple OF fast turns around
the vest side Of the course. There was
some disappointment that the Harkness
boat did not start to-day. Both courses,
the inner triangle OF five miles and the
outer one Of seven and one-haE miles.
were resurveyed early in the morning BY
C. P Daring to satisfy the race commit
tee. who feared some OF the marks might
have been moved by the heavy set OF
Tuesday night.
By noon quite a number Of yachts with
spectators on board had arrived. and a.
o'clock. the scheduled time for start
ing the race. about fifty vessels were
anchored inside the triangle. To give all
a chance who wished TO race the commit
tee postponed the start for an hour, al
though the Ankle Deep and the BABY Re
lance III were apparently ready at the
appointed time.
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stronger and the water rougher every
minute when the preparatory signal was
finally given al 2:55 o'clock. Five minutes
later the starting gun flashed its signal
With a roar coming from her exhausts
like the discharge of a sannon, the Ankle
Deep. with her owner. Count Mankowslti.
az the helm. dashed across the line just
IS seconds after the gun. W. f. Dodge =
the Minnow followed five seconds later.
Comodore j. Stuart Blackton's the Baby
Reliance III. handled by her owner, was
next away. her white hull almost hidden
by the flying spray. She was minute
seconds after the sun, and . seconds
astern OF the Ankle Deep. The Restless
II, T. F. Chesebroughs big boat, crossed
at 3O264.
utes toe soon. and so was not Officially
timed Another boat, the owner Of which
had neglected to obtain number. started
at 3:O4:25. sne covered three rounds Of
the course in slow time, but was not rec
cgnized by the committee as a contestant
az she failed TO comply with the rules.
The race soon developed into a process
sion in which Ankle Deep was a splendid
leader She had 70 veer to the eastward
of her course 10 avoid a tow of sand
barges and she rounded the first mark on
Eaton s. point leading the Blackton boat
by more than half minute. At the end
OF the first round it was found that the
Ankle Deep had covered the seven and a
half miles in Il minutes and 81 seconds
She led the Baby Reliance III by min
utes and seconds.
These were the only boats ip the race
FOR the Minnow had quit before finishing
the round. and soon afterward the hyinG
spray put the magnetos of the Restless
IL out Of business. Her owner admitted
that II her engines had been covered #
would not have happened.
The heavy seas on the mile run to the
westward across the base of the triangle
proved too much for the Baby Reliance
III. although her owner pluckily stuck "a
his task in spite Of engine trouble. TIE
Ankle Deep although Handicapped some
By the rough water, continued with the
same old roar. covering the second lap in
IL minutes IS seconds. the third IN 12 min
utes % seconds and the fourth and last in
y minutes 81 seconds Her owner said,
after the race. that she was far from
being pushed 10 the limit.
The plans for the entertainment at the
Chateau des Beaux Arts of the British
and other visiting yachtsmen and their
guests during the international races were
completed last night by the committee
Of the Motor Boat Club Of America. On
Saturday night there Will be band con-