The sun., 1912-08-04
BRITISH WILL SEND A
STRONG TEAM FOR CUP
Maple Leaf ". Shows a Speed
Of More Than EOrty-siy
Miles an Hour.
NEW lIlLL IS 4 GOOD ONE
Motor Boat Club Arranging for
Defence Of Trophy
This Month.
NEW HILL IS 4 GOOD ONE

| The British will make a strong bid for the
| international trophy for motor boats 'his
year, This series of races will be- the only
internat ional evenr in this locality this
| season and great preparations are being
| made on both sides of the Atlantic. Lord
Charles Ber"sford, who is commodore Of
| the Royal Motor Yacht Club. is much inter
| estrd In the outcome Of the races and the
triple defeat the British have suffered has
| not blunted their nthusiasm. Three British
| boats Will arrive here about August 20 and
| one of these will be l.. Mackay Edgars
| Maple Leaf ". Last years Maple Leaf was
la failure hut during the inter a new huh
I has been built of the Saunders Fauber type.
which IL modelled similar to the Hioncer.
and the motors have been improved where
all the trouble last year lay. New cylinders
have been fitted. The horse power Of these
motors II about 700 and in her trial race she
mot the Marquis of Anglesey's Mona and
Norman Ncill's Mirmar The course was
/ three times around a triangle of eleven spa
miles and laid well out in open water Maple
! Leafs crew had some trouble in get ting the
engines started. but when once of she ran
fast and true and oNerhauling the others
won easily. Her time for the thirty three
! miles was at the rate of % little more than
forty six land miles an hour. and il was
| reported bv the engineers that the motor.
were not turning ~ within lW revolutions
of thei maximum.
While III" Mona and Nlilmar did no, show
any phenomenal speed. thev dii we'll and
were not driven TO DO heir best. as tncr"
was no necessity in King brcakdow n.
! The other boat built a. q defender. the
Silver Heels owned by Dan Ilanb,,yv j.
SAID to have shown very high speed, but
| for some reason was not ON hand at the
trial She is 20 be lricd before the con-
| mittae announces tlie three ,hallepycrs
| This boat Is fitted with six four e, Under
| Nauxhall engines Which can turn NJ more
than 900 revolutions. but experts ,hink
| necr 10 attend 10 and i'll not be very rr-
liable.
The Motor Boat luh of America, While
confident Of ul,ina,. success. is leaving no
| stone ,rhturned to max. the races AZ attrac-
| tiv" as possible and to induce owners OF fast
| motor boats to enter the eliminating trials
| These Will bc held ~ Huntington ON August
| %, - and ~. and last week invitation. wcr,
! sent to 100 motor boa, clubs asking nrmher>
! figured that there will h" about ten in the
| trials. hut there are many morr eligible II
are being nude by some builders to get on,
! the new craft. and the feet of defen,!rr- viii
range in size from the forty foot hieh
| with motors OF moderate power
| Lord Charles bercsford. II il expected
will head the British drl"galion. and vi Il"
| tn. visitors are h"ra ther will he entertained
| AZ dinner and other srCial features ar" nctng
, planned Last years races attracted tn"
largest Ncrl bl NdlTNl~ ever seen one
harhor. This wear - viii be larger and .hp
revenue cutters Manhattan and Mohawk
! will br AZ Huntington 10 keep IA" course
clear. In ad !i'ion TIA" Navy Department
has agreed ~ have som" hIgn speed trrIadu
boats on hand 10 act a. scouts and In r,'~tIr
any racer that may have trouli" iuNj
year til" DI-furhcr ~ank through hitting "A
boz loa'nv on ~" cour-" i.">i'i"n,
around the ma. 'oiii," arr 10 Toe ASSIGNED
10 "a, ht-n"n IN ~" order of apploatiun
and n time will h" Srt Tor these vnrht~ ~
take positions. after which no craft Will be
allowed on N" course
Count CaSimir $. Maukowski has a very
promising defender in the Ankl" Deep
which started in her first race on ThVrsday
AZ Alexandra Bay. Unfortunately in nat
rae" she turned turtle. but this accident VA.
probably caused by the newncs- of TIA.
craft and the lack of knowledge the helms.
man had OF her p""uliarities. She Ma,
unable 10 finish the series of races for u Z
Gold emp. but will soon b" IN condition u
race again This boat was built from
designs hy Clinton II Crane and r. ouuippcr
with two ljn horse power sterling motors o
eight cylinders each. She is - fee, long anc
a hydroplan. IN model
Harry W Watrous a; Hague LAX,
iGeorge. has y,ist receiN ed a special 90 foe