New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-28
TROPHY IN GOOD HANDS
Six Speed Boats Built to De-
fend HarmsWorth Cup.
DATES FOR TRIAL Rk."FS
Little Craft Counted On to Fly
Over Course at Fifty
Mile Rate.

Much interest IS being taken N ia"
plans that IRE being perfected ~ the
Motor Boat club Of America for the de-
fence OF the British international trophy.
otherwise known M the HHrrnsworth Cup.
Six boats have been built since last years
race. and two or three fyer- which were
not ready for the elimination races prob
ably will he put IN their best condition
to- the forthcoming trials.
The trial races this year will be held
on Huntington Bay Long Island, on Au-
gust 26, n and Is. under the management
OF the club, which also VIII b" I'm fun
control OF the international contest. 4
special committee will be appointed 10y
Commodore Henry II. Melville to handle
the trials. Each country taking part Is
allowed TO start three boats under the
deed Of gift. The American team viii be
selected from the three boats making
the best showing as TO speed and ellicien-
cy. The committee also will take into
consideration the general soaWOrth!ucss
Of the defenders ia order 10 have trio
Of flyers that VIII be able 10 plough
through tho water IN sll Kinds OF
weather.
The international races viii be- held on
Saturday. August 81. and on Labor Day,
Monday. September 2. The rules provide
that the country winning the hrst TWO
races shall bo declared winncr of the
trophy, and IN case Of tie the third and
deciding race will b. held on the follow
ing day.
Prior 10 last year only one race WAS
run, but by mutual consent the deed of
gift was amended TO permit two out Of
three races. II will be remembered that
the Dixie ~, owned by syndicate com
posed OF Commodore Melville. Vice-Coip-
modore Frederick *. Bu~nham and Com
modore August Heckschcr, defeated the
English challengers last September over
the Huntington course in two straight
races, the chief British contender being
the Pioneer owned by the Duke OF West.
minister.
Each boat that Is being fitted for the
trials IL a hydroplanc of the single. az
multiple step variety. The old style dl4-
placement boat, with it, maximum spred
Of about thirty miles an hour. las been
abandoned so far as the defence OF the
trophy Is concerned. An the designers Of
ultra speed boats have adopted the ny
droplane es the fastest hun that can he
driven through the water with The maxi
mum Of power.
The boats that are being rushed 10 COM
pietion for the trials include tho Baby
Reliance and BABY Reliance III. owned
by Rear Commodore J. stuart KlacI,rnn
OF the Motor Boat club Of America. Tho
former Is a twenty footer and the other
Is twenty-siy feet on deck Albert f.
Smith. a member Of the same club IS
building the Bullet. ano, hcr tp,n v-fo ter.
and the Columbia, which is n SHADE under
forty feet over all. Commodore Blackton
says the Baby Reliance recently covered
mile in minute and seconds. or at the
rate of about ffty-threc miles an hour.
The Baby Reliance III also is q marvel
for speed, and may even exceed the
other boats record.
The Bullet probably viii bc the noat
remarkable craft IN the trials. Although
she is only twenty feet between perpen-
diculars she Will be fitted with single
screw driven by II 2eo-horsepower engine.
MT. smith expects 10 have a lOO-horse-
power engine installed in the Bug. q
siXteen-foot hydroplane. The Columbia
VIII be powered with Il 6go-horsepower
motor, and may show marvellous speed.
The Restless II. triple screw forty
footer belonging to Thomas +. Cheese
brough, another member OF the Motor
Boat Club OF America, also will try for
the American team. She was built for
last years trials but was not completed
In time The boat VIII get a trial trip
this week. The owner says she probably
will exceed flfty-ive miles an hour The
Disturber II. owned by Commodore Pugh
of Dubuque, Iowa. is another prospective
aspirant for the American team.