New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01
AMERICA GETS GRIP
ON RARMSWORTH PRIZE
Baby Reliance II Wins First
Race for international
Motor Boat Trophy.
MAPLE LEAF w CLOSE UP
Big British Challenger, Late IN
Starting, Beaten Only Min.
8 Secs. in Actual
Time.
MAPLE LEAF W CLOSE UP

,oasscl along the SnOfe OF Huntington
vay and with thousands cheering and
r.b,sties blowing their loudest in the great
a,g.tedecked feet of yachts. the Baby
,,ni;orrs II. smallest OF the three Ameri-
-, boats selected to defend the Harms
,yo.,h trophy, dashed across the finish
IT, yesterday afternoon the winner of
49,. Gre, race for the prize so greatly COW
eted by two nations.
Tho little black 20-footer, one Of TWO
,,,,,od bv J. Stuart Blackton. commodore
- ,ha Atlantic Yacht club had defeated
"a Na,xay Edgar's big $9-footer Maple
1eaf ~. by a margin Of minute sec
IL actual time. but she had beaten her
zero intimate rival. the Marquis Of An
,,esAa's a-footer Mona. by : minutes ~
oscopds actual time. and by about four
miles IN distance.
II vas this race that was watched |ith
oa greatest interest, for out OF the five
Eats that started these were the only
40 that did not break down at soma
ro-loi Of the race. The American boat
covered the thirty miles in IS minutes -
seconds at a speed Of $ll2 knots. or 426S
miles an hour. This beats the Dixie's
hest time BY minutes. establishing q new
record.
Tho bad Iucl, Of the Maple Leaf "
which began OF FRIDAY. when she hit an
oyster stake and broke tire casting Of
her rrdder. seemed to follow her yester-
day. f1r when those a1oat and on shore
we're watching with breathleSs interest
for the starting gun, and tic other boats
were dashing under full speed for the
lire. the Maple Leaf lay helpless on the
wrong side OF the course. Her starDoard
engine clutch had slipped and the port
engine was turning too slow TO connect.
II took Il minutes and % seconds before
Der helnsman, Themes Sopwith, the
aviator. and his engineers could get the
engines started. Then they sent her
across the line amid the sympathetic
cheers OF the spectators. At this time all
four OF the other boats had covered more
than . lap (seven and one-haf niles Of
the course and the Baby Reliance ii had
almost completed her second lap. So the
liz British boat had quite q handicap 20
overcome.
The thousands assembled 20 witness the
start OF this nrst race knew utue % the
phenomenal series oC mlshaps cncoun-
tered by the race committee. consisting
Of Pllny Fisk. IT, H. Melville. commodore
- the Motor Boat cub OF America, and
James A. Blair. on one side. and the
owners Of the twelve boats that had en-
tered for the trial races. on the other.
After I've days Of attempted trials, in
rough water most Of the time. Il wat less
than an hour before the start Of yester-
days race that the committee was able
10 choose the boats that were 20 repre-
sent America IN the race.
They were announced as the Ankle
Deep. owned by Count {. y. MaukowsHi,
"a S2-foot boat, equipped with two Sterling
engines Of 800 horsepower; the BABY Re
Nance II. owned by J. S. Blackton and
driven by a Sterling engine with eight
cylinders, generating 10 horsepower and
the BABY Reliance III. which IS q 25-foot
boat owned and entered by Mrs ]. Stuart
Blackton This boat has a twelve-cylin-
der Van Blerck engine OF 80 horsepower.
The day was an IDEAL one for the racing
Of motor boats. Huntington Bay was as
smooth as the proverbial mill pond, and
the sky being overcast most Of the time,
the spectators on the decks of the yachts
watched the race in comfort. The ar
rangements for the patrollins Of the
course were perfect. officers OF the reFe-
nue. cutters Seneca and Manhattan, as
sisted BY many small fast launches loaned
By their owners for the occasion, dying
revenue flags, crowded the small craft
back into the triangle where the large
steam yachts had been assigned anchor
ages At the time the starting gun was
fred at 800 p. IN, there was a clear lane
o. water nearly 100 feet wide for the
British and American boats to mannuvre
H. ..-
Except for the unfortunate nishap 10
the engines OF the Maple Leaf ~, the
tart was a picturesque and sensational
ore. Just as the smoke from the start
INK gun, fred from the bridge OF Commo-
dore August Heckscher's steam yacht.
Anahms, which he had placed at the dis
psal Of the race committe, had cleared
svay, the British boat the Mona was OF
IKE a shot, throwing cloud Of spray.
bit making not a sound with her engines.
She crossed the line two seconds after
the signal, and two seconds astern Of her
ame the big Ankle Deep, her forefoot
kst touching the water and her engines
naring like those Of the Baby Reliance
Il and her larger sister, No. III, which
zossed in that order. only four seconds
spart
Straight as an arrow went the Mona
for the first mark, two and seven-eighth
niIss 10 the northward. Going M much
aster clip. the Baby Reliance ii soon
werhauled and passed the Ankle Deep
and the Mona. Rounding the mark with
commanding lead. she covered the mile
At the base OF the triangle going west In
minute % seconds. or at the rate Of AZ
nots. When she came down the back
stretch she was going fast, and at the
nd Of the first round she WAS leading
he second boat, the Baby Reliance III.
b minute 80 seconds, and the Mona by
minutes q seconds.
Steady as a church and steered abso-
lstely straight by her helmsman. Bernard
smith. she led the Mona IT the conclu-
Aon Of the third round and the race by
minutes 10 seconds. finishing winner
oy minutes % seconds over the English
boat.
Meanwhile the Ankle Deep had stopped