New-York tribune., 1913-12-28
DIanv New Champions Crowned Making Athletic History w.
in the Twelve Months Which Come End on Wednesday

the next day, August Z, she won tne
Astor cup for schooners over ~
mile course She also won, on June 20
tho New York Yacht Club course cups
in the annual regatta off Glen Cove. On
occo,,nt of the death of Mrs. Morton +.
plant the Elena was withdrawn from
all further races after August l.
y Walter Clark's schooner lrollta
wos the winner Of all but one Of the
Now York Yacht Clubs squadron runs
after that date. She won The yice-co1n-
modore's. the commodores ana the Nass
Challenge cups on August D. L ana TO-
respectively. Charles Smitherss schooh-
er Muriel won the Larchmont fach'
Clubs first run from Larchmont to New
Haven and tie New York Yacht Ciup
run from Gloucester 10 MarpIehead,
capturing the Alumni Association Oh
United States Navy challenge cup
In the race for the Kings cup on Au-
gust S. off Newport, Edmund Randolph 5
sloop Spartan, of the New YORK facnt
cubs s0-foot one-design class, was the
winner. and the commodore's cup ioT
s,oops was won by j. +. Morgan
"fftv." the Graylng. in the A-mlle run
from Proyincetown to Marblehead on
August u The fifty" Carolina H.
owned bv Pembroke Jones, captured the
sstor Cup for sloops on August I, and
the s2-mile run for the cup onereo Dy
former Commodore Robert h. Tod OF the
Atlantic Yacht Club was won by CleVe-
land II. Dodgo's schooner Corona.
In the Gernan-American sender class
race for the President Wilson Cup, sailed
eff Marblehead in September. the Ellen
Owned by e. u. Curtis, was successful,
after a saii-off against the Gina, which
had tied her. The Mannasset Bay Yacht
Club challenge cup remains in the West
for another year. for II was won by the
Mlchicago. representing the Chicago
Yacht Club John A. Crowleys sloop
Ediana captured the Brooklyn facht
Clubs challenge cup In the 2S-mile ocean
race. and J. Stuart Blackton's new Car
diner sloop Virginia won the Childs chai-
lenge cup racing in the Lower Bay. The
New York Athletic Clubs loO-mile race
to Block Island was won by c. Ratsey' q
Duchess. while the Alice, owned by Cher
ard Davis. was the winner OF the
Thompson Cup in the Atlantic Yacht
Clubs races down the Lower Bay.
Power boats in the high speed class of
the type known as hydroplanes have
snown a marked increase in speed. All
4 nations we're interested in the interna-
tlonal race for the British trophy for mo-
tor boats. best known as the Harmswortf
1 90 ha
Of this prize between England, America
and France, the British representative
T.. Mackay Edgars Maple Leaf "
proved the successful defender. She de-
veloped the phenomenal speed Of 1870
knots. or 5537 statute miles an hour
which is worlds record for the dis
/ tance-224 nautical miles. The course
was on Osborne Bay. Isle OF Wight, and
/ the American boat Ankle Deep. owned
! by Count Casimir Mankowski, was sec
! ond in the race. with a speed or 4oCI
knots. or J252 miles an hour.
! Racing on the s.. Lawrence River 70;
the Gold Challenge Cup on August 3, The
Ankle Deep covered the 2s5-mile course
| in the remarkable time OF "a minutes s.
seconds. which IS at the average speed
I OF all knots. or 46l2 statute miles an
hour. showing a great Improvement In
her speed since the international race OF
! 1912 in Huntington Bay.
I What appears to be the best American
record for the year was that OF H. II
! Timken's Kitty Hawk Y, in her race for
! the Perry Centennial 1850 prize on July
| % when her average speed for thirty
miles vas 49, knots, or 90 statute miles
an hour. James Pughs Disturber made
the next best record in winning the cham
pionship at Chicago. on August q, when
! she covered a So-mile course in a minutes
A. seconds. at an average speed OF 60
| knots. or B.3i miles an hour. Max Leisch-
mann's Hada Papoose comes next, with
speed Of iOal knots, or 4T04 miles, over @
S5-mile course at Buffalo. when she won
the Backton trophy on September 8.
Commodore J. S. Blacktons Baby Re-
lance II. in winning the Il. r. Thomas
! trophy at Buffalo, covered So-mile course
| at 3s.7l knots, or H5l miles an hour. His
Baby Speed Demon did II miles at Chi
cago at a speed OF Il O6 knots, or All
miles an hour.