Evening journal., 1913-07-14
JENNIE S Wins
DUPONT MOTOR
BOAT TROPHY
Heavy Wind and Rain Give
Cruisers Severe Test in
Run to ship John
GNIWE FIRST LOCAL BOAT
IN; VIM HAD BAD TRIP

TO ship John Light and return on Satur-
day for the Coleman DUPONT Trophy,
demonstrated that there are pluoSy Cor.
inthians vet TO be found. The yachts
men were put through a test OF weather
that seldom is met on the Delaware
Bay, yet they came through il safe and
sound If somewhat battered and shaken
up. lt was a try-out for men and boats
but they were equal TO the demands, al
though some of the boats had TO run TO
cover in the face Of bad cross-seas ana
an uncomfortable blow. Jennie S,
George Stocks fast raised deck cruiser
from the Camden Motor Boat Club was
the first boat TO emerge from the storm
and finish the sixty-four nautical miles
and will be custodian of the Coleman
dupont S400 silver and bronze trophy
for a year. Hail, Commodore II. j. Dud.
iey's feet cruiser from the Camden Mo.
TOR Boat Club, which won the trophy
last year. was the second boat 10 cross
the line only one minute behind the
Jennie 5. Jennie covered the course
in seven hours, tive minutes and fifty
seconds. Halls time was six hours,
twenty-five minutes and nine seconds,
the fastest of the race, the Casino
Commodore Erb's flyer from Sea Isl,
City. which was the scratch boat. fin.
ished sixth. its time being ak hours.
thirty-four minutes or slower than that
of the Hail. Because some Of the crews
of other boats said they had not seen
the Hali down the bay, either approach
ing or returning from Ship John Light,
the committee decided to inquire into
the matter and determine whether Hail
rounded the lighthouse in the bay be-
fore officially awarding second place
90 l..
gatta committee today said he had
known Commodore Dudley for long
time and the committee, was inclined TO
believe that he had rounded the light
down the bay. The regatta committee
expects q report tonight from the
keeper OF Ship John Iigat
Hyacnth of Chester finished third,
6niwe of Wilmington, fourth; Helma OF
Wilmington, fifth; Casino of Sea lsue
City, sixth; Vim of Wilmington sew.
enth, and Ariel of Wilmington, eighth
The boats started on their rating han
dicaps and were awarded positions in
the order in which they finished.
While the motorboats stood the test
well. some Of them were pitched about
roughly by the vicious cross seas. vii.
liam Kinks Vim mad the worst experi-
encc, but 1t stuck 10 the course Vim
IS a little twenty-five foot trunk cabin
cruiser, with a ten horse motor. IT
draws little water With Mr.. Kirk were
Pete Hansen and another man. They
stood the tumbling and twisting of the
seas TO within few hundred Yards Of
ship John Light where they turned
around and started for home They saw
tne heavy rain and wind storm was
about 10 break and they desired some
boats 10 be back of them to give assis-
tance should they need il. At one time
the Nim was thrown clear out of the
water and turned completely around by
the waves and the wind. Il kept plug
ging away, however. and shipped ble
seas, which kept two of the three men
aboard bailing all the time TO prevent
the small craft being swamped Through
the heavy and binoing rain storm the
Vim picked her way, and when she
pulled in at the Yacht Club pier AT Cos
o'clock there was general rejoicing that
the doughty little cruiser and her
plucky crew had pulled through They
were exhausted when they got back,
from their efforts to keep the boat on
course and also from hailing water.
There was a foot of water In the crui-
ser when she tied up at the club float
Tho Ariel, Joseph NJ. pusey and
Charles Warmers twin-screw forty.foot
cruiser got the worst Of the trip an the
way. The Ariel started n snort distance
ahead of the Casino the scratch boat
and both had to stem the tide nearly all
the way down 10 Ship John Light. The
boats that started earlier had the advan.
tage of the tide with them for most Of
the trip. The Ariel and Casino met the
big seas from Finns Point ietty down
and most Of the time were enveloped in
clouds Of spray and waves that broke
over the bows and decks of the crui-
sers. The Ariel is a sturdy deep-sea
cruiser, not built for speed, but the Ca
sino is built more ON speed lines Both
boats kept chugging away through the
cross seas that at times turned them
over almost on their beam ends down
around Ship John Light. The rough voy-
age caused no worry TO those aboard the
Ariel, which seemed 20 relish the tossing
md pounding she got. and stood up like
a hattleship under IT, The Ariel was
below Reedy Island when the heavy rain
storm began 10 break and when the high
wind and sheets of rain began 20 descend
It obliterated range marks ahead and the
course had to be stecrcd bv compass. Jo-
seph NJ. Pusey. r. r. pusey. Egbert Mox-
ham and r. ID. Ward took turns at the
wheel or In picking ont the charted
course like true deep-sca sailors, and
they came through all right shortly after
o'clock with the Yacht and an aboard
smiling and as safe and as sound as
when they stared. Paul kehnast was
engineer.
William G. Ewings new cruiser
Gnive proved herself not only pos
sessed of a good turn Of speed but
also good sea boat She was the
nrst Wilmington yacht to finish. The
Gniwe. glistening white and graceful.
and j. A. Morgan's Hyacinth. from
the West End Yacht Club of Chester.
had the prettiest race of the day. AT
no time all the way down to Shin
John Light and back were they more
than a few hundred feet apart show
Ing how evenly matched they were
As they neared Wilmington this
hyacinth nosed the Gniwe out of the
lead and crossed the line thirty
seconds ahead of Commodore Ewing
boat
William Fredericks Helma. which
finished fifth. stood up like a house
duriog the rough trip and made the
best time OF any Of the Wilmington
boats, 7 hours and 16 minutes
William BaXter's Nimrod anf
Lucius c. Jones Grace ran 10 covel
down the bay where the water wa.
roughest rather than take a chanc,
Of rounding Ship John Light Pick
Rninny because Of clutch trouble hae
TO give up at Edge Moor light station
shortly after staring The order il