The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-19

the report Of her owner, A. Despu,o,,
The French boats were fast last w..
for part OF the races. but were too nrb,i,
constructed and broke down
The Motor Boat Club of America cbai
lenged last August. and IN spite Of ever
thing done to wake up some interest mi,
one boat could be found to go abroad
and that boat may break down az sop.
as she is pushed hard. She will not nav.
much time to tune up. as the races Az.
scheduled for August 10. She will srrivs
in England a week from to-day and vii,
then have two weeks in which TO sst
ready for the race.
There are several high speed mo,,-
boats In this country. and there Az.
many men interested In the sport VIII,
can we'll afford TO send boat TO renro,
sent this country. but for some reaso,
or other they are difiident about he
international trophy which was h4ld
here for three years.
one boat that might have been sen, +.
the Kitty Hawk w. This boat is OWNED
by X. n. Thinker and In a trial over A
measured mile course showed great speed
She made one mile with the tide In ! min
ute seconds. This is at the rate Of Si5t
nautical miles an hour. II II is accurate
n Is better than the time made nv Rahv
Reliance H.. which was at the rate Of h2l
nautical miles an hour. These records
however, were made over Western courses
and Western records for many reasons arc
taken with grain of salt The Ki;,v
Hawk ". made one mile against the ida
In 1 .os as and one mile with the tide in
1.07 as. These two average 52.29 and sac
miles an hour
In the Peoria River Power Boat Asso.
citation races she met the Baby Speed
Demon, owned 10y r. G. Smith OF Algonac,
Mich. The Kitty Hawk broke her bearings
at the start OF the second lap. The Baby
Speed Demon made the twenty-five miles
In ~ minutes si9 seconds and her aver.
age speed was i62 miles an hour.
Former Governor W. Cameron Forbes ~
the Philippines has just accepted motor
boat which was built by Lawley from de-
signs by Tams, Lemoine Crane. The
boat has been named Mangosteen and Is q
development Of the fast semi-cruising type.
II was built for use In Eastern waters
and Il was specially required that she
should have good speed without any Sacri-
nee OF her seagoing qualities. This Yacht
IL 81 feet over all. 80 feet on the water
line. feet II inches beam and feet
draught. She is double planked with ma.
hogany, has white pine decks and all the
deck trim is of mahogany. AT Il a good
sized cockpit under which Ia a large fsh
we'll The boat can be handled from
either the after cockpit or the bridge deck
There are sleeping accommodations for
four in the cabin aft. Forward OF thls
space is the engine compartment There
are two Speedway motors OF goo horse
power each Forward Of the engine room
is a bridge deck. which ~ covered by an
awning and has W ndshield at the for
ward end. Underneath the bridge are two
gasolene tanks which will hold goo gal
Ions each Gov. Forbes Is an ardent fisher
man. and the boat Is fitted with a pulpit
for swordfsh harpoon.ng. on her trial
this boat made more than the twenty-five
miles an hour required.
1t IL said that the starting point OF che
race Of $500 miles to San Francisco dur.
fng the Panama exposition will be either
Philadelphia or Atlantic City. Lieutenant.
Commander Woodward, aid to Presiden,
Wilson who has charge OF the yachting
events in connection with the exposition,
has been consulting with some of the
members OF the Yachtsmene Club and
favors starting the race from Atlantic
City. Just what the race will be no one
seems TO know. IL Is quite an expensive
undertaking to race a motor boat such A
distance and the rules under which the
motor boatmen race will not allow them
to race for cash prizes. 1t has been sIs-
gested that the prize be $4,000 TO tbs
winner $4,000 to the second and $1,000
to each boat to finish but the America
Power Boat Association rules will moi
sanction this.