The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20
LITTLE GUNFIRE EASY
VICTOR IN RIVER TILT
Wins Big Race in Last Regatta
of Columbia Yacht Club
Has Time to spare.
CINDERELLA II. NENT BEST
Beaten by 1 Minute 80 Seconds,
and AmOrita Is Over 10
Minutes Behind.

Tho Little Gurfrc, w. 7. Rraiuard's
speed boat. won the race Of the Columbia
Yacht Cub yesterday afternoon. going
over n thirty mile course to Ardsley and
back In hour - minutes IL seconds
This boat. which il driven hv - horse
power Mercury motor ot four cylinders.
- undoubtedly the fastest OF her size In
the country ana she did not show AZ her
best yesterday In trials she has made
forty miles An hour, which is remarkable
for her size and power. She detected
tho Cinderella ~. Yesterday 10y l minute
80 seconds aud tn. Amprita hy 10 minutes
- seconds.
The race was I'm the closing regatta
OF the Columbia Yacht club and II WAS
up and down the river. which was full
of driftNOOd. 50 that tn, racers had to
dodge all the time II" Little Guufro
turned mp l.No0 revolutions At times and
while the cinderella had trouble the race
was a true one aud Little Guutre won
on her merits. The cinderella had to
allow minutes - seconds 10 the Little
Guntire and IL minutes 90 seconds to tho
AmoritA After the race ". i. Eraiuard.
owner Of the Little Gunhre, received a
handsome loving cup and was toasted on
his success Charles G. Ramay. president
of the Hackcusack River Yacht Racing
Association. made the presentation.
The committee Ia charge of the races
was Henry {. Pearson. Walter w. Brink
erhofr, james Simpson, Charles Bacdcr.
Dr. Daniel H. Brnsmddc and Prof Charles
Gunther The starts were made from a
line or the Columbia Yacht clubhouse At
the foot Of Eighty sixth street. aud eN-
cept for the speed boats tine course was
around triangle Of five miles.
The Satsun won III" race Tor boats
thlrty-cigat feet and under. They went
twenty miles and the Respite finished
well In the lead but not far enough to
hn al ~, ttsf.f gN
was the second boat at the finish.
The cruisers went 10 miles and vii
freda, the new boat owned by John VI
Dutherfurd. did much better than she did
ut Port Washington in The Motor Boat
Carnival. She made the 20 miles In ~
'ninutes 81 seconds. ana although she had
20 allow lots of time to the others she
won the race very easily. with the Jurline
second, beaten II minutes IS seconds
There We're several starters in bang
prd so back race, but some Of the owners
tnistook the signals. They We're started
at 4:O5 o'clock and ran up the river until
a bomb was fired. when they turned ana
ran down the river. Several though; they
were TO finish then. but the instructions
said they were to keep down the river
until a second bomb was nred and Mere
then to turn again and proceed 20 the fin
ishing limo. The FREELY, owned by g. ID.
FISHER WAS first and the White swallow.
owned by " " Harley, was second.
The Cinderella H. which T., owned by
Henry Bahnsen. is fitted with a 80 horse
power Van Blerck motor she was pur-
chased to win the championship Of Lake
Placid and had lt'le trouble doing that
She turned up LOO revolutions running
up the river yesterday and was 80 see
conds astern of the Little Guniirc at Ard
sley. but then her connecting rod broke
and she turned up only Loo revolutions
coming home Even had she run her best
she would not have been able to beat the
Little Guntlrc. which finished the long
distance race with plenty to spare, The
summaries:
SPEED BoATS-COURsE 80 MILES.
1, nes' ard dSnS 2~n'r ". 4" Ms II NJ :
ci1 nialaGia ir'''ji jane: o. 81 10 70
Amo %iPao" W r 'nandoiph..3s - 90 - 80
Started on njiesgs-Actu2i Zines
M I'is!,. d UNFIT, ii3 sis5 Cinderella H.
20 MGLE.s--sTART, e.2o.
Respite. y. c. ,r.derseG..ss q g :2 %
ceie' c. $. Baedcr. q 50 20 80 30
Brcoie r. G IL Lgy,oa ,. PA not hn mt,
cRuisERs|SEc0ND pIvIsIoN-couRsE
10 MlLES-START. $50.
wiltreds. j. VI. Ruther-
Lu nIta G. { ctsmip,6cll.... ). % o. %
Gem, II J. JaaesSsrr.;,..ii....'s = q Y -
Gsra H., Il y waksr nid no! a aniisshh
sagaw H. Peter rvg ,I ,r piG not not 4 I-
line, $3.50, Gem, $780, sispud H.
bang and Go Back Racc,,,--,S,,r'. t;o5--
v V Harley SECOND. Oracle -. g. II.
Legion third cel"' c. : baeder' fourth