New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
MISS DETROIT
SKINS HOME In
CLOUD OF SPRAY
Speed Star from Michigan
ClincI1es Hold on the
Gold Cup.
BABY SPEED DEMONS
MOTOR BREAKS DOWN
Tech, Jr., Fails to Hold Victor
and Is Beaten by Wide
Margin.

A new high speed star has arisen on
the motor boat horizon-a star of the
feminine gender; her name is Miss De-
troit. Not satisfied with beating every
thing in sight in Saturdays race for the
| Gold Challenge Cup on Manhasset Bay,
she led her chief rivals yesterday al
most from start to finish, winning
from her only formidable competitor,
the Tech, Jr, by 81 seconds. Her aver
age speed for thirty miles, which she
covered in 43 minutes So seconds, was
4O.97 knots, or All statute miles, an
hour. Her fastest lap was at the rate
of 43.40 knots, or so statute miles, an
/ hour.
With IA points to her credit, the Miss
Detroit has pretty firm grip on the
cup. Her nearest opponents, the Tech,
Jr., and the Presto, have 9 points each,
the Baby Speed Demon points and the
Baby Reliance points, so that II the
Miss Detroit stays in to-morrow's race
and finishes she is bound to win.
There was report at the end OF
Yesterdays race that Jack Mlllot, the
capable Young pilot of the winning
boat had sent her inside one Of the
course buoys off Plum Point AS soon
as the report reached the judges-Her-
man T. Koerner, president OF the Amer
lean Power Boat Association; I. b.
TAYLOR, chairman of the Long Island
Sound Motor Boat Association; y. war
ing Stebbins and Reuben b. Clark
they held meeting, and IN hve minutes
decided that the Hiss Detroit had
right to cover the course as she did, ana
that the buoy in question was simply
direction" mark to guide the boats and
could be passed on either side.
From a racing point OF view there
were only two boats in yesterday con-
/ test-the Miss Detroit, owned by De
troit syndicate, and T. Coleman du
Points Tech, Jr. Carl G. Fischer's
/ Presto started, broke down twice, but
/ finished the course. Mrs. J. S. Black
toms Speed Demon II, the present hold
or of the cup. got away in the lead at
/ the start. She cracked cylinder dur
+ ing the first round of the course. Her
driver, Bob Edgren, pluckily kept on
/ but Just after completing the third lap
connecting rod broke, and that put
/ her out of the race. The Baby ke-
lance V could not get started at al
While the start at o'clock, with us
ear-splitting accompaniment OF rapid
/ fire exhausts, was exciting enough, II
was q disappointment as to numbers,
/ for only five boats crossed the starting
/ line. They got away in this order;
/ The Baby Speed Demon II, the Miss
/ Detroit. the Tech, Jr., the Tiddledy
Wink and the Presto.
The Miss Detroit took the lead after
rounding the first mark, and she was
never headed during the race Inc
| Tech, Jr., however, showed that she
also possessed remarkable speed, ana
the Detroit boat was forced to set a
/ high pace to hold her laurels. AT the
| end of the first lap of five miles the
| Western boat led by SO seconds, at the
second by 20 seconds, at the third by
/ AZ seconds. at the fourth by 1 minute
/ 2 seconds, at the fifth by l minute q
seconds and at the finish by 81 seconds.
/ Both boats travelled steadily in the
smooth water, remaining on an even
/ keel and throwing less water than any
Of the others. The Tiddledy Wink
dropped out before completing one
round. She had all kinds OF engine
troubles. The Presto's engine baked
considerably, delaying her nearly %
minutes on one lap and Al minutes on
another, but she finished the course,
doing two Of her laps in minutes Is
seconds and 7 minutes 10 seconds, re-
spectiyely.
A shrill welcome in the shape Of
steam whistle chorus greeted the Miss
| Detroit as she dashed across the finish
/ line. Jack Millot holding aloft his hand
to the Judges TO show that this time he
understood the wig-wagGinG Of a big
red flag on the judges boat that sig
nifed the last lap was about to end
/ The Tech, Jr.. coming fast, crossed the
finish line amid another chorus Of
whistles and cheers. She was between
400 and 500 yards astern of her flying
, rival at the finish.
The third and deciding race will be