The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-10
COUNTS SPEED BOAT
SINKS ON TRIAL TRIP
Casimir MankOwSki and Two
Others Rescued by Ed
mund Randolph.
GOING 60 MILES An HOUR

While Swimming over the water AZ
approximately sixty miles an hour, the
new h~ydropiane, Ankle Deep II. with
Coun; Casimir :, Mankow ski. the
owner. at the wheel. suddenly sank out
of sight IN a smotheg OF foam Yesterday
afternoon of city Island, leaving the
Count and two other men struggling In
the water. They were rescued by Ed
mund Randolph, a broker. IN his power
boat, the Ellen.
The accident occurred on the trial
trip Of the speed boat and was a dupli-
cate OF the mishap TO its uainesahc, the
Ankle Deep l., which sanh on rs trial
,rlp on Lake George three Years ago.
crowd of 100 speed boat eftllusl-
asts gathered on the dock at Wood ~
Mctiute's >uirytrd on tlty Island 10
watch the launching and trial oil IN" new
lNdroplane, which WAS the fastest IN
the world. It's designer, Frank Chase.
was confident.
Clad In oilskias and with life pies"rv-
,rs fastened about them. Count Man
howski. Frauk Cause and Frank iren-
ron climbed into the boat. and the roar
OF her two 80 horsepower engines
raised , cheer from the watchers ON
the doCk. =
Although there was quite a sea on for
n h~ydroplane. all vent well At first vic.
the Ankle Deep IL. a. the nigh speed on
zines forced the boat on. Her fiat bot
tom lifted gradually ahor" the water
until only the stern Skinned the SUI
face. The boat sk!ppci over the waves
like II HAT stone thrown across a mill
pond.
For fifteen minutes sae skinned along
the water in perfect hydroplane sly .r
The watchers on shore could see only
tho huge wake Of water dashed by the
propeller and the shower Of spraS
shrpudiug the h"dt.
As the craft neared the shipyard,
about 500 feet OF shore, Count Mankuw-
*. evidently "let her OUT 10 the last
notch Of the throttle, for the spray shot
higher into the air as the boat luneed
forward. suddenly the watchers saw the
high tossed shower of spray drop The
boat had disappeared.
After a brief interval three heads APP
reared. Their appearance was greeted
with shouts by those OF shore and Tho
mower boat Ellen, when was a consld'
enable distance away sped 10 the roScu"
The three men, hut little the worse fol
their ducking, were pulled aboard anC
hurried 70 shore,
Mr.. Wood Of Wood & Mcclure
builders OF the hNdroplane. said las
night that the Ankle Deep II. was max
ing better time just before the acctdcn
than veer a boat made before.
The BOAT was one OF the challenger
for the gold challenge cup race to b'
run off on Manhasset BAY at the end o
this month" Mr.. Wood said. Although
aho lies twelve fathomS deep at presCn
we'll have men and dcrricks at work to
morrow. and | expect we can get her il
shape again in time for the race. 81
she enters she'll win added the shil
builder.
Mr.. Wood did not believe the boat ha'
suffered any serious damage.
These things happen frequently t
~hydrop,anes. he said. when one con
siders the sea that was running. the rae
that she was unlike n other hydro
plane ever launched. and that she ha'
been going only fifteen minutes, IL Is no
altogether surprising that the aocideI,
happened, I think she jumped forwar
a little too suddenly II then went dow
by the stern"
The first Ankle Deep also was owne
by Count Mankowski. who owns the IAN
on which the Casino Theatre is bun
the site Of the Union League Club am
much other valuable property IN N"'
York. His mother was the daughter c
John NJ. RiXby, Il noted lawyer.
After the Ankle Deep | sank in laii
George she was raised and wou the gol
challenge cup. Last year the tour
lost the cup to Mrs. j, Stuart Blacktoi
owner OF Baby Speed Demon II. 1t W.
to win this cup back that Ankle Deep !
was built at a cost estimated at $4,000