Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-25
SUPER.SIXBOAT
WINSCATALINA
SPEED CLASSIC
Mystery ". Carries Off Honors
in Speed Boat Event at
Avalon: Endurance Test

The speed motor boat, Mystery ~,
so called because OF the secrecy con
corning its engine, lowered the veil
after breaking the records IN the
Catalina island classic race, when the
owner, Frank Garbutt, permitted IN
spection Of the Hudson Super-SiX mo-
tor. which has driven the fast little
vessel TO a clean record OF six WINS
and no defeats.
To win the Mystery " had to de-
feat such boats as the sensational
Waga, ano the hitherto unbeaten
Ethel A. The Catalina island race
is the greatest speed boat event Of
American Pacific waters, and at
tracts the fastest entries OF the
coast
The Mystery " finished 20 min
utes in the lead OF the Ethel A. which
took second place." said J. K. Nc
Alpine, of the Schuman Carriage Co.
1t lowered the former record by IA
minutes. The entire Hudson organi'
zation takes pride in the victory. be-
cause the winner had a Super-SlX en-
CINE. The discovery was a complete
surprise 10 ne. | haven't been par
ticularly interested in motor boat
races. But l made inquiry regard
ing the Mystery " after the Gaia,
lima. island race, and learned that
the little boat had been fairly boil.
ing the Pacific ocean with its speed.
Mr.. Garbutt kept the design of his
motor secret until after he saw a
new record for the classic water
course.
TO marine motor engineers fric-
ton is even more OF o bugaboo than
TO the automobile engineer, because
OF the great vibration at high speed.
Mr.. Garbutt, who knew the principle
of the. Super-Six motor reduced vi
bration more than any other motor
in the world, Installed an engine
from Super-Six motor car and swept
1the coast with his mystery Doat.
The Catalina island race was just
another demonstration OF Super.Sfx
endurance. It Is the same endurance
which In two years, since the inven-
ton Of the patented crank-shaft, has
given the Hudson records in every
field,
This endurance established the
record for the transcontinental run,
when in one continuous trip the
Hudson Super-Six drove from San
francisco to New York, and return,
beating the former mark in both d.
rections. 1t set the record of 1919
miles in "a hours, which is BAT miles
further than any other car ever
travelled in a like time. 1t made the
fastest mile for q stock chassis ever
made, averaging 1925 miles an hour.
It won the Pixies Peak hill climb.
It won the championship Of the
American Speedway in decisive fash
ion. scoring more than double as
many points, under the Russian sys.
tenn. as any other car ever made in
an equal number of races. It set
new speedway records for Omaha, Sc
attic and Minneapolis tracks, on all
Of which the famous Dario Resta
raced at his best. II made new Amer.
lean speedway records for $50 and
200 miles, averaging 104 miles an
hour. Out Of Is Hudson starts, "a of
the cars finished. The one car that
did not finish skidded and crashed
into q guard rail. That to the mo-
Dor engineer Is the most remarkable
Of all the Hudson performances. as
records kept over years OF speed.
way races show that from 40 to so
per cent OF the cars entered in a
speed race over 100 miles, break down
and fail to finish.a