Evening journal., 1917-07-30
RIVER CRUISERS N
BOW TO BOW RACE
Pickaninny Gets Champion
ship Certificate and
Bennett Cup
HELMA Is THE
TIME WINNER

Nine cruisers had a battle royal
FOR the powerboat championship in
the fifty-fve-mile race OF the Deia-
ware River Yacht Racing Association
on Saturday,. The championship
certificate and five prizes were at
stake. including a special cup offered
by James Gordon Bennett. through
the American POwerboat Association.
Pickaninny. the Bell and Taylor boat.
of the Camden Motorboat Club won
the championship certificate and the
Bennett Cup as we'll
The race was held under the
sanctioning rules of the American
Powerboat Association. Commodore
a. B. Cartledge. president of the Del
aware River Yacht Racing Associ-
alton. represented ten national body as
official timer Disqualification feat
ured the day as result OF necessity
OF adhering closely TO A p. b. A. rules.
Two of the nine boats were disQuali-
ned. One Of the them, Robbins and
Kirby's Eva Dor. would otherwise
have made second place. The other
boat was the Adelphia Yacht Clubs
entry. the Sue NJ. Both these boats in
starting out on the course In the
morning cut the course by falling TO
round the red buoy off Bridesburg.
The disqualification Of the Eva Dol
was n serious disappointment. This
boat gave the best exhibition of racing
that She has ever done in her eight
years of racing. At it. was, she CAV.
the spectatdrs. at the finish line a thrill
From the start the race was between
the Eva Dor and Fredcriclzs' Hclma. oil
Wilmington. which was at scratch
They fought bow to bow over the fifty
five-mile course. Going upstream on The
home stretch, they passed under thu
Pennsylvania Railroad bridge almost
Rbeam.
The steamship Dolphin a river boar
was making dock at Bridesburg as tn,
racing cruisers came In sight. WhCT
she started mp river on her course sh'
forced the two craft over toward bar
The Helma had time to cut across th'
bow OF .the steamship and got on TIT
shore side. but the Iva Dor was not 81
fortunate and had 10 run alongside
until the steamship had gained suiii
cient to allow the racer TO get unde
her stern into deep water. The llelmi
was the first boat 10 cross the line, AMI
IN doing so made the best elapsed tim
over the course, hours and 30 minute
and so seconds. J he Eva Dor hnishe
ten seconds later. and had she not bee
disqualified would have had q correcte
time of 5.57l1 giving her second place
Bell and Taylor's Piokaninny an'
Jordan's Laureda Of Keystone zach
Club were bow and bow all day. botl
for elapsed time and handicap time
a. aafaHn a hnufU II
a strong ebb tide. and this CAV
Pickaninny the best OF IL, leavlnl
Jordan's Laureda shy Of hes elapsed
time by 4 minutes and seconds. INT
Plchaninny finished in 2.52.4S anc
the Laureda in 2.56.4S Loureda VOL
second place her correct time beinl
eleven minutes slower than that 10
Pickaninny.
When Broomhead's Berthela cross
ed the line in 4OS.10 her time wa
snfscientlv reduced by the handical
10 defeat the Helma for fourth plac
nv / minute and 10 seconds. tn
Helma took the time prize. However
the last boat out Jarvis's Clip. IN
prstol entry and the Lowest rate
boat of the day. with an allowanc
over the scratch boat OF more ina
TWO hours. finished in 4.22.5O ana !
turn defeated the Berthela for fourt
place The summary
Flap. Correcte
Time Time
Pickaninny. Bell and
p pay y '....... s.5s.48 5.52C
Laureda. A. A. Jordan 80 . a.
Keystone Y. c. ....- 6.oo'4S o'OS'o
Isabelle ". Ben Hay,
Camden Y. c. 49,. '44'lS o'lo's
Clio, II, L. JARVIS q" s225O s.22.2