The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-06-20
GAS SPEED BOATS
TO ENTER RACES
HERE ON FOURTH
Many Craft Have Entered the Lists
and Excitement Galore Is
Promised.

take place on the Fourth of July
promise to be the most sensational
ever had in the interior of Alaska.
Practically all the speed beats have
been entered and according to the
owners, the races will end in a draw
each one of them being confident
their Loaf will have walk-away
VIII, the purse.
Nenana probably has the best
stretch of water for motor-boat
races anywhere on the Tanana river.
The river is about half mile wide
free from snags and affords plenty
of room for turning, whereas the
races that have been held in Fair
banks were run on handicap plan
on account of the slough being so
narrow and the boats not being able
to start from scratch The race
this Fourth will be run from
scratch start, that is, the boats will
all come up the river and take an
imaginary line across the river. trey
will then go to a buoy set about
~ miles up the river and turn and
come downstream to another buoy
set about miles below town, which
will make a distance of Az miles
one way. The plan is to make two
round trips, which will necessitate
covering a distance of about IS
miles.
According to the opinion of motor
boat enthusiasts, the races this year
ought to be record breakers on ac-
count of the splendid waterway and
the large number of entries up to
date. According to Herman and
Louie Anderson, we have just as
good a place to race and just as
fast boats as they have either in
Seattle, Portland or Astoria, and we
will probably hang up a record that
will make miss Martha Glow" or
"Miss Seattle No. 8" ashamed of
themselves. H..
Another feature of the races this
year will be that the boats will be
in sight the entire distance of Is
miles, and plenty of excitement will
be afforded the public by the maneu-
vering of the various "old salts" for
position so as to take advantage of
the current.
Following is a list of the boats
that will be entered, and there will
no doubt be more, as soon as word
can be sent to the owners.
"Nenana Kid" formerly the Fair.
| banks Kid" owned and operated BY
Herman Anderson. In 1916 she won
by ? seconds, and in 1917 by Z
, seconds. She is hydroplane model
, four-foot beam and eighteen feet
. long with forty H. p Marine engine
The "Nenana Kid" is undergoing a
: thorough overhauling from her car
burator to her rudders. HERNIA.
has some new kind of slippery paint
) that he had sent in from the Outside
: which he is putting on her bottom
: "Pronto II" owned and operated
, by VIM. Gilcher. This boat won the
handicap race at Fairbanks last wear
r and after William looked over the
: field this year he made up his minc
to sharpen up the nose of the Prontc
= little, so she won't push the whole
, Tanana river in front of her. Whe.
r you talk motor boat around Gilcher
r ne just smiles and points to tn,
Pronto and says: "Bet your mono,
B on her kid, it's a pipe" and Bill
n ought to know what a pipe is. TIL,
? Pronto has so H. P. Winton Auto
mobile engine, has a five-foot bean
and is % feet long.
"The Arrow" owned and operate,
by Julius Anderson. This boat car
ried off the money several season
n and is considered to be (by tn
t owner) record breaker almost any
where. She has a 3O-4O Loew Vic
e tor engine and speed model" aul
e hull.
o "The Victory" owned and ope,
,ated by Fred Douse. She has