Evening star., 1926-09-19

of his two Liberty airpIane engines.
allowed his brother to creep up on
him, and as the finish line was in
sight they came down the course neck
and neck.
Then. with one mighty burst of
speed. Gar shot over the line one
length ahead of the ". taking the "a
mile course at an average speed OF
6S.1S miles per hour and in -
minutes Is $40 seconds. These two
were the most powerful and fastest
boats on the river. Their two Liberty
engines each were symbolic of the
power and speed they were capable or
producing. They were mighty look
ing and the very sight Of their power
pla nts was ercugh to impress. Still
it is said they did not open wide. as
80 miles an hour or better is what
they are capable Of doing.
In addition to Yankee Doodle,
whose trouble is believed to- have
heen In the batteries. the Curtiss
Wilgold was forced out of the Secre-
tary of the Navy Cup with broken
clutch, following leap in the air
and heavy crash to the water.
Then Miss Syndicate snapped pro-
pellor shaft in the final of the Presi-
dents Cup and was towed around to
the navy yard. Mechanics got to
work and doctored up the boat to
the extent that Mrs. Cromwell could
use 1t. The nature of the repairs
precluded the stopping of the engines
and she was forced to cruise and
cruise until the time to match her
strength against Mrs. ConnOrs.
Spitfire vi Forced Out.
laI l,a
ner of the 15l class. although she
about completed the boat casualties
for the long grueling hours. Miss
Washington. which slipped and slid
all over the river Friday and covered
twice as much ground" as the other
entries in the ISL class. was gra ed
third place She did much better yes.
terday, her owner and driver. J. G.
Beard having installed Some last
minute additions to the keel which
kept her on level course.
The battle for motor boat s,iprem.
acv between the two women was ar.
ra nged about midnight Friday and
was injected into the events unknown
to a great many The judges de
sired that the two start from a jock
ewing position and cross the line with
their hows even. After one Or two
attempts this was done and Mrs
Connors gradually pushed into the
lead for the 6-mile event. On the
upstream turn abe gained consider
ably and on downstream buoys she
added more to the distance between
them Then the race settled down
with all odds in her favor and Mrs.
Cromwell. in the beautiful Miss Syn
dicate. following in the wake. The
checkered flag was given Mrs. Con
nors as the last big contingent OF
spectators aboard the Coast Guard
cutter Apache were about to depart
for shore. Mrs. Connors speed was
50 miles per hour for the two laps.
But after the gamut OF all the
events are run, the story goes right
back to Cigarette, her beautiful dur
aluminium body, with the two white
clothed figures sitting in the pilots
| seat, humming along the rough water
churned and stirred by the whirling
propellers Of the other boats, a win.
ner in every mea ming of the word.
When Cigarette returns she. Will be
welcomed with more enthusiasm tha n
greeted her arrival here a short time
| ago. Likewise Horace Greenwich
| Folly, Nuisance. Solar Plexus, Miss
/ Syndicate. Sara DE Sofa, Palm Beach
| Days, the Notwithstanding "H-40,'
Yankee Doodle, the two Americas and
the smaller boats, all of which tC
by persons who for no reason at al
have singled out speeders here and
there and called them my boats"