Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-12
PLANS FOR REGATTA
NOW ARE COMPLETE
Kings of Speedboat World to
Compete on Potomac
Friday and Saturday.
BY. JOHN I. WHITE.

to be known as the Presi-
| dents Cup goes into competie
ton for the first time Friday aud
Saturday when the kings OF tho
| speedboat world gather on the Pc
tomac for Washington'S first national
regatta. plans for whcih now are
| completed
| The Presidents race. To be run I'm
three 15-mile heats over Il three-lnile
| course extending along the Potomac
| Park sea wall from the Southern Rail
| way Bridge to Hams Point. heads the
| long list of events arranged by the
Corinthian Yacht Club. which is CON
Quoting the affair with the idea oc
| putting the Capital City in the big
| time circuit of Speedboat racing
Fridays program opens at > O'Clock
! with the first emile heat Of the
| race for 151-clasS hydroplanes, small
! 16-footers. that skip along the surface
! at a 4O-nGle clip. TIE committee.
headed by ". a. Rogers. vice commo-
| dore of the Corinthians. plans To
| start Saturdays races at - o'clock I'm
order that the long program of thrill
| ing stunts may be finished by sun.
/ down.
! The starting line as we'll as tho
finish mark for each event will he at
| the bow of the revenue cutter
| Apache. which will he anchored mid
way between the two turning buoys
| Long Programs of Events.
In addition to the Presidents Cup
event, in which five Horace Dodge
| boats and Greenwich Folly. winner
| of the Gold Cup. will compete along
with other nationally known craft.
the program includes a 2+-mile event
known as the Secretary of the Nays
Cup race for displacement boats, u
special international unlimited hydro
plane race for Gar Woods Miss
America " and Miss America V,
Alex Johnson'S Sangee Doodle and r
A. Clark's Excelsiore- France. n
French product a Junior Presidents
Cup event for displacement boats
having up to 35O-cuhic inches piston
displacement; an event for BiScayne
Babies: the 1J1-claSs hydroplanp com
petition; time trials in which the I'M
limited hydrOplanes will attempt 10
lower Miss America VS. mark of St12
miles an hour: a 9-mile free-for-all
and a emile handicap race for dis
placement craft, and cruiser races
for visiting yachtmen.
Horace Dodge entries for the Presi-
dents Trophy contest were announced
| last night by Vice Commodore Rogers,
| The Detroit millionaire is sending
| 1mpshi. Baby Water Car Syndicate.
Water Car Detroit and Delphinc.
Townsend Will Pilot.
George Townsend of the Indian
Harbor Yacht Club ut Greenwich.
Conn. who drove Greenwich Folly 70
victory in the Gold Cup meet several
weeks ago, will he at the wheel Of his
boat here. His racer already has ar
rived and will get her first trial spin
on local waters tomorrow morning
Other boats being sent here in an
attempt to, lift the trophy for which
the regatta is named are Special
Chance, owned by II. f.. Chance OF
the Maryland Yacht Club at Balti
more: Cigarette ". l.. Gordon Ham
mersley's duralumin craft valued at
$50. 900: Sara de Soto. another Cold
Cup racer. owned by Forrest Adair.
jr., of Palm Beach. and Palm Reach
Days. raced Jointly by Commodore \.
II. Wagg of the Palm Beach Yacht
Club and William Mcpherson Rigelow
of Easton. Md. and Palm Beach
The Secretary of the Navy Trophy
race also is drawing a wealth OF tai
ent. Three Presidents Cup race on
tries. Cigarette ". Syndicate and
Special Chance also will try for this
prize. w. J. Connors of the Buffalo
Launch Club and Palm Beach Yacht
Club is sending Miss Okachobee and
Miss Palm Beach. while Roy Keys of
| the Buffalo Launch Club is entering
Curtiss Wilgold III.
Silver Heels Local Hope.
J. ". Mccormick -GOodhart's Silver
Heels is the local hope in this event.
Silver Heels showed her wares hero
early i'll the Spring, but was shipped
North for the Summer. She will be
hnv Sof,,
power plant capable of driving her n,
60 miles an hour and better may he
able to keep the trophy at home.
Miss Spittire. who hung up
world record for 151-class hydropIanes
by travelling at a 4212 mile clip. a
little more than month ago at Buff
falo will defend her title against a
fast field of ISIS. boats named for
the piston displacement OF their Gu
gines i'm cubic inches.
She will have to contend with J.
G. Bearo's Miss Washington a local
entry; two Baltimore hydrOplanes
Lady Baltimore and La Palma Baby
Peerless. owned by l.. X. Grimm W
the Buffalo Launch Club: William
Mcpherson Bigelow's Creased Light
ming and several others from Nor
folk and Portsmouth.
Recently Added Features.
The Junior Presidents Cup race and
the time trials for unlimited hydro
planes are features of the regatta pro
gram added within the past few days.
The former is designed for the de
velopment Of the smaller and less eX-
pensive types of racing craft.
Two Detroit entries VIII race in the
former event against two 151's and
two Bscayne Babies. Aaron DeRoy
IS sending the Detroit boats. They
are Helen I and Helen III.
The Biscayne Babies also have their
own event. a fleet of six has been
sent here from Miami. Fla. and now
are being placed in racing trim at
the Corinthian anchorage. No. Il.
which burned during a trial run last
week, will be replaced.
The attempt to lover the world
record for the mile is the final event
on the program Saturday. Miss
America V, conceded to be the fieetest
racer afioat. made such a fine show
ing in her last race that Gar Wood
has decided to give her the supreme
test here. The course will be laid out
with painstaking care. the mile
| straightaway being measured to the
inch A special electrical timing de-
from (FhiCa