Evening star., 1927-09-11
SPEED BOATS GIVEN
FINAL RACE TESTS
Americas Fastest Water
craft to Compete Here Fri
day and Saturday.

Americas fastest motor boats are
ccing through their final tests for the
Presidents Cup regatta. which gets
under way on the Potomac next Fri
day. Most of racing America Will be
on the river off Hains Point when the
starting gun for the first race OF the
two-day program goes off at l:5o.
Among the spectators will be Presl-
dent Coolidge.
The Presidents Cup regatta. which
is sponsored by the Corinthian Yacht
Club. is the final event OF this years
racing Last year. its first, 1t was
Just one meeting of many held
throughout the country. This year 1t
will be the greatest of them all.
Three of the most coveted trophies
that these boating enthusiasts race for
will be won next Saturday. They are
the Horace Dodge Memorial Cup. the
Presidents Cup and the Secretary of
the Nays Cup. The Dodge Cup has
always been raced for in Detroit,
where the Dodges live, but the en-
thusiasnl displayed last year in Wash
ington over the races caused the
trophy 10. be brought here.
The Presidents Cup was what made
the races on the Potomac last year.
The fastest boats in the country came
to Washington to compete for it. The
Secretary of the Navy's Cup, offered
for boats slightly smaller than those
which race for the Presidents Cup
and the Dodge Cup. is scarcely less
sought after than the other two.
Other Championship Races.
In addition to these three features
championship races will be held in
the hydroplane type class and in two
outboard motor classes. There will be
90 races. IL Friday and IL Saturday.
President Coolidge will watch the
races from his yacht. the Mayfiower,
near the finish. Secretary Wilbur of
the Navy will be aboard and the Presi-
dent is expected to invite large num-
ber of guests to view the spectacle.
Horace Dodge is bringing two of his
fastest boats to compete in the two
big events and in several Of the
others. These are the Miss Syndicate,
which is famous throughout the coun-
try. and the Sister Syn.
Ralph Snoddy. who drove James II.
Rand, jr. S, Miss Spitfire v to vie
tory in the Duke of York's Trophy
race in England six weeks ago, will
pilot the famous speeder in the Isl. or
hydroplane type, class. Rand. whose
wife is also racing enthusiast and
may race one of the boats herself.
has three entries in this class. The
others are the Miss Spitfire VI and
the Little Spftffre. The Miss West.
chester, owned by Ed Hammond. will
be ncther well known racer in the
Isl class.
In addition to Dedge's entries the
Presidents Cup and Dodge Cup races
will have such famous entries as
Rand's Lady Spitfire, George Town
sends Greenwich Folly. which has
won the Gold Cup, the greatest prize
of them all, for the past two years;
], H. r. Cromwell's Bottoms Up, and
Shadow Vite. owned by George c.
Graves of New York
Cigarette Nv May Not Come.
Cigarette ". Gordon Hammersley's
pet. which won the Presidents Cup
last year, may not compete for the
trophy again. Hammersley is expect
ed to be here. but it is not certain yet
whether be will bring along his best
to defend the cup.
The Presidents Cup and the Dodge
Cup are for the same class boats, big
25-footers. There are three heats. the
first two Of which in both classes win