Evening star., 1927-09-17
Early Crowd Indicates 100,-
600 viii View Regatta Fin
ish Off Hains Point.
GREENWICH FOLLY HOLDS
EDGE BY ONE VICTORY
Horace Dodge Memorial Trophy
Virtually Won by It's Donors
Own Miss Syndicate.

w I'm the horace Dodge Memorial
Trophy virtually won by it's doSsr's
own Miss Syndicate, four of the coun.
try's fastest speed boats today were
in the fight for the other big trophy
at stake in the regatta here. the
Presidents Cup.
George Townsend, in his Greenwich
Folly, twice winner of the gold cup,
is facing the fight of his life to keep
the advantage he won yesterday in the
first heat of the Presidents Cup race.
Pitted against him in the final two
heats today are the Syndicate. Dodges
Sister Syn and a new rival, Baby
Chic, rated the favorite in todays
races.
Miss Syndicate, which developed en-
gine trouble and limped in bad third
in yesterdays heat, faces the necessity
of winning both of today's heats to
carry off the trophy. Dodges other
boat Sister Syn, which is piloted by
his sister, Mrs. Delphine Dodge Crom-
well. although rated as a slower boat
than the Miss Syndicate. has a chance
as result Of the second place she
won yesterday.
Baby Chic Refitted.
The Baby Chic. owned by Chris and
Bernard Smith and driven by the lat.
ter, has been fitted out with a new
propeller to take the place of the one
she broke yesterday. Out of the race
as far as winning the trophy is con.
cerned, the Baby Chic is in a position
TO play havoc with the other boats
ratings.
If Miss Syndicate wins both heats
TO-DAY she takes the cup, but if any
other boat wins both of today's heats
and Townsend can manage to finish
as good as third, the trophy goes to
the Greenwich Folly.
only disaster that would throw It
out of the race altogether can keep
Miss Syndicate from winning the
Dodge Trophy in the final heat today.
with 400 points to her credit as q
result of yesterdays two victories and
Oily three boats in the final heat.
lodges boat, piloted by j. H. Crom.
Well, has only to circle the course the
regulation six times to gain the points
prize.
AS the time for the first event Of
today's races drew near. indica tions
were that crowd as big as or greater
IMAM last years estimated 100000
would be lining Hains Point and filling
lnnumerable boats in the river before
the day was over.
Coolidge to See Races.
President Coolidge will watch tba
races from the Mayfiower TODAY. and
after they are over he will present
the Presidents Cup to its winner. Sec.
retary Wilbur is also expected to be
there in the Sylph.
Two world records fell yesterday.
one of them twice. j. T. Herbst, pilot.
Ing his kayo II, in the Glass b ont.
boards, broke the record in the first
neat with an average speed of 26:O27
miles per hour, and then smashed his
own marx In the second heat with
a speed of 26.368. The Kayo III easily
won all three heats of the outboards
taking the Hall Scott Championships
Trophy.
Inc second record was shattered by
halph Snoddy in j. H. Rand's Miss
Spltnre vi, in the Isl hydroplane un-
united class. Snoddy, who won the
Duke OF Iork's trophy in England
several weeks ago. easily took the
nrst heat in this class with a speed
Oh 1885 miles per hour.
In the second heat he went out for
the record for the fastest speed in any
single lap in competition. Complef.
ing the first lap in more than so miles
per hour, Snoddy opened the little
ooat up In the second lap. She leaped
from the water, only a few inches Of
bottom touching the waves.
Propeller Blown TO Pieces.
With his engine roaring and spit.
t1ng and the little boat swaying, leap
ing and bucking. Snoddy careened
around the course once and then
stopped, his propeller blown to pieces
by the terrific speed. The official
timing gave him 52.1221 miles per
hour, a new record for a single lap.
With Spitfire out of the race, the
New Yorker, piloted by Adolph Goebel.
won won the heat. Miss Buckeye was
third, Gibson Bradfield at the wheel.
Snoddy repaired his boat last night
and was back in the running today,
rated favorite to win the final heat,
"A steady, Misunderstanding pace
won the Dodge race heats for the Miss
Syndicate yesterday. Pitted against
Dodge's other boat. the Sister Syn.
plloted by Mrs. Cromwell. and George
townsend in his sensational Green.
wich Folly, James Cromwell eased the
MISS syndicate up to speed of more
than 5U miles an hour and held her
there steadily throughout the Is miles
of both heats.
Greater Power Tells.
1oWhsenu was the big danger. In
his smaller, but not quite so speedy.
boat he could skid around the turns
at pace that would bring disaster
to the big, black Miss Syndicate. In
both heats Townsend got aWay to a
flying start and maintained his lead
for two laps. but each time the greater
power of the Dodge boat began to tell
and the Folly was overhauled. Sis.
ter Syn never was dangerous.
In the second heat Townsend made
MS bid for the lead three times and
each time he was outdistanced After
belng overtaken on the straishtavav
on the second lap he made a hair
raising turn at the upper end of the
course and for moment it looked
as though he had nosed in ahead
Of the Miss Syndicate. But as the
turn was rounded the big boat shot
ahead. and as they passed the off,
clal boat she was leading by length.
Misses Again by Hair.
Twice again Townsend tried to cut
in ahead at the turn, and each time
he missed by a hair. Then on the
last lap when Miss Syndicate seemed
to have the race in her pocket, the
Greenwich Folly suddenly put on a
terrific burst Of speed, eating up the
distance between the two boats. IL
there had been another half a lap
she might have won, but Cromwell
had too good a lead. He flashed
across the line good two lengths