Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-14
LOOK FOR RECORDS
IN SECOND DAYS
REGATTA RUNNING
Two Heats of Presidents
Cup Race Expected to Be
Bitterly Contested.
LADIES' FREE-FOR-ALL
is ONE OF FEATURES
Program Ends With Potomac
River Event for Giant
Morored Craft.

ne course grassy calm ana the boats
tuned to the highest racing pitch with
one days racing behind them, race
ofhcials today were looking for a gen.
eral smashing of records In the second
days plowing of the GEORGETOWN Chan
mel OF the Potomac in the closing events
OF the renewal of the Presidents Cup
Regatta
The race for the cup sponsored by the
Chief Executive, the first heat of which
turned out dismally yesterday when
one OF the two contestants was forced
from the course by engine trouble,
promised to be more of a race in the
second and final heats today, mechanics
OF Gerald Holbrook, New York race
boat enthusiast, working late into last
night to get the big Gold Cup racer
into condition to contest the issue this
afternoon with Richard F. Hoyt's
100000 Gold Cup racer, Imp II, which
almost idled to victory yesterday in the
sloweSt time ever made in Presidents
Cup race.
Look for Thrills Today.
Today's program was packed full of
potential thrills for the thousands that
are expected to line the shore at Hains
Point and to be aboard the countless
pleasure boats along the 2la-mile race
course, beginning with the closing heat
OF the class c outboards, one of the
fastest divisions for these tiny racers
which skim over the water and often
roar at speeds well above 80 miles an
hour over the course. The program
ends with the Potomac River grand
free-for-all race, which is expected to
bring out the two Presidents Cup rae
ers, w. S. Corby's giant-motored Jayee
II, which was disqualified in the Presi-
dents Cup competition and a number
Of other super-speed craft.
The card includes an event for the
big stock runabouts up to 225 horse
power, the two heats of the Presidents
Cup race, the Secretary of the Navy
Cup race and the Bernard McFadden
trophy race. a free-for-all affair for
the outboards.
The ladies' grand free-for-all is ex-
pected to bring out a big contingent
| of the fair boat racers.
Seat Price Reduced.
Race officials announced this morn
ing that the price of seats in the stands
erected at the tip end of Hams Point
had been reduced from 81 to so cents
for this afternoons races. Amplifiers
have been installed on the stands and a
race official from the judges boat mid
way of the course will keep the spec
tators apprised Of the progress of each
race, the winners and the history of
the boats contesting.
Plunged and bucking through the
channel, famed to choppineSs by a
light wind yesterday afternoon, the
nearly 200 racers here for the regatta
furnished the watchers along the shore
and in the boats bounding the race
course with thrills aplenty and three
Nf TxykHf
The first spill came in the fifth race,
an event for class outboards. Round
| ing the turn near the railway bridge,
Travis Chestnut of Jacksonville, Fla,
fell from his little racer and received
ducking. A Coast Guard patrol boat
picked him and his boat out of the
water. little the worse for their ex-
perience.
Chestnut Spills Again.
The date, Friday IS, must have real
jinx on Chestnut, for he figured in an
other spill that sent his boat and that
of Frank Davis Of Middletown, Del, to
the bottom of the shallow channel. This
spill occurred at the start of the ninth
race for class B outboards. A dozen of
the little racers were jockeying about
Nle starting point, just off the bow OF
the Coast Guard cutter Boutwell,, the
judges boat, when the starters gun
went OF and the white flag went down.
Rounding the stern of the Boutwell,,
CheStnut's racer P-Nut crashed into the
boat OF Davis, overturned and started
sinking. Davis boat sputtered and
stopped and took water so rapidly that
h had to take to the water. Both men
and boats were rescued by Coast
Guardsmen.
The contestants in the first race yes
terday evidently had not read the rules
or did not pay much attention to them,
for, although there were several entries
for this contest, only one turned up at
the starting point at starting time, 10
pm. M. G. Haring of Washington, had
his Dunn Dora, stock runabout, on
dropped and he had completed lap
of the smile race before the others
arrived on the scene. The rest of the
contestants were waved from the course
by the judges and Haring was awarded
the race. Second and third places were
not awarded.
Wilmington, N. C. Boats Win.
Gene Pickard Of Wilmington, N C.
and his running mate, Julius Herbest. of
the same city captured first and third
places. respectively. in the final award
for the two heats of the class B out
boards, the second and ninth races on
the card. Pickard won the first heat
with an average speed for the five miles
of 32.05 miles an hour and placed
second to HerhSt in the second
heat. HerbSt'S speed in the second
heat was 34.774 miles an hour. Earl
Gresh, who finished third in the first
heat and second in the second heat,
placed second in the complete race.
Little One, the speedy ISL hydroplane
of Vern Squires of jamestown. N. Y,
was an easy winner in its class, taking
both heats Of five miles, both times
beating Lightning II, driven by VIM
cent Cacace of Norfolk, Va, Bay Head,
driven by Chris Ripp, finished third in
the first heat, but was beaten out for
final third place honors by Black Hawk,
driven by Joseph Thorpe, which ran
third IN the final heat.
Wins 41st Consecutive Race.
Earl Gresh Of st. Petersburg, Fla.
won his forty-flrSt consecutive race in
class @ outboard competition In Light
ming II in the fourth race on yester-
days card, the final heat of which is
to open the racing today. Gresh drove
Lightning II to an average speed of
1888 miles an hour for the miles.
Century cyclone, driven by Alex Mas
terson, was second, and Louis Gadoci,
in Doane Plane, was third.
Two Chris Graft, both owned by
Chris Smith, boat manufacturer, met
the issue in the seventh race, the one
driven by Bernard Smith of Algonac,
Mich, covering the course at 36.97-