Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-13
WIND THREATENS
SPILLS IN REGATTA
TWo-and-Half-MiIe Course on
Potomac Choppy This
Afternoon.

A rising wind and choppy water gave
promise of spills and thrills during the
running of the third annual Presidents
Cup races which began over a 2la-mile
course on the Potomac River this after
noon.
Three boats, one of them local
entry, will test the issue in the first
heat of the Presidents Cup race, sched-
uled to start atS3:3c o'clock this after
noon. The local entry is W. S. Corby's
Jayee III, which will be pilotsd by
George Wood, Detroit motor boat manu-
facturer and brother of Gar Wood fore
most boat enthusiast. The other boats
IN the Presidents Cup race will be the
Imp, piloted by Richard S. Hoyt of New
York. and Jersey Lightning, owned by
Gerald Holbrook of Red Bank, N. j..
and piloted by F. c. Ericsson, veteran
powelfooat pilot.
COlorful Spectacle.
The river presented a colorful spec
tacle Just before the first race began,
with stately Coast Guard. Navy and
Army ships anchored along the race
course and scores of speed craft speed
ing in and out before the races.
The first race. an event for stock
Iunabouts not over 100 horsepower. to
be run twice over the two-and-a- half
mile course, got under way promptly
at l o'clock.
Dunn Dora, driven by M. G. Haring
of Washington, wen the opening con-
test. a five-boat race. His time was
not announced.
The second race, Glass B. outboard
division, the first 5-mile heat of a 10
mile race to be decided later in the day,
was won by Gene Pickard of Whining
ton, N. C.
Alex Masterson, Greenwood Lake. N.
j.. was second in the Century Cyclone.
Third honors went to Earl Gresh of St.
Petersburg, Fla, in Lightning.
The third race drew out a field OF
Isl hydroplanes, which was won by
speed of 1888 miles per hour, driven
by Vern Squires of jamestown, N. Y;
second, Lightning II. driven by Vincent
VaSace, Norfolk. Va; Blackhawk II,
driven by Joseph Thorpe, Egg Harbor
City. N. j., third.
Due to MISUNDERSTANDING as to the
time of starting the first race, Harings'
boat was the only one at the starting
point on time. So late were the others
they were waved off the course, Harings'
lead being almost full lap before his
nearest competitor crossed the starting
point. Consequently no second and
third places were awarded in this race.
The second race met much the same
confusion, but about 10 tiny cupboard
boats met the issue.
The fourth race was two-boat affair
at flve miles for stock runaboutS not
over 125 horsepower and was won by
Chris craft driven by Art Seagren.
His time was 8:28:9O and his average
speed was 35.37 miles per hour. Roger
Scott of Washington was second In
owned by Chris Smith, maker OF the
boats.
lOO 'OutbOards Entered.
Out of the hustle and hustle Of re-
gatta headquarters at the Willard Hotel
this morning came the report that with
the closing of the entry lists for out
board boats, approximately 100 OF the
tiny craft from all along the Atlantic
Seaboard, the Great Lakes and some
inland waters had been entered in the
various races for those classes OF boats
this afternoon and tomorrow.
An equal number of other craft,
from big numbering cruisers to tiny,
headquarters announced, in other races
ranging from runabout tests to free-for-
all trials.
All morning the power boats roared
up and down the Potomac in tune-up
tests for the races of this afternoon.
Coast Guard patrol boats were out early
this morning busily clearing the river
lanes of traffic, checking over the
course markers with race officials ana
directing the race boats to their proper
mooring places.
Hundreds of pleasure boats from the
Corinthian Yacht Club and private
moorings along the river were run into
position at vantage points along the
course of the races long before noon,
and the gayly beflagged craft Of all
sizes and descriptions made q colorful
display. Hundreds of spectators began
arriving at vantage points along the
river, at Hains Point, the Army War
College and across on the Anacostia
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