Evening star., 1934-09-22
REGATTA PILOTS
READY FOR RACES
First of 12.Event Cup Pro.
grams Slated This
Afternoon.
BULLETIN.

In one of the hardest fought
outboard motor races ever run
here Lewis G. Carlisle, East 1slip,
N. Y, pushed his veteran Hell's
Angel to a close win in the first
heat of class B outboard race for
amateurs to open the Presidents
Cup regatta here today. Joel
Thorne. New Rochelle. N. Y. was
second and Sam Crooks, Rumson,
N. j., third.
Despite continued cloudiness ard
threats of more rain. pilots of the
scores Of racing boats assembled here
for the Presidents Cup regatta were
ready to 60 on this afternoon with
the IL racing events scheduled for
the first day Of the meet. postponed
from yesterday because Of rain. The
program originally scheduled for to-
day will be staged tomorrow.
Rain-soaked covers were stripped
from many of the boats this moping
and they were put oversize for trial
runs preparatory to the afternoon of
racing. scheduled to start at noon
over the Potomac River course paral-
leling the seawall of Potomac Park.
The program today opens with four
outboard boat races, each divided
into two heats of five miles each. A
number of national outboard cham
pions are slated to cross the starting
line in these events.
Gun for Speed Records.
Contesting pilots in the outboard
events are shooting for high speed
records. some OF which have stood
for several years in the various
classes. Records for the Smile course
in the various outboard classes sched-
uled to be run today range from
40. 0.699 to 1926 miles per hour.
While the highlight of today's pro-
gram is the first heat of the Presi-
dents Cup race, to be run at $40
pm, there are other events which
promise excitement for the Capitals
growing motor boat racing public.
Two heats of the 125-cubic inch dis
placement hydroplane class will be
run tomorrow instead of today, and
the 225- cubic-inch hydroplane race
for the world championship was
moved up from tomorrow to today.
Two classes of inboard boats are
to compete in single-heat races and
the Washington sweepstake and
cruiser chance races are scheduled.
The Washington is without re-
striction except that boats must be
Washington owned and driven. There
are no restrictions as to engine, power
or hull design. The George D. Horn
ing Perpetual Trophy is at stake in
this event.
River Gained by Weather.
One advantage of the still air ac-
companying today's foggy. rain-laden
weather from the standpoint of the
race drivers Is that the river is al
most CLASSY calm-a decided ad-
vantage, especially in the case of the
skittish little outboards. This ad-
vantage was partially overcome, how
ever. by the danger of floating drift
wood. unusually plentiful as a result
of the unprecedented rains of the
past month.
Although harbor police, Coast
Guard and Race COMMITTEES boats
have been busy pAtroling the course
to pick up floating debris, much of
the driftwood, partially waterlogged,
is drifting just at the surface and is
difficult to see. Such stun is regarded
as highly dangerous to the feet racing
boats, since even small bits of wood
may be driven clear through the
thin-skmned hulls at high speed.
Harbor police boats engaged In pa
trolling the race course for removal of
the driftwood were called of during
the morning to drag the river in the
vicinity of Highway Bridge for the
body of an alleged suicide. There was
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