Evening star., 1934-09-24
Horn Holds Lead.

he DOCKeteQ RelS AT Lne IlTSC CuIl,
where the boats all punched closely,
and forced him to drop back to third
place.
Horn, far out ahead when the boats
Strengthened out opened up and
widened the gap inch by inch between
himself and Refs, who forged into
second place during the second lap.
Horn gained still more ground when
Refs, at the lower turn in the third
lap, cut buoy and had to go back to
recircle it. Although Refs still man
aged to keep in second place, Horn was
a half a mile ahead when he again
hit the straightaway. Then, with vic
tory apparently in his grasp, Horn saw
his chances go glimmering as Del
phine's engine quit cold and the speed
ing boat lurched to a rolling halt.
Horn and his mechanic, Charley
Graf1in, leaped for the engine, found
it beyond emergency repair, and turn
ed to wave a Sportsmanlike greeting to
Refs as he flashed by to his second
heat victory Refs set an average speed
of 55.727 miles per hour for the second
heat, with a best lap speed of 58.4
miles per hour in the second. Del
phine, forging ahead in the third,
rolled up lap average of 58.822 miles
per hour.
Odd Boat Wins.
"HE fastest speeds of the day,
however. did not come in the
Presidents Cup race, but in the
final event, a l5-mile single heat for
the new William Randolph Hearst
Trophy. in which one of the most
peculiar assortments of racing boats
of the day faced the starter. The race
was unlimited as to horsepower or
tvpe of boat. the only restriction be-
ing that boats must be powered WIN
only one engine.
The race was won by Betty V.
boat which looked like monstrouS
Dutch cheese on Seagolng topo9gdH
and made a noise like nothing on
earth. Driven by Melvin Crooks. OF
Timer Montclair. N. j., this maritime
nightmare slapped down the waves as
she kittered over the surface at an
average of 59133 miles per hour 1or
the Is miles.
Close behind the Crooks fabrication
was an equally peculiar example OF
marine architecture called Pep III,
driven by John Bramble OF Baltl-
more. Pep III sported a twin row OF
vertical exhaust stacks which poured
forth clouds of black smoke ike a
pot-bellied tugboat Bramble ana MS
mechanic rode clean back on the stern
of the thing with nothing behind them
hut a wild froth of water. Behind this
strange pair of leaping monstroslties'
the sleek trim Louisa, Whlcn nao III
tie difficulty in taking second place IN
the Presidents Cup race, had mucn
ado to finish third.
New World Record.
-HE crowds afloat and ashore got
their first thrills of the DAY
when. after the opening special
race for midget outboards, the hlgh-
nowered outboards. noisier than for
nation of Army pursuit airplanes IN
full dive and nearly as fast as tne
Presidents Cup boats, despite their
diminutive size. put on a series OF
exceedingly hard-fought races, one OF
which resulted in a new world speeo
record.
The record came in the final heat OF
the class c outboard race for proieS-
sional drivers. when C. Mulford Scull
of Ventnor. N. j., ripped of the 5
miles in minutes seconds, at an
average of 4945 miles per hour,
smashing the record established by
H. H. Turk of Tulsa. Okla. at ST. Louis
year ago, by quarter of a mile per
hour. Turk had to content himself
with second place in the heat and
second place in the final standings.
Lewis Carlisle of East Islip, N. Y,
one of the heaviest point winners Of
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