Evening star., 1937-09-25
SpeederS of Power Type to
Battle 1t Out Along
15-MiIe Heat.
HYDR0PLANES WILL VIE
IN THREE 10-MILE LAPS
Lesser Events of Afternoon Will
Include Cruiser Chance
Merry-Go-Ro
BY j. A. FOX.

The big fellows of the power boat
world were preparing to renew their
rivalry on the Potomac today.
Featured by the Presidents Cup
race, bringing together eight speed
sters of the Gold Cup type, the second
section of the power division of the
Presidents Cup Regatta offered a card
calculated once more to produce the
sharp competition that marked the
opening yesterday when the tiny out
boards battled to a decision in nine
classes.
And along with these are the lesser
events, ending with the always-popu-
lar cruiser chance race, which brings
out almost everything that will float
for a disaster threatening smile
merry-go-round in which the winner
is determined by number pulled out
of a hat.
The first 15-mile heat Of the Presi-
dents Cup is on today on the Hams
Point course, with the second and
third carded tomorrow afternoon.
Over the 30-mile route this after
noon the 225-cubic-inch hydroplanes
will seek the national championship.
this race being split into three To-
mile heats.
The first heat Of the Presidents Cup
is listed for 3:35, and in the eighth
starters that are scheduled to answer
the gun are the two entries of Count
Theo Rossi of Italy, the Alagi, which
ran second in the recent Detroit Gold
Cup, won by the Notre Dame, and
the Aradam.
Notre Dame Also Entered.
The Notre Dame, owned by Herbert
Mendelson of Detroit, which won here
in 1885, is also entered, as is the 15-
year-old FL Lagarto, George REFS
campaigner from Lake George, which
was almost put on the lower boat
scrap heap in the Presidents Cup race
last year when rammed by Notre Dame.
Ell Lagarto won this race in 1881
1884.
Jack Rutherfurd, the Port Wash
ington, Long Island sportsman, who
climaxed an eight-year effort to land
the Presidents Cup last year by driv-
ing Ma ia to victory, is back this
year with the new Chinky, and his
| wife, Mrs. Maude Rutherfurd, is
driving her new Miss Palm Beach.
Horace Dodge. the Detroit Million
aire, is in with Inpshi, winner Just a
decade ago, and Delphine TX, sue
cessor to Delphine VIII, which cracked
up in the first heat of the Presidents
Cup last year.
| One scheduled starter failed to
show up-Arthur Bobrick of Los
Angeles, who had entered Water
Wagon, heading for the coast before
the regatta started.
Ell Lagarto Draws Backers.
Followers of the Gold Cup races
always have their special favorites
and there will be many pulling today
| for Ell Lagarto. Refs boat had pushed
Notre Dame to the limit to win the
first heat of the Presidents Cup race
last year, and then was put out of
commission at the start of the second
! lap.
Her owner figured that there wasn't
much use trying to send tie old-timer
out anymore, so she was offered to the
Smithsonian. 1t was too much boat
for the room available there, so Refs
tried to find a berth for her in a
couple Of other museums in the East.
but with the same result.
So Ell Lagarto went back to Lake
George, and there, for months, Refs
tinkered and patched, and Ell Lagarto
went back to the racing wars.
In the Detroit race she again was
giving battle to Notre Dame in the
first heat when engine trouble slowed
| her down.
But today is another day.
In the 225, Miss Manteo II, owned
by H. A. Creef of Manteo, N. c., win
ner of the event last year, is on the
card for this years race, which has
added interest by reason of the entry
of Jack Copper, 61-year-old driver
from Kansas City, Mo, whose Tops
II has been performing brilliantly in
Eastern waterways.
Early Races at las.
Today's card gets under way at
las pm. with the 81 and 1876 cubic
inch hydroplanes going into action.
While these travel together. they con-
test in their respective classes, only
being run as unit because of the
few entries from each that customari-
| ly start.
The worst the weather man is PROM
ising today is cloudy, and huge turn
| out is expected. Yesterdays crowd
was small but the half holiday today
was expected to witness a decided
| change.
Special traffic arrangements will
permit Hains Point to be cleared in
eight minutes, and an announcing
system from the Coast Guard cutter
Apache, that again is serving as the
official boat, keeps spectators ir touch
with proceedings.
AS preliminary to this afternoons
card, number of mile trials were
arranged at 10 o'clock this morning
on the upper end of the course, Just
of the railroad bridge.
| Tomorrow's card, which will wind
up the regatta season for 1887, gets
under way at o'clock.