Evening star., 1938-07-03
HYDE SEEKS MARK
WITH NEW CRAFT.
Capital Men 0fficiate at
First Regatta of West
Point Association,
BY MALCOLM LAMBORNE. Jr.

BY MALCOLM LAMBOKNE, Jr.
Regatta minded yachtsmen of the
Capital-race officials, spectator skip
pers and speedSter contestants, alike
receive their fill this week end in the
Initial big boatfest of the season. the
first annual outboard regatta of West
Point Aquatic Association and the
llth annual event of Hampton Yacht
Club, both down on the Virginia
Peninsula.
While on the Windjammer side. the
classic long distance race for large
craft from Gibson Island to Hampton
officially closing this morning after
two nights of sailing down the bay
gives way to events for smaller classes
in the afternoon out in the Roads. The
Virginia Cruising Cup emblematic OF
the 135-mile slide down Chesapeake
Bay. will be presented at dinner for
shippers and amateur crews tonight
at the Chamberlain Hotel. Places for
log canoes, stars. Hampton one-de-
signs, comets, moths, snipes, dinghies
scrappy cats, national one-deSigns and
knockabouts have been provided.
But it's the outboards that will have
the major workout. The first oppor-
tunity to establish new mile trial
marks will be afforded today on the
James River at Richmond over courses
identical with the national outboard
championships held there last year.
Trials running all day, are sponsored
by the Country Club of Virginia.
ID. c. Men Direct Regatta.
The LATHE cookie shells move on
tomorrow. 40 miles away, to West
Point at the head of York River.
Ideally situated at the mouth of Pa
munkey River, the course is wide,
straight and best Of all, free from
water traffic. With sanctions of Amer
lcan Power Boat Association and Ma
tional Outboard Association, the re-
Ratta has race committee of Presi-
dents Cup Regatta officials. Eric
Greenleaf, speed table expert, will be
timer, and Jack Anandale, scorer.
Andy Duffy will give racers the flag
and Harry E. Smith the starting gun
Elsewhere on the peninsula two
Washington drivers make a bid for
honors in events of the Hampton show
which will be climaXed with running
OF the Virginia GoA Cup race. Jack
Hyde IN his new Spectre and Gardiner
Orme in the Wooden Horse. supply
local talent for the 1875 and 81 cubic
inch hydroplane classes. Driving with
Hyde will be Herb Wood and with
Orme. Emery Fuller.
In both divisions competition will
be keen. Orme will be racing against
such topnotchers in the 81 brackets
as Edison Hedges of Atlantic City in
a new boat, E. A. NJ Kerr of New York
in his Pepper and DR.. R. E. Wolfe,
from Ulrichville, Ohio. in the fast
Hell-go-mite. In the 135 class Hyde
will be up against the same thing,
competing with Sam Crooks of Rum
son, N. j.. in his Dragon; Fred Hahn
OF Philadelphia in his famous Baby
Pep and Byron S. Russell, from North
Bergen, N. j., driving the Rustic.
Notwithstanding, the boys are rated
highly. Jacks Spectre, particularly,
has thoroughbred background. She
was built late last year by Hedges in
Jersey, with expressed purpose to beat
the world record for the els. Then
Hyde bought her in January and re-
powered her with 75-h.p. Universal.
Damage during tryouts here this
spring has been mended and with
several weeks of tuning up, she's
ready to go.
II the boat performs we'll in the class
Hyde will enter the Virginia Gold Cup
race, an open event for cup pre-
sented 10 years ago by Horace Dodge.
1t is considered tough grind. Drivers
race over 2i2-mile course of four
laps starting off the clubhouse in
Hampton Greek and running into the
Roads.
Only one other Washington speed
ster has held the trophy Andy Craw-
ford won it two years ago with his
225-cubic-inch hydroplane, Ednandy.
Last year DR.. Cecil Bagley of Balti-
more was winner.
Other power events are C and D
1nboards, K and E runabouts, un-
limited inboards, 25-cubic-inch
hydroplanes and chance cruiser
race.
Corinthian Fleet to Hampton.
A fleet of cruisers from Corinthian
Yacht Club, staging an informal
squadron run, were under way this
week, timing their arrival for races
tomorrow at Hampton. Led by Com
modore G. Bache Gill in his cabin
cruiser Onda II, with Mr.. and Mrs.
Tom Lodge as guests, the group in
cludes Ed Baltz's cruiser Dorothy, the
new Doragar of Edgar Brawner Irving
Henderson's Alirma and Robert Scholz
IN the Francesca
Dates for class championships have
been approved by the A. P B. A., &C
cording to Charles F. Chapman. East
ern championship for the 1855 and
225s will be staged at Stone Harbor,
N. j., on September 3. National cham
pionship for the els and 1855 at Red
Bank, N. j., on August 20 and 81; for
the inboard runabouts, September S
at Atlantic City, N. j. Again this
year Washington will be the scene at
the Presidents Cup Regatta of the
225s national championship.