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two hours faster than her nearest competitor, 
under the time allowance. 
The! ““Susie’s’®. ‘skipper,¢” Mrs” Eynest 
Schmelzel, a son of the boat’s owner, Mr. J. B. 
Schmelzel, said concerning the experience of 
himself and his three companions on the cruise: 
“We had fresh breezes across Massachusetts 
Bay, and we cut in close by the whistling buoy 
on the Peaked Hill Bars and ran down the 
neck of the cape with a comparatively smooth 
sea. But after passing Pollock Rip Lightship 
it was a constant jump into a head sea all the 
way to Cuttyhunk. We kept driving through 
these head seas all the way around Vineyard 
Sound, with strong gusts of wind and rain 
dead against us for fifty miles or more. But 
we did not put in at Vineyard Haven for fuel, 
as most of our competitors did. We plugged 
right through, and you can imagine we didn’t 
get any sleep that night; it was impossible. 
The motion of the boat was so quick that, 
lying on the floor of the cabin forward, the 
floor came up and hit you before your body 
stopped dropping from the previous plunge of 
the boat. 
“The run by daylight on the 29th, and the 
last night nearing home, things were better, 
and we managed to get some rest. I was 
particularly fortunate in having with me Mr. 
Russell Ross, who knows every mile of the sea- 
road we had to cover. 
‘When it is remembered that we had to make 
the long open run down past the Nauset 
RECREATION 
Beacons to Pollock Rip Slue, and across the 
shoals to past Monomoy before we had the 
protection of Nantucket and Martha’s Vine- 
yard, and another long stretch of open sea 
from Gay Head to Block Island, and taking 
into consideration the nasty sou’ wester of the 
first night, I think our trip shows remarkably 
well for the seaworthiness of the modern 
cruising motor boat of small horse-power, of 
which I consider the “Susie” nothing more 
than a good, representative type.” 
The cruising motor boat is coming into great 
vogue, because of its comfort and convenience 
for cruising on inland waters and also on ac- 
count of its moderate cost. It is also often used 
to haul a cheaply constructed but commodious 
houseboat. The following description of a cer- 
tain make will afford some idea of how the 
boats are arranged: 
In the forward end of the cabin is situated a 
saloon nine feet in length, having two berths, 
and a chiffonier with a locker on each side. 
Entrance can be made through a hatch in the 
roof or through a swinging door from the engine- 
room, which is situated directly aft. On the 
starboard side of the engine-room is a large, 
roomy locker and a comfortable berth. On the 
port side is a toilet-room, in which there is a 
yacht closet and folding wash basin. Directly 
aft of the toilet-room is the stove compartment 
and ice-box. The cockpit gives room for six 
comfortable wicker chairs and at the after end 
a stationary seat with cushion. 
THE SEASON IN AMATEUR ATHLETICS 
BY MILTON E. TOWNE 
HE season just ended—of track and 
field athletics—has been a highly suc- 
cessful one—artistically and otherwise. 
Certain it is that at no time has this branch of 
sport enjoyed greater vogue than during the 
past season, as evinced by the unusually large 
attendance at the games. In a measure this may 
be ascribed to the brilliant success of the Ameri- 
can athletes at Athens, and the widespread 
interest it evoked. Apart from this, however, 
there has been a distinct impetus from some 
source, with the result that the college track 
meet now attracts nearly as large an audience as 
its hitherto more popular foetball game. This 
is almost as it should be. 
The 1906 season—although replete with per- 
formances of high order—was not remarkable 
for the establishment of new records. Nor did 
it bring forth a Kraenzlein ora Duffey. Buta 
wealth of promising material was uncovered, of 
which big things may be expected next year. A 
salient feature was the irreverent manner in 
which the minor colleges cut in on the point 
totals. This occurred time and again during the 
season, upsetting calculations amazingly. At 
Cambridge, for instance, four of them, Syracuse, 
Colgate, Amherst and Swarthmore, amassed a 
total of 30 points alone. 
Cornell won the championship at Cambridge 
with a total of 38 points, to the utter surprise of 
the knowing ones, for in the early stages the 
Ithacans were apparently out of the running. 
Subsequent events proved, however, that in 
running they were “‘strictly in it” and it was the 

