July 13, 1912 
FOREST AND STREAM 
51 
Red Bank Y. C. 
The entrants in the Independence Day re¬ 
gatta were: Adolph Hupfel’s Dolphin, Frank 
James’ Maywin, John G. Gilligh’s Papoose, Otto 
Wagner’s Widow, John S. Dickerson’s Manhas- 
set and C- G. Worthley’s P. D. Q. Papoose won 
on corrected time in 56m. 31s. Maywin was sec¬ 
ond in the handicap and winner in Class H, cor¬ 
rected time being ih. 12m. 3s. 
Palatka (Fla.) Y. C. 
Palatka, July 6. —In the speed boat races 
pulled off yesterday morning and afternoon some 
exciting aquatic sprinting was indulged in and 
several records lowered. The course was clear 
of hyacinths, a brisk northeast breeze was blow¬ 
ing and the weather was fair. The contests were 
witnessed by several hundred speed boat fans 
and appeared to be thoroughly enjoyed. 
In the twenty mile handicap Diana was first, 
Seminole second and Independence II. third. In 
the flying mile Diana won the handsome cup 
offered by the Gulf Refining Company and low¬ 
ered the record for that distance. Her time was 
1 .-42. 
Seminole lifted the trophy in the thirty mile 
handicap, winning by a small margin from Diana. 
In the afternoon Diana was the victor in 
the first class race with Seminole a close second. 
In the second class race Independence II. 
and No-Name of Palatka carried off the prize 
cups offered in that event. This concluded the 
races which should have taken place the day be¬ 
fore, and constituted the premier attraction in 
Palatka’s Fourth of July celebration, but on ac¬ 
count of hyacinths obstructing the course were 
postponed until yesterday. 
Jacksonville boats practically made a clean 
sweep of the entire card. 
The New Winchester. 
Messrs. Cox & Stevens, the designers of 
the new express steam yacht Winchester for 
Peter W. Rouss, which has attracted so much 
attention during the course of its construction, 
have received a very satisfactory cable from the 
builders of this vessel, Messrs. Yarrow & Com¬ 
pany, Scotland, to the effect that a thoroughly 
satisfactory trial was run over a measured mile 
on June 25 during which the Winchester made 
an average speed of 32.23 knots as a mean of six 
consecutive runs over a measured mile. This 
speed was secured without undue forcing and 
exceeds the speed guarantee by .23 knots, and 
it is safe to say that if desired, the owner can 
drive Winchester at a considerably h : gher speed. 
Winchester is 205 feet over all, beam is 18 
feet 6 inches, and she is driven by Parsons tur¬ 
bine supplied with steam by oil-fired Yarrow 
water tube boilers. 
The trials having been completed, Winches¬ 
ter will be immediately prepared for her trip 
across the Atlantic, and will soon be seen in 
these waters in commission. 
Mississippi Valley P. B. Ass’n. 
The fifth annual regatta of the Mississippi 
Valley Power Boat Association closed with Lead¬ 
ing Lady, owned by W. P. Cleveland, of Galena, 
111., winning the five-mile handicap for boats in 
the speed championship classes. The time was 
22m. 36s. Wigwam II., with five minutes’ handi¬ 
cap, was second. 
The five mile handicap for small boats was 
won by Borem Jeric, owned by Theodore Thomp¬ 
son, of Lacrosse, Wis., time 22m. 57 4 - 5 S. Water 
Witch, owned by A. Smalley, of Muscatine, la., 
was second. 
The Class A five mile event for single cylin¬ 
der craft was won by Spitzbub, owned by Joseph 
Kelso, of Belleview, la., time 23m. 4 l /is., with 
Siren, owned by Harry Godley, of Davenport, 
second. 
South Shore Y. C. 
The South Shore Y. C. at Freeport had a 
motor boat regatta on July 4. There were four 
classes—cabin boats, open boats, displacement 
speed boats and hydroplanes. In the hydroplane 
class Jack Boyden was the only one to finish, the 
time being ih. 12m. In the class for cabin 
boats La Boheme was the winner with Old Fash¬ 
ioned second. In the race for open boats the 
winner was The Commodore. Rothsay was sec¬ 
ond with All Wool third. Marie II. won the 
race for displacement speed boats and Mildred 
V. finished second. 
Ocean Race. 
Alfred S., owned by H. S. Soddner, of the 
Orum Y. C., won the 210-mile motor boat race 
to Cornfield Light and return which started last 
Saturday from the Colonial Y. C. Alfred S. 
crossed the finish line in front of the Colonial 
Club at 7:29:13, making her elapsed time for 
the long race 27.59.12. She was next to the limit 
in the handicap. Francis H., owned by G. W. 
Hoertel, of the Hudson River Y. C., on the long 
handicap, was the last of the boats to finish, 
and won second place by iRim. from Spindrift, 
owned by C. R. Butler, of Albany. 
Seven prizes, to be awarded in the order of 
corrected time, were donated by Senator Cyprian 
C. Hunt for this race, which was the longest in¬ 
land motor boat race of the year. The first 
STEAM YACHT WINCHESTER. 
prize was a German silver yacht model, com¬ 
plete in every detail, and the other six prizes 
were loving cups. 
Empire, which is owned by J. B. Lucken- 
bach, of the Atlantic Y. C., poked her way to 
the front as soon as the starter’s signal boomed, 
and made the pace for the fleet every inch of 
the way. She turned Cornfield Light at 1158 
o’clock Sunday morning, forty minutes ahead of 
Snap Shot and Naiad, which turned at the same 
time, 2 :38 o’clock. Empire crossed the finish line 
at ten minutes after the noon hour Sunday, her 
elapsed time for the race being 20.40.50. Em¬ 
pire won the fifth prize, no prize being offered 
for best time. 
Madeline I., owned by Owen Reilly, of the 
Hudson. River Y. C-, finished in the highest cor¬ 
rected time. On the trip up the East River the 
intake valve on her first cylinder broke, and it 
was generally understood that the boat was out 
of the race. After a delay the boat continued 
on her way. She turned Cornfield Light hours 
after all the other craft had started back and 
finished up at 9:41 o’clock. 
Commodore Franklin Pratt’s Alma II. was 
the committee boat. The committee on board 
consisted of C. H. Newman, C. Van Culen, E. D. 
Knowles and H. W. Mott. William Richards 
represented the committee at the Cornfield Light 
turn. The summary: 
Cornfield L’t. 
Alfred S. 
Francis H. 
Spindrift . 
Phrvne II. 
Lida M. 
Empire . 
Widgeon II. .. 
Snap Shot III. 
Naiad . 
Madeline II. .. 
‘Anna J. 
‘Helen . 
Lady 
Turn. 
Finish. 
Corrected. 
5 41 00 
7 29 12 
15 01 43 
6 04 00 
9 45 13 
17 07 41 
2 50 00 
3 59 58 
17 09 10 
2 40 00 
5 14 00 
17 26 01 
4 17 00 
5 17 30 
17 31 01 
1 58 00 
12 10 50 
18 51 35 
3 33 00 
3 15 43 
19 02 35 
2 38 00 
2 14 30 
19 02 44 
2 38 OO 
3 59 58 
21 06 17 
9 43 00 
9 41 50 
30 11 50 
4 34 OO 
7 55 00 
Did not turn. 
Disabled. 
Disabled. 
Disabled. 
‘Did not finish within time limit. 
(Yachting Notes continued on page 60.) 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Atlantic Division. — Carl Frederick Koenig, 
Jr., 16 Mary street, Bordentown, N. J., and 
Leslie H. Cox, Bordentown, N. J., both by M. E. 
Southard. 
Central Division. — M. B. Garden, 1803 Union 
Bank, Pittsburgh, Pa., and W. F. Spengle, 1803 
Union Bank, Pittsburgh, Pa., both by Frank 
Graf. 
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED. 
Atlantic Division.—6463, William H. Widger, 
Jr., 2636 North Thirty-first street, Philadelphia, 
Pa.; 6464, Robert M. Smith, 23 South Sixty-first 
street, Philadelphia, Pa.; 6469, Herbert Lowden, 
210 Osborn street, Wissahickon, Philadelphia, 
Pa.; 6470, Harold J. Cook, 3560 Retta street, 
Wissahickon, Philadelphia, Pa.; 6471, Harry H. 
Kaiser, 508 East Washington Lane, Philadelphia, 
Pa.; 6479, J. Lloyd Jones, Box 299, Beverly, 
N. J. 
Central Division. — 6472, William E. Fowler, 
302 Gray Building, Wilkinsburg, Pa.; 6473, 
Joseph A. Shaw, 2329 Murray avenue, Pitts¬ 
burgh, Pa.; 6474, Ralph F. Gettinger, 403 Whit¬ 
ney avenue, Wilkinsburg, Pa.; 6475, Rudolf E. 
Hellmund, 608 South Dallas avenue, Pittsburgh, 
Pa.; 6476, Frank A. Bumpus, 800 Penn avenue, 
Wilkinsburg, Pa.; 6477, John M. Frazier, 814 
Portland street, Pittsburgh. Pa.; 6478, Robert 
MacMinn, 304 Gray Bldg., Wilkinsburg, Pa. 
Western Division. — 6465. Herbert D. Ware, 
674 Rush street. Chicago, Ill.; 6466. John F. 
Moffet, II, 745 Lincoln Parkway, Chicago, Ill. ; 
6467, Burton H. Doty, 152 Elm street, Batavia, 
Ill.; 6468. Fred L. Frauenhoff, 136 Hinman street, 
Aurora, Ill. 
