Sept. 14, 1912 
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International Motor Boat Race. 
The great International Motor Boat race 
for the trophy offered by Lord Northcliffe has 
come and gone, and with it the trophy emble¬ 
matic of the motor boat championship of the 
world. 
To say that the event was unsatisfactory is 
not to exaggerate one iota. First of all there 
was grumbling and dissatisfaction over the se¬ 
lection of the boats, the question arising as to 
whether the two Baby Reliances, built by the 
same concern, should have been selected in pref¬ 
erence to Peter Pan V. as one of the defenders. 
Then it was discovered that J. Stuart Blackton, 
owner of one of the possible winners, was not 
a citizen of the United States, therefore was in¬ 
eligible under the rules laid down by the donor 
of the cup and instead of accepting this as final, 
the Motor Boat Club of America cabled the 
donor for permission to waive this rule, which 
request naturally was turned down. Then on 
the morning of the first race the defenders had 
not been selected, and after unsatisfactory trials 
and within a few moments of the time when 
the race should have been started, Baby Reliance 
III., Ankle Deep and Baby Reliance II. were 
selected to defend the cup. This race was won 
by Baby Reliance II., owned by J. Stuart Black- 
ton, driven by Bernard Smith with W. Bugh as 
mechanician. The challenger and final winner, 
Maple Leaf IV., made no great effort to win 
this race. The order of finish and time were as 
follows: 
with at the wheel and A. Stapleton at the engine. 
The summary: 
'J hird Race for British International Trophy—Start, 2:00 
—Course, 30 Nautical Miles. 
,, _ _ Finish. Elapsed. 
Maple Leaf IV. E. Mackay Edgar.. 2 48 16 0 48 16 
Baby Reliance III., Mrs. Blackton 2 51 46 0 51 46 
Ankle Deep, Count C. S. Mankowski Disabled. 
Baby Reliance II., J. S. Blackton ... Disabled. 
Mona. Marquess of Anglesey . Disabled. 
The elapsed times over each leg of the 
course, figured from the actual start of each 
boat, is as follows: 
Maple Leaf IV.. 
Baby Relia’e III.. 
Ankle Deep .... 
Baby Relia’e II_ 
Mona . 
1st 2d 3d 4th Full 
Leg. Leg. Leg. Leg. Course. 
0 11 51 0 12 00 0 11 55 0 12 OO 0 47 46 
0 12 13 0 12 14 0 12 16 0 12 08 0 48 51 
0 11 34 0 11 40 0 11 22 Broke shaft. 
0 11 17 0 12 12 Broke clutch. 
0 14 47 0 19 21 Broke oil pipe. 
Maple Leaf averaged 37.90 nautical, or 43.63 
statute miles an hour. Her fastest lap was the 
first, when she averaged 38.28 nautical, or 44.10 
statute miles an hour. Baby Reliance III. aver¬ 
aged 37.11 nautical, or 42.68 statute miles over 
the course and her performance was a very con¬ 
sistent one. Ankle Deep in her best lap as long 
as she lasted averaged 38.71 nautical, or 44.51 
statute miles an hour. For the three laps of 
22.5 nautical miles her average speed was 38.71 
nautical, or 44.57 statute miles an hour. Baby 
Reliance II. made the fastest lap. It was her 
first and she raced her head off. Then she aver¬ 
aged 40 nautical, or 46.06 statute miles an hour. 
The win by Maple Leaf appears to have 
Boat, Owner, Length, Horsepower, Driver 
and Mechanician. 
Baby Reliance II.; J. S. Blackton; Bernard) 
Smith; W. Bugh; 20ft.; 90 h. p.j 
3d Round. 
Finish. 
Elapsed. 
2 41 43 
0 11 43 
2d Round. 
Finish. 
Elapsed. 
2 53 44 
0 12 01 
3d Round. 
Finish. 
Elapsed. 
3 06 10 
0 12 26 
4th Round. 
Finish. 
Elapsed. 
3 18 39 
0 12 29 
Total Elapsed 
Finish, 
h. m. s. 
0 48 39 
Mona; Marquess of Anglesey; M. Batting; F. I 
Murtagh; 26ft.; 150 h. p.j 
2 44 10 
0 14 10 
2 58 22 
0 14 12 
3 12 29 
0 14 07 
3 26 38 
0 14 09 
0 56 38 
Maple Leaf IV.; E. M. Edgar; Tom Sop-) 
with; A. Simpleton; 39ft. llin.; 700 h. p. j 
3 03 56 
0 33 56 
3 16 18 
0 13 38 
3 28 37 
0 12 19 
3 41 01 
0 12 24 
1 11 01 
Baby Reliance III.; Mrs. P. Blackton; J) 
Smith; W. Van Nostrand; 26ft. 150 h. p. j 
2 43 16 
0 13 16 
3 17 56 
0 34 40 
3 36 53 
0 18 07 
3 59 58 
0 23 05 
1 29 58 
Ankle Deep; E. N. Mankowski; Owner F. ) 
Grenon; 32ft. 150 h. p.J 
2 44 17 
0 14 17 
3 38 26 
0 54 09 
4 19 10 
0 30 34 
4 58 38 
0 39 28 
2 28 38 
Baby Reliance II., average speed, 37.113 
Reliance III., 20; Ankle Deep, 12.121 knots. 
knots; Mona, 31.143 
knots; Maple 
Leaf IV., 
25.364; Baby 
The second race, scheduled for Labor Day, 
Sept. 2, was postponed because the sea was too 
heavy for the American boats, but was run on 
Sept. 3. This was won handily by Maple Leaf 
IV. with 3m. 4s. to spare over her team mate, 
Mona, Ankle Deep finishing 3s. behind Mona. 
The summary: 
Second Race for British International Trophy—Start, 
2:00—Course, 30 Nautical Miles. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Maple Leaf IV., E. Mackay Edgar.. 3 06 50 1 05 50 
Mona, Marquess of Anglesey. 3 09 54 1 09 54 
Ankle Deep, Count C. S. Munkowski 3 11 29 1 11 29 
Baby Reliance III., Mrs. J. S. Blackton 3 12 10 1 12 10 
Baby Reliance II., J. S. Blackton... 3 14 16 1 14 16 
The elapsed times over each leg of the 
course and the actual time for the full distance, 
figuring from the actual time of starting, are: 
1st 2d 3d 4th Full 
Leg. Leg. Leg. Leg. Course. 
Maple Leaf IV.. 0 15 42 0 15 36 0 15 46 0 14 43 1 01 47 
Mona . 0 17 10 0 14 59 0 16 48 0 17 28 1 06 25 
Ankle Deep .... 0 21 34 0 17 51 0 15 02 0 16 43 1 11 10 
Baby Relia’e III. 0 20 25 0 17 42 0 17 21 0 16 20 1 11 48 
Baby Relia’e II.. 0 15 46 0 18 29 0 17 45 0 19 13 1 11 13 
Maple Leaf averaged 27.06 nautical or 31.16 
statute miles an hour. Mona averaged 28.34 
nautical, or 32.64 statute miles an hour. Ankle 
Deep averaged 25.17 nautical, or 28.98 statute 
miles an hour, and the Baby Reliances were just, 
a fraction slower. Mona led the first round of 
the triangle. This was her best, and then she 
averaged 3076 nautical, or 35.43 statute miles 
an hour. Maple Leaf on her best round aver¬ 
aged exactly 30 nautical, or 34.54 statute miles 
an hour. 
The final race, on Sept. 4, was also won by 
Maple Leaf IV., thus giving the cup to her owner 
E. Mackay Edgar, representing the Royal Motor 
Y. C. of England. In the last race Maple Leaf 
won through consistent performance, and was 
handicapped by a broken rudder. There was no 
luck about it — simply due to reliability of the 
engines in the winner and to the stability and 
lines of construction of the hull, together with 
careful and competent handling by Tom Sop- 
been a popular one throughout the country, as 
her owner showed great sportsmanship and made 
weather concessions in favor of American boats, 
when he was not compelled to do so. 
A challenger has been ordered from Tams, 
Lemoine & Crane, designers of Dixie IV., which 
won so easily last year, which will be ready in 
time to make the trip abroad in the hope of 
returning to this country with the cup. 
National Carnival Program. 
The program for the National Carnival to 
be held on the Hudson River, off Yonkers, dur¬ 
ing the week of Sept. 16, is extensive and in¬ 
teresting. The program follows: 
Monday, Sept. 16, 10 a. m.— Series races. 
Classes D, E, F and G (cruisers and open 
launches). 2 p. m., series race. Class C (speed 
boats). 2:30 p. m., series race. Class B (speed 
boats). 3 p. m., series race. Class B (speed 
boats). 3 p. m., series race. Class A (speed 
boats). 
Tuesday, Sept. 17, 10 a. m.— Second series 
races. Class D, E, F and G (cruisers and open 
launches). 2 p. m., second series race. Class C 
(speed boats). 2:30 p. m., second series race. 
Class B (speed boats). 3 p. m., second series. 
Class A (speed boats). 
Wednesday, Sept. 18, 10 a. m.— Third series 
races. Classes D, E, F and G (cruisers and open 
launches). 2 p. m., Class L (speed boats 20 feet 
and under). 3 p. M., Class M (speed boats over 
20 feet and not over 26 feet). 4 p. m.. Class O 
(speed boats over 26 feet and not over 32 feet). 
Thursday, Sept. 19, 10 a. m.— Long distance 
race for high-speed boats, New York to Pough¬ 
keepsie and return. io:to a. m., long distance 
race for cruisers, New York to Peekskill and 
return. 
Friday, Sept. 20, 10 a. m.— Races for all 
classes of soeed boats, 60 miles. Open only to 
boats that have started and finished in one or 
both of the series races of Monday. Sept. 16 
and luesday, Sept. 17, with handicaps based on 
the speed made in those races. 
Saturday, Sept. 21, 10 a. m .— Mile time trials 
(all speed boats). 2 p . m ., final series race. 
Class C (speed boats). 2:30 p. m., final series 
race. Class B (speed boats). 3:30 p . m ., final 
series race. Class A (speed boats). 
Tech Jr. Makes Mile Record. 
In the race over a measured mile, six trials, 
three with the tide, three against it, for a trophy 
offered by Otto H. Hein, manufacturer of the 
Bosch Magneto, and held at Huntington Har¬ 
bor on the 5th, Col. T. Coleman DuPont’s 150 
horsepower hydroplane Tech, Jr., made the phe¬ 
nomenal speed on her first trial of a mile in 
1:11 1/5, or at the rate of 50.7 nautical or 58.3 
statute miles an hour. This is at about 85 feet 
in a second. Weather conditions were not abso¬ 
lutely perfect. Tech was built from designs by 
Adolph A. Apel, of Ventor, N. J. For the 
average on the six trips Tech made 35.45 nautical 
or 44.4 statute miles an hour. The time in each 
trial was as follows: 1:111-5, 2:08, 1:401-5, 
1:354-5, 1 :4i 3-5, 2:38 1-5. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Atlantic Division.—H. C. Daniels, 336 Singer 
Building, New York city, by L. B. Palmer, I. V. 
Dorland, Louis Reichert, et al. 
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED. 
Northern Division.—6523, Charles H. Spar¬ 
row, 72 Wilson avenue, Toronto, Ont., Can.; 
6524, Bruce MacKendrick, Galt, Ont., Can.; 6525, 
Wellington A. Peck, Gananoque, Ont., Can. 
STRATEGY OF A WASP. 
A mud wasp was seen to alight within an 
inch or two of a spider’s nest on the side oppo¬ 
site the opening. Creeping around toward the 
entrance to the nest the wasp stopped a little 
short of it, and for a moment remained per¬ 
fectly quiet. Then reaching out one of his an¬ 
tennae, he wriggled it before the opening. A 
moment later he withdrew the “feeler.” This 
overture had the desired effect, inasmuch as the 
head of the household, a big spider, came out to 
see what was wrong and to set it to rights. 
No sooner had the spider emerged to that 
point at which it was at the worst disadvantage 
than the wasp with a quick movement thrust its 
sting into the body of its foe, killing it easily 
and almost instantly. 
The experiment was repeated by the wasp, 
and when there was no response from the in¬ 
side, he evidently became satisfied that he held 
the fort. At all events he proceeded to enter 
the nest and slaughter the young spiders, which 
were lugged off one at a time.—From Harper's 
Weekly. 
NEW EMERALD MINE. 
There is a report current that two Aus¬ 
trians have discovered a mine of emeralds in 
the Department of Cuzco in Peru. The best 
known emerald mines to-day are those in Co¬ 
lombia, and it is not unreasonable to admit the 
possibility of these stones being found in Peru. 
In an interview with J. M. Colmenares, the 
mining and patent agent, the news is confirmed. 
Mr. Colmenares has denounced the property 
under P. A. from Mateo Kalafatovich and 
Dusan L. Ylich. The sample shown is very 
beautiful stone, though its value has yet to be 
determined.—From Peru To-Day. 
