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dining room, kitchen, buffet, showers and toilet 
rooms. On the upper floor, reached by two broad 
staircases, will be the jinks room with a large 
stage, library, card room, women’s reception 
room and women’s locker room. 
The members of the Corinthian Y. C. are 
elated at a recent deal that has been made by 
one of its members whereby the sloop Nixie, 
formerly owned by Fulton G. Berry, is again to 
fly the colors of the club. This sloop was sold 
a few months ago to a yachtsman in Southern 
California and was to have been taken from these 
waters, but a change has been made in the plans 
and she is now owned by Alphonse Hirsch and 
will remain here. Golden Gate. 
Motor Bo&ttmi 
Motor Boating Fixtures. 
SEPTEMBER. 
9. Camden M. B. C., speed boats, open. 
17. New York Motor Boat Club, economy race. 
23. Farragut Sportsmen’s Association. 
23. Crescent A. C. 
24. New York Motor Boat Club, Rockland Light race. 
International Races. 
Dixie IV. won the first of the international 
motor boat races at Huntington last Monday. 
She made the thirty nautical miles in 51m. 15s. 
and defeated Pioneer, the second boat, by 59s. 
Dixie averaged 35.12 nautical or 40.38 statute 
miles. Pioneer averaged 34.45 nautical or 39.61 
statute miles. Disturber II. was third. Her 
time was 55m. 42s. and her speed 32.31 nautical 
or 37 -iS statute miles. Viva was fourth. Her 
time was ih. 4m. 22s. and her average speed 
27.97 nautical or 32.16 statute miles. Maple Leaf 
III. broke down after going fifteen miles. She 
was then third boat, im. 27s. behind Dixie. 
Tyreless III. was never prominent and she with¬ 
drew on the third round. 
The race was run under ideal conditions and 
an enormous fleet of yachts anchored about the 
course, which was kept clear until the race 
ended. A full account of the races will appear 
in the next issue of Forest and Stream. 
THE TRIAL RACES. 
The task of selecting three boats to represent 
this country against the English trio was no easy 
one. First of all a heavy rain storm interfered 
with the races, and after the weather cleared, the 
boats met with many accidents, and it was not 
until the morning of the international race that 
the three defenders were selected. 
In spite of the postponements the boats were 
not ready to race. With some, labor troubles 
had delayed their finishing in time. With others, 
various defects developed when they tried to 
race, and with most of them it was ignition 
trouble. The weather had lots to do with these 
troubles, as the first two days set for the trials 
were very wet and the water injured the mag¬ 
netos and the insulated wiring. There was one 
boat ready, however—Dixie IV. It was rather 
a strange coincidence that in 1908 Dixie III. was 
the only boat ready, and she was selected after 
her first trial. Last year the same Dixie was 
011 hand again and she defended the trophy and 
this year it was Dixie again. The credit for all 
the Dixies must be given to Clinton PI. Crane, 
the designer, and to H. M. Crane, his brother, 
who built the motors. These two men appreci¬ 
ated what they had to do. They devoted much 
time and thought to their work with the result 
that the product of their brains went to the line 
ready to race, and she showed that she had 
speed, was reliable, and was not a fair weather 
boat. She is a beautiful craft of the hydroplane 
type with one step. This step instead of being 
in the' formation of the huh of the boat is made 
of bronze shaped to the pull and bolted on. It 
is about three inches high and five feet fore and 
aft, and it adds considerably to the strength of 
the hull. The boat is 39 feet 6 inches long, 6 
feet 11P2 inches beam and was built by the 
Staten Island Shipbuilding Company. There are 
two motors driving twin screws. Each motor 
has eight cylinders and develops 270 horsepower. 
The funds for this craft were subscribed by 
■ Commodore H. H. Melville, August Heckscher 
and Frederick K. Burnham, and Mr. Burnham, 
who is vice-commodore of the Motor Boat Club, 
was the helmsman. 
Vice-Commodore J. Stuart Blackton had two 
boats, Vita II. and Viva. Vita II. is a Fauber 
hydroplane built by the Electric Launch Com¬ 
pany. She is 36 feet long and is driven by two 
Pierce-Budd two-cycle motors of 275 horse¬ 
power each. She has two propellers and the 
motors have sixteen cylinders in all. 
Viva is an Emerson craft 32 feet long, 4 feet 
8 inches beam and driven by four Emerson 
motors of 100 horsepower each. She has two 
propellers and there are twenty-four cylinders 
to keep exploding. 
Disturber II. is owned by Commodore Q. A. 
Pugh, of the Chicago Y. C. She is a Fauber 
hydroplane 31 feet 10 inches long and is fitted 
with two Sterling motors eight cylinders each 
and each of 130 horsepower. 
Nameless II. was built by the Atkin-Wheeler 
Co. for Commodore Melville and August Heck¬ 
scher. She is 26 feet long and 5 feet 6 inches 
beam. She is driven by two Herreshoff motors 
of 125 horsepower each. The Sand Burr was 
the smallest of the fleet. She is only 19 feet 11 
inches and 5 feet beam and is driven by one 6- 
cvlinder Emerson motor of 60 horsepower. She 
is owned by A. K. aand C. D. White, of the 
Seaside Y. C. 
These all appeared at the line some time or 
other during the trials, but with the exception 
of Dixie IV. their performances were so erratic 
that the committee had a most difficult task se¬ 
lecting the three best to represent this country 
in the race with the English trio. This commit¬ 
tee is Henry R. Sutphen, Victor I. Cumnock and 
Ray O. Shonnard. They used the houseboat 
Pioneer, which had been lent to the club by 
George E. Chisholm, and she was well suited for 
the uses to which she was put. 
Huntington Ifiarbor is an ideal course for 
motor boats and is always well protected except 
in a northeast storm, and a northeaster spoiled 
things the first two days. The course. 7V2 nauti¬ 
cal miles to the triangle, had been laid off and 
carefully surveyed, and there was no doubt as 
to its accuracv. The headquarters of the motor 
boat men and of a’l visiting yachtsmen was at 
the Chateau des Beaux Arts, and from the 
piazzas of the Casino and from the bluffs around 
the harbor excellent views of the races could be 
had. 
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 30 . 
There was an easterly storm blowing and it 
was raining when the committee went out for 
the first race. The water was so rough that it 
was agreed that the course should be shortened 
to about five miles to the triangle, as it would 
be dangerous to send the racers out in the 
rough seas. There were delays in starting, and 
Dixie IV., Sand Burr, Nameless and Vita II. 
were the only ones at the line. Vita II. ran for 
about ten minutes and showed well, but Mr. 
Blackton declined to start in such conditions. 
Then it was found that Sand Burr, which had 
been on fire early in the day, could not start, 
and Nameless was the only competitor left for 
Dixie IV. These two were started at 3:45 
o’clock and Dixie at once rushed away from 
Nameless. She fairly jumped forward as her 
throttle was opened and more than half her 
hull lifted or planed, as it is called, out of the 
water. Both boats threw a smother of spray, 
but Nameless made the most fuss and she acted 
so wildly that it was feared she would dive into 
the sea, as hydroplanes have a habit of doing. 
Dixie drew away from her lone competitor very 
quickly and at the first mark her engines were 
slowed down, but even when running at reduced 
speed she skimmed along in rare style and when 
she struck the rough water she jumped from one 
wave to another and it seemed as if her whole 
hull was out of water. 
Nameless had trouble getting around and she 
fell further and further behind. Dixie made the 
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first round in 8m. 21s. and at the end of that 
round Nameless quit. Dixie made the second 
round in 8m. 19s., the third in 8m. 13s. and the 
fourth in 8m. 14s. These times show how con¬ 
sistently she performed. Her total time for the 
course was 33m. 7s., and in that she showed 
that she has a wonderful turn of speed and she 
also demonstrated that she can race in condi¬ 
tions not at all favorable to motor boating and 
so the committee selected her as No. 1 of the 
American team. 
She was tried over a course estimated to be 
514 nautical miles in length by the committee. 
That course was covered four times in 33m. 7s. 
If the course is correct, then Dixie IV. averaged 
39.86 nautical miles an hour or traveled through 
the water at the rate of 45.73 statute miles. The 
probabilities are that the distance is not correct, 
as Mr. Crane says that the boat can make forty- 
seven miles an hour and under favorable con¬ 
ditions she may reach fifty. The conditions were 
not favorable yesterday and the engines were 
only occasionally driven at their highest _ speed. 
She turned up 800 revolutions in the trial ex¬ 
cept for a few short spurts at the finish of each 
lap to show those on the houseboat Pioneer what 
she could do. 
THURSDAY, AUG. 31 . 
The storm was at its worst on Thursday, and 
it was impossible to do any racing. It was so 
bad that big steam yachts had difficulty holding 
anchors, and some had to go into Northport for 
shelter. 
FRIDAY, SEPT. I. 
There were numerous accidents on Friday. 
Vita II. could not be started. She had been 
soaked with water and the motor would not run 
in spite of all that was done. Flyaway, which 
on Wednesday had broken a connecting rod, was 
expected, but did not appear. Disturber was on 
hand, but just as the starting signal sounded, 
she broke the gear of her port motor and had 
to withdraw. This left only Sand Burr, Viva 
and Nameless to race. They started well with 
Viva in front, followed by Nameless and Sand 
Burr. Viva was in difficulties at once and fell 
behind. Only two of her motors would work 
until the race was three part over, and then the 
third was started. Nameless held the lead for 
one round of the triangle and then began to 
miss fire and Sand Burr took the lead. Name¬ 
less got worse and worse and dropped steadily 
behind. Sand Burr won easily. Her times at 
the end of each round were 15.26, 16.09, 1644. 
