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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Sept. 23, 1911. 
the building of sailing vessels and nothing else. 
What a price he had to pay, too, for the follow¬ 
ing of the dictates of the artistic in his tem¬ 
perament! Often in his earlier years there were 
times when there were no yachts to build. On 
these occasions he fell back on the putting to¬ 
gether of fishing smacks and small trading boats. 
More than once, too, the output for the year 
consisted of a dozen smacks the aggregate price 
of which only amounted to £600—or not quite 
so much as one 8-meter boat comes to now. A 
good start has been made with the boats of the 
seventh hundred by the beginning of the pre¬ 
liminary work on an auxiliary cruiser of some 
60 feet in length and another of 40 feet.’’ 
Motor Boating Fixtures. 
SEPTEMBER. 
23. Farragut Sportsmen’s Association. 
23. Crescent A. C. 
24. New York Motor Boat Club, Rockland Light race. 
Buffalo Motor B. C. 
The Buffalo Motor Boat Club had a three-day 
race meeting last week, and several speed boats 
of note were entered. Among these was Dixie 
IV. She went to Buffalo to get another leg 
on the E. R. Thomas $2,500 prize. The course 
over which the boats raced was a 5-mile triangle 
on the Niagara River. Such a course is much 
too short for high speed boats, and it may have 
been the sharp turn that caused the lamentable 
accident to Dixie on the last day when two boys 
were fatally hurt and a woman severely injured. 
Dixie had started in the race for the Thomas 
trophy and had to go seven times around the 
triangle. She had made ten miles of the course 
and was leading by at least a mile, when at a 
turn her steering gear became deranged, and be¬ 
fore those on board could stop the boat, she 
had driven ashore and was high and dry out of 
the water. 
She hit the woman first and cut her severely. 
Then she struck a boy, causing a fracture of 
the pelvis and skull, and afterward fell over on 
another boy. This boy’s leg had to be ampu¬ 
tated and the physicians said he was fatally in¬ 
jured. F. K. Burnham, who was steering, and 
Engineer Knauber were thrown into the water 
and the other two men jumped. The hull of the 
boat was punched full of holes. 
On the first day the race was for the Edward 
H. Butler trophy as first prize and the Donald 
McKay cup as second. Six boats were entered, 
but only three were ready to start. Disturber 
II. was one entered in the race, but her repairs 
have not yet been finished. The course was 
30 miles and the race was won by Reliance IV,. 
owned by J. J. Ryan, of Cincinnati. She is a 26- 
foot hydroplane equipped with a 90-horsepower 
motor. She covered the course in 55m. 54s., 
averaging 32.14 nautical miles or 37 statute miles 
an hour. La Truda II., owned by Harry T. 
Vars, of Buffalo, was second, just im. is. be¬ 
hind the Reliance IV. La Truda is 31 feet 6 
inches long and has a ioo-horsepower motor. 
The summaries: 
Time. Speed. 
Reliance TV., J. J. Ryan, Cincinnati.... 0 55 54 32.14 
La Truda II., H. T. Vars, Buffalo.0 56 55 31.58 
Niagara II., Niagara M. B. C. 1 06 52 26.87 
The second day’s race was for the Chamber of 
Commerce $500 cup. Dixie started in this and 
had little difficulty in winning from Reliance. 
Dixie finished the course in 45m. 5s., which is 
at the rate of 40 miles and hour and not nearly 
the speed she can make. Reliance IV. with her 
90-horsepower engine made the course in 49m. 
5QS., which is at the rate of 36 miles an hour. 
The summaries: 
Time. Speed. 
Dixie IV.. F. K. Burnham. 0 45 05 40.00 
Reliance IV., J. J. Ryan. 0 49 59 36.00 
Courier III., W. J. Connors. Disabled. 
(Iretchen II., J. J. Hubbard. Disabled. 
Disturber II., J. A. Pugh. Disabled. 
The third day’s race was the event of the 
meeting. The course was 35 miles, and there 
were five starters. Dixie IV. started off well 
and was leading by a mile when the accident 
happened. Courier and Gretchen had a hard 
fight all the way. Gretchen led until the 23d 
mile, when Courier overtook her and held first 
place until within half a mile of the finish, when 
her engines stopped down. Gretchen then over¬ 
took Courier and finished the race first. It took 
Courier 3m. to limp in and she secured second 
place. Truda, of Buffalo was third, with U. U., 
of Buffalo, fourth. The summary: 
Time. Speed. 
Gretchen, J. J. Hubbard. 1 02 08 33.96 
Courier, W. T. Connors... 1 05 59 32.14 
La Truda II., H. T. Vars. 1 17 34 27.07 
UU II., T. W. Wickwire. 1 18 33 26.67 
Dixie IV'., F. K. Burnham. Ran ashore. 
Hazel’s Fine Run. 
After the motor boat racing at Huntington, 
Frank J. Gould, owner of the steam yacht 
Helenita was somewhat skeptical about the re¬ 
ports of the remarkable speed made by the little 
hydroplane Hazel. That boat, only 16 feet long- 
over all and with a 6o-horsepower A. & B. 
motor, had won the series prize for Class A, 
having been first in two races over the 30-mile 
course and second in the other. She had shown 
a nautical mile, too, in 2m. 2s., which is at the 
rate of 29 nautical miles an hour. Mr. Gould 
talked about the boat with her owner, A. E. 
Smith, and then said he was willing to arrange 
a match, naming his yacht Helenita and the 
course to be from Huntington to New London, 
68 nautical miles. Mr. Smith was willing to 
race and the match was arranged for the next 
day. They were at the line at 2 o'clock. Hazel 
jumping about in her own peculiar manner 
which has caused her to be named Jack Rabbit, 
and Helenita. a steamer 185 feet long, fitted with 
high-powered engines. 
No one believed that Helenita was faster than 
the hydroplane, but many thought that the small 
craft would not be able to run for 68 miles. 
They were started, but Hazel broke her chain 
gear before she had gone 200 yards. Mr. Gould 
stopped his steamer at once. He said if they 
had gone ten or more miles he would have con¬ 
tinued on, but as they had only just started, he 
would be willing to wait while Hazel was re¬ 
paired. 
The two boats were ready on Thursday after¬ 
noon and got away at 2 o’clock. Helenita was 
in fine shape for the run and had all the steam 
her boilers could carry. Hazel was just as fit. 
She looked more like one of the yacht’s life¬ 
boats than a boat going to race the big craft. 
On board Hazel were A. E. Smith, her owner, 
and Irwin Chase, her designer. They wore life 
preservers and oilskins, and as soon as the 
signal sounded the tiny craft jumped into the 
lead and at once drew away from the steamer. 
At the start the wind was south, but later it 
hauled to the west and this change smoothed 
the water considerably. Hazel had Stratford 
Shoal abeam 40 minutes after the start, and then 
she kept well over to the Long Island shore 
until Plum Gut was reached, when she ran 
across the Sound to New London. She 
reached the New York Y. C. station at 4:53. 
having taken 2h. 53m. to make the run of 68 
nautical, or 78 statute miles. After a short rest 
she got under way again and ran out to meet 
the Helenita and then escorted that yacht into 
the harbor. Helenita finished at 5:43:20, having 
taken 3I1. 43m. 20s. She had made a good run, 
too, and Mr. Gould was pleased with the per¬ 
formance of his yacht. 
He was pleased, too, with the record of the 
little craft and at once placed an order with the 
Electric Launch Companv for a similar boat. 
Hazel was built for Mr. Smith when it was 
found that the boat he had planned to have in 
the International races could not be finished. 
That boat is 40 feet long and is to have 600- 
horsepower Standard motors. On account of 
labor troubles the motors could not be finished 
in time. The Hazel is built on the same model 
as the larger boat. She is a hydroplane with re¬ 
verse, but on an entirely different principle. She 
has reverse curves at the forward end and then 
her underbody is corrugated, which, it is said, 
enables the water to run aft more easily. Her 
planes are metal and attached to the sides of 
the hull. She is 15 feet on the waterline and has 
two cockpits, one forward and one aft. The 
larger boat is to be finished as soon as possible 
and will be sent next winter to race at Monaco. 
Another Fast Hydroplane. 
Another fast hydroplane has been built and 
tried. It is only a small craft and has a low 
powered motor, but it has shown some fast 
time over measured courses. This craft has 
been turned out by the Emerson Engine Com¬ 
pany, of Alexandria, Va., for L. S. Paddock, of 
the Corinthian Y. C., and William Blair 
Motheral, the designer. The new boat is 26 
feet long and is fitted with a 20-horsepower two- 
cycle motor, which weighs only 300 pounds. 
The boat is fitted with 200 special siphons to 
draw air beneath the hull at high speed. It 
draws 3 inches of water, and when going at a 
rate of over 7 miles an hour draws no water, but 
runs on air, leaving few, if any, waves behind. 
The boat is pointed at the bow and 10 feet wide 
at the stern. 
In the first trials the new boat, which is the 
only one of its kind in the world, created a big 
sensation as it made a speed of 18 miles an hour 
—a speed which no other boat of its size and 
with the same horsepower engine ever did be¬ 
fore. Mr. Paddock and Mr. Motheral were 
greatly pleased with its performance. It is in¬ 
teresting to note that Mr. Motheral has worked 
on his boat for fifty years and has just realized 
his ambition of having the hydroplanes run on 
air. A name for the new craft will be selected 
this week. 
Unlike all other racing boats, in which the 
stern sinks down in the water when going at a 
high rate of speed, the stern of this boat rises to 
a level with the bow. The air from the siphons 
can be seen in the water from the stern. The 
faster the boat travels the higher it rises from 
the water. Another interesting feature is that 
while going at a rapid rate of speed the boat is 
perfectly steady and does not rock like other 
racing boats. 
Mr. Paddock said that if the hydroplane was 
38 feet in length and about 7 feet wide at the 
stern it would make at least 10 miles an hour 
better time than it does at present. Mr. Pad- 
dock expects to reach a 20-mile gait some time 
in the near future. The two promiment Corin¬ 
thians will probably build another hydroplane 
this winter for next season. 
Columbia Y. C. 
The Columbia Y. C. held a regatta for motor 
boats on the Hudson River last Saturday. The 
course for all except speed boats was a 5-mile 
triangle, starting from off the club house at the 
foot of West Eighty-sixth street. 
In the speed class there were three starters, 
Gunfire II., Hazel and Tequila. They were sent 
over a 30-mile course to Ardsley and back. 
Gunfire was in trouble soon after the start. 
She has been very unlucky this year. Soon after 
she started, when leading, she hit a piece of 
wood. Mr. Brainard realized that she was not 
going properly and she stopped when off 
Ninety-seventh street. Since her last race she 
has had copper put on her underbody and this 
had simply peeled up and acted as a first class 
brake. 
Hazel, winner of the race against Helenita, 
hit something soon after starting and did not 
plane as she usually does, after which she ran 
out of gasolene. 
In the 70-mile race she used twenty gallons, 
and yesterday she had twenty-four gallons at 
the start, but it disappeared somewhere and she 
had to stop for more. Tequila, being the larger 
boat, had to allow 29m. 50s. time, and after get¬ 
ting her fuel Hazel ran over the course, beating 
Tequila on corrected time. But Hazel was dis¬ 
qualified because she was towed into the oil 
tank. 
