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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Oct. 7, 1911. 
Bug Wins Poughkeepsie Race. 
Just because Hazel looked like a water bug in 
•action, A. E. Smith rechristened his hydroplane 
Bug. On Sept. 28 she crawled away from her 
rivals of prettier names and won on time allow¬ 
ance, the race to Poughkeepsie and return. She 
proved herself a remarkable rough water boat, 
acting in the chops better than her fast dis¬ 
placement sisters. The first boat in was Arthur 
V. Smith’s Edith II. Incidentally she beat the 
record for the course made last year by Peter 
Pan III. Edith's time was 5h. 8m. 42s., just 
14m. is. faster than Peter Pan II. The start 
■was off the foot of West 158th street. Peter 
Pan IV. took the lead but got into difficulties 
■with her starting chain. There were numerous 
other mishaps. The unlucky Gunfire II. broke 
lier engine base at a time when it was freely 
predicted she would win the race. She dropped 
out at Hastings, thereby losing her race for a 
special prize with Peter Pan IV. Near Pough¬ 
keepsie, Bug drew a weed into her intake pipe 
and it took twenty minutes to get her started 
again. Edith II. passed Peter Pan IV. at West 
Point, where she lost her rudder, four minutes 
being lost in shipping a new one. Tequila was 
put out of the winning because of burnt-out 
bearings. The awards were: To Edith II., for 
the best time over the course. To Bug, for best 
corrected time. To Peter Pan IV., for match 
race with Gunfire II. 
The race was admirably handled by the com¬ 
mittee in charge—Charles P. Tower, Henry R. 
Sutphen and Ira Hand. 
Pace to Poughkeepsie and Back—115 Nautical Miles.— 
Start, 10:00. 
Finish. Elapsed. Correct’d 
Edith II., A. V. Smith. 3 08 42 5 08 42 4 09 17 
Peter Pan IV'., Jas. Simpson. 3 09 35 5 09 35 4 09 32 
Elinor L. II., L. de Long... 3 12 24 5 12 24 4 53 36 
The Bug, A. E. Smith. 3 13 12 5 13 12 3 IS 48 
Breeze I., S. S. Breeze. 3 45 21 5 45 21 4 45 56 
Vita, J. Stuart Blackton. Not timed. 
Slippery Goose, B. Cronin... Not timed. 
Tequila, David Dows. Disabled. 
Gunfire, Jr., W. J. Brainerd. Disabled. 
Pazaza, F. J. Gregory. Not timed. 
Riverton Y. C. 
The power boat races held at Riverton. N. J., 
Sept. 30, by the Riverton Y. C., were the most 
successful in the history of the club and were 
run off without a hitch, except a delay of an 
hour in starting, waiting for some of the en¬ 
trants to arrive. The cruiser class held their 
contest in the morning, starting at 10 o’clock. 
There were four entries. Miny. A. W. Herr; 
Eagle, G. H. Mealley; Neptune, J. C. Stoltz, 
and Waonda, R. H. Stackhouse. 
The course was to Burlington Island and 
back, twice around, a distance of 17 nautical 
miles, and this event was won by A. W. Herr’s 
Miny, though R. H. Stackhouse’s Waonda made 
the fastest time, covering the course in 2h. and 
7m. 
The spectacular event of the day was the 
speed boat race in the afternoon. With Sand 
Burr II., Zipp III. and Caroline II. in the 
lists there was sure to be something doing. 
And there was. The river was so thronged with 
visiting craft that it was with difficulty that the 
course was kept open, and the clanging of bells, 
the tooting of horns and wailing of sirens as 
the boats sped by on the three-lap course was 
deafening. 
Zip III. was scratch boat, and was held until 
within twenty minutes of the time Caroline II.. 
the winning boat, finished. Zip ran splendidly, 
however, and easily carried off the fastest time 
prize, covering the course of 20 nautical miles 
in 47m. 30s. 
Sand Burr II.. from which great things were 
expected, seemed to be running in hard luck. 
To begin with, she lost 37s. in starting by 
loafing down river too far from the mark when 
the gun was fired, and experienced engine 
trouble on the first lap, which lost her another 
lorn. It was not until the last lap that she got 
into trim, and then she covered the last lap in 
16m., which was nearly up to her usual per¬ 
formance. 
The V. S. C., Vail Schaefer Company, burned 
out a bearing just before she was scheduled to 
start and did not enter the race. Cyram, Pe 
Vee Ho and Elmaja, which were among the 
entrants, did not show up. 
The first prize for the cruiser class was a set 
of signal flags; second prize a barometer. 
For the speed boats three prizes were offered, 
first and second, and fastest time prize, all three 
of them handsome solid silver cups. 
The committee having charge of the events 
were W. C. Wright, George H. Mealley and 
Dr. J. M. Hill. 
A feature of the afternoon event was the con¬ 
sistent running of the speed boats. Caroline 
II. varied but 11s. between the time of the first 
and second laps, and 7s. between the second and 
third. Zip III. showed a difference of 10s. be¬ 
tween the first and second, and 6s. between the 
second and third. W. S. Vare showed a varia¬ 
tion of but 2s. between the second and third 
laps. Summaries: 
Cruisers. 
Start. Finish. 
Miny, A. W. Herr. 10 00 00 12 46 17 
Waonda, R. H. Stackhouse. 10 56 10 1 03 30 
Eagle, G. M. Mealley. 10 36 33 1 05 05 
Neptune, J. C. Stoltz. 10 51 00 1 10 29 
Speed Boats. 
Caroline H., Ed. J. du Mee. 3 30 00 4 24 50 
Zip III., T. Hutchinson . 4 04 46 4 52 24 
W S Vare, James Glenn. 3 51 42 4 54 01 
Sand Burr II., A. K. & C. D. White.. 3 58 49 5 03 08 
Building Boat to Go to Canaries. 
G. S. Ruhland is planning a trip to the 
Canary Islands in a motor boat, which is now 
being built at St. Michaels, Md. He expects to 
start next July and hopes to reach his destina¬ 
tion in ten days. 
The boat, which will be named Regal Victoria, 
will be 72 feet long and 5 feet wide, with a 5- 
foot draft. She will be patterned after the lines 
of a tramp steamer and will be constructed of 
heavy wood to minimize the danger of turning 
over in a heavy sea. 
Regal Victoria will be powered with Regal 
engines, will have a capacity of 4,000 gallons 
of gasolene and her builders look for a speed 
of 16 miles an hour. She will be equipped with 
costly wireless apparatus. Fuel and food will 
be carried sufficient to last six weeks. She will 
be manned by a crew of six men, and M. D. 
Bangs will act as engineer. 
Mahopac B. C. 
Commodore Penal, of the Mahopac B. C., 
offered a cup for a special race of three motor 
boats last week Saturday, when the winners 
were Miss Sarah De Long and Mr. Matthew 
Micolino, who ran the boat belonging to Mr. 
Hull and Mr. Penal. The others competing 
were Miss Florence Gunnison and Mr. Roger 
Palmer in the latter’s launch, and Miss Dorothy 
Micolino and Mr. William Demarest in Mr. 
Demarest’s boat. Oct. 14 will bring the recep¬ 
tion which Mr. and Mrs. Henri Anthony Louis 
Hoguet (Ruth Howard) are to give at Hoguet 
Point to celebrate the sixth anniversary of their 
wedding. 
The Aloha’s Foreign Cruise. 
The auxiliary bark-rigged yacht Aloha, Mr. 
Arthur Curtiss James, N. Y. Y. C., left her 
anchorage off the N. Y. Y. C. station, foot of 
East Twenty-third street on Sept. 19, at two 
o’clock for a cruise in foreign waters. Mr. and 
Mrs. James were on board and had as guests 
Miss Severely James, Mr. A. P. Alvord, Mr. 
W. J. Matheson and Dr. Horace P. Beck. 
Aloha will first make Southampton, it is re¬ 
ported, and later will visit Lisbon, the Canary 
Islands and the Cape Verde Islands, and return¬ 
ing, will stop at St. Thomas and other places 
in the West Indies. 
Buffalo L. C. 
Arrangements have been made by the en¬ 
tertainment committee of the Buffalo Launch 
Club for a clam bake and shore dinner to be fol¬ 
lowed by an athletic and vaudeville entertain¬ 
ment to mark the official closing for the sum¬ 
mer of the Grand Island club house on Oct. 7. 
The dinner will be a splendid one and the 
best talent to be found in the city is being 
secured for the entertainment to follow. The 
usual large attendance is expected. 
Hydro-Aeroplane Beats Motor Boat. 
Aviator C. C. Wither, in a Curtiss hydro¬ 
aeroplane, defeated R. C. Pryor’s motor boat in a 
3-mile race on Portage Lake last Saturday. Go¬ 
ing out with the wind, the hydro-aeroplane was 
easily superior, but slow on turn, the motor 
bot gaining a long lead, and because of the in¬ 
tense wind Witmer took to the air and beat 
the boat to port by about 200 feet. The motor 
boat made 36 miles per hour. 
A. C. A. 
New York City, Sept. 30. —Editor Forest and 
Stream: Notice is hereby given, that the fol¬ 
lowing amendments to the racing regulations 
of the American Canoe Association will be pro¬ 
posed for action at the next annual meeting of 
the Racing Board: 
Amend last clause of Section 2, Rule XIII., 
to read as follows: Bunting Flags, size two 
feet by three feet, having the letters A. C. A., 
the year in numerals, and the initials “P”, “S”, 
“O S” and “R”, respectively, shall be given the 
winners of the paddling and sailing trophies, 
and the record in addition to the regular prizes. 
Amend Rule XIV., Section 4, Sub-Division 
2, to read as follows: “The A. C. A. Sailing 
Trophy—Distance eighteen miles in three heats 
of six miles each. Time limit two and one-half 
hours for each heat, for points counted the 
same as ‘Record’.” 
Also, a general revision of the rules, com¬ 
mencing with No. 16, having principally to do 
with the sailing rules covering “right of way” 
during a race. Geo. P. Douglas. 
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