British Challenge for Trophy. 
The British Motor Y. C. has, through its 
Secretary. William S. Webber, challenged for 
a race for the British International trophy, now 
held by the Motor Boat Club of America. Al¬ 
though the Motor Boat department of the 
.\utomobile Club of America has announced 
that it controls all international motor boat 
racing in this country, and that it will arrange 
all races, the challenge for the race was sent 
to Walter M. Bieling, Secretary of the_ Motor 
Boat Club of America, and was received by 
him last Monday. It read: 
“On behalf of'the Motor Y. C. of this coun¬ 
try, I beg to enter a formal challenge for the 
British International trophy, in accordance 
with the provisions of the deed of gift. May I 
ask that you will be good enough to acknowl¬ 
edge receipt of this and to confirm its being 
in complete order.” 
The last day for receiving a challenge was 
Feb. I, according to the deed of gift, so that 
the British had waited until the last moment. 
Other countries can now enter vessels to take 
part in this race until April i, and they race 
under the same conditions as arranged by the 
first challenger and challenged. 
The British Motor Y. C. does not have to 
name its representatives for some time yet, but 
it is und'erstood that the Duke of Westminster, 
who last year sent Wolseley-Siddeley, and Lord 
Howard de Walden, who sent Damiler II., are 
both having boats built, and that if they come 
up to expectations these two will be sent for 
the trophy. These two boats will in all prob¬ 
ability be raced at Monaco, and will there meet 
Dixie II. and Standard. 
The race for the trophy this year will be in 
August, and on Huntington Harbor, where the 
race took place last year. _ This course is a fine 
one for motor boat racing, and the English 
yachtsmen were well pleased with it, and with 
the management of the races last year. 
A letter is to be sent out by the Motor Boat 
Club of America to all interested in motor 
boating, asking that boats be built for tbe de¬ 
fense of the trophy. These boats will meet in 
eliminating trial races to be held in July. Each 
country in this race may be represented by 
three boats. They must be under 40 feet over 
all length, and this is the only limitation. _ The 
motors may be as powerful as the designer 
and builder wishes to use. The course must 
be more than 30 nautical miles, and the course 
at Huntington is three times around a triangle 
ten miles in length. 
Power Race to Marblehead. 
There will be a change in the power boat 
race to Marblehead this year. Eormer con¬ 
tests have either started or finished at this end 
of the Sound, the starting place alternating here 
and Marblehead. This year the race will start 
from off the Crescent Athletic Club house at 
Bay Ridge, and it will finish off the Eastern Y. 
C. house at Marblehead. The Crescent Athletic 
Club will manage the race and will give prizes 
to the winning yachts, and the number of those 
prizes will be announced later. This will take 
the racing craft down the bay and outside Long 
Island instead of through the Sound. Some 
have criticised this change and think that it 
will give the racers too much outside work, 
but the course is supposed to be an ocean one, 
and it will be a better test of the yachts en¬ 
gaged and in the skill of the navigators if the 
course for the whole distance is outside and not 
for a large part of the journey through the 
smooth waters of the Sound. It is understood 
that an arrangement has been made by the 
Crescent Athletic Club and the Eastern Y. C., 
of Marblehead, so that this race over this 
course shall become an annual fixture, starting 
one year off Bay Ridge and finishing at Marble¬ 
head, and the next year starting at Marblehead 
and finishing off Bay Ridge. 
This race is for vessels between 30 and 40 
feet over all length, cruising yachts. The races 
so far have been the means of developing a 
good type of yacht, and it is not at all im¬ 
probable that with the improvement that is 
being made on the gas engine that before many 
more years a speed of 15 knots will be main¬ 
tained from start to finish in this race. 
The start is to be made at 10 o’clock in the 
morning. This time is set in order that the 
racers may reach the finish the next afternoon. 
It is probable that another race will be arranged 
for larger yachts, and if so, these will be started 
during the afternoon, so that both races may 
finish about the same time. The conditions to 
govern this race are as follows: 
Start.—July 17, 1909, at 10 A. M., or such 
later time as the regatta committee may con¬ 
sider best. 
Conditions.—The race is for cruising boats of 
not less than 30 feet over all, not exceeding in 
the greatest length 40 feet over all, and with 
a waterline breadth of not less than one-fifth 
of the waterline length. A cruising boat is 
one built and used for cruising: must baye 
trunk cabinhouse and self-bailing cockpit. 
Cabin must contain sleeping, cooking and gen¬ 
eral living accommodations for crew. 
Propelling Power.—An explosive engine or 
engines operated either by gasolene, kerosene 
of alcohol. 
Propellers.—To be eligible for this race, boats 
must be provided with solid propellers, as the 
use of adjustable or reversing propellers will 
not be allowed. The diameter and pitch of pro¬ 
peller to be given to regatta committee for pur¬ 
pose of verification. 
Crew.—^The crew, which shall not be changed 
during the race, must consist of not less than 
four persons, two of whom mav be paid Innds. 
In the event of the owner not being on board 
during the race he must be represented by p 
member of a recognized club. No paid navi¬ 
gators or pilots will be allowed, and each owner 
or his representative will be renuired to de¬ 
liver to the committee, before the start of tl’'^ 
race, a list giving the names and vocations of 
all the members of his crew. 
Equipment.—Boats mav carry an ontional 
amount of fuel, all of which nnyst be in a fixed 
tank or tanks, permanently pined and con¬ 
nected. Each boat must carry on deck or tow, 
a tender at least TO feet long or a life-raft satis¬ 
factory to the regatta committee, must carrv 
two anchors and mdes. side and other lisrhts 
required by Federal regulation, a life-preserver 
for each member of crew, compass, chartp lead 
line, buckets and at least two fire extinmiishers 
Rating and Allowance,—Will be calculated 
under the Toofi rules of the Arnericau Power 
Boat Association, except that time allowance 
will be figured at 60 per cent, of the tables, and 
the constant used in figuring the horsepower of 
tv'o-stroke engines ‘=hall be Rso instead of y.'lO- 
Measurements.— 9 hall be made bv disinter¬ 
ested person or persons appointed bv the re¬ 
gatta committee, and a measurement fee of ^to 
shall be paid bv the entrant on receipt of meas¬ 
urement certificate Boats without certificates 
must be at Bav Ridge, readv for meastirement, 
before g A. M.. Julv ts. tooo. Measurements 
will be posted as soon after that^hour as prac¬ 
ticable. and all protests as to eligibilitv and rat¬ 
ing must be lodged with the regatta commit¬ 
tee before the start. If renuested, anv^owuer. 
or his representative, shall be renuired to 
furnish a certificate stating that no changes to 
hull, propeller or machinery, have been made 
after the boat has been measured. W. B. 
Stearns, of Marblehead, Mass., and R. M. Had¬ 
dock, of New Rochelle, N. Y., are appointed 
measurers, and certificates signed by them will 
be accepted by the committee. 
Course.—Which will be figured at 285 nautical 
miles, will be from the Crescent Athletic Club, 
at Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, N. Y., outside Long 
Island, to the Eastern Y. C., at Marblehead. 
Mass. No other restrictions whatsoever as to 
course. 
Anchoring.-—Racers may enter any port and 
anchor if necessary through stress of weather, 
but must enter and leave under their own 
power. 
Towing.—Any racer accepting a tow will be 
disqualified. 
Fuel and Supplies.—Any boat using kerosene 
will be allowed two gallons of gasolene in cans 
for use in starting the engine, and shall be 
allowed five gallons of gasolene in a sealed 
can, for use in an emergency, but seal and can 
must be intact at finish, or boat will be dis¬ 
qualified. Energine, picric acid, ether, or any 
other ingredient to increase the power of the 
fuel, will not be allowed; and no gasolene 
lighter than commercial 76 degrees Beaume 
stove gasolene will be allowed. Racers may 
renew their fuel and supplies, but all fuel must 
be put into tank or tanks before leaving the 
supply station. Arrangements will be made for 
a supply of gasolene and kerosene to be kept 
ready at Cottage City Harbor, Mass. Entrance 
to harbor is through a jettied passage lighted 
with two red lights: pass between these lights 
to dock at head of Harbor, to left of entrance. 
Entrance is about one mile south of East Chop 
Light. 
Log—Each captain must keep a log giving 
the approximate time of passing prominent ob¬ 
jects, direction and strength of wind, and con¬ 
dition of sea. This must be handed to the 
committee within twelve hours after finishing. 
Protests.—Must be made in writing within 
forty-eight hours after first boat finishes. 
Inspection.—Boats must report to the com¬ 
mittee at Bay Ridge for final inspection twenty- 
four hours before start of the race. 
Sails.—Boats carrying sails of any description 
must have them sealed by the committee be¬ 
fore the start, and seals must be intact at the 
finish of the race. 
Entries.—All boats must be measured and 
rated before starting. No unrated boat will be 
allowed to start and entries must be made in 
writing before noon, July x, 1909. A full de¬ 
scription of the boat should be sent with the 
entry. All entries will be accepted subject to 
inspection by the committee. 
Rejection.—The committee reserves the right 
to reject any -entry if. in their judgment, the 
boat is not a bona-fide, seaworthy cruising 
craft, or in any way improperly equipped 
Application for entry blanks and information 
should be made to the committee: A. F. 
Aldridge, Crescent Athletic Club. Bay Ridge, 
L. I.; W. B. Stearns. Eastern Y. C.. Marble¬ 
head, Mass.; W. AI. Bieling, 9 Murray street. 
New York city. 
Power Boat Race on Lake Ontario. 
The Rochester Y. C. is arranged for a long 
distance power boat race on Lake Ontario, the 
prize for which will be a cup offered by T. 
Fleming Day. The course will be around the 
lake passing all the principal ports about 300 
miles. Commodore Pritchard will shortly ap¬ 
point the committee to have charge of this race, 
which will take place in August and be under 
the rules of the American Power Boat Associ¬ 
ation. This race will be similar to the Marble¬ 
head race. 
