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VARNISH 
FACTS 
Why do the leading boat builders 
and owners buy Smith’s Spar Coat¬ 
ing when it costs more than any 
other? Simply because men with 
reputations buy goods with reputa¬ 
tions. For them the BEST is good 
enough, but not too good. Besides 
the difference in cost to you is not 
much, the difference in wearing qual¬ 
ity and appearance make it “worth 
while.” 
There are policies in all trades. 
The policy of “that’s good enough” 
is one. The policy of doing better 
than necessary is another. This lat¬ 
ter is reputation building. 
Edward Smith & Co. have been 
manufacturing “reputation making” 
varnishes for 82 years. If you want 
the best varnish or coating obtain¬ 
able, even if it costs a trifle more, 
ask for 
Edward Smith ^Co.’s 
Spatr Coating 
This was used on the Cup Defend¬ 
ers. In European shipyards, when 
thev want the best Spar Coating, they 
order SMITH’S. 
“ W inners ”—1908 
If you have not received a copy of 
our book giving names of Winners 
of last season’s races, club officers, 
etc., write us. Eree on request. 
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Varnish Makers for 82 Years 
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de Korwiii and Co.; motor, E.N.V.; hull, Le 
Las de Korwin and Co. 
11. Motoscaphe.—Owner, M. Ravaud; motor. 
Gnome; hull, Ravaud. 
12. Delahaye-Nautilus X.—Owner, M. de 
M-; motor, Delahaye; hull, Deschamps- 
Blondeau. 
13. Fauber-Labor-Motobloc.—Owner, M. de 
Clives; motor, Motobloc; bull, Fauber. 
14. Liselotte.—Owner, M. H. Weingaud; 
motor, Mercedes; hull, Tellier and Girard. 
SECOND SERIES. 
Boats of 15 metres with unlimited power. 
1. Alla-Va.—Owner, M. de Gurtubay; motor, 
Brasier; hull. Despujols. 
2. Panhard-I.evassor.—Owners, Societe Pan- 
hard-Levassor; motor, Panhard-Levassor; hull, 
Tellier and Girard. 
3. Dixie II. —Owner, Mr. Edward S. 
Schroeder; motor, Dixie; hull. Crane and 
Lawley. 
4. Standard.—Owner, Mr. Price McKinney; 
motor. Standard; hull. Crane and Woods. 
5. Wolseley-Siddeley II.—Owner, N. M. 
Robins; motor, Wolseley-Siddeley; hull, Saun¬ 
ders. 
6. Prinz-Heinrich. — Owners, Rheinische 
Motorboot und Yachture; motor, Benz; bull, 
Rheinische Motorboot und Yachture. 
TRADE MARIC 
m- 
Lon^ Race on the Mississippi. 
Bre’r Fox II.—a new Cincinnati motor boat 
—is booked for a long distance run against time 
from Cincinnati to New Orleans. The race be¬ 
gins on April 3. This craft is out to capture 
records in a most novel race. There is good 
racing stufi in Bre’r Fox II. The stem of this 
new boat is made from one of the knees of the 
old Natchez, famous in days when steamboat 
racing on the Mississippi was internationally 
notable, and Bre'r Fox II. is out to sustain 
the racing traditions of a recognized water 
course. 
From Cincinnati to New Orleans the govern¬ 
ment count is 1.554 miles, and in this run 
against time, the mark set for Bre’r Fox II. to 
make is 60 hours. This new craft is the latest 
addition to the Cincinnati fleet of speed boats 
on the Ohio. She is 40 feet long by 4 feet 3 
inch beam and is equipped with an eight-cyl- 
inde Fox motor. The Dean brothers are 
owners of Bre’r Fox II., and Morris B. Dean, 
who will make the record-breaking run, says; 
“We were so well pleased with the way Bre’r 
Fox I. ran in the regatta of the Ohio River 
Launch Club in August last that we promptly 
decided to run her in a long distance race to 
Louisville against time. The river was so low 
last summer and fall that we could not get a 
start. This was a source of sore disappoint¬ 
ment to us. Out of that disappointment, how¬ 
ever, comes greater endeavor. We ve got in 
our new Bre’r Fox II. a much larger and more 
powerful boat. We tbink she’ll hold her own 
against anything afloat. 
“It is planned to leave Cincinnati on this race 
on Saturday, April 3. We have scheduled a 127- 
mile run to Louisville without a stop. We want 
to make this distance in the fastest time ever 
made on water. Between Natchez, Miss., and 
Bayou Sara, I.a., the distance is just 100 miles, 
and there again we will try for the fastest 
century run ever made by a speed boat. 
“We recognize the element of danger that 
will be ever present in the way of snags calcu¬ 
lated to start us toward the bottom. As a pre¬ 
cautionary measure, we will run only in day¬ 
light. There will be four aboard. I will be ac¬ 
companied by an engineer, pilot and a Hon- 
interested party, who will keep an official record 
of time. We dkpect to run from 10 to 14 hours 
a day and believe we can maintain a speed m 
excess of 25 miles an hour, so that the actual 
running time from Cincinnati to New Orleans 
should be 60 hours or less. The fastest time 
ever made between these points was the run of 
the steamer Queen City, which, several yars 
ago left Cincinnati on a Monday morning at 
9 o’clock and arrived at New Orleans the fol¬ 
lowing Friday at to P. M., covering the dis¬ 
tance in 109 hours.” . 
The run of Bre’r Fox II. will be filled with 
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(Formerly Stewart & Binney) 
Naval Architect and Yacht Broker 
Mason Building, Kilby Street, BOSTON, MASS. 
Cable Address, “Designer,” Boston 
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Yacht Brokers and Naval Architects 
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Office t& Works. MARBLEHEAD. MASS. 
Brokerage and Insurance Dept., 153 Milk St., Boston, Maee. 
C. D. CALLAHAN. Naval Architect. 
Designer of Yachts and Motor Boats. Construction supervised. 
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