Motor Boats at Monaco. 
The two American motor boats, Standard 
and Dixie II., failed at Monaco. Standard 
started in one race and broke down. That was 
in the race for tlie Prix de Monte Carlo; 
Dixie II. in .this race was beaten badly, and did 
not show anything like the speed she made 
last summer. It was said that the rough water 
bothered her somewhat, but her model is not 
one that would be stopped as seriously as the 
time made it appear, and there must have 
been something more serious the matter with 
the launch. Later in the week, in the race for 
the Coupes des Nations, Dixie II. went thirteen 
of the sixteen rounds of the course, and a't that 
time was ahead of Panhard-Levassor, but more 
than IS minutes astern of Wolseley-Siddeley. 
'Fhen she broke her circulating T)ump, and was 
forced to retire. Standard did not start in 
tliis race, as she cracked a cylinder earlier in 
the day. The reports of the races that have 
come are very meagre, and until those in 
charge of these two boats tell just what hap¬ 
pened, the real cause of their defeats will not 
be known. 
Wolseley-Siddeley, the Duke of West¬ 
minster’s boat, did well. She is a 50-foot craft 
with motors said to develop 700 horsepower. 
She made new records. 
The racing began on April 4. The water was 
very rough, and spoiled the race, ivhich was for 
small cruisers. Thir.teen started, and five 
stopped on the first round of the course. 
Mais Je Vais Piquer II. won, time, 1.55.33; 
Gobron was second, 1.38.08 and Gregoire VII., 
third, 1.43.46. 
On April 5 the event of the day was for the 
Prix de Monte Carlo over a 50-kilometer 
course. Wolseley-Siddeley finished in 49.04-5: 
Panhard-Levassor, 49.143-5: Dixie, 1.28.02-5. 
Alla Va, a hydroplane, withdrew on the first 
round, being unable to go in the rough water, 
and Standard broke down soon after the start. 
Wolseley-Siddeley averaged 60 kilometers, or 
3726 miles an hour. 
A race for single cylinder cruisers was won 
by Sizaire Naudin, 1.43.13; Nautilus Auzane 11 . 
was second. 2.12.23. 
Eight-metre cruisers raced on April 6. 
Fifteen started and six withdrew before half 
the race was over. The course was 50 kilo¬ 
meters, Gyrinus IT, an English craft built by 
'I'hornycroft and with a Thorneycroft motor, 
won in 131.53. Her average speed was 31.05 
miles an hour. Fleur d’Eau. a Swiss boat, was 
second, and Excelsior Buire V., a French 
boat, third. 
Ten started in a race for small racers over 
the same course. This was won by Lisolette- 
Teller fitted with a Mercedes motor in 1.06.37: 
Fauber’s Llydroplane was second, 1.16.11, and 
Ricochet XIL, third, 1.22.29. 
The race for 12-metre boats (24 feet and 
under 36 feet) over a 50-kilometer course, was 
won by Delahaye, a hydroplane, in 1.13.55; 
.\lex Mercedes II. was second, 1.23.46, and 
Megevet Picker IV., third, 1.24.50. 
On April 7 the race for 18-metre cruisers for 
the Prix de la Riviera was won by Chanticleer 
in 1.09.02. The course was 50 kilometers. Tele 
Mors was second, time 1.13.50, and Lorraine, 
third, i.?8.20. 
A race was held to select the three boats for 
the Coupe des Nations. Panhard-Levassor’s 
time was r.47.24, averaging 56 kilometers, or 
34.78 miles an hour. Ricochet’s time was 
2.17.00, and Fauber’s, 2.52.00. There were 
eleven starters. 
Thirty-three started on April 8 in the cruiser 
class for the championship of the sea, 200 
kilometers, or 124.2 miles. Five finished. This 
was won by Chanticleer in 4.45.58. She aver¬ 
aged 42 kilometers or 2608 miles an hour. 
Tele Mors was second, in 5.06.36, and Alex¬ 
ander Mercedes II., third, in 5.42.27. Gallinari 
broke down while in third place, and when 
one kilometer from the finish. 
In the race for tlie Coupe des Nations, over 
a course of 100 kilometers with sixteen turns, 
Wolseley-Siddeley finished in 1.35.93-5. Her 
average speed for each nautical mile was i 
minute 45.87 seconds. This is equal to 33.96 
nautical, or 39.10 statute miles an hour. The 
German boat L.isolette was second in 2.15.34. 
Dixie 11 . ran along for four turns in third 
place, and then passed Panhard-Levassor. She 
quit on the T3th round. Panhard retired a 
little later. Her motor had broken and punched 
a hole in the hull. She was beached. No 
other boat finished. 
On April 10 there was a cruiser handicap race. 
The racers were sent over the fifty kilometer 
course. This was won by Cyclamen in 2.28.52, 
Excelsior Aster was second and Nautilus 
Anzami 11 . third. 
The meeting ended with trials over the mile 
and kilometer course for the Prince of Monaco 
cup, worth $2,000. The French hydroplane Duo, 
fitted with a 130 horsepower Brasier motor, won. 
She made the mile and kilometer, a total of 
2,850 meters, in 2.45 2/5. Delahaye Nautilus 
XIII. was second, time 2.453^5, and Wolseley 
Siddeley third, time 2.522/5. 
The race for cruisers over the same course 
was won by Delahaye Nautilus IX., time 4.53. 
Tele Mors was second. 
The two American boats Dixie 11 . and Stand¬ 
ard were shipped home the day after their acci¬ 
dents. 
International Motor Sport. 
The Automobile Club of America is in future 
to govern all international motor boat sport in 
this country. An agreement was signed last 
.Saturday by that organization, and the Motor 
Boat Club of America and the Larchmont Y. 
C. and all three organizations are strengthened 
by the affiliation. 
The Motor Boat Club becomes the Motor 
Boat Section of the Automobile Club of 
America, while the Larchmont Y. C. secures 
for the waters adjacent to Larchmont Harbor 
all motor boat races of international character, 
to be held in the vicinity of New York. This, 
however, does not affect arrangements already 
made for the 1909 race for the Harmsworth cup 
which is now held by the Motor Boat Club of 
America. 
The Motor Boat Club, though apparently 
absorbed by the Automobile Club, will not lose 
its identity, and the membership of the latter 
in the International Association of Yachting 
Automobile, of which it is the sole American 
representative, will be entered in the name of 
the “Motor Boat Club of America, Motor Boat 
.Section of the Automobile Club of America.” 
Both the Motor Boat Club and the Larchmont 
Y. C. agree to recognize the Automobile Club 
of America as the sole representative in 
America of the International Association of 
Recognized Automobile Clubs, and of its affili¬ 
ations and sub-divisions. 
Chief of the stated objects of the affiliation is 
the purpose of promoting and developing the 
sport and racing of motor boats in American 
waters. The control of the sport is to be 
vested in a committee composed of two mem¬ 
bers each from the Automobile Club of Amer¬ 
ica. the Motor Boat Club of America (or 
Motor Boat Section of the A. C. A.), and the 
I.archmont Y. C., of which the president of the 
.A.utomobile Club will be ex-officio chairman. 
This committee to be officially known as the 
Motor Boat Committee of the Automobile 
Club, will exercise all tbe powers necessary to 
the management of any international race run 
under the sanction of the International Asso¬ 
ciation of Yachting Automobile, or any race 
for the Harmsworth (or British International) 
cup, that may be run while that cup remains in 
the custody of the Motor Boat Club. 
A basis for the interchange of club house 
privileges also is arrived at in the agreement. 
The thoroughlv equipped establishment of the 
Automobile Club in West 54th street becomes 
the motor boat headquarters in the United 
States, and the members of the Motor boat 
Club are accorded club-room membership in 
the Automobile Club. An exchange of club 
courtesies between the Automobile Club and 
the Larchmont Y C. is agreed to upon a basis 
of a fee of $25 to be paid by the member of 
one chib to enjoy the privileges of the other 
club. These privileges will include club-room 
membership in the Automobile Club and asso¬ 
ciate membership in the yacht club. 
It is e.xpected that the Larchmont Y. C. will 
become a popular rendezvous for the automo- 
bilists, and that the home of the Automobile 
Club will be the city headquarters for many 
members of the ’yacht club. 
New Yacht for Commodore A. C. James 
Commodore Arthur Curtis James, of the 
New York Y. C., has ordered a new yacht, 
which is to be built by the Fore River Ship¬ 
building Company, of Quincy, from designs by 
Tams, Lemoine & Crane. Commodore Janice 
has contemplated building this yacht for some 
time, and has had plans made, as well as a 
model of the yacht, which he has been consid¬ 
ering. This new yacht is to be built of steel 
and be an auxiliary, rigged as an old-fashioned 
brig and equipped with a 400-horsepower 
steam engine. When completed, this will be 
the largest sailing yacht afloat, with the ex¬ 
ception of Valhalla, and since the construction 
of Noma at Port Richmond, S. L, in 1902 for 
the late W. B. Leeds, will be the largest yacht 
built in America. 
The general dimensions of the new yacht are 
201 feet over all, 165 feet on the waterline, 35 
feet beam, and 16 feet draft. She will spread 
about 19,000 square feet of canvas. This cratt 
will be completed next March. 
Aloha, now owned by Commodore James, is 
to go in commission on May 15. Since she was 
built in 1899, she has crossed the Atlantic sev¬ 
eral times, and the commodore has cruised on 
her in the Mediterranean, to the North Cape 
and Iceland and along the Labrador coast. 
Last summer this yacht has made 35,000 miles. 
Cruiser for Com. Dunbar. 
Commodore C. M. Dunbar, who was recently 
elected to succeed Commodore Todd, of the 
Rhode Island Y. C., is having a 57-foot cruiser 
built by Frederick S. Nock. This craft is 57 
feet over all, 51 feet on the waterline, ii feet 
beam and 4 feet draft. It is of the raised deck 
type, and the raised deck is carried for a dis¬ 
tance of 22 feet, the center line of the same be¬ 
ing continued to the end of the trunk, which is 
25 feet in length. The after deck is 10 feet 
long and the space on deck around the sides 
of the trunk only 7 inches. 
The saloon has ample sleeping accommoda¬ 
tions for eight persons when the berths are 
extended. Forward of this there is a state¬ 
room, toilet and a galley. In the engine space 
forward are two folding berths. This yacht is 
to be driven by a 4-cylinder Jager engine, 6- 
inch bore, 8-inch stroke, developing 40 horse¬ 
power at 400 revolutions. Commodore Dun¬ 
bar will cruise in this section during the sum^ 
mer, and in the fall will go South. 
