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FOREST AND STREAM 
March 2, 1912 
the following officers and trustees were elected 
for the year 1912: Commodore, John A. Crow¬ 
ley, sloop Ediana; Vice-Commodore, Allan Gib¬ 
son, yawl SheelahRear-Commodore, Newall L. 
Mead, sloop Malolo; Treasurer, Edward J. Mar-' 
tin; Secretary, Edward Schaidt; Financial Sec- 
retarj', Joseph E. Fegan ; Measurer, John Wim- 
mer; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. Thomas A. Martin; 
Chairman of Race Committee, Walter S. Sulli¬ 
van. 
The following were elected trustees of the 
class of 1912: Edward M. Hartman, Henry M. 
Schember and Carl Seifert; Class of 1913, Ru¬ 
dolph Weissker, Arthur H. Hall and Godfrey 
Branfeuhr. 
The commodore appointed the following: Fleet 
Captain, William Yule; Delegates to Y. R. A. 
of Long Island Sound, Walter S. Sullivan and 
John Wimmer; Chairman of Entertainment Com¬ 
mittee, Messrs. Weissker, Hall and Seifert; 
Membership Committee, Messrs. Hartman, 
Schember and Branfeuhr. The cha'rman of the 
race committee, W. S. Sullivan, announced the 
following appointments on that committee: E. 
M. Hartman and W. J. Fowler. 
1912 Motor Boat Show. 
With attendance and sales records broken, 
the eighth national motor boat show closed 
at the Madison Square Garden last Saturday 
night, the mingled ringing of bells and tooting 
of whistles sounding an impressive farewell 
to the annual exhibition. Almost to the last 
hour crowds as large as on any previous day 
of the show thronged the aisles, inspecting the 
medium and high power craft, engines and ac¬ 
cessories. 
From an exhibitor’s standpoint the show has 
been a financial success, but to the national as¬ 
sociation it has been epoch making. It marked 
the first successful attempt of the organization 
to run affairs under its own aus-pices, instead 
of in connection with the Garden management, 
as heretofore, and there was a decrease of 
nearly $30,000 in expenses this year. 
A canvass of the many booths disclosed the 
fact that the majority of the boats on exhi¬ 
bition had been sold during the week and will 
soon be shipped to the new owners. 
Henry R. Sutphen, chairman of the Exhi¬ 
bition Committee, was very enthusiastic over 
the progress that had been made in a year’s 
time. “The motor boat industry is only in its 
early stage of growth. A great future lies 
before it.” Mr. Sutphen was positive that the 
Garden would not be torn down until late in 
1013, and that it would be the scene of one 
more motor boat show. 
International Challenge. 
Commodore H. H. Melville, of the Motor 
Boat Club of America, received the following 
challenge for the British International trophy 
from the Royal Motor 'Y. C. of London: 
“Royal Motor Y. C., London, Feb. 12. 
“To the Secretary of the Motor Boat Club of 
America: 
“Dear Sir—I am directed to forward to you 
a formal challenge of the Royal Motor Y. C. 
for this year’s races for the British Interna¬ 
tional trophy. 
“Should be glad to receive your acknowl¬ 
edgment of the same in due course. Believe 
me, yours truly. 
“W. A. Jupp, Secretary.” 
Commodore Melville held a meeting of the 
Board of Governors of the Motor Boat Club 
of America last Tuesday and formally ac¬ 
cepted the challenge. 
The Royal Motor Y. C. deserves great 
credit for the perseverance shown by it, as 
well as other British clubs, to reclaim the cup 
which stands for international motor boat su¬ 
premacy. New boats are being built in Great 
Britain to try as candidates for the challeng- 
inof team that will be sent to this country. 
Mr. Dan Hanbury’s new hydroplane, which has 
been specially designed by Sir John Thorny- 
croft, and is of an improved type of Miranda 
IV., will be an entrant. One or more boats 
have been in construction by French enthusi¬ 
asts for months, and they undoubtedly will be 
sent over. 
One of the French racers will be fitted 
with Panhard engines, the aggregate power 
being stated between 1,000 horsepower and 
1,300 horsepower, the machinery installation 
being in the form of four engines, coupled two 
in tandem and driving twin screws. 
The defense of- the cup by the Motor Boat 
Club of America will be as representative as 
was the case last year. There is already about 
completed a defender for Mr. Albert E. Smith 
by the Electric Launch Company, of Bayonne, 
N. J., which has been named Columbia, the 
speed of which may be more than forty miles 
an hour. 
Lawley & Son, of Neponset, Mass., are 
building a boat with engines of 800 horse¬ 
power, from the designs of Swasey, Raymond 
& Page, of Boston. Rustler 11 ., owned by 
Mr. P. S. Chesebrough, built last year, but not 
comoleted in time for the international racing, 
will be tried out, and the engines of Dixie IV. 
will be purchased by a club syndicate and 
placed in a new hull. 
Southern Speed Boats Championship. 
The southern championship races, held this 
season under the auspices of the St. Augustine 
Power Boat Club, over their course on the 
famous Matanzas Bay, opposite St. Augustine, 
should be the greatest sporting event in the his¬ 
tory of the South, and a grat boon to the great¬ 
est of all sports—motor boat racing.- 
The dates set for the holding of these races 
are April 3. 4 and 5. 1912, and the American 
Power Boat Association has sanctioned the 
meet for those dates; all records made will 
stand as official. 
The course will be either one of three and 
one-third or five miles in length and is tri¬ 
angular in its general shape, with no sharp 
turns. 
Another advantage of this particlular course, 
a chart of which is shown on the back of the 
enclosed entry blank, is that the boats are never 
out of sight of the judges, or any one of the 
many thousands of persons who will be enthusi¬ 
astic onlookers. 
There will be class racing as well as handi¬ 
caps, based on performance. 
The method of obtaining the time from which 
the handicaps are figured is by putting each boat 
over the course twice—before the first race— 
and taking her time then. This is done with 
every boat -not later than the day before the 
races; the handicaps figured that night; and 
cards showing starting time and handicap of 
boat starting just ahead issued. This handicap 
will apply for first day’s racing on all boats, but 
will be changed for each succeeding day, pro¬ 
vided a boat has shown better speed during any 
race, 
A boat is allowed one per cent, excess of 
speed time handed in for original handicap 
without penalty. Should this time be exceeded 
more than one per cent., and not over two per 
cent., such excess will be added to actual Tun¬ 
ing time; should the time be exceeded more 
than two per cent, and not over three per 
cent., such excess will be doubled and added; 
should the time be exceeded more than three 
per cent, and not over four per cent., such time 
shall be tripled and added: should the time be 
exceeded more than four per cent, and not over 
five per cent., it shall be quadrupled and added; 
should such time be exceeded more than five 
per cent, a boat shall be disqualified for the 
race. 
APRIL 3— MORNING. 
10 A. M,—lo-mile sprint for boats in 20-foot 
class. II A. M. — lo-mile sprint for boats in 
32-foot class. 12 M.—lo-mile sprint for boats 
in 40-foot class. 
AFTERNOON. 
2 P. M.—lo-mile handicap for boats of 20 to 
25 miles’ speed. 3 P. M.-—lo-mile handicap for 
boats of 25 miles’ speed and better. 4 P. M.— 
lo-mile handicap free for all. 
APRIL 4 —MORNING. 
10 A. M.—Special handicap for speed boats 
of less than 20 miles’ speed. 
AFTERNOON. 
2 P, M.—25-mile handicap for boats of 25. 
miles’ speed and better. 
4 P. M.—25-mile handicap free for all. 
APRIL 5— THE SOUTHERN CHAMPIONSHIP. 
The southern championship shall be decided 
by running two grand handicaps of 50 miles 
each. Should two different boats win one race 
each, those two boats shall race off the tie in 
a 20-mile handicap the following day. 
MORNING. 
9:30 A. M.—50-mile grand handicap free for 
all. 
AFTERNOON. 
2 P. M.—50-mile grand handicap free for all. 
Note.—To be eligible to entry in the south¬ 
ern championship a boat must have competed 
in at least 70 per cent, of the races for which 
she was eligible or show good cause for not 
doing so. 
It is necessary for a boat to show not less 
than 20 miles in speed to be eligible for enfy 
for any of the championship races. Special 
races for boats of less speed will be run if de¬ 
sired. The prizes aggregating $1,000 in gold 
are offered, and the winners have the choice 
of either gold cups to the value of any prize 
won. 
APRIL 3 —MORNING. 
First race, special cups; second race, special 
cups; third race, special cups. 
AFTERNOON. 
First race—first prize, $50; second prize, $25. 
Second race—first prize, $50; second prize, $25. 
Third race—first prize, $50; second prize, $25. 
APRIL 4— MORNING. 
First race, special cup. 
AFTERNOON. 
First race—first prize, $75: second prize, $25. 
Second race—first prize, $100; second prize, $50; 
third prize, $25. 
APRIL 5 —MORNING. 
First race—first prize, $200; second prize, $50. 
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"By the late Bijeon K.emp 
Tenth edition. Published 1904. We have a copy in 
fairly good condition, published at $12, which we will 
sell for $9.00. 
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