A YACHTS RIGHTS AT THE LINE. 
An odd point was raised at the start of one 
of the regattas during Larchmont race week. 
I he first leg of the course was windward and 
the raceabouts and Larchmont 21-footers were 
approaching the line to start on the next signal. 
Ihe Rascal III., a raceabout, was on the port 
tack ranging down the line waiting for the 
signal, which would sound in a few seconds. 
Ihe Dorothy on the starboard tack was doing 
the same thing. Both yachts were close on the 
wind. The Dorothy being on the starboard 
tack, had the right of way. She would have 
been justified in holding her course and fouling 
the Rascal III., in which event the Rascal III. 
would have been disqualified. Had the Dorothy 
hit the Rascal III., she would in all probability 
have been so damaged that she would have been 
forced to retire from the race, so instead she 
relinquished her rights, was forced across the 
line and had to return and make a new start. 
Being in two different classes, the foul and pro¬ 
test made against the Rascal III. would not 
have benefited Dorothy and would simply 
have put the Rascal out of her class race. L. 
G. Spence, the owner of the Dorothy, called the 
attention of the regatta committee to the inci¬ 
dent and asked what rights the starboard tack 
had under the conditions. The regatta commit¬ 
tee said it was one of those unfortunate inci¬ 
dents that might happen when two or more 
classes are starting on the same signal. The 
owner of the Rascal III. was hogging things 
generally, and unfortunately there are some 
racing men who forget that others have rights 
on the water besides themselves. The regatta 
committee should take a hand and administer 
a wholesome lesson. A disqualification would 
have given the man in charge time to think the 
matter over and the chances are that the next 
time such a situation occurred he would respect 
the rights of the other boat and avoid a foul. 
It is not necessary to hit another boat to be in 
the wrong. Forcing another to tack is just as 
much a foul as if the two came together and 
punched holes in each other. 
Dixie II. Defeats the Wolseley-Siddeley. 
Dixie II., owned by ex-Commodore E. J. 
Schroeder, defeated Wolseley-Siddeley in the 
race for the British International cup, and that 
trophy remains with the Motor Boat Club of 
America for another year. 
The race was decided on Huntington Bay on 
Aug. 3, under conditions that were ideal. There 
were five starters: Wolseley-Siddeley, owned by 
the Duke of Westminster, forty feet long, 460 
horsepower motors, steered by Noel M. Robbins; 
Daimler II., owned by Lord Howard de Walden, 
forty feet long, equipped with three 160 horse¬ 
power motors, steered by Dr. George Alfred 
Fentiman, the challengers for the trophy, and 
Dixie II., owned by ex-Commodore E. J. Schroe¬ 
der, forty feet long, equipped with motors of 
230 horsepower, steered by Capt. S. B. Pearce 
and with Albert Rappuhn at the engines; U. S. 
A. formerly Irene, owned by Capt. John S. Shep¬ 
pard, of Essington, equipped with two motors 
of 100 horsepower each and steered by Walter 
M. Bieling, and Den, owned by Commodore 
Joseph H. Hoadley. thirty-two feet long, equip¬ 
ped with 160 horsepow'er motors and steered by 
E. J. Sherman. The course was triangular, ten 
nautical miles in length, gone over three times. 
Two stake boats at each angle made the turns 
gradual in compliance with the rules. Revenue 
cutters were on hand to keep the course clear 
and the race was run off without a hitch of 
any kind. 
The committee in charge was Charles P. Tower 
and M. M. Whittaker, of the Motor Boat Club, 
and A. F. Aldridge, of the Crescent Athletic 
Club. Rear Commodore Wilson Foss on Cactus 
II. watched the first turn, and Reuben B. Clark, 
of the Riverton Y. C., watched the second turn 
from the Revenue cutter Mohawk. 
There was a delay of half an hour at the start 
owing, to the course not being clear, and in the 
meantime all the racers had come out ready. 
Mr. Robbins registered a kick at the delay, which 
was justified. The men on the racers should 
have been notified of the postponement by signal, 
but such a contingency had been overlooked. 
Mr. Crane, the designer of Dixie, and Dr. Fenti¬ 
man, also criticized the delay. Mr. Robbins later 
explained that he had only enough petrol on the 
Wolseley-Siddeley to carry her through the race, 
and he was burning it up fast. To have run 
slow would have gummed the cylinders, and had 
he known, of the postponement he would have 
stopped his engines. 
They were sent off at 3:05 o’clock. Dixie II. 
crossed the line 14s. late, Den 17s., Daimler II. 
23s., Wolseley-Siddeley 25s. and U. S. A. 413. 
after the signal. 
Dixie II. kept her lead all over the course. 
On the way to the first mark the British boats 
passed Den and Daimler passed Wolseley and 
was 20s. behind Dixie at the second mark and 
three lengths ahead of Wolseley when her star¬ 
board motor collapsed. This left only Wolseley 
as the real competitor of Dixie. 
At the end of the first round Dixie led by 37s. 
U. S. A. and Den were far astern. On the sec¬ 
ond round Wolseley-Siddeley did better and at 
the home mark Dixie’s lead had been cut down 
to 16s. On the third round Dixie was opened 
up more and she went away from Wolseley and 
won by 49s. 
The performance of Dixie was a wonderful 
one. She had only once before been over a 30- 
mile course and then she averaged 25.7 nautical 
miles. In the race for the cup she made 730 
revolutions and when driven at her best she 
turned up 900. It is expected that she will make 
thirty-seven statute miles an hour when driven 
at her. best speed. She is beautifully modeled 
boat, lightly built, but strong and her engine is 
light and powerful. She won through refine¬ 
ment of model, lightness and through her de¬ 
signer paying attention to her wheel, which is 
what many designers do not do. It was the case 
of refinement against brute force and refinement 
won. Great credit is due to her owner for hav¬ 
ing her built to defend the trophy which he 
won; to her designer, Clinton H. Crane; to her 
engine builders, FI. W. Crane and Allen E. 
Whitman, and to Captain Pearce and Engineer 
Rappuhn. Engineer Rappuhn was overcome by 
the heat from the engine when four miles from 
the finish, and as the boat crossed the line Cap¬ 
tain Pearce was trying to revive him. Later 
Captain Pearce keeled over through the gas he 
had been breathing from the exhausts during the 
race. The summary: 
Dixie II. 
W olseley 
U. S. A. 
Den .... 
Dixie .. 
W olseley 
First 
Turn. 
Round. 
Elapsed. 
Average, 
Kuo's. 
Average, 
Mi'es. 
.. 3 26 45 
0 21 35 
27.S 
32.00 
.. 3 27 12 
0 22 12 
27.02 
31.15 
.. 3 30 16 
0 25 18 
23.75 
27.33 
.. 3 31 55 
0 26 55 
22.3 
25.65 
Second 
...3 48 51 
Round. 
0 22 16 
26.95 
31.05 
.. 3 49 07 
0 21 55 
27.4 
31.55 
U. S. A. 3 30 16 0 25 16 23.16 27.33 
Den . 3 58 56 0 27 01 22.2 25.55 
Third Round. 
Dixie . 4 09 57 0 21 06 28.4 32.75 
Wolselev . 4 10 46 0 21 39 27.7 31.9 
U. S. A. 4 20 11 0 24 56 22.6 26.02 
Den . 4 25 47 0 26 51 22.3 25.7 
course follows: 
Dixie, E. J. Schroeder.... 
Wolseley-Siddeley, Duke 
W estminster . 
U. S. A., J. Sheppard. 
Den, J. H. Hoadley . 
Daimler II., Lord How; 
de Walden . 
Elapsed. 
Average, 
Average 
Knots. 
Miles. 
..1 04 57 
of 
27.75 
32.00 
27.35 
31.5 
..1 15 11 
23.9 
27.65 
. .1 20 47 
rd 
22.25 
25.65 
Dixie II. beat Wolseley-Siddeley 49s. and the 
cups remain here for another season. 
After the racers had reached their moorings 
Dr. George Alfred Fentiman said he was dis¬ 
appointed because he had been put out of the 
race so soon.. He said Dixie was a wonderful 
boat and there were no excuses to be made. 
“She’s simply too fast for us,” he said; “that’s 
all there is to be said. I think Wolseley went 
as fast as she ever did, and I am sorry Daimler 
broke down because I think she would have 
beaten Wolseley.” Daimler “froze” her star¬ 
board engine, a pin broke and the motor col¬ 
lapsed. This -was caused by overheating, and 
Dr. Fentiman said he thought the motor when 
it collapsed was going through the bottom of 
the boat. She came back under two engines. 
Mr. Robbins said he had no excuses to make. 
“Wolseley went well; almost as well as she ever 
did. The starboard motor worked well, but the 
port motor was not doing all it could. This was 
because we had put in a new carburettor in the 
morning. Wolseley made 30.2 over the meas¬ 
ured mile in Stokes Bay and in the 50 kilometer 
race at Monaco she averaged 28.85 nautical 
miles.” 
When told the boat did 27.75 he said, “I think 
that must be wrong. I should say we did 28 anu 
a bit, and in this J. Davies Pitt, who built the 
engines, agreed. I think that course must be a 
little longer than thought. It is hard to make 
a course exact. Dixie is a wonderful boat and 
too good for us.” 
Mrs. Chubb a Good Sailor. 
The second race of the Atlantic Y. C. for 
women at the helm was sailed over the Graves¬ 
end Bay course on Wednesday, July 29. It was 
the second of a series of four that have been 
arranged for the season. Three started. Mrs. 
Hendon Chubb handled Spider, the 22-footer, 
owned by her husband; Mrs. Currier sailed 
Com. W. H. Childs’ Joy, and Mrs. William A. 
Barstow sailed Soya. The yachts went twice 
around a four mile triangle. Spider won the 
race, beating Joy by im. 43s., and Soya 3m. 30s. 
The times: 
Spider. Mrs. Chubb . 
Joy, Mrs. Currier. 
Soya, Mrs. W. A. Barstow 
1 22 12 
1 23 50 
1 24 42 
Spider won the first race of the series, so 
Mrs. Chubb is leading in points for the trophy. 
F. T. Bedford Buys the Dorothy Q. 
F. T. Bedford, of the Bridgeport Y. C., and 
Crescent Athletic Club, has purchased the Class 
O boat Dorothy Q, of Hollis Burg ess. Dorothy 
Q was built last year by Herreshoff and raced 
in Eastern waters for the Lipton cup and later 
at Jamestown for the King’s cup. This year 
she has been racing on Narragansett Bay, but 
now will compete in the races on Long Island 
Sound and later on Gravesend Bay. 
