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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Feb. 26, 1910. 
which have participated in other long races. 
“The opportunity before the yachtsmen of 
New Orleans is this: When the Havana race 
is started from Philadelphia, one fleet should 
start from New Orleans with the finish line at 
the same point, timed so that both fleets should 
arrive at the same time. The finish of this race 
would be the greatest day in American yacht¬ 
ing, bringing together two fleets of representa¬ 
tive yachts. 
“The course from Philadelphia to Havana is 
approximately 1,200 miles, all in the open, with 
no chances for a stop of any kind, while the 
course from New Orleans could be made via 
Tampa and Key West, a distance of about 800 
miles. At no time will the craft be a great 
distance off shore, and none of the boats would 
have to make provisions for carrying gasolene 
other than contained in their regular tanks, as 
they could easily replenish without delay at any 
place on the coast. 
“Doubtless, either of the yacht clubs will be 
willing to handle the arrangements, and there 
should be no trouble /in securing prizes.” 
The following are the boats of the power 
yacht fleet of New Orleans deemed fully cap¬ 
able of making the race in creditable fashion: 
Elizabeth, A. Mackie, Sr., owner; designed 
by Whittelsey & Whitaker, built in Chicago; 
length, 63 feet. 
Jennie, T. Sully, owner; designed by Thomas 
Sully, built in Biloxi; length, 56 feet. 
Ruth R., T. T. Raboul, owner; designed and 
built by Matthews, Port Clinton, Ohio; length, 
50 feet. 
Wanda, Drs. Grosjean and Richardson, own¬ 
ers; designed by Whittelsey & Whitaker, built 
in Baltimore; length, 46 feet. 
. Oi e Sauvage, E. E. Paramore, owner; de¬ 
signed by H. P. Johnson, built in New Orleans; 
length, 46 feet. 
Tokay III., R. C. McClure, owner; designed 
by H. P. Johnson, built in New Orleans; length, 
46 feet. 
Neandoc, A. Mackie. Jr., owner; designed by 
H. P. Johnson, built in New Orleans; length, 
43 feet. 
C. M., Jack Soria, owner; designed by Jack 
Soria, built in Algiers; length, 42 feet. 
Talisman, L. C. Fallon, owner; designed by 
H. P. Johnson, built in New Orleans; length 42 
feet. 
Apache,_ W. H. Bofinger, owner; designed 
and built in New Orleans by P. Grutti length 
40 feet. 
Tricks with Motor Boats. 
This is the time of year when many who 
know and others who do not know visit the 
many places where boats are stored during the 
winter months in search of bargains. The boats 
that were for sale in the fall and were not sold 
were pulled up on the beaches and their hulls 
can be seen out of the water. Sometimes one 
can find a good bargain among these. Often 
the novice finds anything but a good bargain 
and one who has purchased boats and knows a 
good one from a bad one has given some advice 
to would-be purchasers. 
The prospective buyer may know something 
about the hulls of boats, and if he does not 
know anything about motors he may bring a 
friend who knows something about the machinist 
trade and perhaps a little about gasolene motors. 
After the man who is willing to buy has made 
his examination of the hull his friend turns his 
attention to the motor. He says that if the 
bearings are not worn and that if the compres¬ 
sion is good it will be an easy matter to make 
the minor repairs that the motor may require. 
So the machinist friend of the possible buyer 
gets hold of the flywheel and tries to joggle it 
up and down. Then he closes the relief cocks 
and turns the wheel over. He says that the 
compression is fairly good and that the motor 
will not need new piston rings for perhaps two 
seasons, after which the bearings will have to 
be rebabbitted. His decision is that by taking 
up a little lost motion here and there in the 
ignition rig the motor will be pretty good for 
two seasons. 
But it often happens that the machinist friend 
does not know about the trick of doping a motor, 
and if he does not know about this he is apt to 
mislead the prospective buyer. The trick of dop¬ 
ing a motor when the cylinders have become 
scored and the rings worn is easy and cheap, 
and there are a good many motor boats for sale 
that were doped just before they were laid up. 
Their motors will stand inspection by any one 
who does not know the trick. The motors will 
run pretty well for several demonstrations. 
The doping is done in this way: Pour into 
each cylinder through the spark plug tap half 
a teacupful of cylinder oil and turn the flywheel 
over a few times to distribute the oil up and 
down the inside of the cylinder and in the rings. 
Then get some graphite, a tin putty blower such 
as the small boys use and a bit of cotton waste. 
Turn the flywheel until the piston is at its 
lowest point in the cylinder. Fill the putty 
blower with graphite, insert it into the cylinder 
through the spark plug tap, pack the waste 
around the putty blower and gently blow its 
contents into the cylinder. Remove the putty 
blower, cover the hole with the waste and turn 
the flywheel half a dbzen times. Do this two 
or three times with each cylinder. 
If you have a little gasolene in the tank or 
can fill the mixing valve or the cup of the car¬ 
buretter, start the motor and let it run for a 
few minutes without water in the water jacket. 
The cylinder will heat up, the graphite and oil 
will be baked into the scorings of the cylinder 
and the worn parts of the rings, and will form 
a surface that can hardly be distinguished from 
a smooth cylinder bore in case the motor has 
removable cylinder heads and the machinist 
takes off the heads to examine the bore. 
A motor doped in this way shows nearly as 
good compression as a motor in fairly good 
condition. It can be used a dozen times or more 
before it will lose compression and show what 
ails it. 
The bearings also can be treated so that their 
condition will appear very much better than it 
is, but the result is not so deceptive as the 
doping of the cylinders. Filling the grease 
cups, if the bearings are lubricated that way, 
with mica axle grease, squeezing plenty of it 
into the bearings and running the motor for 
a few minutes will tighten them up. 
An automobile motor can be doped in the 
same way. No reputable dealer in used ma¬ 
chines would do it, but it is done by private 
sellers. 
It is easy to tell whether a gasolene motor 
has been doped with graphite. Open the relief 
cock in a cylinder, turn over the flywheel and 
let the compression blow out in the fingers. 
Any person who knows anything about ma¬ 
chinery will quickly distinguish between the 
dark oil that has been scorched in the cylinder 
and the black stuff that comes from a mixture 
of oil and graphite and is hard to wash off. 
If this black, pasty mixture comes out of the 
relief cock, it indicates that the motor has been 
recently doped. If the motor has been run a 
few times since doping there will be a slight 
indication in the discharge from the cylinder 
relief cocks. In that case open the drain cock 
in the base and turn the wheel over, letting the 
contents blow on the fingers. If the motor has 
been doped there will be graphite in the dis¬ 
charge from the base. 
Sparks. 
Henry J. Gielow has taken into partnership 
Alexander M. Orr, Jr., who had for some years 
had charge of the brokerage department of his 
business. The new firm is Gielow & Orr. 
The new cruising power yacht Sea Duck, 83 
feet over all, has been launched from Lawley 
yard. This yacht was built from designs by 
Fred D. Lawley, and is for C. H. Tyler, of 
Boston, who will soon make a cruise in south¬ 
ern waters. 
Motor boat men of Great Britain are talk¬ 
ing of following the example of the sail yacht 
men and adopting a regular system of survey 
and classification of motor boats by Lloyds. 
William H. Hand, of New Bedford, has de¬ 
signed a 40-foot cruising power boat for a 
Massachusetts yachtsman, which is to be built 
by Sanford & Goddard at Papoosesquaw. This 
yacht is to have a 65-horsepower motor, which 
will give a speed of 15 miles an hour. 
Flying Shoe, a British hydroplane, fitted with 
a 75-horsepower motor, is said to have made 
38 nautical miles an hour. It is to be sent to 
Monaco for the racing there. 
W. J. Deed, Jr., naval architect, has opened 
an office at 113 Devonshire street, Boston. Mr. 
Deeds has designed several motor boats and 
has been associated with Small Bros, and other 
designers as draftsman. 
The Detroit motor boat show will open on 
Feb. 28 and last until March 5. The Buffalo 
show will be March 21 to March 30. The 
Chicago show will be March 26 to April 2. 
At the annual meeting of the Pawtucket 
Motor Boat Club these officers were elected: 
Commodore, Arthur A. Rhodes; Vice-Commo¬ 
dore, Fred E. Johnson; Rear-Commodore, Ray¬ 
mond E. Cranston; Secretary, H. W. Kimball; 
Treasurer, William I. Cranston; Board of Gov¬ 
ernors—William I. Lee, R. E. Thornton, W. E. 
Carey. The club is to apply for membership in 
the Naragansett Bay Yacht Racing Association. 
Canoeing. 
Fort Washington C. C. 
At a regular meeting of the Fort Washington 
C. C., held in February, the following officers 
were elected for the ensuing year: Commodore, 
Everitt V. Walker; Vice-Commodore, Joseph 
Romlein; Secretary, William Schindele; Treas¬ 
urer, Robert Romlein; Fleet Captain, V. W. 
Dexheimer. 
Atlantic Division Program. 
The Atlantic Division A. C. A. has issued a 
very neat program of the season’s events which 
began with the Division dinner last week in 
Philadelphia. It is in colors and the flags of the 
clubs are displayed on halliards. A copy of this 
very attractive program is printed herewith. 
