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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Feb. ii, 1911. 
Motor Boating. 
New Deed for Motor Trophy. 
After the last race for the British Interna¬ 
tional trophy off Larchmont, when Dixie II. 
defeated Pioneer, owing to an accident to the 
latter, British and American yachtsmen agreed 
that the deed of trust governing the trophy 
needed amending. To do this it was necessary 
for the holders of the trophy, the Motor Boat 
Club of America, the British Motor Y. C., as 
trustees of the trophy, and Lord Northcliff, the 
donor, to confer and arrange a new deed, and 
it was understood that as soon as the new deed 
was approved the British would challenge. 
Commodore H. H. Melville, of the Motor 
Boat Club of America went to London with 
power to act for his club and a new deed has 
been framed. It is as follows: 
1. The trophy shall be for International 
competition, and the trustees of the trophy shall 
be the Royal Motor Y. C. of Great Britain. 
2. The trophy shall be competed for in every 
year, and at such time and place as hereinafter 
appears. 
3. There shall be not more than three boats 
representing each country. 
4. Boats representing a country shall be 
selected by the recognized club of that country. 
The recognized club of Great Britain and Ire¬ 
land shall be the Royal Motor Y. C.; the recog¬ 
nized club of France shall be the Automobile 
Club de France; the recognized club of Ger¬ 
many shall be the Kaiserlicher Y. C.; the recog¬ 
nized club for the United States shall be the 
Motor Boat Club of America. If there be any 
dispute as to what is the recognized club of any 
country other than those named above for the 
purposes of this race, the trustees shall decide, 
and their decision shall be absolutely final. 
5. Each competing boat shall be constructed 
wholly in every respect in the country which it 
represents. 
6. No limitation shall be placed on the form 
or description of the motive power employed, 
provided that the motive power is wholly me¬ 
chanical, and also providing that its propelling 
mechanism acts only in or against the water. 
7. Each boat shall carry not less than two 
hands, of whom the helmsman shall be a mem¬ 
ber of the competing club, and all hands shall 
be natives or naturalized subjects of the country 
which they represent. 
8. The recognized club of the country hold¬ 
ing the trophy for the time being shall make 
all the necessary arrangements for the holding 
of the race, and shall bear the cost relating to 
such arrangements. 
9. The race shall be run under the Racing 
Rules of the Association Internationale de 
Yachting Automobile, except that where, the 
said racing rules conflict with these conditions, 
or with the rules hereinafter set out, or with 
any modification of such rules made hereafter, 
the latter shall prevail. 
10. Rules affecting the conduct of the race 
and restricting the length and nature of the 
course, the measurements and equipments of 
the boats, size or horsepower of the engines, 
and all such rules and regulations as are neces¬ 
sary for the proper conduct of the race shall 
be settled by a committee composed of one 
representative of the Royal Motor Y. C., one 
representative of the donor, and one representa¬ 
tive of each of the recognized clubs of the coun¬ 
tries which competed in the last previous race 
for the trophy. In the event of any alteration 
in the rules being required or necessary, such 
alterations shall be made within three months 
of the last race, or before a challenge has been 
received by the country holding the trophy, 
whichever period shall be longer. No alteration 
shall be valid unless agreed upon unanimously 
by the members of the committee, except where 
the only objector is the representative of the 
country holding the cup, in which case the ques¬ 
tion shall be referred to the donor or his rep¬ 
resentative for the time being present at the 
meeting of the committee, whose decision shall 
be final. 
11. All questions and protests arising out 
of the running of the races shall be dealt with 
by an International Commission composed of 
one representative of the recognized club of 
each country competing in the race, and one 
representative of the donor. In the case of an 
equal division of votes, the representative of the 
donor shall have a casting vote. The proceed¬ 
ings of the International Commission shall be 
conducted in the English language. 
Sparks. 
William J. Deed, Jr., naval architect, has 
designed a midship cockpit cruiser for a resident 
of Henry, Ill., which will be built by the Adams 
Shipbuilding Company, Boothbay, Me., and will 
be used at Linnekin’s Bay and around Booth- 
bay Harbor, Me., the coming summer. The 
boat is novel in its construction and design and 
will be equipped with a 20-horsepower Ralacco 
engine supplied by Mr. Moore, who is the sell¬ 
ing agent for this type of engine. The new 
boat will be 37 feet long, 9 feet beam and will 
have a draft of 3 feet. 
William J. Deed, Jr., reports the following 
orders for designs: A 40-foot whaleboat, cruis¬ 
ing and fishing boat for Howard Carwick, of 
New York; a 32-foot auxiliary yawl for A. N. 
McCool, of Chicago; a 32-foot cruising auxil¬ 
iary sloop for E. L. Brown, of Boston, and a 
28-foot power cruiser for C. Frank Moore and 
L. L. Borden, of this city. 
The Percival cruiser building at Graves’ Yard, 
Marblehead, from A. P. Homer’s designs, is 
being rushed and will probably have its trial 
trip early in April. 
C. Frank Moore, of Boston, has started a 
plan to form a power boat association along 
the line of the New York Motor Club.. The 
idea of Mr. Moore is to have this organization 
consist of owners of all types of power boats 
in New England and have the organization be 
powerful enough to compel recognition in 
national events. Mr. Moore desires owners of 
power boats, regardless of what clubs.they now 
belong to write him at 220 Devonshire street, 
paving him their ideas in order that plans may 
be made at once toward permanent organiza¬ 
tion. Races will be held in such localities as 
Provincetown, Portland. Portsmouth, Bar 
Harbor and on some of the Maine and New 
Hampshire lakes if the plan meets with, the 
response it needs. Quite a few prominent 
owners of power boats have .already favored 
the idea, and Mr. Moore wants to hear from 
big and little alike. 
The Crescent Motor Club has elected the fol¬ 
lowing officers: Commodore, G. E. Dodge; 
Vice-Commodore, Warren Hapgood; Rear- 
Commodore, Amie Bissell; Fleet Captain, 
Charles Webster; Treasurer, H. G. Collins; 
Recording Secretary. F. H. Palmer; Financial 
Secretary, B. C. Williams. 
The members of the Detroit Motor Boat Club 
elected the following officers: Commodore, Wil¬ 
liam E. Scripps; Vice-Commodore, Fred R. 
Still; Rear-Commodore, Robert Keller; Secre¬ 
tary, Georare W. Graves; Treasurer, G. H. 
Kirchner; Fleet Captain, Lewis Newberry; Fleet 
Surgeon, Dr. W. H. Price; Measurer, Eugene 
M. Emmons; Quarter Master, Arthur M. H. H. 
Von Jasmund. 
Robert J. Reddy, secretary of the Frontenac 
Y. C, of Frontenac, N. Y., announces that the 
iqii race for the American Power Boat Asso¬ 
ciation gold challenge cup will be held over the 
triangular course of the Frontenac Y. C., at 
Frontenac, on Aug. 8, 9 and 10. The course is 
seven miles in length with very easy turns and 
is free from'shoals and other obstructions. It 
lies directly in front of the club house, and the 
racing boats will be in sight from start to finish. 
The cup was won last year by Dixie II., owned 
by F. K. Burnham, representing the Frontenac 
Club. 
Cruiser for H. P. Scott. 
Henry P. Scott, of Wilmington, is having 
a cruising motor built by the New York Yacht, 
Launch & Engine Company, at Morris Heights, 
from designs by Cox & Stevens. The principal 
dimensions of this yacht are: Length over all, 
65 feet; beam, 11 feet 8 inches; draft 4 feet 2 
inches. Mr. Scott wanted a vessel as seaworthy 
as possible for these dimensions and a vessel 
with good cruising accommodations. The 
model selected is the plumb stem type of hull. 
The sides amidships are carried up, giving a 
flush deck the full width of the vessel for about 
one-third of her length. Aft of this raised deck 
is a trunk cabin which gives full headroom and 
good light and ventilation for the quarters be¬ 
low. This trunk is rather narrow, and so gives 
lots of deck room on each side. Forward of 
the raised deck portion there is a sunken house 
in which -is the dining room. The deck for¬ 
ward of this has a heavy crown. 
The owner’s quarters are in the after part of 
the vessel. Just aft of the engine space is. a 
stateroom the full width of the yacht which 
opens at the after end into a lobby from which 
access is had to the upper deck by means of a 
companionway on the starboard side. The 
lobby itself may be used as a stateroom. On 
the starboard side opposite the lobby is a bath 
room. Under the cabin trunk is another double 
stateroom which extends the full width of the 
yacht. The finish below will be Colonial. Aft 
of the forecastle and under the dining room is 
a space for water tanks and stores. 
The yacht will be driven by two 30-horse- 
power Twentieth Century motors, and the en¬ 
gine space is separated from the rest of the 
vacht by watertight bulkheads. This yacht is 
1o be named Lexington II., and will be de¬ 
livered in the spring. 
New Boats by Whitaker. 
Morris M. Whitaker, naval architect, of New 
York city, reports the following orders for de¬ 
signs booked during the month of January, 1911: 
High speed cruiser, 60 feet by 8 feet, for St. 
Petersburg, Russia, equipped with a 6-cylinder 
40 horsepower Standard motor. 
High speed day cruiser, 60 feet by 9 feet, for 
Pacific coast owner, equipped with two 6-cylinder 
65 horsepower Sterling motors. 
Raised deck cylinder, 45 feet, for a Pacific 
coast owner, equipped with a 4-cylinder 6 by 9 
Holmes motor. 
Raised deck cruiser, 38 feet by g l / 2 feet, equip¬ 
ped with two 18-25 horsepower Sterling motors 
for a Pacific coast owner. 
Raised deck cruiser, 60 feet by 13 feet, equip¬ 
ped with a 6-cylinder 6 by 9 Holmes motor for 
a Pacific coast owner. 
Deep sea cruiser, 75 feet by 15 feet, equipped 
with two 50 horsepower Ralaco motors for use 
on Lake Superior. 
Auxiliary ketch, 67 feet by 18 feet, for New 
York city owner. 
Raised deck cruiser, 36 feet by 8 feet 6 inches, 
to be built by Gage & Schuchard, of Nyack, 
N. Y., for a New York city owner. 
Auxiliary ketch, 25 feet 6 inches by 8 feet, 
equipped with a 8 horsepower Standard motor 
for a Connecticut owner. 
Thirty-two-foot runabout, equipped with a 
6-cylinder 2-cycle motor, for a New York city 
owner. 
Raised deck cruiser, 40 feet by 9 feet, equip¬ 
ped with a 4-cylinder 30 horsepower Fay & 
Bowen motor for a Philadelphia owner. 
Two 35-foot runabouts, equipped with 6-cylin¬ 
der Holmes motors, for New York city owners, 
to be constructed by the Holmes Motor Co. 
The aggregate value of these boats will be 
$85,000. 
In addition, Mr. Whitaker has closed up dur¬ 
ing the latter part of 1910 for use during 1911 
thirteen motor boats varying in size from a 25- 
foot runabout to a 55-foot high speed day 
cruiser with an aggregate value of $46,000. 
