March ii, 1911.] 
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GASOLENE LAUNCH TARTAR. 
Speed, 38 y% miles per hour. 
To Defend International Trophy. 
The Motor Boat Club of America has re¬ 
ceived two challenges for a race this year. 
They are from the Royal Motor Y. C. and the 
British Motor Boat Club. While these chal¬ 
lenges were expected, as the British had said 
they would challenge for a race as soon as the 
deed of gift had been redrawn, little has been 
said about the defense of the cup, and local 
motor boat men were somewhat surprised when 
Commodore H. H. Melville, of the Motor Boat 
Club of America told the British motor boat 
men some weeks ago that six speed boats would 
be built in this country for the defense of the 
British International cup. Some on this side 
were sceptical, because in former years the 
Motor Boat Club has not bestirred itself until 
the cup was actually in danger. The lesson 
taught last year by the Pioneer, which was 
beaten through an accident, has started the 
members of the club hustling, and stirred up by 
Commodore Melville, things are being done 
which should mean that the cup will remain on 
this side of the water after the international 
races of next August. 
Now that the challenge for a race has been 
received and accepted, just what has been doing 
this winter toward the defense of the cup is 
coming to light, and instead of six boats nine 
are now talked of, with more still in the de¬ 
signing stage, some of which may materialize. 
Of these nine boats some are sure to be 
speedy, but a few may be just speculative affairs 
talked about to bring the builders some adver¬ 
tising, and until they demonstrate that they 
have speed and are reliable not much stock will 
be taken of them. 
Two of the boats are being built by the 
Electric Launch Company. One which has been 
called an Elco-plane, is from designs by the 
company and is for A. E. Smith, owner of the 
fast racer Edith II. This boat will be fitted with 
two 300-horsepower Standard motors of special 
design and build. Mr. Sutphen, of the builders, 
and Mr. Riotte, of the engine company, are 
giving special attention to this craft. 
The second boat is a Fauber hydroplane for 
J. Stuart Blackton. M. M. Whitaker is looking 
after the interests of this boat and it will be 
equipped, with a high powered reliable motor. 
Clinton H. Crane has designed a monoplane 
for a syndicate composed of Commodore H. 
H. Melville, Vice-Commodore F. K. Burnham 
and August Heckscher. The model has been 
thoroughly tested in the model tank at Wash¬ 
ington and two high powered motors are to be 
fitted. One of these is the motor that drove 
the Dixie III., built by H, M. Crane, and the 
Crane Company is building a duplicate for the 
new boat. 
Commodore Melville and August Heckscher 
last year had the Nameless built by the Atkin- 
Wheeler Company, which was rather unfortu¬ 
nate. They have commissioned that company 
to build another boat for them which will prob¬ 
ably be of the hydroplane order and fitted with 
two high powered motors. This company is 
also building a new boat for T. F. Chese- 
brough, who last year owned the Restless, 
winner of the international trophy at the motor 
boat carnival. 
Another boat is to be built by the Rice Gas 
Engine Co. This is for Harris Hammond, a son 
of John Hays Hammond. Mr. Hammond had a 
boat built for last year’s race, but it was not 
finished in time. This boat is to be fitted with 
two 300-horsepower Rice two-stroke reversible 
motors, one of which attracted so much atten¬ 
tion at the Motor Boat Show. This makes six 
good boats assured. It is said that H. F. 
Harris, of Orange, is to have a boat equipped 
with a motor of some power, and Commodore 
Pugh, a southern yachtsman, is also reported to 
have placed an order for another. There is still 
another boat about which nothing definite can 
be learned at present because the owner and 
builders are keeping it a secret. 
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