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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[April 29, 1911. 
FOXY QUILLER, NOVEL SPEED BOAT ON OHIO RIVER. 
Foxy Quiller a Fast Craft. 
A curious departure in motor boats has just 
been christened on the Ohio River. The boat 
has been named Foxy Quiller and is a new 
wonder in motor boats, traveling at a speed of 
27 miles per hour with a Fox De Luxe Aero 
motor of only 24-horsepower. 
When going at top speed, fully two-thirds of 
the length of the boat is entirely out of the 
water. This little speed marvel is only 20 feet 
long with a beam of y/ 2 feet, and is owned by 
Edward Henshaw, of College Hill. Ohio. The 
hull was built for the Dean Mfg. Co., of New¬ 
port, Ky., in order to test out one of their new 
style aeroplane motors. On an officially meas¬ 
ured course a speed of 26.7 miles per hour was 
developed the first day. Her engine is a 4- 
cylinder y/ 2 by y/ 2 developing 1600 revolutions 
per minute. It is expected that a speed of 30 
miles per hour will be finally attained, a feat 
heretofore considered impossible with only 24 
horsepower. 
The bottom planking of this boat is no 
thicker than cigar box wood, for it is dressed 
to [4 of an inch. Owing to its extremely light 
construction, riding in the Foxy Quiller is 
dangerous, and members of the crew wear life 
preservers at all times, for if she struck a float¬ 
ing or sunken obstacle of any kind, even a small 
log or snag, Foxy Quiller would be torn to 
pieces. 
The new boat will be seen in the Ohio River 
motor boat races this coming summer, and 
will be shipped East to compete for the manu¬ 
facturers’ cups during the National Motor Boat 
Carnival, to be held the week of Sept 4 to 9 at 
Huntington, L. I. 
Another Peter Pan. 
The famous Peter Pan III., which hung up a 
record in the race to Poughkeepsie and return 
(about 133 miles) last September of 5 hours, 22 
minutes and 43 seconds, winning the fastest time 
prize in this event, will not be seen in local 
waters the coming season. She has been sold, 
and a new Peter Pan is being built for James 
Simpson. Peter Pan IV., now under construc¬ 
tion for Mr. Simpson by The Reliance Motor 
Boat Company, is a 26-foot mahogany run 
about with a beam of 4 feet 9 inches, and is to 
be equipped with a 40-horsepower Continental 
motor. It is hoped, however, by her designer 
and builder, that she will show greater speed 
than her famous predecessor. She will seek 
honors in handicap races. It had been rumored 
that the fourth installment of Peter Pan, or in 
other words. Peter Pan IV. would be a hydro¬ 
plane seeking honors in the big event of next 
August—the defense of the Harmsworth cup. 
This is denied. There are some two or three 
hydroplanes being built in the shops of the 
Reliance Motor Boat Company at 210th street 
and Harlem River, but it is said that they are 
only of modest aspiration, and none of them 
intended as possible cup defenders. 
Edwin Trowbridge Hall has now under con¬ 
struction, and nearing completion, at the works 
of the Reliance Motor Boat Company, New 
York city, a 40-foot mahogany runabout in 
which is to be installed a Scripp’s motor of 100 
horsepower. This boat, while of ample carry¬ 
ing capacity, with a large passenger cockpit 
fitted and furnished very handsomely, will be 
nevertheless a speed boat making 26 to 28 miles 
per hour. She is of fine racey lines with a beam 
of 5 feet 9 inches. Mr. Hall’s summer home is 
at Riverside, Conn., and the boat will be used 
on Long Island Sound. 
Canoeing. 
Kiowa C. C. Officers. 
The annual meeting of the Kiowa Canoe Club 
was held in Providence recently and the follow¬ 
ing officers were elected: Commodore, Fred 
Streeter; Vice-Commodore, Lyman Parmelee; 
Secretary, Ernest Brown; Treasurer, D. 
Robarge; Captain, Raymond Otto; Lieutenant, 
William Hardie; Board of Governors (for 
three years)—Frank Means and Ernest Brown, 
(for two years) Raymond Otto and William 
Hardie, (for one year) Arthur Hobson and 
Arthur Jones; Membership Committee—John 
Hawthorne and Bert Alger; Racing Committee 
—Arthur Jones, Trey Jones and Arthur 
Hobson. 
Philadelphia C. C. Plans. 
The Philadelphia C. C., of Wissahickon, an¬ 
nounces that its fifth annual regatta will be held 
on the Schuylkill River, opposite its home 
(Colony Castle), on Saturday afternoon, June 
17. The races will be followed by a supper at 
6:30 o’clock and dancing in the evening. 
The committee in charge of this regatta con¬ 
sists of A. Milton Klop, chairman; Forrest E. 
Altemus, Eugene H. Hunter, G. Ashton Barker 
and Joseph W. Blair. 
New Canoe Association. 
To promote river sports, particularly canoe¬ 
ing, the Susquehanna Canoe Association has 
been formed at Williamsport, Pa. At a meeting 
of canoe enthusiasts from five different towns, 
the officers were elected as follows; R. M. 
Moorehead, of Williamsport, Commodore; 
Horace F. Hanna, of Lock Haven, Vice-Com¬ 
modore; G. Bruce Kerns, of Jersey Shore, 
Rear-Commodore; F. R. Campbell, of Williams¬ 
port. Secretary, and A. M. Wrigley, of Renovo, 
Treasurer. 
Canadian Canoeists. 
The Western Division, meet of the Canadian 
Canoe Club association will be held in Toronto. 
Either the Parkdale or the Toronto Canoe Club 
will handle the affair. The Canadian Canoe As¬ 
sociation final class to decide national cham¬ 
pionships will be held in Ottawa. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Eastern Division.—Wallace C. Ray, 485 Elm¬ 
wood avenue., Elmwood Station, Providence, 
R. L, by Fred C. Rexford. 
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED. 
Atlantic Division—6208. William C. Cregin, 
165 Audubon avenue, New York city. 
Central Division.—-6211, Lawrence V. Stevens, 
1172 South avenue, Wilkinsburg, Pa. 
Eastern Division.—6209, Frank E. Berry, 147 
Smith street. Providence, R. I.; 6210, Arthur D. 
Sylvester, 315 California avenue, Providence, 
R. I. 
MEMBER RE-INSTATED. 
Central Division.—2912, Alger A. Conger, 972 
Anderson avenue, New York, N. Y. (Gouv- 
erneur, N. Y.). 
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