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erty. There will be a second prize if five boats 
start. The first race was won by Samuel Coch¬ 
rane’s Eronel, the second by P. Kossek’s 
Martha and last year by F. D. Giles’ Elmo II. 
The start will be off Huckleberry Island and the 
finish at West Harbor, Block Island, distant 100 
nautical miles. 
Each boat must carry a crew of not less than 
four persons. Boats must be propelled by ex¬ 
plosive engines operated by gasolene, kerosene 
or alcohol. All fuel must be carried in fixed 
tanks permanently piped and connected. Each 
boat must carry or tow a tender not less than 
ten feet long and have two anchors, regulation 
lights, one life preserver for each member of 
the crew, lead line, compass, charts, bucket, for 
signal, two fire extinguishers and their cabin 
fittings in place. Time allowance will be figured 
according to the 1909 rules of the American 
Power Boat Association. Entries for this race 
will close on June 20, with H. A. Jackson, Jr., 
chairman of the committee, 409 Pearl street. 
More Motor Life Boats. 
The U. S. Life Saving Service, Washington, 
D. C., opened bids on Tuesday last for the build¬ 
ing of twelve 36-foot self-righting, self-bailing 
power lifeboats. Among the firms bidding were 
the Electric Launch Company, Bayonne, N. J.; 
National Boat and Engine Company, Chicago; 
Holmes Motor Company, West Mystic, Conn.; 
Welin Davit, Lane & De Groot Co., Brooklyn, 
and the Eastern Ship Building Co., Greenport, 
N. Y. The lowest bidder was the Electric 
Launch Company, Bayonne, New Jersey, who 
offered to built the twelve boats in two hun¬ 
dred days. 
These boats will be similar to those the De¬ 
partment has had built previously, but with 
several improvements, including life rails, life 
belts for helmsmen and additional electrical ap¬ 
pliances for lighting, ignition, etc. The boats 
will be built of solid mahogany, double planked, 
copper fastened and riveted throughout. The 
hull construction represents the most intricate 
work in wooden boat building and requires the 
most skillful workmanship and the very best 
grades of material to insure a perfect boat. 
Heavy bronze keels and centerboards are 
used, as the boats depend primarily upon their 
sail power, which is of lug rig, for running off¬ 
shore, while the 40-horsepower six-cylinder 
gasolene engine installed is used for maneuver¬ 
ing the boat around wrecks. The total weight 
of the lifeboat is eight tons, and nearly half this 
weight is made up in the bronze and copper 
fastenings used in the construction of the hull. 
The new boats will have the self-bailing, self- 
righting features that the Department has al¬ 
ways embodied in boats of this type. They will 
be used on the Great Lakes, and along the At¬ 
lantic and Pacific coasts, where they are urgent¬ 
ly needed. The introduction of the power life¬ 
boat has enabled the Life Saving Service to 
increase by over 100 per cent, the area that one 
station can cover, in comparison with times 
when lifeboats were not equipped with power. 
The contract will be completed and the boats 
placed in commission before the end of the year. 
The Electric Launch Company, Bayonne, N. J., 
has been favored with many previous orders 
from the Life Saving Department for similar 
boats. 
Launch of Ioneta. 
The twin-screw motor yacht Ioneta was 
launched from the yards of the Gas Engine & 
Power Company at Morris Heights last Satur¬ 
day. This yacht has been built for Rear-Com¬ 
modore A. B. Waring, of the Moosehead Lake 
Y. C. 
The boat is 65 feet long, 10 feet beam and in 
appearance resembles a small steam yacht, hav¬ 
ing the flat or torpedo stern below the water¬ 
line, with the graceful overhang above, in con¬ 
formity with the regular Seabury high-speed 
yacht stern. There is a cabin house forward, 
followed by midship deck, where the steering 
wheel, marine telegraphs, etc., are placed. In 
the after trunk cabin is a large saloon, galley, 
etc. There is deck space between the rail and 
the house and a commodious after deck. Two 
six-cylinder, 6x6 inches Speedway engines are 
installed. A guaranteed speed of 16 miles an 
hour has been given and it is expected that this 
will be exceeded. The yacht is finished 
throughout in mahogany and will be furnished 
elaborately. The boat is lighted by electricity 
and will have a powerful searchlight. Ioneta 
will be sent to Moosehead Lake, where it will 
be in commission the coming summer. 
Zip III. Expected to be Very Fast. 
The speed boat Zip III., built for Thomas 
Hutchinson, of Woodbury, N. J., was launched 
last week, and it is expected that she will be 
very fast. Zip III. is 28 feet long, 4 feet 2 
inches beam and is fitted with a ioo-horsepower 
Sterling motor. 
This engine has already developed 125 horse¬ 
power. The craft is finished in cedar and ma¬ 
hogany, and over ten thousand screws and nails 
hold it together. The boat is guaranteed to 
make 33 miles an hour, but in trial trips has 
exceeded this. 
The plans of this boat are by Hussey, and 
Builder Wright, at Paulsboro, N. J., has put it 
together in a fine manner. Zip I. was 25 feet 
long, Zip II. 32 feet, and each of these had great 
speed, won many a race on the Delaware and 
South Jersey waters, and Zip III. has already 
been entered in all the leading races at the 
shore meets and fresh-water contests. 
Motor Boats in South China. 
Consul-General George E. Anderson, at 
Hongkong, writing on the extension of motor 
boat traffic in South China in the Daily Con¬ 
sular Reports, says: 
“The motor boats on these rivers are of 
Chinese make, the cost of constructing them in 
Hongkong being much less than in the United 
States or Europe. Most of the boats have been 
built in Hongkong by a Chinese shipbuilding 
firm under plans drawn by English shipbuilders. 
There are seven of them in service—six between 
Wuchow and Nanning and one between Nan¬ 
ning and Pai-seh. Other new boats are about 
to go into service bteween Nanning and Lung- 
chow. 
ARTHUR BINNEY 
(Formerly Stewart & Binney) 
Naval Architect and Yacht Broker 
Mason Building. Kilby Street, BOSTON. MASS. 
Cable Address, “Designer," Boston 
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Yacht Brokers and Naval Architects 
15 William Street - New York 
Telephones 1375 and 1376 Broad 
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Plans, Specifications and Estimates furnished for Construction 
Alteration and Repairs. Large list of Yachts for Sale, 
Charter or Exchange; also Commercial Vessels. 
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15 Exchange Street, Boston, Mass. 
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SAILING, STEAM, GASOLENE AND AUXILIARY YACHTS 
OF EVERY TYPE AND SIZE FOR SALE AND CHARTER 
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YACHT and BOAT SAILING 
By the late Dijcon K.emp 
Tenth edition. Published 1904. We have a copy in 
fairly good condition, published at $12, which we will 
sell for $9.00. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
The Indians of To-day 
By George Bird Grinnell. Demi-quarto, 1S5 pages, 
buckram. Price, $5.00. 
It describes the old-time Indian and the Indian of 
to-day, and contrasts the primitive conditions and 
ways of living with those of the present. It contains 
over fifty full-page portraits of living Indians from 
photographs. 
Contents: The North American Indians, Indian 
Character. Beliefs and Stories. The Young Dogs’ 
Dance. The Buffalo Wife. A Blackfoot Sun and 
Moon Myth. Former Distribution of the Indians. 
The Reservation. Life on the Reservation. The 
Agent’s Rule. Education. Some Difficulties. The 
Red Man and the White. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY 
The Story of the Indian 
By George Bird Grinnell, author of “Pawnee Hero 
Stories,” “Blackfoot Lodge Tales,” etc. 12mo. 
Cloth. Price, $1.50. 
Contents: His Home. Recreations. A Marriage. 
Subsistence. His Hunting. The War Trail. For¬ 
tunes of War. Prairie Battlefields. Implements and 
Industries. Man and Nature. His Creation. The 
World of the Dead. Pawnee Religion. The Old Faith 
and the New. The Coming of the White Man. The 
North Americans—Yesterday and To-day. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
WILDFOWL SHOOTING. 
By William Bruce Leffingwell. 
Illustrated, 373 pages. Price in cloth, $1.50; 
half morocco, $2.50. 
Containing Scientific and Practical Descriptions of 
Wildfowl: Their Resorts, Habits, Flights and the Most 
Successful Method of Hunting Them. Treating of the 
selection of guns for wildfowl shooting, how to load, 
aim and to use them; decoys and the proper manner 
of using them; blinds, how and where to construct 
them; boats, how to use and build them scientifically; 
retriever*;, their characteristics, how to select and train 
them. 
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