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[June 24, 1911. 
when they are used an escape of liquid or 
vaporized petrol below decks should be prac¬ 
tically impossible. 
Another system which has been brought to a 
practical stage by the Ailsa Craig Motor Com¬ 
pany is that in which the motor, together with 
its fuel tank, ignition, etc., complete, is fitted 
in a stout teak box. firmly secured on deck. 
The propeller is fitted on to the end of a spar, 
which carries the shaft, and is held along out¬ 
side the yacht, its end dipping down under 
water, so as to immerse the propeller, and the 
shafting is driven by bevel gear from the motor. 
When sailing, this spar, with its propeller and 
shaft, are triced up level just outside the bul¬ 
warks so as to be free of the water. Of course, 
an additional advantage of this system is that 
the whole of the accommodation is available for 
the owner, as none of it is used by the machin¬ 
ery.—E. Du Boulay, in the Field. 
The Scripps Cruise. 
The different cities where the Scripps cruise 
will visit this coming August are making great 
preparations in order to entertain the members 
of the cruise, and the different boats which will 
accompany them, and it promises to be one of 
the most enjoyable vacations which has ever 
been undertaken by the cruiser, as the different 
members will get a chance to meet a large num¬ 
ber of their fellow yachtsmen from the different 
cities. 
In addition to this it will give the people at 
the different ports where these boats visit an ex¬ 
cellent opportunity to see just what kind of boats 
are being turned out by the different companies 
in order to secure the highest grade of efficiency, 
and it will, no doubt, do a great deal to boom the 
power boating game throughout the country and 
dispel from the minds of many the idea that a 
power boat is not absolutely reliable in all its 
equipment. 
H. H. Boggs, of Detroit, Mich., Secretary of 
the Great Lakes Power Boat League, reports a 
large number of inquiries and a number of en¬ 
tries for the cruise. Copies of the rules may be 
had by anyone interested by addressing him at 
Detroit, Mich. 
Eastern Division Regatta. 
The annual regatta of the Eastern Division, 
A. C. A., was held on Lake Quinsigamond, 
Worcester, Mass., May 27, 28, 29 and 30. The 
175 canoeists present declared it was the most 
successful meet in the history of the associa¬ 
tion. All had unstinted praise for the Tatassit 
Club and for the lake. The racing was most 
successful, and the big program was carried 
through without a hitch. 
There was a close competition for the club 
honors. With one event still to be decided. 
Dedham Boat Club had 21 points as against 18 
points for Lawrence Boat Club. Lawrence got 
first place in the final number on the program, 
but Dedham annexed the other two places, and 
so fell behind only one point on the event. The 
official records then showed that Dedham had 
tucked away the championship with a total of 
25 points. Lawrence had 23 points, and Med¬ 
ford Boat Club, which received third honors, 
had nine. 
Vice-Commodore John B. Howard, of the as¬ 
sociation, and Arthur G. Mather, a clubmate in 
the Medford Boat Club, have attended every re¬ 
gatta of the Eastern Association for fifteen 
years. Both declared with enthusiasm that in 
all their experience they had never encountered 
such ideal racing conditions. 
The officials in charge of the racing were: 
William W. Crosby. Innitou Canoe Club. Wo¬ 
burn, starter; William Heath, Swastika Canoe 
Club Providence, referee; Fred E. Leathe, In¬ 
nitou Canoe Club, clerk of course, and William 
Jaegers, Capt. Jenks, Dr. Lambert, Tatassit 
Canoe Club, and Arthur G. Mather, judges. 
Starter Crosby and Mr. Mather also held the 
watches. 
One of the disappointments of the racing 
was the poor showing of the Swastika canoeists. 
The Providence paddlers managed to annex 
only one third. As has been anticipated, Wil¬ 
liam French had little difficulty in winning the 
single singles. The Pawtuxet paddler assumed 
the lead early in the race and easily fought off 
Simpson, Lawrence and Walking, Medford, who 
had a great fight for second honors. French 
won by two open lengths from a field of ten 
starters. He was nowhere near the record of 
Mather of 4m. 27P2S. 
The race between the war canoes was a pretty 
contest. Dedham went into the lead after the 
first few strokes, with the two Medford crews 
and Swastika trailing close behind. As the race 
progressed the boats separated somewhat, but 
maintained the same order throughout. Ded¬ 
ham won by one and one-half lengths. The 
time of 6m. 26s. does not compare with the 
record of 6m. flat, made by Medford Boat Club, 
stroked by Jack Howard, at Lawrence, in 1907. 
There was a great finish in the tandem single 
blades. Though Daniels and Wardle, Dedham, 
were in front most of the way, they had to put 
in their best licks to stay there. ” Merritt and 
Ames, also of Dedham, just managed to point 
their bow in front of Ritchie and Wiswall, Law¬ 
rence, in the final spurt. 
In the single doubles, Daniels, Dedham, went 
into the lead, but soon was passed by Horn, 
Lawrence, who kept increasing his lead until 
he had opened up a gap of six open lengths. 
Ericson, Medford, who was the only one of the 
seven starters to sit down in his canoe, rowed 
steadily and crept up on Horn, but was four 
lengths behind at the finish. Ericson never de¬ 
parted from an even, steady stroke, and was not 
there with the spurt, and Cummings, Lawrence, 
all but beat him out for second place. 
The tandem doubles was all Lawrence. Horn 
and Woodcock, the winning pair from that club, 
had the center of the course, and after getting 
into the lead, managed to keep it. Nearing the 
finish line, however, Ericson and Walking, Med¬ 
ford, came up within striking distance, but their 
effort failed, and Ritchie and Simpson, Law¬ 
rence. with an heroic effort, came from behind 
and beat them to the finish line by inches only. 
Both the events for club fours were interest¬ 
ing. In the single blades one of the Medford 
crews was forced out early by a broken paddle. 
Swastika assumed a slight lead, just nosing its 
bow out in front of the two Dedham crews on 
either quarter. This race furnished the most 
thrilling finish of the day. . 
As they neared the finish line, all the canoes 
practically were abreast, with Swastika slightly 
in the lead. Then Daniels started a snappier 
stroke for Dedham No. 1 crew that carried their 
canoe into the lead by about two feet. Swas¬ 
tika spurted and came up on even terms. Mean¬ 
while Dedham No. 2 was being stroked at its 
fastest clip by Merritte, with the bow right on 
Swastika’s quarter. Dedham No. 1 made one 
final spurt and half a dozen strokes of the paddle 
sent the canoe across the line with a lead of 
perhaps three yards. Swastika was all in and 
was nosed out by inches only by Dedham No. 
2, right at the line. 
Better stroking won the club four doubles for 
Lawrence. Though they led all the way, they 
never were more than half a boat’s length to the 
good. Cartwright hit up the stroke on the 
Dedham No. 1 canoe in the last stages, but he 
gained only slightly. Dedham No. 2 was hug¬ 
ging the others right along, and it was a close 
finish, in the order named. 
The Dedham club received the Schaefer cup 
for winning the most points. Perpetual 
trophies and special cups went to the winners 
of all the events. Summary: 
War Canoe Race—Won by Dedham Boat 
Club, G. Merritt, stroke, C. Houghton 2, R. 
Bishop 3, E. Cartwright 4, R. Wardle 5, S. 
Merritt 6. G. Louden 7, G. Ames 8, C. Daniels 
stern; Medford Boat Club first crew, Dan Daly, 
stroke. Waldo S. Manson 2, Ralph Day 3, Al¬ 
bert C. Walking 4, Walter Manton 5, Richard 
Saville 6, Edward I. Ericson 7, Richard C. Smith 
8, .William J. Hyde stern, 2d; Medford Boat 
Club second crew, Charles Smith stroke, Chester 
J. Pike 2, John Keegan 3, Henry Perrin 4, 
Ralph Mappleback 5, Walter Leavitt 6, Ralph 
Keay 7, Frank Gerlach (Winchester Boat Club) 
8. Eugene Cummings stern, 3d; Swastika Canoe 
Club, Providence, 4th. Time, 6m. 26s. 
Single, Single Blades—Won by William L. E. 
French, Pawtuxet Canoe Club, Providence; J. 
R. Simpson, Lawrence Boat Club, 2d; Albert 
C. Walking, Medford Boat Club, 3d. Time, 
4 m. 43 s. 
Tandem, Single Blade—Won by C. Daniels 
and R. Wardle, Dedham Boat Club; S. Merritt 
and G. Ames, Dedham Boat Club, 2d; Ritchie 
and Wiswall, Lawrence Boat Club, 3d. Time, 
4m. 17s. 
Single, Double Blades—Won by Horn, Law¬ 
rence Boat Club; E. I. Ericson, Medford Boat 
Club, 2d; Eugene Cummings, Lawrence Boat 
Club, 3d. Time, 4m. 32s. 
Club Fours, Single Blades—Won by Dedham 
Boat Club first crew (Daniels, Ames, Wardle, 
S. Merritt); Dedham Boat Club second crew 
(G. Merritt, Holt, Clapp, Shaughnessey), 2d; 
Swastika Canoe Club, Providence (Bruce, 
Taylor, Berry, Welch), 3d. Time, 3m. 55s. 
Tandem, Double Blades—Won by Horn and 
Woodcock, Lawrence Boat Club; Ritchie and 
Simpson, Lawrence Boat Club, 2d; Ericson and 
Walking, Medford Boat Club, 3d. Time, 4m. 
16s. 
Club Fours, Double Blades—Won by Law¬ 
rence Boat club (Ritchie, Woodcock, Simpson, 
Horn); Dedham Boat Club first crew (Cart¬ 
wright. G. Merritt, Clapp, Holt), 2d; Dedham 
Boat Club second crew (Wardle, Ames, Leni- 
han, Smith), 3d. Time, 3m. 47s. 
Recapitulation of points: 
Club 
War Singles, Tandem, Fours, 
Canoes. S. D. S D. S. D. Total. 
Dedham B. C. 
5 
0 
0 
8 
0 
8 
4 
25 
Lawrence B. C_ 
0 
3 
6 
1 
8 
0 
5 
23 
Medford B. C. 
4 
1 
3 
0 
1 
0 
0 
9 
Pawtucket C. C.. 
0 
5 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
5 
Swatiska C. C.... 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
1 
0 
1 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Atlantic Division.—Ira B. Thomson, 312 
Belleville avenue, Bloomfield, N. J., by E. H. 
Weidman; James Elmer Gailey, 2420 No. Sixth 
street, Philadelphia, Pa., by George G. Richards. 
Central Division.—Arthur W. Durr, 410 Todd 
street, Wilkinsburg, Pa.; Carl W. Dickinson, 
1036 Rebecca street, Wilkinsburg, Pa., both by 
W. H. D. James. Louis Walter Heinmiller, 
7524 Bennett street, Pittsburg, Pa.; John W. 
Sheedy, 5323 Broad street, Pittsburg, Pa.; 
William J. Hart, 257 Dunlap street, Pittsburg, 
Pa., and Charles A. Heckman, 2919 Webster 
avenue, Pittsburg, Pa., all by J. E. Clune; Harry 
A. Logan, 202 Gray Apartments, Wilkinsburg, 
Pa., by F. D. Newbury. 
Eastern Division.—Frank A. Smith, 203 Sum¬ 
mer street, Worcester, Mass., by J. B. Howard. 
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED. 
Eastern Division.—6231, Frederick Coulson, 
12 Lenox street, Worcester, Mass. 
Atlantic Division Meet. 
The annual meet and camp of the Atlantic 
Division, A. C. A., will be held at Hermit Point, 
Interstate Palisades Park, Hudson River, June 
30 to July 4, inclusive. The executive commit¬ 
tee investigated several sites but found none as 
good as Hermit Point. The camp can be 
reached from Riverdale by launch, and a launch 
carrying the A. C. A. flag will run on schedule 
during the meet. 
On July 1 the election of officers will be held. 
The regatta committee has arranged an interest¬ 
ing program of events. Among the trophies to 
be raced for are the Elliott, decked canoes; 
Lady Bug, open canoes, and Maclister, pad¬ 
dling. Twelve events are on the program. 
B. F. Cromwell, Jr., 224 Church street, New 
York city, is chairman of the camp site com¬ 
mittee and will furnish all particulars to 
canoeists who wish to take part in the camp. 
