10G 
FOREST AND STREAM 
[July i6, 1910. 
are made of iron or steel they should be gal¬ 
vanized. 
2. Strong and readily removable metallic 
gauze diaphragms should be fitted at all open¬ 
ings on petrol tanks. 
3. Paraffin or heavy oil tanks, not used under 
pressure, are to be fitted with air pipes leading 
above deck. Pressure-feed tanks and tanks 
containing petrol, should be provided with es¬ 
cape valves discharging into pipes leading to 
the atmosphere above deck. The upper ends 
of all air pipes are to be turned down and pipes 
above one inch diameter are to be provided with 
gauze diaphragms at the end. 
4. No glass gauges are to be fitted to fuel 
tanks containing either petrol, paraffin or heavy 
oil. 
5. Filling pipes are to be carried through the 
deck, so that the gas displaced from the tanks 
has free escape to the atmosphere. 
6. Separate fuel tanks should be provided 
with metal-lined trays to prevent any possible 
leakage from them flowing into the bilges, or 
saturating woodwork. Arrangements are to be 
provided for emptying the tanks and draining 
the trays beneath them. For petrol tanks the 
trays must have drains leading overboard where 
possible or they should be gauze-covered trays 
with means for draining them. 
7. All fuel pipes are to be of annealed seam¬ 
less copper with flexible bends. Their joints 
are to be conical, metal to metal. A cock or 
valve is to be fitted at each end of the pipe con¬ 
veying the fuel from the tank to the carburet¬ 
tor or vaporizer. The fuel pipes should be led 
in positions where they are protected from me¬ 
chanical injury and can be exposed to view 
throughout their whole length. 
8. The engine room, and the compartment in 
which the fuel tanks are situated, are to be 
efficiently ventilated. 
9. An approved fire extinguishing apparatus 
must be supplied. 
PERIODICAL SURVEYS. 
Section 5.—1. The machinery is to be submitted 
to survey annually. At these surveys the cylin¬ 
ders, pistons, connecting-rods, crank and other 
shafts, inlet and exhaust valves and gear, 
clutches, reversing gear, propeller, sea connec¬ 
tions, and pumps are to be examined. The 
electric ignition is to be examined and the 
electric leads tested. The fuel tanks and all 
connections are to be examined, and if deemed 
necessary by the surveyor, to be tested to the 
same pressure as required when new. If prac¬ 
ticable, the engines should be tested under 
working conditions. 
2. The screw shaft is to be drawn at intervals 
of not more than two years. 
Dr. Smart Cup. 
The regatta committee of the Motor Boat 
Club of America at its last meeting decided on 
the disposition of the cup which is offered by 
Dr. Moreton Smart, of the British Motor Boat 
Club. This cup is offered as a prize for the 
boat making the fastest time in the international 
race for motor boats which will take place on 
Aug. 20. 
Motor boat owners here are much interested 
in this trophy because cups offered by foreign 
yachtsmen are not common. There are some 
cups that Sir Thomas Lipton has given, the 
New York Y. C. has the King’s cup and King 
Edward VII. gave a cup which was raced for 
at the Jamestown exposition. 
Aurora Wins Long Race. 
Aurora, a small cabin cruiser, piloted by 
Mrs. James Miller, won the Cleveland Power 
Boat Club’s free for all handicap race from 
Gordon Park to Vermillion on July 4. The 
time of Aurora was 5I1. 30m. Aurora is a new 
boat built by James Miller. She is 32 feet 4 
inches long, 8 feet beam and has a 30-horse¬ 
power Miller motor. There were nine starters 
in the race. 
Eronel’s Voyage Home. 
Eronel II., winner of the New York to 
Bermuda motor boat race, reached New York 
'late Wednesday night, July 6, after a stormy 
voyage back from Hamilton, Bermuda. All 
through the trip she encountered heavy head 
seas and high winds, and the discomfiture of the 
voyage was added to by the fact that it was im¬ 
possible to cook anything and the rolling seas 
drenched all the clothing and bedding. 
So heavy was the sea that Samuel Cochrane, 
owner of Eronel II., was confined to his berth 
throughout the voyage. Besides Mr. Cochrane 
and a friend, there were on board Captain 
Frank Watt, who was on duty for more than 
twenty-eight hours during the stormiest part 
of the time; Joseph Bromfield, quartermaster; 
his assistant, a Bermudian Negro, and the en¬ 
gineer. 
Eronel II. left Bermuda at 10 a. m. July 2. 
She departed in company with Yo Ho, another 
of the racers, but fell behind soon after night¬ 
fall, when one of the engine bearings went bad. 
Eronel was hove to for five hours while the 
bearing was repaired and then forced to pro¬ 
ceed at half speed for the remainder of the trip. 
Heavy winds were encountered while passing 
through the Gulf Stream and the little motor 
boat was forced off her course to escape head¬ 
ing into the seas. The crew were compelled 
to live on canned food because the fire would 
not work, and with the exception of two cups 
of warm coffee, they had nothing hot during 
the trip. Eronel II. was taken to Bayonne, 
where the defective bearing is being repaired 
and where she will be overhauled. 
New Record for Ten Miles. 
The 20-foot speed boat Comet, owned by 
Kelso and Hilsinger, of Bellevue, la., won a 
10-mile race at Peoria, Ill., on July 4, in the 
third annual regatta of the Mississippi Valley 
Power Boat Association. Her time was 25m. 
43s., which is the fastest time made by a 20- 
footer. This is at the rate of 23.37 miles an 
hour. 
Canoeing . 
Rhode [Island Canoe Meet. 
The Independence Day regatta of the Rhode 
Island Canoe Association on Cunliff’s Pond, 
Roger Williams’ Park, Providence, was a most 
successful meet. In number of points the 
Swastika Club was the winner with 15; Paw- 
tuxet came second with 13, and Wachusett third 
with 5 points. 
In the half-mile singles, class A, W. L. 
French, of the Pawtuxet Club, won first place, 
finishing in 5:58; J. P. Cunningham, of the Paw¬ 
tuxet Club, was the victor in the quarter-mile 
singles, finishing in 3:04. Swastika’s first vic¬ 
tories were won in the class A tandem, one-half 
mile race, when Bruce and Berry finished first 
in 6:21. Wachusett’s 5 points were made in the 
class B tandem, one-half mile, when R. Feeney 
and Nenenger kept the lead and finished in 5:09. 
Swastika was again on top in the class A club 
fours, one-half mile, with Neill, Berry, Bruce 
and Welsh finishing first in 4:26, and also in 
the class B club fours, one-half mile, Ludlow, 
Stringer, Taylor and St. Pierre crossing the line 
in the lead in 5:02. 
Seven clubs entered the contests, and eleven 
events were decided. The summaries: 
Class A, singles, half-mile—First, W. L. 
French, Pawt'uxet Club, time 5:58; second,, J. 
J. Ward, Jr., Triquetra Club; third, G. M. Lud¬ 
low, Swastika Club. 
Class B, singles, quarter-mile—First, J. P. 
Cunningham, Pawtuxet Club, time 5:58; second, 
R. Feeney, Wachusett Club; third, R. Slocum, 
Wachusett Club. 
Class A, tandems, half-mile—First, Bruce and 
Berry, Swastika Club, time 6:21; second, J. J. 
Ward, Jr., and W. Broadbent, Triquetro Club; 
H. Shubert and T. Mulligan, Saskatchewan 
Club, started and broke a paddle. 
Class B, tandems, half-mile—First, R. Feeney 
and Nenenger, Wachusett Club, time 5:09; sec¬ 
ond, W. French and C. Donlar, Pawtuxet Club; 
third, C. Shine and E. Fields, Triquetra Club; 
fourth, Ludlow and Stringer, Swastika Club. 
Class A, club fours, half-mile—First, Neill, 
Berry, Bruce and Welsh, Swastika Club, time 
4:26; second, J. Fraser, C. Shine, E. Fields and 
N. Allen, Triquetra; third, H. Shubert, C. 
'Shepard, A. Peterson, T. Mulligan, Saskatche¬ 
wan Club. 
Class B, club fours, half-mile—First, Ludlow, 
Stringer, Taylor and St. Pierre. Swastika Club, 
time 5:02; second, T. DeRose, F. Kneupfer, W. 
Fletcher and J. J. Ward, Jr., Triquetra Club. 
Novice C, singles, quarter-mile—First, C. 
Phetteplace, Seminole Club, time 3:04; second. 
A. Peterson, Saskatchewan Club; third, F. 
Sweet, Wachusett Club. 
Tilting tournament—C. White and W. Hand¬ 
ling of the Saskatchewan Club dumped Neill 
and Welsh, of the Swastika Club; R. Bundy and 
T. Mulligan, of the Saskatchewan Club, tipped 
C. Donlar and W. French, of the Pawtuxet 
Club. In the finals White and Handling 
trimmed Bundy and Mulligan. 
Tail end race—First, C. St. Pierre, Swastika 
Club; second, W. Broadbent, Triquetra Club; 
third, R. Feeney, Wachusett Club. 
Tip over race—First, R. Slocum, Wachusett 
Club; second, W. Broadbent, Triquetra Club; 
third, G. Okerholm, Swastika Club. 
Rescue race—First, W. Smith. Bruce and 
Berry, Swastika Club; second, R. Bundy, A. 
Peterson and T. Mulligan, Saskatchewan Club. 
The regatta officials follow: Referee, William 
A. Heath; Starter. T. Peckham Tillinghast; 
Judges, M. W. Dickinson, L. M. Graves, A. S. 
Newton; Timer, F. C. Rexford; Clerk of the 
Course, Earl S. Clark. 
Regatta Committee—Chairman, Earl S. 
Clark, A. E. Neill, C. S. Barningham, C. P. 
Richards, F. W. Hopkins. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Atlantic Division.-—Joseph Reeder, Borden- 
town, N. J., and J. Harned Reeder, Bordentown, 
N. J., both by Louis Wiese; Walter A. Morton, 
1118 West State street, Trenton, N. J., by E. 
B. Ayres; Archibald C. Jones, 330 East Pear 
street, Burlington, N. J., by Robert F. Tims; 
J. Stanley Page, 311 East Union street, Burling¬ 
ton, N. J., by Henry B. Fort; E. H. Russell, 
137 West Broad St., Burlington, N. J., by W. 
C. D. Gauntt. 
Eastern Division.—E. W. Cartwright, Ded¬ 
ham, Mass., by A. H. Crafts. 
Western Division.—Dr. Robert H. Wagner, 
711 Marshall Field Bldg., Chicago, Ill., by J. 
Bernard Mullen. 
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED. 
Atlantic Division.—6090, Franklin Gauntt, 
Burlington, N. J. 
Central Division.—6087, G. Edgar Lindsay, 
359 Stratford avenue, Pittsburg, Pa.; 6075, Jack 
W. Wishart, 6335 Marchand street, Pittsburg, 
Pa.; 6089, Walter J. Warder, Jr., Westinghouse 
Electric and Mfg. Co., East Pittsburg, Pa.; 
6091, Frank J. Foley, 912 Ross avenue, Wilkins- 
burg, Pa. 
Eastern Division.-—6088, Augustus K. Wor¬ 
cester, 13 Ottawa street, Roxbury, Boston, 
Mass. 
STRAINED RELATIONS. 
“Say,” said Baitman, as he passed the fish 
dealer's stand, “send up a couple of nice bass to 
the house to-morrow.” 
“All right, sir,” answered the dealer. 
“And be sure they are bass,” continued Bait- 
man. “You see I’m going—er—out—of—town 
for the day, and— er —the last time I went I told 
my wife I was going trout fishing, and you sent 
up a salt mackerel. Another error like that on 
your part and there will be strained relations 
in my family. See?” —Chicago News. 
