WHAU SPEEDSTERS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 917, 10 March 1930, Page 6

WHAU SPEEDSTERS

OUTBOARDS IN ACTION THRILLING RACING Exciting- sport was provided on the Whau by Auckland’s iattest outboard speed-boats on Saturday afternoon. Two accidents occurred during the racing. In the second race, Chancit sprung a leak, and limped home with occasional spouts of water shooting through her boards for’ard. in the last race iNympn jumped over Chief at the top turn, missing Chief’s crew by inches, and damaging Chief’s starboard gunwale, The officials for the day were;—Handicapper, Mr. C. Wilson; timekeepers, Messrs. E. Pt. Butler and E. Maud; starter, Mr. G. B. Robertson. Results are as follow: C and D. Class Handicap (3 miles).— Chief (2m 50s), 1; Marquette Pug (scr.), 2; Nymph Junr (3m 10s), 3. Also started: Blue Streak (1m 255), Baby Olds (40s), Baby Gay, Ocean Mule (10s). Time, 8m 21s. Marquette Pug was going hard and beat Ocean Mule on the turn for the second lap, and crept up on the field, passing all except Chief. The two “Babies” chugged out in the second lap. B Class Handicap (3 miles).—Miss Akarana (scr), 1; Surprise (lm 40s), 2; Fleetun (lin 50s), 3. Also started: Chancit (lm 50s). Time, 9m 37 2-ss. Chancit found it hard to get going at the start, and had to drop out in the third lap owing to a leak. Fleetun lost some time in a stop in the last lap. -The boats were well separated at the finish. D Class Championship (3 miles). —Marquette Pug, 1; Humbug, 2: Ocean Mule, 3. Also started: Miss Arawa. Times, 6m 29 4-ss; 6m 40 2-ss; 6m 57 3-ss. Marquette Pug led over the start with Humbug and Ocean Mule behind. The three boats were bunched for a time, hut the -winner made seconds on the others at. the turns. B and C Class Handicap (3 miles). — Fleetun (2m ss), 1: Surprise (3m 10s), 2; Nymph Junr (2m 10s), 3. Also started: Blue Streak (40s), Miss Akarana (scr). Time, 9m 565. Miss Akarana was about a lap behind the others at the start, and could not catch them. Surprise and Nymph Junr. were close together all the way, and another half lap would probably have reversed their olaces. Fleetun caught them before the finish, though nearly half a minute behind in the first lap. Open Handicap Sweepstake (3 miles).— Miss Arawa (40s). 1; Marquette Pug (scr), 2; Blue Streak (lm 255), 3. Also started: Nymph Junr (3m 10s), Surprise (3m 10s), Chief (2m 50s), Nymph (lm 255). Marquette Pug gave most of the others a lap start, but just failed to reach Miss Arawa. Nymph, Blue Streak and Marquette Pug were being turned well. Chief and Nymph collided and did not finish. OUTBOARD THRILL BOAT LEAPS COMPETITOR A narrow escape from serious injury occurred when one outboard speedboat jumped over another in the last race on the Whau on Saturday. The crew of the under boat was missed by inches only. At the top turn of the course Nymph, driven by Mr. E. J. Schofield, was caught in Chief’s wake, bounced, and then flew through the air over Chief. Her fin and propeller-guard splintered Chief’s starboard gunwale about five feet from the stern. Only the great speed of Nymph prevented her from hitting Chief's crew, Mr. O. J. Melvern, driver, and Mr. O. C. Bushbrook, mechanic. Mr. Bushbrook was seated in the stern, and Mr. Melvern in the bow and Nj'mph went between the two men.

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