MOTOR BOAT OCEAN RACE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 6, 1 February 1909, Page 2

MOTOR BOAT OCEAN RACE

By Telegraph.—Praas Association. Am-Uliiiul, Last Nijrlit. W hat toiisitU'ViMl locally to Im* tin•lotiifi'sl motor-Uoat liuv vi't lu'Ul iu Au>wa* contt'sli'tl yesterday and ■to-day lx'twiMMi Mr. Jl. 11. Adams' Kliza 4ind My. -I. Uoiil's Swibird. The conw

.was ll'uiii Aiicklsinil 1(1 ]{nsscll and buck, ii ili-lnncc of '24(1 knots. The boats loft j ■Auckland nt 7.."i0 yesterday morning in calm went her. Outside the Jiarbor a '1 nnipv sea was met, the wind being oast■n«»rt h-i'anl. Tlii' Hliza, which led 'throughout. passed the half-way mark nt Uusse 11 at 10, all yesterday evening, having taken exactly 1.") hours (all iivor<i«re (if eight, knots) to do the 120 knots. .The wind held in the same quarter, and ■the sea increased greatly on tile run

ihoine. the 'boats taking a lot of water ciboa;'<!» and tin; crows being (lrcnchnl. ■Auckland harbor was reached at 2.ii> •this afternoon by the Eliza. The whole "journey occupied the time of 30 hours ;{.*) minute*, the average running time •being approximately eight knots. The Mcabird rounded the mark at .Hussell -IS

•minute? after ithe Eliza. Captain Me■Leod. »f tlu' Northern Steamship Co. s Clansman. who navigated the Eliza, said at (««■ time he felt like stopping ami .running for slieltei-. lie eoiisidered the ■boat a wonder to get through on the roituin journey, tlie sea heing so nasty. The Eliza is'litted with a loeallv designed and mannfaetnred engine. The men oro»e out of the liuilder Cup content ,(]OS knots), in which the Seahird made ■the fastest lime, the Eliza heing one of •the defeated competitors.