1906 Palm Beach Regatta - Low-Powered Boats Win

1906 Palm Beach Regatta
Lake Worth, Palm Beach, Florida, January 30-February 2, 1906

PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 1.---The third day of the motor boat carnival here was again marked by close finishes and good contests. Again the lower-powered boats, aided by their liberal handicaps, were able to walk away with first honors in every event. There has been much criticism of the handicapping. Of course the regatta officials could do nothing to relieve the conditions, as the Power Boat Association scale had to be applied according to the race conditions.

The races contested to-day were three. In the four-and-a-half-mile contest Lieut. H. L. Willoughby's Twentieth Century was the winner, beating W. F. Hoffstetter's Mera by 20 seconds. Tyler Morse's Allon, the winner of the first and second day races, was third.

In the ten-mile race F. B. Collins's Comet was the winner, beating George E. Andrews's Shadow by less than a minute. A. D. Proctor Smith had hard luck with his Simplex III, and was disqualified again, while B. M. Sperry's Dorothy suffered similarly.

The high-powered boats as a rule were withdrawn from the fifteen-mile race that ended the day's programme. Nine boats were sent away. F. M. Rice's little Coo was declared the winner, beating Tyler Morse's Allon by 1 minute and 12 seconds.

Much disappointment was expressed at the continued failure of the Dixie to appear. it is not now believed she will compete at all. To-morrow ends the racing. The summary of to-day's races follows:

FIRST RACE---TEN MILES		SECOND RACE---FOUR 1/2 MILES		THIRD RACE---FIFTEEN MILES, OPEN
Boat and Owner	Time	Boat and Owner	Time	Boat and Owner	Time
Comet, F. B. Collins	1:06:49	Twentieth Century, H. L. Willoughby	21:12	Coo, F. M. Rice	1:40:55
Shadow, George E. Andrews	1:07:44	Mera, W. F. Hoffstetter	21:32	Allon, Tyler Morse	1:42:07
Mera, W. F. Hoffstetter	1:07:58	Allon, Tyler Morse	22:11	Possum, H. L. Willoughby	1:42:16
Possum, H. L. Willoughby	1:08:13	Comet, F. B. Collins	22:26	Twenty Three, George Gingras	1:42:17
Simplex III, A. D. Proctor Smith	Disqualified	Limit, Grant Ferris	22:38	Mera, W. F. Hoffstetter	1:42:52
Twenty Three, George Gingras	1:09:41	Possum, H. L. Willoughby	23:00	Comet, F. B. Collins	1:43:21
Dorothy, B. M. Sperry	Disqualified			Shadow, George E. Andrews	1:44:04
Coo, F. M. Rice	1:10:30			Blanche, C. S. Coggin	1:44:23
Mercedes, H. L. Bowden	1:11:50			Meteor	1:47:00
Meteor	1:18:27
Bruiser	1:20:17
Twentieth Century, H. L. Willoughby	Did not finish
Allon, Tyler Morse	Did not finish
Blanche, C. S. Coggin	Did not finish