1907 Old Home Week

On the Niagara River

BUFFALO, N.Y., Sept. 5.--There was good sport at the races of the Motor Boat Club on Niagara River yesterday, two races being pulled off for trophies offered by the Old Home Week Committee. The results:

    Handicap Time Avg. Speed
Dolphin Vandervoort 6:10 31:40 18:95
Pete Brundage 2:45 32:40 18:37
Rocket Gabriel 4:01 35:17 17:06
Sterling Kid Schultz 4:38 Did not finish  
Whiz Vandervoort Scratch Did not start  
Event No. 2 -- Ten-mile race for boats better than 20 miles per hour
Viper Glasgow Scratch 25:12 23:84
Arab II Sidway :10 27:49 21:56

 

(Transcribed from The Motor Boat, Sep. 25, 1907, p. 31.)

[Thanks to Greg Calkins for help in preparing this page — LF]