1910 Palm Beach Regatta
Dewey Beats Jack Rabbit
Endurance Race Feature of Palm Beach Power Boat Regatta
PALM BEACH, Fla., March 18.—The Dewey, owned by Charles F. Coachman and driven by Charles A. Clark, was first over the finishing line in the endurance contest for all boats exceeding twenty miles an hour speed on Lake Worth to-day. The distance was 103.5 miles.
The events to-day marked the closing of the four-day regatta held under the auspices of the Palm Beach Power Boat Association and furnished excitement. The Dewey led the Jack Rabbit, driven by younger Willoughby, by one mile. The latter is the son of Lieut. H. L. Willoughby of the New York Yacht Club. The third craft to go over the line was the Eaulallie, owned and driven by George Houston, which came in 1¾ miles behind the Jack Rabbit. The Eaulallie had made three rounds of the course of four and a half miles before the Jack Rabbit received the starting gun’s signal, and four laps before it was the Dewey’s time to get under way.
In the twentieth mile the Dewey took command. The Diana, entered by George Gingras, the only other starter, quit early in the contest with pump trouble. A cup valued at $500, besides a leg on the palm Beach Grand Prize, valued at $2,500, which goes to the winning craft. The prize, however, must be won twice by the same owner before becoming his property.
A consolation race of four and a half miles was the other event to-day. The Keego, entered by Frank M. Andrews, was first over the finishing line, beating the Possum, driven by Lieut. Willoughby, by one-sixteenth of a mile. Richard Croker saw the races to-day from the shore. David H. Slayback of Verona, N.J., President of the Eastern Amateur Skating Association, who is here with his wife, is to build a large motor boat to race in the regatta here next year.
(Transcribed from the New York Times, March 19, 1910, p. 11.)
[Thanks to Greg Calkins for help in preparing this page — LF]