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There is always at least one serious mishap in the Harmsworth Cup races. It was almost a relief to the crowd of 325,000, in boats and grandstands on the banks of the St. Clair River near Marine City, Mich., when the mishap came so early last week. Just before the race, Horace E. Dodge decided to enter his three- year-old Delphine V, rebuilt for a speed of 85 m.p.h., to help Gar Wood's Miss America X, which has gone 124 m.p.h., defend the Cup against this year's British challenger, Hubert Scott-Paine...
Second Race. A stifling day and congested highways let only a skimpy 150,000 get through to the second race, which turned out to be the most exciting of all Harmsworth Cup events. This time, his motors warmed up beforehand, Scott-Paine managed to get across the line first. At the first turn in the 7-mi. oval course Miss America X swerved past him. Thereafter Gar Wood patently tantalized Scott-Paine. Miss Britain III, leaping from the water every half mile, would inch up on Miss America X. Miss America X would spurt ahead, then relax. Neither boat broke...
Died. Albert St. John Harmsworth, 57, youngest brother of Viscount Rothermere and of the late Lord Northcliffe; in Vergez, France. Paralyzed from the waist down since an automobile accident in 1906. he had invented an electric wheelchair from which to direct his large mineral water business (Perrier) at Vergez. Lord Northcliffe once offered ?100,000 to anyone who could cure his brother, often declared: "He has more brains than all the rest of the Harmsworth family...
...Hospital of New York's Medical Center. Said he: "I am hoping to find a prominent American lady who will be Chief Cheshire Cat for the Helpers of Wonderland League which we would like to start here to interest children the two projects. In England Mrs. Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, sister-in-law of Lord Rothermere and of the late Lord Northcliffe, is Chief Cheshire...
...statute miles-a new world's record, 5.16 m. p. h. faster than Kaye Don's time in Miss England III last spring on Loch Lomond. Climbing out of his boat, the old silver fox of U. S.-speed-boating, Gar Wood, defender of the Harmsworth Trophy, smiled contentedly. He had kept a promise to his country and himself...