Squall Ends Larchmont Yacht Week with Wide Finish
A fierce squall ended the sixth and final race of Larchmont Yacht Club week. Ninety six yachts started as winds spiked, topmasts and sails damaged lightly, yet no serious injuries occurred. Winners included Katrina in its class and Istalena in a close finish with Aurora, with several handicap class victors named among the results.
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Larchmont Yacht Club
Long Island
E. C. Ray
Carwina
Katrina
George M. Pynchon
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Aurora
Istaiena
Matinicock
Addison Hanan
Red Wing
Squalls Halted New York Canoe Club Regatta
Thunder squall forced postponements at Gravesend Bay for the midsummer regatta of the New York Canoe Club. After brief calm, a southwest breeze failed to persist as steel gray clouds returned blowing up to sixty miles per hour. Boats sought shelter and the day’s racing ended without completion amid near wrecks and minor damage.
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New York Canoe Club
Gravesend Bay
B. W. R. Speidel
Staten Island Hills
Bensonhurst
Sendy Hook
American Cars to Dominate Vanderbilt Cup Representation
The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers backs the American Automobile Association to control racing, ensuring strong US entry for the Vanderbilt Cup. Louis Strang reports foreign cars and famed drivers eyeing Savannah, while Chicago, Albany, and Long Branch hosts race plans and showings unfold amid a busy season of tours and new models.
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National Association of Automobile Manufacturers
American Automobile Association
Robert Graves
Mercedes
France
Automobile Club of America
Savannah
Louis Strang
Thomas
Strang
Wildwood
N. J
St. Paul
Brighton Beach
Elkwood Park
Long Branch
Milk and Honey Land Tour Described by Tucker and Lazarnick
A. B. Tucker and Nathaniel Lazarnick recount a recent driving trip through Orange and Sullivan counties in a small Maxwell car calling the land of milk and honey the orange county milk and Sullivan honey bees. The route includes a 75 mile turnpike from Newburg to Cochecton with challenging hills such as Denniston’s Hill in Fallsburg testing autos and drivers. The article notes a venerable trotter Hambletonian’s Chester statue and praises new state roads that are nearly dustless and wide enough for two cars.
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A. B. Tucker
Nathaniel Lazarnick
Orange
Sullivan Counties
Orange County
Sullivan County
Newburg
Cochecton
Hambletonian
Chester
Denniston’s
Fallsburg
Five Automobiles Vie for Hower Cup in AA A Tour
Five cars arrived at the Buffalo Automobile Club with perfect scores as they contend for the Hower trophy in the AA A tour. The five will continue the original route until one car remains perfect and will start from Buffalo for Cambridge Springs on Monday morning unless the committee changes the conditions.
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Buffalo
American Automobile Association
Buffalo Automobile Club
Cambridge Springs
New Thomas Six Cylinder Car Promises Lightweight Design
The E R Thomas Motor Company announces a six passenger Model L 640 Thomas Flyer weighing about two thousand pounds fully equipped. The car features high quality nickel and heat treated steels plus disk clutch and dual ignition systems, with four body options and a new flyabout design. Prices start at three thousand dollars.
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E. R. Thomas Motor Company
Thomas Flyer
Sims- Bosch
Atwater Kent
American car crosses German border in Paris race
The American driver Thomas completed the New York to Paris race border crossing at Eydtkuhnen East Prussia just after 6 PM.
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Eydtkuhnen
East Prussia
Thomas
New York
Paris
Oldsmobile Victory in Glidden Tour Shows Roadability
An Oldsmobile touring car finished the Glidden Tour with a perfect score after seven hundred miles, highlighting the car’s sturdiness and roadability. The piece notes the factory entry practice and credits the owner’s single-car effort for proving the model’s daily-use reliability.
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Oldsmobile
Roosters Defy Anti Noise Order in City Court
Magistrate Breen said courts cannot stop roosters crowing as Eugene Blumenstein and a small flock, arraigned on nuisance charges, defy noise rules. Arrested by Detective Harrigan from West 47th Street, Blumenstein runs a rooftop poultry operation above a saloon at 114 West 53rd Street. Blumenstein held on $100 bond for Special Sessions. chickens placed with four residents.
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Breen
West Side
Eugene Blumenstein
West 53d Street
Harrigan
West 47Th Street
Bingham
Blumenstein
Three Die In Pennsylvania Storm
Three people were killed in separate lightning strikes in New Jersey and Pennsylvania during a severe storm. Kathryn Wagner, five, died in Camden while watching from a window. 12-year-old Charles Kessler perished at his York area home. James Cumlisse was killed in Philadelphia. Heavy rain caused cloudbursts, washouts closed Readin g & Columbia trains, and many bridges and streams were affected.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Kathryn Wagner
Camden
N. J
Charles Kessler
York
Penn
James Cumlisse
Reading & Columbia Railroad
Reading System
State title in doubt as rain halts NY lawn tennis final
Henry J. Mollenhauer led Dr. P B Hawk two sets to one when a heavy rain stopped play at Travers Island. The score stood 3-6 6-2 6-4 1-0 unfinished with both players awaiting restart. The winner faces Harold H Hackett in the challenge round for the trophy.
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Henry J. Mollenhauer
P. B. Hawk
New York Athletic Club
Travers Island
Mollenhauer
Dr. Hawk
Harold H. Hackett
Hackett
University of Pennsylvania
Dr Hawk
Montclair Club Wins Two in Metropolitan Lawn Tennis Series
Otto H Hinck Frank B Hague and Frank Kidde of Montclair Athletic Club secured two wins in the Metropolitan Lawn Tennis League championship at Hamilton Grange on 149th Street and Convent Avenue. Burt Hague Hall Lovibond of the home club contested closely with three set singles, while Hinck defeated Hall and the pair Hinck Kidde beat Lovibond Hall in doubles. Rain prevented any decisive matches for the New York Lawn Tennis Club versus West Side Club.
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Otto H. Hinck
Frank B. Hague
Frank Kidde
Montclair Athletic Club
Hamilton Grange Lawn Tennis Club
149Th Street
Convent Avenue
L. Miklens Burt
Walter Merrill Hall
Arthur M
Burt
Hague
Hinck
Hall
Love
Kidde
Lovibond
New York Lawn Tennis Club
West Side Club
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A. B. Fry
Teddy
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James LL Laidlaw
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Milk and Honey Land
NEW Thomas Models
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