SPEED BOAT RACING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22051, 6 September 1933, Page 7

SPEED BOAT RACING

THE HARMSWORTH TROPHY RETAINED BY GAR WOOD. VANCOUVER, September 4. Gar Wood retains the Harmsworth Trophy, beating Scott Paine by half a mile to-day. The race was one of the most thrilling of the Harmsworth contests, Scott Paine displaying ' driving skill rarely seen. No fewer than half a dozen times in the pell-mell chase after Miss America X the Briton's email metal boat, Miss Britain 111, bounced almost clear of the water, but with almost uncanny control Scott Paine righted her and roared after the defender in the finishing race. Scott Paine, though beaten, accomplished something that no other challenger has ever before been able to do against Wood. He completed two races. A VERT CLOSE FINISH. VANCOUVER, September 4. (Received Sept. 5, at 7.30 p.m.) An account of the race for the Harmsworth Trophy received from Marine City states that it was the closest finish ever seen in the event, Wood's margin being 22.33 seconds. Scott Paine swept past the judge's stand on the final lap at an average speed of 87.215 miles an hour, waving his hand cheerily to the crowd. Wood's fastest lap was his third at 99.339 and his average for the race 86.937. Scott Paine's average was 75.789. "We had a wonderful race, and from our standpoint the hardest race we have ever had for the Harmsworth Trophy," Wood said. " Scott Paine drove a wonderful race. He has a lot of nerve to press his boat in the way he did. He told me he had it wide open."