SPEED BOAT RACING
NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP. MARLBOROUGH RETAINS MASPORT CUP. (Per United Press Association.) Picton, January 22. The New Zealand power boat championship race took place on Picton harbour this afternoon in brilliant weather. Marlborough retained the Masport Cup, Pelorous Jack Senior, owned by J. W. Brownlie of Havelock, winning handsomely after a splendid contest. F. Freeman’s Miss Wanganui filled second place, while the 1934 cup-winner, J. H. Perano’s Tory Chick, of Picton, was third. L. W. Algie and J. Pantel’s Miss Syndicate, from Dunedin, filled fourth place. The Lucas brothers and J. Morgan’s Miss VB, from Blenheim, was the only other starter, Miss Ethel, Wanganui, and Rio Rita HL, Christchurch, ingThe race, which carried a £2O purse besides the cup, was run over five laps of a course of three and a half nautical miles. The winner’s time was 16min. 35 2-ssec., and that of the second boat was 17min. 4 3-ssec.
Pelorous Jack was first away, and was never headed. Tory Chick was in a good position in second place till the last lap, when Wanganui came from fourth up to second, with a great burst of speed.
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Southland Times, Issue 22487, 23 January 1935, Page 7
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190SPEED BOAT RACING Southland Times, Issue 22487, 23 January 1935, Page 7
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