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Show TWOWORLD'S MOTOR BOAT RECORDS BROKE! East Meets West in Second Annual An-nual Ilegatta Which Is Held at Peoria. PEORIA, 111.. Aug. 30. The west met the cast In the second annual regatta of the Western Power Boat association, which opened here today, and each' representative rep-resentative set up a new world's record. In. tho third and last heat of the 20-foot 20-foot clans. The Comet, owned by Illl-sinper Illl-sinper & Klso of Bellcvuo. Iowa, covered cov-ered the five-niilc course -In 10:37, or at an average of 27.3 miles an hour. Tho world's record already held by this same boat was 21.46 for displacement boats of 20 feet over all. In the "32-fool class, the 26-footer Emerson, Em-erson, owned by A. II. Traverse of Poughkcopsie. N. V., traveled I he first heal of thai class In 1 0:0 1 I -r.. or at tho rate of 20.8 miles an hour. This was the fastest time ever made In competition in the Mississippi river basin and tho fastest fast-est lime on record for a displacement 26-foot boat. Paces Fast Mile. LEXINGTON. ICy.. Aug. 3".--A Philistine, Philis-tine, a 1-year-old pa"er. owned and trained by W. A. Owons. paced a mllo at tho Kentucky Trotting association track hero today in 2:034 and repeated it In 2:03J. This Is said to bo the fastest trial milt- 'vt paced by a l-.vear-old. |