Show i i i I j I BATTLESHIPS TO RAGE RACE i ACROSS THE ATLANTIC President Roosevelt Gives Permission Permission Per Per- mission and Hopes Best Boat May Win Philadelphia Jan 10 A A dispatch to the Record from rein New ew York quotes James s B. B Connolly tho the noted writer of ot sea stories as ns authority for tor tho the statement statement state state- ment that t the tho President has given carte carto blanche to Rear Admiral Sperry's Pacific fleet returning from Its world girdling tour to cut loose after baying leaving bay leav In ing Gibraltar and race raco across tho the Atlantic At At- t- t lantic ship against ship and may tho the best beet boat win whit Mr Connolly it in lR said has been beon Invited in invited invited In- In by tho the President to return with the fleet t as ns chronicler of ot tho the race against time and will be the tho guest Fuest of ot Cupl Captain ln Potter aboard tho the battleship Vermont The rho contest among Admiral Sperry's fighters Is to bo be c characterized with all the fire und and go that Is tho the peculiar pecullar quality of ot the Roosevelt temperament 11 Final n nl orders for or the grooming and coaling of or tho the racers will bo be received at nt Negro Bay Q o on the tho north C coast St o or of off r t J Jo f |