Show SIX TORPEDO BOATS they arc are t to 0 race a distance of miles new york june 6 the six torpedo boat destroyers comprising the second torpedo flotilla of the atlantic fleet which have been anchored in lu ithe the hudson river for some jays days are under bunder orders to race today ta to capo cape henry va the starling starting point will aill bo just oft off the scotland lightship the weather is clear and should be otherwise favorable if so the officers of the flotilla believe the beats will be able to make the miles from sandy hook to a designated point oft off cape henry in about nine hours this would bo be unprecedented in tho the history of torpedo boat naulga navigation in our navy the competing craft average 24 knots an hour or a little more than 27 land miles an hour tho the destroyers which will race are the flagship whipple lieutenant co commander anderson truxton beuten ant john V babcock worden aliu lieutenant victor victar S houston bouston stewart lieutenant frederick Hell hellweg hull lieutenant thomas C hart and hop kins lieutenant alfred G howe |