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Show SPEEDY TOIIPBUO HOATS. the lle.nr.l lit llir IUI ! '" l-rolMl.lr II- Hri.lrM. Hlnce tb Mlanraled TnrblRla baa been robbed of her laurala th ft' est boat ailoat by the KBglUb ballt llal Ung, eonslnicte.1 for tb Chln gv-ernment, gv-ernment, the Ilngltobmaii ara banking Ihelr hopes an the new boat now n-der n-der construction of the Turblnla Ijrpe. The Chines boat Is credited with bavins bav-ins made a run of ISM knot at an average speed of over 3S knot an hour The highest speed rtatlttd during dur-ing the run was l7 knots, or ItM miles an hour The beat run of th Turblnla for a mil I U knot, ao that the llal 1 .11 ug baa n substantial lead Th moat remsrknbli feature of this boat neit to her spree la the fact that she la filled wllh reciprocating engine At Ihe lime th Turblnla mad her phennnemal speed It was iiopularlr supposed that It was entirely du to her new form of motor In great part, no doubt. It wns, but there Is reason to believe that th eiccllent steam raising rais-ing qualltlea ot her boiler contributed In no Utile degree to th result. Itel-nllvely Itel-nllvely considered the performance of tho Tutblnln was more meritorious fur the reason that she Is only n 19-ton craft, while lb Schlchau boat It ot ISO tone dleplncement, or four and one-halt one-halt times larger Th new and enlarged en-larged Turblnla a III be full-sited torpedo tor-pedo boata, and for thl reason It la likely that they will surpass the Hal . lAing by n considerable margin of speed Just what the eirrna will b Is n matter which la uolllng much speculation In naval quarter. Men- I title American |