E. C. Griffith Cup Winners in Pictures
1910 FAIRBANKS
Owner – Driver: Mr. Arthur H. Davies
Club Represented: Motor Yacht Club of N.S.W.
Club Conducting Event: Motor Yacht Club of N.S.W.
Event Venue and Course: Rose Bay and Manly N.S.W.
16 April 1910 E.C. Griffith Shield
After an exciting race, the Fairbanks, owned and driven by A. H. Davies won the inaugural Motor-boat Championship of Australia. She had only the Knoxpotz against her. At the word “go” she dashed to the front and was never caught, though during the contest she had to stop owing to a leaky pump.
Fairbanks was powered by an engine called Fairbanks-Morse from America, she had a displacement hull with a round bilge.
1911 KANGAROO
Owner – Driver Mr. Anthony Horden
Club Represented: Motor Yacht Club of N.S.W.
Club Conducting Event: Motor Yacht Club of N.S.W.
Event Venue and Course: Rose Bay and Manly N.S.W.
8 April 1911 E.C. Griffith Shield
The Motor-boat Champion of Australia is Anthony Hordern’s new hydroplane the ‘Kangaroo’ (90 hp and 26ft in length). The championship was contested over a course from Rose Bay to Manly and back (about nine miles). The competitors were the Kangaroo and Fairbanks (30-40 horse power), and the Kangaroo won easily in 20 min 34 1-5 sec. The Fairbanks took 25 min. 27 2-5 sec.
Anthony Horden imported his Single Step Hydroplane ‘Kangaroo’ from France around 1909 built by the famous Charles Henry Brasier.
1912 KANGAROO
Owner – Driver Mr. Anthony Horden
Club Represented: Motor Yacht Club of N.S.W.
Club Conducting Event: Motor Yacht Club of N.S.W.
Event Venue and Course: Rose Bay and Manly N.S.W.
