Lot 52
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A FINE AND DETAILED DISPLAY MODEL OF THE DISPLACEMENT SPEEDBOAT 'DIXIE II' OF 1908, finished in green with gilded boot top, white and varinshed, with details including cleats, ventilators, navigation lights, exhaust stubs, windscreen, steering wheel, flags, and other details; the hull with single shaft, two blade propeller and rudder, mounted on two turned brass columns above a rectangular inlaid mahogany base with glazed case--14in. high, 50½in. wide, 12in. deep

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A FINE AND DETAILED DISPLAY MODEL OF THE DISPLACEMENT SPEEDBOAT 'DIXIE II' OF 1908, finished in green with gilded boot top, white and varinshed, with details including cleats, ventilators, navigation lights, exhaust stubs, windscreen, steering wheel, flags, and other details; the hull with single shaft, two blade propeller and rudder, mounted on two turned brass columns above a rectangular inlaid mahogany base with glazed case--14in. high, 50½in. wide, 12in. deep

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Dixie II was built by C.H. Crane and fitted with a 220 hp V8 Crane-Whitman engine by E.F. Schroeder. She won the Harmworth Trophy and American Power Boat Association Gold Cup and is reported to have made a new World record at 37.113 mph.

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