Frederick K. Burnham was the winner of the APBA Challenge Cup with his boat Dixie III in 1910. He was also a winner of the Harmsworth Cup

Harmsworth Cup

The Harmsworth Trophy is the popular name of the historically important British International Trophy for Motorboats.The Harmsworth was the first annual international award for motorboat racing. Officially, it is a contest not between boats or individuals but between nations...

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Biography

In 1910 and 1911 he won the Harmsworth Trophy

Harmsworth Cup

The Harmsworth Trophy is the popular name of the historically important British International Trophy for Motorboats.The Harmsworth was the first annual international award for motorboat racing. Officially, it is a contest not between boats or individuals but between nations...

 for power boat racing in his boats Dixie III and Dixie IV.

In 1911 he was charged with criminal negligence

Criminal negligence

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 and cowardice by Dr. R.A. Toms, Justice of the Peace of Tonawanda, New York

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. Harold W. Bell was killed when Burnham's motorboat, the Dixie IV, ran ashore while competing in championship races here on September 16, 1911.