finally, with the steering gear repaired, captain z.j. hatch on "gatzert" gave the order to go ahead to the engine room, and both steamers left tacoma at high speed, blowing huge amounts of black smoke from their stacks, with "gatzert" in the lead. by the time they reached the turning point in the channel at point robinson, "bailey gatzert" was well ahead of "greyhound", and the race seemed over. "greyhound" had used much of its freshwater supply in waiting for the "gatzert" at tacoma, and by the time point robinson was reached, "greyhound"'s chief engineer claude trump had to use salt water in the boilers, which further reduced greyhound's steam pressure and speed.