 They formed a company in 1920 and Ethel Merman was his personal secretary before she became famous.They sold the company to Bendix Corporation in the late 1920s.In speedboat racing, Caleb won three consecutive APBA Challenge Cup races in Detroit from 1923-1925, in 1923 with Packard Chriscraft and the 1924-1925 races with Baby Bootlegger, the 29-foot mahogany wooden speedboat designed for him in 1924 by George Crouch and built by Henry Nevins.