New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-04
AUTO" BOATING 1T SHOW
POJcer Boat association Can Enter
Cup Race. 1t Is asserted.

The srortsrens Show is fast coming to a close.
Tomorrow night will be the last OF the ex-
hibit. The exhibition this year has been won
derfuI success. S. VI. Allen and Captain Jack"
Smith stili arouse much interest by their exhibit
tons with the rifle and revolver. Captain Jack
has been suffering all the week with abscess on
his face but in spite OF this he has stuck Eamely
10 his post. and has entertained the thousands
that have visited the Garden each day.
]. H. Mcintosh. delegate TO the American Power
Boat Association and the Columbia Yacht Club at
the show. yesterday was emphatic in denying Sec
rotary s NJ Buffers statement that entries for
the Harmsworth international cup auto-bOat race
could only come through the Automobile Club OF
America. Mcintosh said that few weeks ago.
while he was secretary % the American Power
Boat Association. he wrote Linton Hope. hon
orable secretary OF the Marine Motor Asso-
citation OF England which has charge OF the inter
national auto-boat cup race. asking II entries
would be accepted from the American Power Boat
Association. and that he received affirmative
plies By cable and mall He further said that up
to January the deed Of gift for the HarmswOrth
Cup read that an entry would be accepted from the
recognized yacht club OF any country. but that
since that time the phraseology had been al
tered to read that entry would be accepted
from q recognized yacht club OF any country.
The Glass W. fly casting contest light trout fly
weigh more than five ounces won by r. c.
Leonard with a cast Of "a feet; L. s. Darling was
bic third. with 50 feet. The ~ casting yesterday
AFTERNOON was a special guides class for ac-
curaCy in trout fly casting. open to all guides at
the show. The weight OF the rods and length Of
leader were unrestricted but all OF the guides used
the one rod The casts were made at buOy forty
i've feet distant from the take-Of. c. z. Martin
and Charles Wiken tied at 81 per cent: the
throw-on. they tied again at 50 per cent: on the
second thrOw-Off Martin first place by throw
ing 81 per cent. and WilkCns obtained second place
by throwing S. per cent; S. VI. Leek third. with
90 per cent,
In the home trainer bicycle races last night the
first semi-fnal trial heats for the One-mile cham
piOnship attracted much attention The first heat
was won by H. Larcheveque, Roy WheeImen. IN
il9 As; the second by +. Van Deries. Tiger Wheel
in ZIG 4-5; the third by Ferdinand Villa ms
Prospect Wheelmen IN 112 Is the fourth. by A.
KrOhn. Monitor Wheelmen. i'm 1.l0 %. the fifth. by
Charles Weber, MOrtauk Athletic Club. in liza %;
The sixth. by g NerOnt. Tiger Wheelmen. bye; the
seventh by t. Erickson. Monitor Wheelmen in
1l3 %; the eighth. by \ Elewitz. Grace Athletic
Club. I'm LIP %. and the ninth. by Oscar GOer<e.
National Athletic Club. in 1:15 So
Last nights fly casting WIS In Class W. for
distance only. with a quarter-OunCe rubber frog.
in the single handed bait casting. The winner was
T. J. Mills with cast Of 16 feet 10 inches; II. w.
Hawcs. 100 feet inches, was second. and r. e.
Leonard 81 feet third.