The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-23
AND ARRESTS MN AT SPORTS-
NEWS snow AFTER 4 nov.
Van Allen Resenis Pollceman's Interference
with TlckIlSh FeatS-NIotor Roats
Attract Thousands Of Visitors 10
Madison Square Garden Fly Casts.

! were artificial woods Those In charge OF
the many exhibits were busy all day explain
Ing their virtues TO tho Interested. Tho
motor boat men had to shov how their motors
NOTED, the fishermen and guides were busy
telling wonderful stories OF life IN the woods.
and those who have novelties were tellihG now
novel they are.
Commodore Bourne. Justice Vernon
Davis, DR. Roberts. John r Buchanan. j.
Howard Wainwright. Henry j ulelow. b. NJ
Mcclellan and many other well known men
were presen, and were much Interested In all
they saw. At times the Garden was uucom-
fortably crowded This year the exhibits
take UP 80 much room that there Is little
space left for visitors. and consequently
there has been some grumbling from the
exhibitors because they have not room
enough. After this. though. the attendance
Will not tax the capacity OF the Garden SO
much. and exhibitors will have chance to
get in their fine work,
Steve Van Allen OF Jamaica who does
all sorts OF things with a rife. was In trouble
yesterday morning because Roundsman
Thomas Gleason of the Tcnderosn precinct
thought he was doing u trick that was dan
gerous to life and limb Van Allen can shoot
a pea out Of mans lips without hurting
him. He cuts figures out OF cards with shots
from his wife, the cards being held In the
fingers OF his assistant. lie also breaks
glass balls suspended around his assistants
head. and knocks cigars out of his mouth
Van Allen has been doing these tricks for
years. and has not yet had an accident OF
any kind.
The spectators stand spellbound and one
man yesterday morning. after Van Allen
had shot away most everything in sight,
pointed to fly settled on q white board Van
Allen fred, and the fly was no more. 1t was
when he tried 20 smash the ball in his assist
ant 5 mouth that the cop made himself heard,
He told Van Allen TO stop and the shooter
resented this. He threatened to smash the
cop over the head with hls rife but his friends
quieted him and he went OF to the lenderloln
station. where Capt. Cottrel heard the COM
plant Van Allen was released Ia $500 bail,
and Is TO appear in the Jefferson Market court
The management has taken great preenu-
ton to guard against fire in the Garden.
Every booth Ia covered with O hreproof cloth.
All the woodwork has been covered with this
cloth, and all the trees and decorations were
Not all the motors at the show are oporatedby
Rasolcne. some are run by electric motors ana
storage batteries. and one maker shows how
d storage battery may be charged from al
ordinary alternating current instead OF
direct current by use OF a mercury rectiher
The mercury reCtifer Ia shown attached to
panel and through the glass form OF the
rectlher are shown the operation OF the cleo
trio current and the deep blue fame OF the
mercury and tho current which produces the
change.
Other motors are operated by burning
naphtha and converting nnphtha into gas
la the old fashioned idea OF nnphtha launches
which are etill popular Other motors are
operated by kerosene. The objection hereto
fore TO using kerosene for an internal eX-
plosion type of motor was the difficulty Of
preventing carbonization. but a practical
kerosene motor at the show shows that
this difficulty has been overcome by spray
ing jet OF water into the Cyinder. which
entering the hot cylinder and the cylinders
are shown when the motor Is cooled and not
In operation perfectly clean and smooth
from carbon deposits
John Wanamaker. who IS the Eastern rep
resentatiye OF the Triscott Launch Company.
has an exhibit on the island and Two very
taking boats on the lake one Is an is foot
compromise stern and the other 2'-foot
semi-racer These two boats are beautifully
finished in mahogany and are ideal craft for
use on any Kind OF water They, are well
arranged. easily handled and good. service
able boats. on the island are several motors
Of different powers, II foot fishing boat
that has attracted considerable attention
and other boats Of different sizes. Those I
who are Interested in power boats can take /
how easily and smoothly they run
The auto boat built for Commodore Fred I
ericS q Bourne By the Gas Engine ana Power /
Company is on exhibition a. the booth Of .
that company. which is at the north side Of .
the, arena This craft was specially built
70 be carried on the dayits of the Aagship
Delaware and u makes IN Ideal craft for
running about in harbor- u is equipped
with a 30 horsepower Q cylinder motor
and It's speed is nineteen miles an hour There
are two cockpits ait. each OF which has two
sea ~. and forward OF the motor space is the
also showing a I'll foot yacht tender fitted
with naphtha engine and some Speedway
motors from to 80 horsepower
boat that will take a prominent part In
the races the coming season is shown by
Panhard and Levassor. II Is 40 foot boat
and Is painted aluminium. The beam IS only
) feet and the motor IA a 80 horse power Pan
hard. This boat is extremely light II Is
built OF cedar double pankcd each plaukiuR
being only rhfu oil an inch thick TINT
the combined thickness OF the two after hay
ing been finished aud smo99ihroi on Is les than
a quarter of an inch. Tie boat was built
by the Electric Launch Company and IL
fine piece OF work. The huh weighs only
craft viii prove to be the fastest boat OF her
size yet turned out
shown by the Palais de rAutomobile it j.
a mahogany built craft 81 feet inches long
and IL lifted with "a horsepower Renaut
Lemoine 4 Crane and built by Frank Woods
al City Island There is a cockpit for the
helmsman forward then comes the engine
space. and aft Ia n large cockpit with sents
arranged IN the old launch style and not like
those 10 an automobile This boat VIII make
from fifteen TO sixteen miles an hour
The sieRe Cooper Company has an eN-
hihit Of Pierce launches These boats are
built In the West, and their attractive features
and price. An ~ foot boat fttcd with cush-
ions. awnings &C.. costs only s257 This
terday running about to show what Il could
do. The same firm also shows % foot
launch equipped with 81, horsepower
motor. II will carry a largo party
one Of the most attractive OF the service
able aut9 boats ia shown by the Electric
Launch Company. aud II has been built 10
be on the water what the automobile IL on
land. IL s a boat that has comfort and fair
speed and can be fitted so that IL can be
carried on the daVits OF n yacht or hauled
out ensily to clean. This boat is 20 feet long
and feet inches beam. IL IL fitted with a
10 horsepower. oylindered motor OF French
make. and the guaranteed speed ia ~ miles
An hour. The boat weighs .592 pounds. 1t |
IL single planked with cedar and painted
white. The planksheer and water board Is
finished bright. There are four seats aft,
and the owner has all control levers placed
near his seat. This boat Will prove popular
with those who have cottages at summer
resorts where there are hikes.
This will be yachtsmens night at the show,
and members Of the New York, Thousand
Island, Mnnhasset Bay, Atlantic. Lnrch
monts, American. Philadelphia Coriuihian.
Erie Rhode Island, Corinthian Of Washing
ton. Hartford. Portland and Philadelphia
Yacht clubs and the Marine and Field clubs
will be on hand. having been especially in
vited.
The opening event In the anglers casting
tournament was won by f. j. Mills. whose
EAST Was 90 feet 10 inches. d. T. Aber
1ormbie, was second. with 50 feet inches,
md W. T Morrison. third With 10 feet :