The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-19
MOTOR BOATS ON EXHIBITION.
An KINDS OF CRAFT IN NiDISON
sol ARE GARDEN.
show 10 Re Opened on Tuesday by Rear
Admiral toghlan-Nany Well known
Wen TO Iic Present Boats 10 lie Tried
on - BIg Lagoon ON the Main Floor.

The arena floor Of Madison Square Gar
den will be transformed into big lagoon
this week and motor boats of all sorts and
description will ply on its waters. The
first exhibition OF the National Motor Boat
and Sportsmen's Show will open on Tues
day evening and those who are interested
In motor beats. which are the latest fad,
will have opportunities to see these craft
There will be speed boats and boats built
for cruising and comfort; boats driven by
explosive gas motors and beats with cleo
trio motors.
The lagoon on which the boats will
float will contain 100000 gallons of water.
There is to be an island in the centre. and
the course around this island will he twelve
laps to the mile. This Is not long enough
% show these boats a their best. but those
who are Interested will have an excellent
opportunity TO find out how the motors
run and what it feels like to travel in
motor boat.
There are TO be boats from all parts of
the country. Some are small and cheap,
others big and costly There will be di-
minutive yacht tenders With motors of
? horsepower. and there will be grey
hounds with motors of 100 hor-e-po
at a speed equal TO that of railroads. Motor
boats were first exhibited AT last years
show, but since then the fad has become
much more popular and great improvements
have been made in the models OF the boats
and in the motors
on the lake will be shown boats famous
last year by their work in local waters
together with new and novel things in boat
construction. One OF the firms that will
exhibit has turned over TO the Government
Ig.I,Nat
a ga4olene engine 81 u horsepower. II il
the first successful power driven hfeboat
that has been turned out, although England.
France and other countries have been
experimenting for years. The secret lies
in an automatic cut-out, which shuts of
the power when the propeller wheels leave
the water and prevents tho breaking OF
shafts The boat Is self-righting and self
baiiing.
The eportsmen's part Of the exhibit.
which for ten years has Interested the
fisherman, the hunter, and every lover Of
outdoor sport. will he ON a more elaborate
scale than ever. On the lake every after
noon and evening there viii be con-
tests between members Of the United
States Life Saving Corps including canoe
fitting, gunwae races tub races, canoe
speed tests. pneumatic mattress races and
tug of war with canoes.
Motor boat enthusiasts will be out in
force during the week. and among those
approval are Mr.. and Mrs. W X Wander
hilt, Jr. Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Gould James
T.. Martin. w. Gould Brokaw. Harrison
B. Moore. II l.. Bowden Alexander Stein
and Henry Fourier, who have been identi-
fed with automobiles.
The show will be opened 10y Rear Adj
miral Joseph b. Coghlan. representing
Secretary Of the Navy Paul Morton. and
among those who have accepted invita-
tons to lie present are Capt W. II. Brown
son, superintendent Of the United States
Naval Academy; Rear Admiral Francis T.
Bowles. president Of the Society of Naval
Architects and Marine Engineers; Rear
Admiral George W. Melville, n. n Strana-
han. Collector Of the Port of New York
j. S. Clarkson. Surveyor of the Port Of
New York; the Hon. Hamilton Fish Naval
Constructor w. j. Baxter. L. S. N Naval
Constructor d. j. Nutting. L. S. n: Brig
Gen. Frederick Dent Grant. command
ing the Department Of the Fast; Gen Fitz-
hugh Lee United States senator Henry
Cabot Lodge. Lieut. Gov. NJ Linn Bruce.
c. v Fornes, President Of the Board of
Aldermen; Police Commissioner William
McAdoo, President W II Ketchum Ameri-
can Power Boat Association; Commodore
A. j. Alker. Manhasset Bay Yacht Club;
Commodore Louis J. Hueblein. Hartford
Yacht Club; Commodore George Lauder.
Jr, Indian Harbor Yacht Club; Com
modore George X. Branson. Columbia
Yacht Club; Commodore James p Elmer,
White Bear Yacht Club; Commodore j.
Wesley Allison. Cape May Yacht Club;
Commodore Daniel q. Reid Atlantic Yacht
Club; Commodore Edward s. Renwick.
st Augustine Yacht Club. Commodore /
Cecil Gehbett Savannah Yacht Club; Com /
modore Charles W. Bray. Portland Yacht I
Club; Commodore Benjamin p. Cheney. /
Boston Yacht Club; Commodore A. !. |
Mcleod Detroit Yacht Club: Commodore !
i. II Waldorf. New Rochelle Yacht Club. /
Commodore George II, Worthington, Cleve- /
land Yacht Club; Commodore r. T Af1eck |
Toledo Yacht Club; Commodore Alex .
ander Van Rensselaer,. Philadelphia CO.
rinthian Yacht Club: Commodore r. T. /
Rogers, Rhode Island Yacht Club; Com
modore II G. Poszner, E1gewood Yacht
Club. and Commodore Il. a. Dodson. Hamp-
ton Roads Yacht Club.