New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-22
CROWDS AT THE SHOW
Motor Boats Centre of Interest
Water Sports Amuse.

In spite of the rain yesterday big crowd was
In attendance at the Motor Boat and Sports
mems Show in Madison Square Garden During
the evening particularly the asles were almost
impossible. The motor boats seem TO be the
centre Of interest. and so many wanted to take
trip on the lake that all could not be accom-
modated. There are twenty-Ons boats the
water and seventeen others the main floor.
With the exception of a couple OF canoes. all
are equipped with gasolene engines of from B
TO $50 horsepower. One canoe has a small engine
that sends IL around the course at a lively pace.
There will be fly casting tournament at the
show this year, a feature which will be missed
by the followers of Izaak Walton, out s. NJ. Van
Allen is again at the Garden to show his skill
with the rifle. In his exhibitions. which are
given every hour, he splits cards held in the
hands OF an assistant, breaks two balls at once
one being stationary and the other revolving;
outlines heads and repeats all these with his
back turned by means of a mirror
Dave Hennen Morris, the president of the Au-
tomobile Club of America. was among the Wis
itors at the show yesterday. He expressed the
opinion that there was a great future for motor
boats. which will be used 10 a greater extent as
people become more familiar with the workings
of gasolene engines He said:
It seems TO me that the first move of a sports
man is TO secure an automobile, and this he fol-
lows with the purchase of a motor boat, while
the acme of power driven things seems 10 be
the airship. which is making such rapid prog
ress in America with the impetus given il by
the new Aero Club In all these things the
gasOene engine is necessary, and I am free TO
say that more great minds are at work improv-
ing gasolene fed motors than on any other
known proposition. The use OF the gasolene
engines in the automobile, motor boat and air
ship gives tremendous power with light weight
and. best Of ALL the principle is so easily under
stood that almost any one can handle them.
linz riysgT0 aaa1T hath s- 10
road, steamship, in a motor boat or in an auto
mobile Knowing we'll the officers in the
Motor Boat Club of America. I am sure the
organization will promote some interesting con-
tests for boats this year I should like very
much TO see a motor boat contest from Albany
10 New-YOrk
The whooping crane. whose peculiar whoop-
ing, groaning cry has caused dismay to many
Of the visitors at the show. was yesterday sold
to Fred GalIatin. jr.. for $500. The animal was
part Of the exhibition of DR.. Cecil French
Beat 1t, a high speed electric launch with
a 60-horsepower engine which is capable of
going twenty miles hour, attracts many visi-
tors 1t is a commodious craft CARRYING nine
people and finished in mahogany with all the
conveniences for luxurious water travel A self
charging electric launch in the lagoon is one
Of the novelties Of the show. This boat carries
its own charging plant. thus making the owner
independent Of any electric plant
TWO Indian girls appeared on the lake in Il
canoe yesterday and gave an exhibition Of
canoe padding which made the efforts of the
Hfesaving volunteers look amateurfsh Resting
one one knee in true backwoods style these
daughters of the North, dressed in their native
costume, with their long black hair falling over
their shoulders. sent light birch bark canoe
around the lake at lively clip. Hundreds of
visitors stopped examining the various exhibits
and hocked TO the ratings TO watch the exhibit
ton.
The canoe fitting and man fishing contests in
the water aroused much amusement and proved
entertaining. A summary of the water sports
follows:
Double paddle canoe Tace-Won by Pendru and stork
New York; Murphy Gates New-Yorz, second
Fifty-yard swimming race-WOn F Tewes College
Point, Long Island David Locker Mariners FIarb0r
Staten Island second: c. Gersenberg. New-York third
Time. %.
fitting match-C Burgess and Herbert defeated J.
Burgess and Mccullough, W. Renshaw and McCuIlousb
defeated and Q Renshaw
Tub raCe-WOn by T. Grifiths, New-York Tha other
three contestants upset.
Vanishing conest--Alfred Brown College Point man.
FISH. and J. Williams. New-York. fisherman, ended in a
draw.