The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-03
BOAT TOOFAST TOSHOW SPEED
INVENTOR or NILE 4 MINUTE
CRAFT rs PUZZLED.
Fears That the " onder WIN Go so Fast That
" VIII sail Out Of the Garden Capt
BIN Graham offers Ia stop II WIN
sturgeon Nets Results OF sports.

u VIII sail Out OF The Garden Capt,
Bnl Graham OKers 10 stop II win
Stur Nets Results f sports
The mile n minute boat which appeared
at the Motor Boat and S~portsmen's SNOW
in Madison Square Garden on Thursday,
has not had a trial in the tank yet and II seems
doubtful If there will be any demonstration
Of what this boat can do in the water, There
seems to have been a misunderstanding
somewhere. Inventor Rider says that Capt
Dressed. the manager OF the show, VIII not
allow the boat in the tank because he Is afraid
that IL will do damage to some OF the other
craft. Capt. Dressed is understood TO De
willing TO allow an experiment but says that
MIR. Rider does not want to try because ne
ia afraid that the boat will go 50 fast that
there will be no stopping It before IL gets out
on Madison avenue.
The boat has no reversing gear and this
may cause trouble. but the motor boat men
say that II Mr.. Rider will start his boat they
will have sufficient men around the tank
to hold the craft before IT gets into the street.
Capt. Bill Graham has made a suggestion
which will be referred to those interested
He has drying on the sides Of the Long Island
shack about sixty fathoms of sturgeon nets
These he is willing to have stretched across
the lagoon several thlcknesses and he guaran :
lCtS lIldl Itl WIZ 5Nop ~ Aiie R''b wv
and without dana ging the nets or the boat,
The boat itself has been sent down into the
basement of the Garden and yesterday "
was a centre of attraction. 1t ts asserted
that the kerosene can be exploded in the cylin-
der 500 times a minute. and every one inter-
ested in motors Is very anxious to see what
1t will do and how fast it will travel
The scooter that stands on the inland draws
all the lovers of sailboats, and they look at
it and urnn1nF hnW II GQIl in the water
with such an enormous rig. The scooter's
only draw about three inches and have no
centre boards, SO the visitors wonder how
they stand. up, but they do, and those VINO
handle a scooter is half the fun. Several Of
these boats have been ordered, and as TINS
has been a very open winter all the baymen
and scooter men around ratchogue have
been spending their time building these boats
and getting them ready for summer sport.
They have been able to pay some attention
to models, and there are several that nave
lew features in their construct ion.
Capt, Bill Graham has a scheme on foot
w whiCh M NE d66 e nns M ne t Es'l g pa. shf9 eysnts am IN
scooter history. He has been promised q
handsome cup for a scooter race to be sailed
Blue Point, and this race will demonstrate TO
all the ability OF the scooter TO sail fast in the
water. Capt. Bill says the boats are to rnce
with runners on, just as they are equipped Tor
sailing on the ice. They will line. up on the
beach and at the starting signal viii be pushed
| into the water and be on, He declares that a
conservative estimate will put the number
of starters at seventy-tive. and the race Will
be one well worth witnessing The course Is
to be ten miles.
Last night the attendance at the Garden
was larger than on any night during the show.
Every inch OF space was occupied and II TOOK
a long time to make n tour OF the Garden.
The island was so crowded that many sat in
the boats and simply watched the people,
going among the exhibits, They had a good
view OF the sports.
Electric launches have been the hit of the
show, owing to the new combination of power
that has been exhibited for the first time,
Where. formerly electric boats had only a
limited radius. the latest models shown at
contain a gasolene motor which keeps general
ing electricity as fast as il is used IN sailing:
The combination idea makes the mileage Of
the electric launch as as that OF
the gaSOlene affair.
The operation Of the charging motor on the
simple. The g~asOlene engine is set in mo
ton by the electric motor of the launch.
After the electric motor has started the en-.
CINE revolving, the ignition circuit is closed
and the gasolene en- CINE operates on its own
power. Then by closing a switch the cleo
nishe ss't eleotricitv FOR fm 10 re a ngna' he ana lau nuth,
batteries. The installation of the chargin z
motor in a launch does not Interfere al all
with the many desirable features of such
boats, which, among other things are safe.
nolseless and without heat, odor or vibra-
ton.
Another attractive corner in the Garden
Is In the Concert hall, where there is an Indian
exhibit and here Jim Long Feather and Whip
poorIWi H.. two sTperts in the ancient lndian
These Indians spend their time in teaching
their pale face brothers how TO hold the bow
of hickory and the string of twisted deer
skin, and to send the feather tipped arrow
straight and true into the centre Of the target.
More sales are reported by the motor boat
men and by the engine builders, and as these
sales are increasing it shows how popular
the motor, boat is becoming. The, Lamb