New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-24
THE SPORTSMEN,.S SHOW.
An Experts Viezcs on the paLue OF
Motor Boat Racing.

! The Motor Boat and sportsmens Show in
Madison Square Garden continues TO attract
| goodly crowd. The big emphitheatre was not
| congested Washingtons Birthday but
/ IL crowded for all that. and those who at
! tended had a better opportunity to all there
was to be seen and 10 get ride on the lagoon.
which seems TO be a popular feature OF the ex-
hibition. Three four boats We're on
show yesterday, and some of the animals, which
were delayed In transit. were safely placed In
their temporary home in the third gallery.
Next TO the motor boats the camps and guides
attract chief interest. The guides well sup
piled with yarns, some Of which make ones hair
fairly stand on end. The three sedge dogs In
the Canadian camp sleepy looking animals
but their master declares they pull a sledge
thirty-six miles day on a single meal of fish
and rice.
S. Cataneo-Adorna, Italy's represeI Tive on
motor boating, arrived IN this city yesterday
and visited the show. Among other things he
said that America must do great deal of rae
ing, just the Italians were doing before gaso-
lene engines OF the marine type would be per-
fected. He said further:
In our country we believe that racing teaches
more in a short time than anything else that can
be done Our boats are driven IN races al monte
Carlo and across the Mediterranean In the
tournament this year at Monte Carlo Italy viii
have eighteen boats entered.
/ am much impressed with the equipment or
boats shown al the Garden, especially as regards
comfort Nothing that would add to the CON
ing. Judging from the strides that you are
making in gasolene engines II win be only few
years before boats OF big tonnage will use gaso-
iene for fuel 1t is not unlikely that we will
have motor boat show in Italy this year. Tor al
Europe is interested nope 70 see our , SouIIot9
represented in your motor boat races this sea-
son.
Mr. Cataneo- Adorna, after spending few
days at the show. will make a trip through the
various motor boat factories 10 study the in
dustry in this country
Among the buyers yesterday was l. Biddle'
NEPHEW OF George ". Chids Drexel, owner Of
the Argo. Mr.. Biddle bought two six-eylnder
engines, each of 40 horsepower and will have
them put In his cruising boat. The boat is sixty
feet long. and Will have speed Of sixteen miles
The statesmen did good business yesterday,
from all accounts, and one concern alone re-
ported the sale Of four five boats and two
or three engines. At every booth the subject OF
ignition is made a talking point The ignition
is an important feature in the operating OF a
gasolene motor. In fact, the ignition system
may be said TO be the heart Of the gasoene
motor II the ignition Is not right the motor
viii not run. There are three ignition systems
used with the gasolene motor, the make and
break, the wipe spark and the jump spark
A low tension current is used with the make
and break and wipe spark systems and a high
tension current with the jump spark. In general
practice the low tension current is derived from
q magnetic. while a high tension current is
usually generated by storage batteries The
advantages of the jump spark system that
all the ignition parts in cylinder head
stationary and that the entire mechanism, coils
and commutator are located outside the cyn-
ders II is claimed that this system is the
cheapest, and does away with wearing and NOV
able parts.
The water sports by members of the United
States Volunteer Life Saving Corps resulted
follows:
one-hundred-yara mattress -aee-wou by A Otto New
York: T. GrSIhs Eecoad.
Fifty-yerd swimming ma;ch-F1rst heat by George
Scott: Brooks, Time. O-2e
won by Z spielburgn; John Brentano second. Time
sIxTy-yard mattress race-FGrst won by 2. Pen
drill; James McAahon, second Tine O53<s Second heat
won BY II. Kupn: f. ErsCh second. Time 0:34
Fifty-ysrd swimming rnaicll--Wou by J. A Lse; D.
SeiE second. Time. 0:2e.
Canoe doubles-won By P. Pendrn ana n otti z
Uirsch and r. Mcmahon second.
Novice fitting match-F Pendru and r OFT defeated
Herbert Eopf and ?. Mcmahon