New-York tribune., 1909-02-20
BOATS DRAW A CROWD
MANY SALES REPORTED
Sultan of lahore Orders Launch at
Garden Shoe.

Senators John P Raines and J P. Aids were
among the interested visitors at the motor boat
show in Madison Square Garden yesterday They
were escorted around the Garden by the members
OF the show committee, and expressed surprise at
the great improvements made in the latest type or
boats. Despite the stormy afternoon and evening.
there falling OF in the attendance. and the
main aisles were thronged with visitors in the
evening that the exhibitors had difficulty in ex-
planning the good points OF their boats and engines
to the numerous seekers for information
One OF the marked features OF the show has been
the number of boats ordered for foreign countries
Nearly every large exhibitor particularly the engine
manufacturers reports great increase in orders for
medium powered motors, which would seem to
prove that the servceabiIity Of the American prod
uet has earned permanent reputation wherever It
has been used.
One Of the interesting announcements made yes
terday was that the Sultan OF lahore. a Malay
province twenty miles north Of Singapore, has just
ordered duplicate OF the speed launch Red Raven
which won the championship Of the Detroit Motor
Boat Club last summer. This Is 35-foot boat,
equipped with a 50-horsepower engine. and is war
ranted to show a speed Of twenty miles an hour
In fact. the original Red Raven. In It's 100
mile championship race. actually covered the last
mile at a rate of twenty-One and One-half miles
hour A similar boat will be shipped TO the
admiral Of tie Siamese navy, and they will both
reach the Straits Settlements in time to be used
for pleasure and racing purposes this spring
While the pleasure launches naturally at
tracing the chief attention, an unusual amount OF
interest is being shown in racing boats. and one
may Judge from the inquiries made at the show.
the coming season viii witness more high powered
racing craft In commission than in any preceding
year. f. A. Riotte stated yesterday that the new
15-metre standard which is equipped with
six cylinder 50o-horsepower motor. OF which types
Of smaller horsepower are exhibited in the Garden
put in the water yesterday in South BROOKLYN
The boat will make trial runs before being
shipped with the Dixie II next Saturday for the
International races at Monaco.
The racing boats Vim and Den. which are the
only typical racing boats that have been IN
actual use form attractive exhibit at the SNOW
The Vim. owned by George r. Baker, tr, Is a %
foot craft and earned a notable reputation last
season. when she the long distance race from
New York to Poughkeepsie and back
One concern presents q new feature in the zS-foot
pleasure launch. which has attracted much favor
able comment. The motor, 2-cylinder 14-horse-
power engine, is incased in neatly finished port
able mahogany bonnet The boat itself presents
fine lines in design and is capable Of making
fourteen miles an hour. She can accommodate from
ten to a dozen passengers, and two automoole
drop seats are placed forward of the motor
one of the biggest sales Of the week was made
yesterday. when a 46-foot cruising boat was puT-
chased by Robert J. Mckay, Of Pittsburg, for
5000.
-One Of the striking features Of the show is the
increase interest in boats of the larger cruising
type The improvement in these boats. both in
their seagoiug qualities and the convenience in
their engine arrangements. is noticeable over pre-
vtous exhibitions. As critical observer re-
marked. the public has been educated from the
small types of single cylinder boats up 70 The
larger sizes and the majority Of orders that have
been placed are for boats over twenty feet in
length. The trunk cabin cruising launch shown
by one company Is invariably surrounded by in
terested spectators.