New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-23
BOATS DRAW HOSTS
THRONGS At GARDEN.
Vel Knozcn Men Vie1C Motor
Craft-Wany Sales Made.

big holiday crowd thronged Madison
snuare Garden Yesterday afternoon and
evening TO take in the National Motor Boat
SHOW. According to Manager Dressed. Z
was the largest single days attendance IN
the history of the exhibition. the visitors
thronging the aisles from the time the
doors were open until the show closed az
night. y conservative estimate places the
attendance at over 15,0Ge. but unlike hoh-
day attendance of former years. the crowd
was a discriminating one. and devoted
more attention to the business end or the
show than TO curiosity seeking
The volume Of business transacted BY ths
exhibitors has been far in excess Of that ot
former years, and several important sales
we're made O. ". c. DTexsl. OF Ph1la-
delphia. purchased TWO 30-horsepower TTen-
tieih Century motors for his new ooal
c. B Oreutt. president Of the Newport
News Shipbuilding Company. bought ~
ty-four-foot boat. for use on the 81 Law
renee River. This is the third sale report
ed of the highest priced boat IN the snow.
Another of the same make was sold 10
Mr.. Cudahy. OF Chicago. He intends IL for
use in cruising around Macktnac Island
Mrs isabel de Almond was the purchaser
of cruiser
A favr wears ago every one wanted 4 craft
that could 20 fast, but with the experisnce
gained with these boats it has been found
that comfort has TO be sacrificed for speed
and a man who wants boat nowadays
nrefers one that will make from eight TO
ten miles an hour and have acconmoca-
tons on board, so that he can make snors
cruises when he wishes 10. Boats for az
ternoon outing-runabouts. they have been
caIled-are popular with those who can az
ford them. They are dainty looking craft,
have fair speed and are well built, and can
be used for running about harbors, rivers
or lakes.
Among the visitors yesterday wers
James B. Duke. P. A Valentine, lie Grand
c. Kramer, Elihu B. Frost. George W.
c. Drexel, W. h. Vanderbilt. jr-. Lewis
Nixon, A r. Shattuck. a. R Partington'
*. Burnham, jr. Walter Gibbs, Mrs Pat
rick Campbell, Commodore F. Gheen. Dan
lei C. Cox, C. A Williams, David Tuston'
: p. Mapes, Percy G. Williams and H
B. Warner.
There was a crowd around exhibit
which contained a Ss-foot raised deck,
seagoing cruiser. The boat is driven by
a 25-horsepower four-cylinder engine at
a rate of twelve miles an hour. A Iargs
double tank carries one hundred gallons or
gasolene, and it is said that fuel cost
of SO will carry the craft four hundred
miles. Sleeping accommodations are pro-
vided for eight persons comfortably There
are two staterooms. toilet room, mirror,
stove. cupboards for dishes, etc. A large
icehox and fresh water tank add TO the
conveniences of this floating home it Is
distinctly a one-man boat in the sense
that the controls are all carried TO the
bukhead OF the cabin. where the skipper
has under his hand the steering wheel.
spark and throttle levers, clutch and cut
off switch.
Many boats have been purchased for use
at the Thousand Islands for the coming
season. Twenty-Five club members have
each had special design boat built. all OF
which are of the same length and beam
and have the same engine and power in
stalled. They will be entered in series OF
races for the one-desisn cup offered by the
committee. This feature of racing Will
greatly add TO the interest of the contest
al the Thousand Islands. as. the boats be-
ing ali of the same measurements, the re-
suit will largely depend on the way they
are handled by the captains. Among
those who placed orders during the week
for these boats are j. y. Gibbons. of Mont
clair. N J.; B. VI. Fowley. of Herkimer.
j. e. Lehair. of Ogdensburg: f. X Burn
ham, IT., or New York; Ex-CommedOTe
Frederick @. Bourne OF the New York
Yacht Club. ''OlIey' Esgleston. OF Roches-
ter; Walter Gibbs. of Brooklyn; s. T. Raj
ferty. of Pittsburg; A. r. Peacock, OF
Pittsburg, and w r. Miles, of New York
meeting OF the club committee OF the
Thousand Islands Yacht Club will De held
this afternoon at the Waldorf-Astoria-
The annual meeting of the American
Power Boat Association Will be held this
morning at 10 O'Clock in the concert hall OF