New-York tribune., 1910-02-27
SHOW SETS RECORD
4 HUGE ATTENDANCE.
Orer 100 900 Sac Motor Craft
Exhibition Closes.

The sixth annual motor boat show IN
Madison Square Garden closed last night
with an attendance that far exceeded al
previous records During the seven days
~ the show more than one hundred thou
sand persons passed through the doors
The best previous attendance was seventy
thousand last years figures. The exhioi-
ton has be.n a complete success. from
both a yachtsmans and iaymans stand
point 1t was a business exhibit. as there
was attempt made by the management
to introduce spectacular features. Experts
agree that there has been marked prog
ress in the manufacture Of motor beats IN
the last year. and that the acvance -
shown in the construction OF huils. the
building of motors and in minor inventions
that increase the efficiency g every type OF
craft.
The exhibition has demonstrated. in sdii-
ton, the great progress that has been made
in the developms ut OF the marine gas en-
gine. OF late years hulls have been de-
signed which are better suited to the type
OF engine so that comfort be had In
boats of comparatively small size and high
speed
One Of the notable features Or the show
was the number o. high speed launches
shown The models Of these craft were ad-
mirable in every way. and several Of them
are capable OF making from twenty 20
twenty-five miles an hour with motor OF
moderate power. This speed is obtained
through the work of the designers. who
have made many improvements, so as TO
obtain the best possible power from the
,jD IN, racing
machines but are so equipped that they
make comfortable cruisers of maximum
safety and seaworthiness The exhibition
of these motors was the largest and most
complete In al marine types that has
ever been seen in any show in the country.
In many respects the exhibition was Ike
an automobile show. The main interest
was centred in the palatial cruising yachts
and in the gas engines. The motor and
the mechanism of the engine which con-
trolls it are placed in practically the same
relation in automobile Above the
water line many OF the models resemble
the automobile. The steering wheel and
it's accessories are alike. A glass screen
rises in front of the ''chaufeur's" place,
and sometimes the seats are arranged IN
tonneau style and covered with ram
hood, which folds back over the stern OF
tions. and every conceivable accessory for
motor boat travel.
The remarkable success of the show has
been most gratifying not only to the Ma
tlonaI Association of Engine and Power
Roats. but also to the exhibitors In dis
c1,ssing the exhibition last night the man
aser. J. A. H. Dressed said: 1T is the
largest and best show OF its kind ever put
together Experts and persons who buy
and use boats have told me that they have
been very much surprised with the advance
and improvements in the design and con-
structfon of the boats on exhibition against
those of last year. The Improvements show
a marked progress in the history of power
boating and il is largely due 10 this TACT
that the attendance has been so great The
public is discriminating one, and this
fact was evidenced during the last week A
technical knowledge on the part of the pub
lie In general is another evidence OF the
advance in water motoring
"One great advantage of showing the
different products in motor boating IS
that the exhibition appeals 10 every class
of the public. 1t enables man who has
limited means to buy boat for siOG, or
even less and the ownership of even a
boat as cheap as that would make him an
from year to year become more ambitious
In his wants. as his knowledge of the
sport increased and his financial condition
would permit In other words. it is sport
where even the cheapest models lead to
+he purchase of larger boats and help
the sale of the higher priced boats. as the
owners OF the cheaper boats become en-
thusiasts.
Perhaps in no other industry has an
equal advance been made as in that or
power boating. The use of the miniature
auxiliary engines, in the small boats
around the coast and on the rivers. TO the
palatial yacht, representing a value OF
81. COO, together with the many improve
ments in the engines. has brought about
condition of affairs which, had 1t been pre-
dicted five years ago. would have caused
rfdicuIe from even the most enthusiastic
devotee
The show was thoroughly national in
character, and so much so that the Navy
Department detailed a special ofr1cer 10
make minute inspection of all the exhibits
and file a report with the authorities a.
Washington.