New-York tribune., 1910-02-25
BOATS HOLD PLACE
act as Il M4GNET.
Nee attendance Record at
Shoe an Garden.

The attendance at the motor boat show
in Madison Square Garden yesterday was
fully up to the mark set during the previous
four days of the exhibition The remark
able interest in the boats and engines Is
demonstrated by the fact that the at
tendance during the first five days eN-
ceeded that of the entire ten days last year
while the volume of business transacted
is nearly 80 per cent in excess OF the same
period in any previous show.
The attractions in the building are many.
There Is not engine which does not
demonstrate to the most casual observer
the great improvements in motor construc-'
ton in the last few years. Among the III
provements in construction tending toward
greater ease ano management Is novel
arrangement in the placing of the rocker
arm or lower eectrode ON d removable
fange, permitting it to be taken out Tor
inspection without disturbing other parts
The volume of business transacted during
the early part of the show was more than
maintained Yesterday. One concern ac-
cepted a contract from the United States
lifesaying service for ten 36-foot power life
boats The boats are self-rghting, seif-ball-
ing. non-ca psfzable and of the type which
the department considers the highest de-
velopment of modern times for the rescue
of life at sea They are built from the
departments plans, and are equipped with
six-cylindcr gasolene marine engines Inc
boats are built throughout of mahogany
The hull construction IS the most intricate
form of wooden boat building known
The exhibit of the Racine Boat Manu-
featuring Company continues to attract
interest one cruising launch is shown
among others of the same type as the
Racine which last year covered ten thou-
sand miles establishing record, 1T Is
claimed for small boats. 1t Is punt TOT
comfort. and so we'll arranged that every
inch eff space is utilized Hundreds upon
hundreds have climbed aboard and in
spected it closely from stem to stern, and
If All those who wished for one should
nlace their order the company would be
suamped IN nalf day
Another interesting exhibit is the s30-
horse power motor which will he used III the
chippewa Yacht Clubs challenger for the
gold cup of the Thousand Islands Yacht
Club to defend which Frederick K. Burn
ham is now building a 200-horsepower 40
foot racer at City Island. Another exhipit
which is attra citing considerable attention Is
g. section of a ships cabin fitted with dec
GRATED wood panels 1t is stated that the
material is absolutely waterproof and that
the coloring will neither fade nor peel.
The Csunfire IL is the only speed boat with
an established record in the Garden Dur
Ing the Hudson-TultOn celebration the boat
esta blished record on the Hudson River
for boats under so feet, covering fifteen
miles in II minutes seconds, including
turns, which is at the rate OF nearly TWEEN
ty-fiye miles hour The company show
ing it received an order yesterday for three
fc for Ija-
boats. ordered by, Philadelphia yachtsmen.
are identical in every respect, and to
be drawn for by lot when completed. The
owners will race them at Bar Harbor this
summer
The annual convention of the National
Power Boat Association. which was ex-
pected to convene yesterday morning. did
not go into session until late last night
owing to the absence of several of the
prominent delegates. Several questions of
national Importance will be discussed dur
ing the convention. Henry K. Sutphen was
the host at a luncheon yesterday to several
of the prominent delegates. among those
present being Congressman Humphrey,
Commissioner of Navigation Z. T. Cham
berlain, Commodore kotcher, of the De-
troit Boat Club; John J. Amory, president
of the National Association of Engine and
Z
Z. Wadsworth. E. A. Riotto. George Law
ley John A. Penton, Robert Power and
c. T.. Denney.
Among the visitors at the show Yesterday
were W. X. Vanderbilt, jr., ex-Commodore
Frederick G.. Bourne. Miss Giulia p. Moro
SIM Giuseppe MorOsini, Commander +. H.
Bailey, L. S. n; Commodore Armbruster
Commodore j. W. A. Butler, Rear commo-
dore E. Z. Barney, Commodore Baron Won
Preuschen. OF Germany: Commodore L. A.
Chapman, Commodore F. NJ. Kronise Com
modore Charles Hartman, James r Howe.
Edgar Jackson, Major Samuel Reber l.. S.
A; Major General G. f. Roe: Colonel Orin
B. Mitchan, T. S. A; Commodore George
Mercer. jr., Commodore r. H Maryland.
Edgar T. Scott, James Potter. Alexander
Van Rensselaer, and Robert T. Toland