New-York tribune., 1910-02-22
MOTOR BOATS DRAW
No LACK OF SALES.
Interest in Craft Built to Shoot
the Ramds.

! -. .xl,fritors at the Motor Boat snow
l. Madison Square Garden were congratu-
l. NC themselves last evening on the vol
L. of business transacted during Inc l"o
I.r,inr davs. The attendance yesterday
l. nar-, ic,;larlv big and many or the Wis
|. 80 ..,er,a there TO see fsle boats or engines
| e, merely out OF curiosity but with tle
K AZ 1lnsiing out what type VIII best soii
lhrl- wants The sales tor the TWO Gays
h exceeded those of any previous snow
l. nonp the purchasers were Mrs PatrlcH
E.n,nhell who placed an order for an Elco
l.. T,,xe which she viii ship 10 England
H. use during the coming summer, ano
b IS Mary Mannering, who purchased q
kscsiulile Of The Bug.
! me OF the most interesting exhibits is
Loat called rhe Rabbits Foot, which VIII
| - sent down the rapids OF Niagara next
l. ne The boat is fitted with $50 water
\ i-7t commandments in the body and has
lcan constructed 80 that ii can be punct-
k~sd IL times and sti1 float. The distance
= boat j. expected to cover is seven and
n,-o-ouar,e. miles. from the base OF the
rs 20 Lewiston. ont. The craft must flrst
L through the rapids and then through the
Ehirlpeoi.
| p, the mast logs have been thrown IN the
tsfids. and after entering the wnlflpool
l. irled around and around at a terrinc
I'D. until they stood on END and Suu-
Eealy shoI downward, not TO appear again
l. The surface. il j. commonly thouehl
80 there is 4 subterranean passage INTO
/ Ike Ontario a. none of these !oSs nave
ever been seen after their disappearance
| The Rabbits root has bsen constructed
5, mat il can neither sink nor ne forced to
Il mill ID
l. ,rvo men 10 stay in the boat. Special
f. clamps and hand rests nave peeii pU4ll'
L. u-be,, the massage is attempted the men
IrifI he fastened in such manner that 'hes
lanr,at be thrown out of the boat Owing
y tbe remarkable effects of the whirlpool
t. engines OF the boat Will be OF little use
Inca The sv-irIire water is actually encoun-
e-aa but in fifteen minutes after the lines
-. osst off r.s occupants OF the boat wl!i
kesch Lewiston in safety or two more
h. viii be added TO the list OF those VINO
H. attempted the passage. The men
e. Will make the daring attempt are w
Is Rose and (. I. Wexford
/ One OF the spectators at the show yeste'-
L. was Clarence A. Lutz, a member OF
a. North Shore Motor Boat Club. who has
- rhe use OF both arms through an acci-
ID Tnaided. he recently drove his
E-foot la-horsepower motor boat from Chi
GO 10 New York. q distance OF nearly TWO
thousand miles, in about six weeks he
L. sripuIated the motor and steering gear
rh his toes. the front half OF his foot
f.5,a exnosed lv cutting away half of The
Is1ce.
53e crossed Lake Michigan to Michigan
r7r- and from there passed through the
strait OF Mackinac, across Lakes Huron
and Eric 10 Buffalo and through the Erie
canal 10 AIbar7z- From the latter point he
kesine down the Hudson River 10 Spuy'en
k1-x.ii. taking mis- boat through the creek
!, the Harlem River and 10 Rushing Bay
FTbe aoat is row a the house OF the Sea
wauhaka Yacht Elub
American motors for small boats are fast
1utstriE,pir4g their rivals throughout the
world. according 70 7. Z. wadsworth, OF
Iaetroit In 40 branch Of the motor boat IN
s,rv has such progress been made as in
ms direction In speaking about this re
-zrllsilc development Nj. Wadsworth said
! a-IeTda2.
There a~c thousands OF motor boats in
rdla japan and various countries in the
as7. and The jori;y are equipped with
iceaale single -zl Under motors. The na-
tcs r-- kerosene. hoNe.--- instead OF gas
Gene. for -aselene is expensive. but a small
lenti5r i- always carried TO get the eaGln7
tsrtca ~ Shanghai ihere is . J5-iooi
| rncricau built boat with tno-cvlinder
motor which aas been in use over a year.
! luunir- 20 tho interior and collecting rugs
1 eo7 -hirrr -ut "a America The widespread
ouu.arj,, % the motor for commercial
/ a.s1iu- purposes in 5is distant parts q
/ re -lolc IS something Of which the aver
| --e power boat Owner here ha@ no ade-
/ lHate conception