New-York tribune., 1911-02-23
YACHTSMEN Jam GARDEN
Interest in Power Boats on the
lump in This City.
HYBRID M0NOPLANE SHOWN
Harold Vanderbilt Among Those
Who, After Looking About,
Place Orders.

Never before in the history Of motor boat
| ing has the interest been so great as this
year, judged by the thousands who visited
Madison Square Garden yesterday for the
seventh annual exhibition OF the National
Association OF Engine and Boat Manu-
| facturers Machnists engineers, designers,
| boat builders, owners and would-be owners
! elbowed their way through the aisles or
| crowded about some particularly attractive
| boat or motor.
All day long there was a steady stream
Of persons passing around the big hoor'
where the larger boats, fully equipped ana
ready for service, are arranged for inspsc'
| ton. No ooJection was made TO visiting the
interior of the cabin boats and no ehort
was spared to eplighten visitors on the
subject OF Improvements that have been
made either in the attractveness OF the
models or the superiority Of the motor
equipment over that Of previous years.
Everybody visited the hybrid monop!ane
and motorbost which occupies space IN
| the centre o. the Garden. This is one OF
the novelties which indicate the trend OF
! mechanical endeavor. Frederick +. Wads-
worth, its inventor, claims to have tested
Us flying and sailing qualities and says that
II is capable Of eating up air space at ths
| rate of sixty miles IN hour and mas speed
| Of over thirty miles al hour In the water
II has all the appearance OF rnonopiane'
with an aluminium framework seven feet
six inches long About six feet is ADDED
10 the length OF the machine by the hor'-
| ,ontol rudder post attached to the frame
| cork OF the aeropIane. The latter part OF
| ,ba machine 10 similar 70 the Curtiss and
| Wright planes the engine and propeller
he,ng forward. The latter rests on top OF
the air-tight boat above which IS the sdSo-
,eno tank. This tank gives the boat an
endurance OF only one hundred miles, ou'
for flying greater distances as many as louf
or five additional tanks may be instaiieo.
The actual mode CT flying is where tne
practicablity OF this little craft Is showH'
In discussing this subject yesterday MI
Wadsworth said:
4 .sWhen one sees an aeroplane fall mile
and half to earth, as did when ARC"
Hoxsey came tumbling down in California
not long ago, Il makes an enthusiast some
what skeptcal about trying the experiment
When something goes wrong with an aelo-
.,ona ,ba .vaitor wants something under
him more tangible than air. THIS plane can
az as high as any Of them probably, but
our scheme is not TO test 1t Tor heish''
When we travel we will rise only SIX OF
eight feet above the water, ana Withou'
tho aIvays apparent fear of falling we can
; travel at a rate Of speed rivailins an express
, train, and if constructed upon larger Lines
, can do this carrying eight or ten passeh'
gers.
This is not guesswork. We have done "
/, and know its capabilities. Ills smahei
. model has been tried out with two pssseh
, gers and travelled at a rate OF over sixts
a miles an hour. 1t is an eight-eyiindef 90
9 horsepower motor. with no balance "heei
g the cylinders making the latter unheces
sary. The plane flies as evenly as oiro
We can rise to whatever height Is desire'
and maintain 1t on a line for hundred
!: yards, steering either by the rudder OF os
h fitting tie plane. When We alight the pach
board strikes the water nrst and aCts %
= quickly that with the power smut on 'h'
speed of the boat may be reduced from
i mile q minute 10 eight or ten miles al hoo
n within a short distance.
: The boats of the Racine Boat Company
4 of Muskegon, Mich, only reached the Gar
den yesterday. having been ceIayed
transit by the storm They attracted con
= siderable attention by reason Of the varlet'
:" in the type of crafts and the excellence
the equipment. For several years the de
I ! velopment OF the cruising type or moto
boat has been a special hobby or this com
pany. From luxury only possible Tor I'll
:, rich. the modern cruising type OF yach
" has now been brought within the reach o
q those with moderate means,
Many sales OF power boats We're reported
=, | among them a replica of the Eieo expires
:. tender Edith ii TO Harold 5. Vanderpi'
. for use on the schooner yacht Vasran'
which last year won the ocean race TO Der
nuda. The Edith has won six importah
: fixtures. among which was the long dis
I" tance championship race from New Yor
= 10 Poughkeepsie and return, l32 miles,
= the remarkable average speed of twenty
:, four miles an hour. Following this victor,
u the little boat won the interstate trophy.
a" silver emblem. which is displayed Wit
=, other prizes.
. The boat which will be specially built fc
Mr.. Vanderbilt will be twenty feet over
, by four and oue-half foot beam.
- The gallery NooT, WHICH IL SiNSH w
= accessories and equipments for motor boat
;, also was crowded afternoon and eveninI
. Many and varied are the improvement
shown to facilitate the comfort and EMO!
;, ment Of the amateur yachtsmen,
:. Among those who visited the Garden ye
:" terday were w. 3. Dinsmore, Harold Val
- derbilt, A. Heckseher. w. E. Humphrey
Lawrence Gresser, John Purrey Mitche
!. president OF the Board OF Aldermen Lew
;. n. Pounds, Commissioner OF Public Work
- Brooklyn; Consul Pierre Mali. OF Belgiun
- Consul General H. Frankson, of German!
Italian Consul General g. Fara Torn
- Kokichi Midsuno. Japanese Consul Genera
: Edward c. Morrill,, Colonel s. e. Mil
- L. S. A., chief Of staff. Governors Islan'
~ Colonel G. Andrews. adjutant general. d
o partment OF the East; Colonel j. Van Hoi
- Major General Thomas Fl. Baxter. NJ.
Downs, W. ]. Basher, w. G. Groesbeck.
lv f. Baly. Captain J. T. Smith, Command
sy C. A. Carr and Surgeon Director =. A. Lo
~. q. ering, L. S. n.
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