New-York tribune., 1912-02-17
Garden Transformed Into Pier
for Annual Show.

The eighth annual motor boat show will
open this evening in Madison square Gar
den and will hold the attention OF visitors
for eight days. The exhibition this year Is
under the management Of the National AS
ISOLATION OF Engine and Boat Manufactur-
crs. and il will be the finest exhibition Of
it's kind ever held. II shows how wonder
fully popular the motor boat is growing,
and every day many are learning that with
a boat they can have more enjoyment than
with anything else and at much less cost.
The Garden has been transformed in a
most remarkable way. On entering from
the Madison avenue end one will imagine
that he is entering one Of the big Chelsea
piers The main floor will bc tho dock. and
about It will be the baggage and freight
about 10 be transferred 10 some big ocean
liner This freight is made up Of the hand
some boats OF all sorts and sizes that are
on exhibition.
At the end Of this dock is the Hudson
River. with the New Jersey shore line and
lts hills in the distance. while 10 the south
the torch Of Liberty is blinking. on the
Hudson the United states cruiser Salem.
fastest In her class the torpedo boat de-
stroycr Meade, fastest In her class. and the
speed boat Dixie ". fastest motor boat In
the world, are shown apparently racing
the Dixie having slight lead. Each YES
sci Is piling up "A big bow wave.
on the north side Of this pier Is tho
steamship MauretanIa. again a record hold
or. and on the south side Is the Olympic, the
largest vessel anoat. These have been
built so well that their huls are very real
a.. pI
structure tower into the blue sky, so that IL
really seems like sailing day
Ry an ingenious arrangement the state
rooms opening on tn" promenade deck are
used for different exhibitions, and on this
deck on each vessel the visitor will find
carburctors Of the newest model, new igni-
ton devices and the old ones brought up to
date. whistles. horns. wheels. paints. var
nishcs that will not whiten in the water,
publications devoted to the sport Of motor
boating. flags awnings Of all kinds used
on boats and everything that goes 10 fur
nish the properly equipped motor boat
on the main floor, on entering the build
ing. the exhibit cf the Electric Launch
Company is directly in front, and there
is an E,lco de luxe the perfectly equipped
day boat: ElcO speed boats such as the
Bug and the new 22O-foot type; Elco run
abouts and engines Of different powers.
Next to this Is the exhibit OF the Gas
Engine and Power Company. consist
ing Of a big cruiser. runabouts, yacht tend
ers and other craft for which this firm Of
builders is noted and several OF the Speed
way engines Then there are the standard
motors and these are in all sizes. such
builders as George Lawley. the Atlantic
Company, with its dores and small cruis-
ers Fay e. Bowen Mullins steel boats. the
Reliance Company, noted for It's Peter
Pans: the Bray Company. with engines
and hydroplane. and engines tuWed out
by James Craig. the Sterling Company. the
Relaco Company. the Ferro Company.
Palmer. Buffalo, Wolverine and many more.
Many yachtsmen will he disappointed to
learn that the little yawl, Sea Bird, that
made the voyage from Providence to Rome
last summer. will not be on exhibition at the
motor boat show. she was exhibited at
BOSTON and was one Of the attractions OF
tho oxhibition. The sea Bird Is being over
hauled at Riverside. II. l., preparatory to an
carly spring voyage to Bermuda. Captain
Thomas Fleming Day, the owner, is design
ing a larger boat in which he intends to
take an extended cruise In the Eastern seas