New-York tribune., 1912-02-20
CROWD Tg!90NCS GARDEN
Motor Bats tte Cyncsure OF
Admiring Nayigators.
MARKED PROGRESS MADE
Elegance and Luxury Combined
with Service Qualities in the
Newest Models.

The motor boat men who visit the motor
boat show in the Madison Square Garden
are divided into three classes. There are
those who are looking for nothing but
speed, with the idea Of winning races;
those who love a small open boat suitable
for afternoon outings, and those who 30
In for cruising In comfort. These three
divisions are all we'll cared for at the ex-
hibiton this year. with some Of tho finest
craft that have ever been turned out from
the builders yards.
In the cruising department remarkable
progress has been made since last season.
and the peculiar freaks that were shown
last year are conspicuous by their absence.
The boats OF the cruising type this year in
clude one handsome craft, 55 feet long,
built by the Gas, Engine and Power Com
pany. for John &. King a raised deck
cabin cruiser, built by the Electric Launch
Company and shown by the Standard Con-
struction Company; the Elco de Luxe, a
boat luxuriously fitted. which can be used
for day outing and for cruising; small
25-foot cruiser. shown by the Valley Boat
and Engine Company and 50-foot boat
shown by the Atlantic Company. which is
suitable for cruising for small parties and
for day outings.
The boat built for Mr. King is one Of the
most beautiful pieces OF workmanship ever
exhibited I'm show. The planking is ma
hogany, which has been rubbed 10 a piano
finish. This boat is equipped with twin
screws driven by two s-cyiinder speedway
engines. and will make from B 20 "a miles
an hour The trial trip OF this boat is TO be
something out of the ordinary in yachting.
With six persons on board II must run
from New York 20 Poughkeepsle and re-
turn, and make an average speed OF twenty
miles an hour. Mr.. King will use the boat
during the season in Maine waters. There
Is a small cabin forward. followed by an
engine compartment and OPERATOR space,
and the arrangements for the comfort OF
the guests are novel and we'll worked out
The attendance at the show yesterday
afternoon far exceeded the expectations OF
the committee in charge OF the big exhibit
ton From the time the doors were opened
in the morning until they were closed at
night there was a steady stream Of visitors
passing through the turnstIles. The spec
lnlng the boats with critical eyes. looking
az the improvements in the marine engines
and inspecting the exhibits Of accessories
on the decks OF the steamships Mauretania
and Olympic. The majority OF the visitors
seemed to know almost as much about the
engines and the boats as those who had
charge OF the exhibits One man, who has
been at every show held In this city. said
that the education Of the public since the
motor boat became practical has been won
derful, and that the majority OF the WIS.,
itors can talk inteligenty on models. lines.
motors, ignition and everything else con-
nected with the boat
Among those noticed at the Garden dur
ing the afternoon were Commodore Robert
D. Tod, Rear Commodore Francis NJ. Will
son. Walter II. Sykes, jr.. Mr.. and Mrs.
W. A. McGibbon, Miller Freeman OF Seat
tie: Louis Mouqun, John j. Amory. Henry
r. sutphen. James Craig, John J. Ryan. Of
Cincinnati: James Simpson. w. J. Parslow,
Rear Commodore q. Mallory Pynchon,
Lewis Huxtable and Horace Y. Boucher.
George Lawley will lecture on Thursday
evening on the construction OF boats.
Plans have been announced for what
promises 10 ne tne longest Eacht race
cruise ever undertaken-from New York TO
San Diego. Cal. by way OF the Panama
Canal-the total distance exceeding six
thousand miles. to be made when the great
ditch Is opened Colonel u. c. Collier,
president Of the Panama-C California Expo
sition, which is TO be held at San Diego,
Cal, is responsible for the Idea Of this long
cruise. and he has already received favora-
bic responses from several prominent
yachtsmen and motor boatists with whom
he has discussed the contest.