The evening world., 1913-02-20
Craze FOR SPEED
SEXES UPON ALL
MOTOR BOATMEN
Powerfully Smart Craft Ex.
hibited at Show in Madison
Square Garden.
WORLD BEATERS THERE.
Some of the Hulls Are as Big
as the Engines That
Drive Them.
WORLD BEATERS THERE.

DrlVe mem.
ss0ser boating ussa 10 - Q poor mans
rsereation.
There used to b . time whsa . motor
beat was . thing you went cot IN svsry
Sunday with the family ana didn't have
10 row home-if you were lucky. The
motor boat was something Win Q xinc.
lined spaes under the seat next the tool
compartment and away from the eH.
hAust That compartment yielded up
rare cooling draushts when you had set
the women ashore. There were times.
and often. too. when you never ola est
started: when you bent over the dinky
engine. crankins the nywheei I'LL the
sun made your head boii and spoiled
your aim when you heaved . monkey
wrench at tho volunteer brigade on the
strinspiecs offering frst AID. That was
when they had motor boats.
Now they're power craft.
You hire Q despor dent French aviator
ana strap him down in a monkey seat.
with his foct on braces lest he shove
them through the hull. Some ons-your
other attendant probabiy-turns the n.y.
wheel and tho poor aviator 10 lost in q
csnnonsde of smoke. report and name
from thirty or forty exhaust pipes
sticking In his face.
Then you stride up and down the
vsranda Of the yacht club with a lot Of
otAss sportsmen. in white nannsis.
pssrinG through q spyglass to see ~ you
can distinguish your property from the
rest OF the Black Hand bombs.
II your chauffeur or aviator returns
alive. congratulate him warmly. Should
he win. the company that built tho en-
sine will take him away from you and
pose him for the movies. In either case,
though. you are satisfied. having done q
pleasant afternoons motor boating. The
nsxt time will probably be the last you
can use your power craft. but you can
always remove the engine and get a
new pasteboard. box with q steering
wheel. Should your Frenchman throw
the wheel over suddenly and swim to
the surface looking around for your
craft telegraph the builders TO hurry
along another with less beam and more
eagine.
o. 30 up to the Motor Boat show N
xadtson Square Garden.
PsNesr POWER CRAFT ARE ON
EXHIBITION.
They have some OF the finest power
craft In the world on exhibition. IN
fact II seems to be a power craft show
until you wander around n while and
come across a fow motor boats looking
rather forlorn In the midst Of % many
artStocratic speed craft.
And up In the middle OF the floor you
WI meet Fred LAwley. ianxuidly show
ING q big. stanch motor boat to Q pros
pective purchaser. Fred, who In a son
Of the famous shipbuilder, George Law.
ley OF Boston. 10 more used to building
Yachts and confesses no knows mora
about them than power boats. While
talking he 10 ahstractedly drawing plans
Of boat which from the width OF beam
alone would tell you was not In the least
power craft.
Don't ask me about the motor boat
III
an engine we're building for auxiliary
yachts. and Of course for motor boats.
But motor boats are not bothering me.
Tho N the biggest year for yachts We
ever had. n seems people arc going
lack to the yacht with an engine. You
know. about Ave years ago business
dropped to almost nothing when the
automobile erase was on. But now the
yacht fever has taken hold again"
Is the motor boa: . poor mans
sport?" he was asked.
Sure. n you get motor boat" n
replied.
over At the Mullins exhibit there were
motor boats. One little fellow could he
bought for $50. 1t was made OF stee
and had air tanks to keep II from sink.
inG N case OF accident. Others were
for sale around 3ioc. and comforta ols
looking.
Is this a poor mans boatT" the In
terviswer asked c. c. Gibson.
sure thing" said Gibson. 1T wouldn'
cost ten dollars for repairs all season IL
one OF these boats. Even the 1900 kind
which we show could be run every sun
day and tho expenses for gasoline. Vi
auo gvNiythd ohoaAe "Ss oSNSOS w.
500 for the season"
The same idea prevailed At the Topaz
Company exhibit. where there wer,
power dories on Wow that could taxi
the family out for day or haul traw
ON the Grand Banks with equal osrti
tude.
Down at the Charles II. seabury Com
pany section c. @. Amory. son Of tn
compsny's president. was In charge. II
believes the poor man was not satisne
with q small boat that must take th
wash Of every craft going"
MOTOR eoATMEN WANT SONS
THING fast, THESE DAYS.
They want something fast" he sail
"Autos educated them TO expense an
now with the return to motor boatin
they are ~illing TO pay more. The q
glnes are much more costly too. Loo
around and see"
true enough. Fer instance there wa
the standard engine.
well. swe'll make them as small q
ttn-herse power" said w. II. Brow
pointing 10 . group OF six-cylindert
rnonsfers vvhich rould ba sold for IN