The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-03
MACKAY EDGAR AT
SHOW; INTERESTED
Baby Speed Demon III. Holds
Attention of Owner Of
Maple Leaf ".
CRIQUI KEPT on JUMP

The snowfall OF yesterday seemed TO
make little difference in the attendance
az the Motor Boat show at Madison
Square Garden, and all day long the
exhibitors were busy showing their boats
or engines. c. A. Criqui. the president
OF the Sterling Engine Company, re-
marked that motor boatists were coming
in in such numbers that IL was impos-
sible to talk to all who wanted to be
talked to.
Mackay Edgar was visitor to the
show. lie owns the Maple Leaf ",
which won the British international
trophy in 1912 and successfully defended
II In 1918. The Maple Leaf now Is
doing scout and despatch service for the
British navy. lie was much interested
I'm the Baby Speed Demon II. Com
modore j. stuart Blackton and Mrs.
BlacktOn. who have been South. visited
the show during the afternoon. They
came on TO attend the annual dinner
of the Motor Boat Club of America,
which was held last night in the Auto
mobile Club OF America. lie said he
had paid n visit to Havana and the
motor boat men there were very en-
thusistic about the sport and were
going to hold a regatta there next winter
following the racing az Miami.
Early in the show James Simpson, who
owns the Peter Pans and Cinderellas.
made "A suggestion that in order to deter
mine which designer turns out the fast
eat model Commodore Blackton should
lend him one Of the Sterling engines
that are used I'm the Baby Speed Demon
H. and Baby Reliance V. These two
boats are very evenly matched In speed.
are practically OF the same design and
the engines are alike. lie said II Com
modore Blackton would take one OF the
engines out and lend ii to him he would
have hull built from designs by
Crouch, install the engine and race it
against one OF the Blackton boats.
When Commodore BlaclSton heard OF
this yesterday he had a short converse
ton with Mr.. Simpson and agreed 10
the proposition The new hull is 10 be
built at once and the race will be held
some time this summer for special
trophy.
Among others who visited the show
Yesterday were Lorlllard Spencer,
schuyler Schieffelin. Charles Francis.
Commodore J. Stuart Blackton, Morris
y. Whitaker. A Loring SwaZcy, s II.
stern Of the Matthews Company. 9. A.
! Criqui Henry K. Sutphen, James Craig.
Z Nicholas -. Rost OF the Loew-Nictor
! Company, T.. A Edridge, A. T. Luders,
George =. Lawley, G. $. King and
| Stanley NJ Seaman.
! The handsome 50 foot cruiser which
/ is shown by the Luders Marine Construc-
! tlon Company OF Stamford is crowded
all the time with visitors. who admire
/ its features. II is essentially a one man
! boat. as all the engine controls lead to
/ the steering wheel and the helmsman IL
| IN commanding position II has a
| cruising radius OF 500 miles at ten miles
an hour.
I George II Ketcham OF Toledo Is hay
, ing Sc foot cruiser built 10y the
I Matthews Company. which IN 20 he
| named Cresceus after the famous horse
! which he owned II is to be equipped
| with so horsepower Sterling motor
, OF the heavy duty completely enclosed
| new type. TIE Sterling company -
showing a new 800 horsepower motor
! for express cruisers and five OF these
have been sold. Three are to he placed
In the Marold. a 100 foot yacht now
building by the Matthews Company for
G. ". Wills OF the Ford Automobile
Company. The other two are to be in
| stalled in the Elmnorda, which is owned
by Daniel Good OF Buffalo
The Loew-Nictor Companys eNhibi.
! of engines had little more hard luck
| yesterday. They were to have been
brought over from Hoboken. where they
had been found, but the snow and sleet
| made transportation difficult and so so
they will not he in the Garden until
| to-day. Nicholas q, Rost, manager OF
this concern, purchased the 50 foot ma
hogany l.awley built runabout yesterday
and has presented II to Gladys Smith
Of the Winter Garden company. I;
! will he driven by a 60 horse power
| Loew-Nictor.
Capt. l.. y. Latham of the Coast and
Geodetic Survey who represents the
Department OF Commerce at the Motor
Boat Show, says the part of this ex-
hibit in which motor men are most in
terested IL the charts. Those now mostly
in demand are for the route from New
York to Key West, then from Key West
to New orleans
The crusette is an object OF much
attention, and the probabilities are that
n big class of these 80 footers will be
| built.