The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-02
REAL ENTHUSIASTS
REACH SHOW EARLY
Those Who Brave Elements to
Sec Motor Boats Find New
Types on Display.
DAY TO CRUISE AGAIN

The rain made some slight difference
yesterday In the attendance at the Motor
Boat Show in Madison Square Garden.
But those who did brave the elements
were real enthusiasts and were on hand
early to look over the many types that
are exhibited and to examine the en-
gines. There were several new boats
in the Garden. including lifcboat built
by the Holmes Company the Enchant-
ress. a day cruiser; a V bottomed boat
named Sklligalee and the Flying Eagle.
These boats had been delayed in trans
portation, but they were on hand as
soon as the doors were opened ycster-
day and now the only exhibit missing
is that Of the Loew-Victor Company.
These engines were found yesterday. and
will be placed in position this morning.
They naturally will attract considerable
attention because the Boew-Nictors are
being placed in some very attractive
boats
The Skilligallee Is what is known as n
Handy bottom boat and is built from
designs By ". H. Hand. Jr.. OF New Bed
ford. Its length Is 25 feet. beam feet
and 1t is fitted with "A 20 horse power
Loew- Victor. This boat has made over
90 miles an hour. and without wetting
passengers who may he on board. The
Flying Eagle is small craft is fec
long by { feet inches beam and was
built from designs by Adolph APPEL Of
Nentnor. y. j.. who Is known as the de-
sgner OF the Tech Jr. and other speedy
craft Last year the Flying Eagle won
the Gold Championship Cup OF the Cape
May Yacht club in the speed displacc-
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engine Of 49, horsepower. and pc
cullar feature of this is that 1t Is a two
cylinder two cycle motor which turns up
1890 revolutions a minute.
The 80 foot double planked mahogany
runabout shown by the I.awlcy Company
has attracted great deal OF commendd-
ton from yachtsmen generally This
boat has a beam OF > feet 10 inches
The keel and frames are % oak, tho
plauking double mahogany copper fas-
tened and the cockpit is OF mahogany.
I, can make IS miles an hour NJ both
ends OF the boat are watcrtight bulk
heads, which viii keep the boat anoat
In case OF an accident.
Among those VINO were noticed AT the
show werc Commodore Leonard Rich
ards. Truxtun Bcalc. John a. Fonda,
Thomas b. Taylor owner Of the speedy
F1ayaway III: Harry Bud. Hermann
Oerchs. Matthew Rock. Charles q.
Davis. Commodore f. *. Light Of the
South shore Power Boat club. r.. \.
Riotte. John f. LovcJoy, Percy Jones Of
the Hdlaco engine, William Duncan,
owner OF the Barbara which took part
In the last Bermuda race; sam G.
Cochraue, owner of the Eronel. the Ber-
muda race winner Charles :. King, Dr.
Louis Newman, c. G. O'Shay OF Mon
treal. Z, A. Criqui of Buffalo. John ].
glaFRV Of la afaF ion
e. Andrada. n +. Luders :. e. Singer,
Henry II. Sutphen. Nicholas c. Rost. \.
= Eidredae Wilbur Noung Fred
erick Doremus. Charles Somervillc Al
lisou V. Armour. Jordan l.. Mott and
H. +. Lorillard.
Hermann Oerichs has purchased a
thirty foot Elco eNprt 81 similar to the
one on exhibition in the show, which Is
to be shipped At once to Florida. This
boat can make twenty-eight miles an
hour.
Capt Thomas Fleming Day. editor OF
the RUddcr who took the tweuty-one foo,
water line yaW, Seabrd across the At
lantic Ocean. sailing from Providence TO
Rome. and later took the thirty-iVe foot
motor boat Detroit from Detroit 10 ST.
Petersburg. is going to start off on an
other long trip. This time he Is going 10
take the Cruisette from New York to
Hamilton, Bermuda. Capt. Day has been
a very strong advocate Of the small cruis-
ing type OF boat for many years. Per-
sonally he likes sailing craft. but he
recognizes the advantages OF the motor
and has used motor in many OF the
long distance events in which he has
taken part He thinks the Cruisette adj
mirably adapted for deep sea cruising.
and because of his confidence in the boa;
he has determined TO make a trip which
will be thorough test of its seaworthi-
ness.
The distance from New York TO Ham