Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-13
GANO BOY TAKES
Up AUTO RACING
Nine Year old Navigator Of
Canoe to RockaWay Again
in Clutches of the Law

in Clutches of the Law
Whether Perth Amboy has in the
person of nine year old Arthur Gano,
ef 337 Madison venue a second
rPeck's Bad Boy another "Huckle-
berry Finn" or Just a lad with a spirit
of adventure and daring and ability
which would be a credit to one far
in advance of his years, is a question
but the exploits and escapes of this
boy are such that are to be found
only in works of fiction.
Arthur is the lad who, about two
weeks ago took a from its stor-
e place along the river front here,
and crawling into 1t made a voyage"
to Rockaway Point. a distance of
about twenty-five miles through rough
water. The boy was given publicity
at the time In New York papers for
this unusual experience and his picture
appeared in several of them.
Two weeks of inactivity upon the
part of this boy however proved to
be the maximum time he could control
his feelings and keep out of mischief.
Having satisfied himself that as a
sailor he was a navigator par excel
lence, Master Gano decided to imi-
tate Ralph de Palma, Barney Old
field, Louis Chevrolet or some of the
other noted automobile racers who
have gained fame by their daredevil
antics.
Arthur has the idea. the ambition,
but did not have the car. lie de-
cided that he should have a passenger
TO watch his manipulation of the COM
plicated intricacies of n gasoline
buggy" so tool his four year old
brother by the han shortly before
10 o'clock this morning and started
in search of an automobile which
would answer his purpose.
Apparently he was not satisfied
with risking his reputation on n of
those cars-sometimes known as a
foolish four" which are to be found
i'm every corner of the universe-so
he meandered until he saw a car
which appealed to his expert mind as
being just what he wanted.
No one was In sight so he lifted his
kid" brother into the scat adjoining
the drivers seat while he climbed In
behind the wheel. The motor was no
running.
1t was at that point that Arthur
showed his mechanical ingenuity anC
proved to himself that he could driv,
an automobile. He turned the key
which has been left in the car, sc
that the ignition was turned on. He
then touched some BUTTON" as ht
described it. with his foot after being
forced to stretch his short legs TO the
limit.
1T went burr-rr-rr,' said the boy
'and then sh-sh-h. i pulled a handl,
with a ball on it, pushed down will
my left foot and 1t went. 1t didn'
go good, somehow. l guess something
was the matter with it," The cal
went a distance of two blocks before
the diminutive driver was seen in thu
automobile and he was forced Il
stop. Patrolman Thullesen escorted
him to the police station where he wa:
locked up to await a hearing before
Recorder Pickersgill tomorrow morn
ing.
The fact hat the car didn't 81
very good" is explained by the dis
covery that although the boy haC
managed to put the gear shift level
into first speed he had not moved !
to second or third. He used the hanC
throttle, however, and the extra sup
ply of gasoline caused the a t.
move with jumps and bounds as ]
proceeded for the two blocks. whicl
constituted its journey on this occa
sion.
The car belonged to DIR. William
IL. Mccormick, Jr., and was AXE
from in front of his Office at Marke
and Elm streets. The boy told tn
police that he was going for a rid
around the block. The fact that h,
WOulu udNe 10 ~ tiiOuSh pAiAbi
street did not in the least worry him
When questioned in the police sta
ton, following his short-liVed trip thi
morning the boy showed by his tall
thai he had an unusually wide con
ception and broad knowledge of me
chanics and the location of the Aero
marine flying boat works at Keypor
as we'll as the Garretson aviation felt
here.
He said he wanted to be an aviato
he using word aviator" as though
he were one well versed in the ar
of flying. When asked how he woult
start an airplane he said: That's easy
Just spin the propeller and it'll start.
He also told how he was going t.
stop the automobile his morning
when he had finished his trip. Jus
turn the key, n shut off the engine
was his way of explaining this metho'
of bringing his car to a stop.
The boy said he often watched air
planes in the movies and he wante,
to go up in one and drop. buns o
houses and see them go bang
bang." up In the air. He explaine
how an aerial bomb was made wit
a small parachute attachment on on
end which would cause the missil
to land point first.
Questioned as to his schooling h
said he went to No. ] school but ths
he was taken from third grade an
put back into the second The DO
said he did not X going to schoC
because the others in his class wer
babies and did baby work.