Aquaplane Racing Full of Genuine Thrills 



Novel racecourse provides hilarious 

 fun with many thrills but no danger 



Each channel is supported by tubular floats. The tracks, two or more in number, are 

 elliptical. The shallow water eliminates danger but is wet enough for thrilling spills 



DID you ever see an aquaplane race? 

 If you like fun, do not fail to visit 

 the nearest aquaplane racetrack. 

 Of course, you have seen aquaplanes in 

 tow of fast launches, crazily 

 lunging in the turbulent 

 wake of the propeller, while 

 some daring bather made 

 frantic efforts to maintain 

 his balance. 



" The aquaplane racetrack 

 shown in our illustration is 

 the invention of Hubert A. 

 Myers, of Toledo, Ohio. It 

 may be divided into two, 



g"^^ \ '^^ Trolley Track 

 I) Cable Grip 



Showing how the "gripper" 

 engages the running cable 



three, or more parallel channels which 

 form the tracks for the aquaplanes. 

 The moving power is a cable kept in 

 motion by a gasoline or other kind of 

 engine. The aquaplanes are 

 attached to upright posts of 

 a framework, the submerged 

 part of which runs on small 

 trolley wheels, within a 

 grooved trolley track, grip- 

 ping the cable by means of 

 a "gripper." 



The race is full of thrills 

 and spills, duckings and 

 jeers, laughter and cheers. 



^Towing Post 



Towing rrame 

 Cable 



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