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The Motorboat and Sports- 
man's Show. 
N,EVER before in the history of the present or old 
■ Madison Square Garden structure has there been an ex^ 
t hibition so popular, instructive, and on the whole, profit- 
able to exhibitors, the associations interested, and the 
public generally, as the present show. One can visit ' 
the show several days in succession, and each day find 
something to interest, amuse or of use to one. As a 
rule, it is not a listless sight-seeing crowd, hiip one of 
animation and expectancy. Sales that have beeh booked ' 
are in some cases beyond the most sanguine expecta- 
tions, in general good and the exception where the 
amount of sales, saying nothing of the moral after- 
effect, has not fully paid the exhibitor. 
' It would be hard to let the incident pass without just 
: one or two criticisms, however. The principal one 
- : heard is that the fifteen days' exhibit is too long, in that 
it becomes tedious to the demonstrators, but more par^ 
ticularly it takes the attention of those in charge from 
the duties of supervision in the various manufacturing 
establishments. The only other noticed, and it is hardly 
of sufficient importance to be mentioned, is that while " 
nearly all the boats in the lake were provided with 
right-hand propellers, they were compelled to make the 
turns to the right instead of the left, against the wheel. 
Capt. Dressel certainly has managed his department 
well; Mr. D. T. Abercrombie has been an indefatigable 
■worker, and Mr. Alfred Reeves, who has had charge 
of the press arrangements, has shown uniform courtesy, 
and proven himself, as ever, the right man for this 
extremely important position. 
The collection of birds and animals, shown in the 
upper north gallery, by Dr. Cecil French, of Washing- ' 
- ton, is one of the most unique yet shown. His. collec- 
tion of albinos, including the coyote, opossum, wood- 
chuck, squirrel, raccoon, deer, etc., is worthy of especial ■ 
mention. The Motorboat and Sportsman's Show is 
over, but its memory will remain until new wonders, • 
already planned, are unfolded in 1906. 
Among the Exhibitors. 
In addition to the exhibit of the Gas Engine & Power 
Co. and Chas. L. Seabury & Co., Consol., mentioned last 
week, they have a 3 horsepower two-stroke engine, also 
7 horsepower two cylinder, 10^ horsepower three, and 
, 28 horsepower four, all of the four-stroke type. Models 
• are shown of such well-known yachts as Niagara IV., 
.built in 1903, Claymore 1893, Adroit, ex-Vixen, 1901, 
Helenita 1902, Margaret 1902, Vixen 1905. Models ?re 
. also shown of Japansky and Comanche power boats that 
: did creditable work last summer. The propeller wheel in 
Commodore F. G. Bourne's yacht tender shows much 
more blade surface than usual in high speed construction. 
It is beautifully formed and exceedingly well located. 
The engine is a 14 horsepower type B of four cjdinders, 
and has both make-and-break and jump spark ignition. 
The Gas Engine & Power Co. and Chas. L. Seabury 
. Co., Consol., have made the following sales at the Garden: 
A Speedway launch to Mr. F. B. Chesbrough, of . Emer- 
son, Mich. This is the sixth boat purchased by Mr. 
Chesbrough from this corporation. A 40-footer similar 
'to Speedway to a member of the New York Y. C. ; a..45ft. 
• high power launch to Mr. E. ,T. Schroeder, of . Jersey 
City, N. J., with a guaranteed speed of 26 miles; a, 63ft. 
' cruising launch with two 28 horsepower motors to -a. New 
York 3rachtsman ; a 25ft. naphtha launch to Mr. J. Heuber, 
of the Yonkers Corinthian Y. C, and a 33ft. high speed 
launch with a 25 horsepower engine to Mr. Nathan 
Strauss. 
James Craig, Jr., 556 W. 34-th street, New, York, has 
on exhibition the engine built for Com. Harrison B. 
Moore's Onontio. It is of eight cylinders, and rated 
at 250 horsepower at Boo to 850 revolutions per minute. 
Cylinders are bore and gin. stroke. It is a 
beautiful piece of work, and the master hand is shown 
in design and detail throughout. The valves and 
igniters are all operated by a single cam shaft driven 
from the crank shaft by spiral gears and a vertical 
shaft. The valves are all double, one opening slightly 
in advance of the other, and closing a little later. This 
construction allows of smaller diameter, less danger of 
. distortion, and not over one-half the work to be done 
by valve actuating parts. Magneto ignition is provided 
through two series, one for each four cylinders. . Heads 
and valves are thoroughly water-jacketed, and the 
water connections are outside instead of ports con- 
necting the cylinder and head jackets. Bed plate is of 
manganese bronze in two parts. The crank shaft and 
• columns supporting the cylinders are of . nickef .steel. 
The brass piping of the inlet and exhaust is a marvel of 
symmetry, and reflects great credit ^ on. author, and 
builder. Regular models were shown of 16 horsepower 
two cylinder and 25 horsepower three cylinder engines. 
A framed picture of Onontio doing 28^/2 iniles on New- 
, ark Bay , was also displayed,. In course of manufacture 
- at present is a duplicate of Onontio's engine for; Mr. 
Alex. Stein, Indian. Harbor Y. C. for a S6ft. boat, build- 
ing at Montells' yard, Greenwich, Conn., with 30 miles 
as the goal. 
Clifton Motor Works, Cincinnati, Ohio, report several 
sales. This firm is closely identified with Carlisle & 
Finch, who manufacture gasolene engine ignition dyna- 
mos and magnetos as well as other similar goods. Their 
exhibit of three engines is a good one. In double Cylinder 
there are both 8 and 14 horsepower and 28 horsepower 
in quadruple cylinder. Jump spark is used in all. These 
are the only engines sold, so far as we know, for marine 
work where the center of the cylinder is offset with the 
connecting rod. This gives much less side thrust and 
consequent wear on the walls of the cylinder, as well as 
less angularity of the connecting rod during the power 
stroke. Pistons can be removed without removing the 
cylinders^ which are cast integral with the ,head;; Gam 
relief of compression is used, also positive 'inlet vallves. 
Governor is wholly within the flywheel, and the engine is 
Ihrottle-controlled. 
The cups and trophies exhibited by the Standard Motor 
Construction Co.. of Jersey City, N. J., won by the cele- 
brated Standard in two seasons are as follows : Atlantic 
^' C T004. Col'imbia Y. C. T004, Knickerbocker Y. C. 
View of the north side of Madison Square Garden during the Motorboat and Sportsman's Show — — Lozier, Gas Engine & Powet Co.> 
Standard, Electric Launch, James Craig, Jr., and Siegel-Cooper boothsi 
General view of the Madison Sqtiare Garden looking down the Lagcon from the west. .The De Dietrich, Williams-Whittelsey, and 
Palais de L' Automobile are on the right, with Smith & Mabley and Truscott on the Island. 
View of Madison Square Garden froRi northeast corner of nromenade, showing the decorations at the westerly end and the elevated 
fly-G-ttsnijg pool on tiie Island, . , 
