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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[March 9, 1907. 
The Motor Boat Show. 
The Motor Boat Show, now an event of the 
past, has been a great time for yachtsmen. Once 
a year, at least, it gives every one a chance to 
meet, to shake hands and cement together that 
bond of fellow brotherhood so dear to us all. 
People who have dropped completely from our 
sight since last year’s Sportsman’s Show here bob 
up unexpectedly to let each, and everyone of us 
know that we do, after all, care for each other’s 
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BLOCK ISLAND BOAT WITH WIND AFT. 
company. And from a business point of view 
tbe show was a financial success. The gate re¬ 
ceipts have added materially to the association’s 
bank account and nearly all the exhibitors re¬ 
port many orders placed for their goods. 
There were not the usual number of the sight¬ 
seeing public, as the sensational exhibits, given 
in the water tank in previous sportsman’s shows, 
were omitted, but they were more than made up 
for by the practical boat builders, motor builders 
and yachtsmen who utilized the show as a means 
of getting together to decide on what make of 
engine, boat, electrical outfit or fittings they 
wanted, and they placed their orders then and 
there. 
It was a practical business man’s show, not 
a circus, and will be sure to react in a beneficial 
•way upon the sport of yachting. 
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Motor boat- enthusiasts will to all appearances 
have a banner season this summer. More and 
far better types of boats are being built this year 
than formerly and inducements from all quarters 
are being held out in encouragement of the sport. 
There are two- races that will be excellent tests 
of the boats’ seagoing qualities. 
One starts off the house of the Motor Boat 
Club of America, 112th street and H. R., on Sat¬ 
urday, June 8, at 3 P. M., and ends at Bermuda, a 
distance of 650 nautical miles. That is a pure deep 
Water race in every sense of the word and tests 
one’s navigation as well as the boat’s running 
ability and seaworthiness. The other, Saturday, 
July 20, starting from Echo Bay, New Rochelle 
at 10 A. M., and ending at Marblehead, Mass., 
a distance of 270 nautical miles, really a coasting 
race along shore. 
A New Power Boat. 
At Frank Ruddick’s yard, which few New 
York yachtsmen know is so near, being at 141st 
street just east of Lenox avenue, there are in 
all nine launches built or building. 
One very interesting little flyer 10ft. long, 
equipped with a 13 horsepower French engine, 
has just been delivered and on a trial spin on 
the Harlem is reported with making a quarter 
mile in 40 seconds. 
For the size of the shop this is the busiest 
one near New York. 
The Ruddick family for generations back were 
ship builders at St. Johns, N. B., and about 
thirty-five years ago the founder of the present 
business, Mr. W. W. Ruddick, started shell boat 
building at Philadelphia with Mr. Walter Brown. 
During his career Mr. Ruddick has built shells 
for about every professional oarsman in the 
country. He died several years ago and the 
business has since been run by Mrs. Ruddick, 
who knows more about boats and boat building 
than many men, and her son Frank. 
The launch trade has almost entirely super- 
ceded the shell work, as a glance at the 61 ft. 
launch, designed by Mr. H. J. Gielow and build¬ 
ing for Mr. J. B. O’Donohue; the 42-footer for Mr. 
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BLOCK ISLAND BOAT WITH WIND ABEAM. 
McIntyre, 30-footer for Mr. John Atkins, another 
30-footer for Mr. Nichol, and several smaller 
launches. The character of their work is the 
best recommendation they could ask. 
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We are indebted to Mr. M. S. Kattenhorn for 
the two photographs of a Block Island boat under 
sail. 
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42-FOOT LAUNCH BUILT FOR MR. McTNTYRE BY W. F. RUDDICK. 
