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 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,

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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.

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