Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1909 — MOTOR BOATS AT NIAGARA [ARTICLE]

MOTOR BOATS AT NIAGARA

Prize Offered for First One Going Through Whirlpool Rapids. New York, Dec. 21.—The National Power Boat association has offered a SSOO gold trophy to the first motor boat making the hazardous trip through the Whirlpool rapids, below Niagara falls, and powerboat enthusiasts have added a cash prize of SI,OOO, which will go with the trophy. The trip has been made only once, and then by a comparatively large steamer, the famous Maid of the Mist.