Tether Speed Boats curated_xmas23_sportsman round wooden rod

round wooden rod

5 cm/8½ inches

Mid tan English leather case made and retailed by John Pound & Co

The leather has built up a beautiful patina

Originally used as a cigarette box

Tether Speed Boats curated_xmas23_sportsman round wooden rodA pair of carved wooden speed boats powered by miniature glow plug internal combustion engines. On newly made metal display stands. In the early days of powered models, boats were either straight running or tethered. Competition between tether boats took place where, each boat in turn, was fixed by a steel cable to a central point in the middle of a pond or lake and completed circuits against the clock, typically at high speed, until the fuel was