New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-26
TRIBUNE BOOK OF SPORTS
&UNIoUE AND VALUABLE WORK
PURCHASERS INVARIABLY SPEAK OF 1T IN TERMS
rHE HIGHEST PRAISE.

Erclldo n. Penn.-Thc most perfect book yet pub.
lished. Each topic IS treated fully and clearly.
Traer. Iowa. think the work valuable one. II
the people of our whole country would read aud
upon its suggestions, great benefit would accrue to
them. I have been accustomed to the shot gun and
rife from bOyhood. found suggestions In your book
for the use OF firearms which were new TO me. some
Of them have tried and found excellent. Tho book
richly deserves the attention Of our peope.-G can
field
Joliet, nl-Your Tribune Book OF Sports IS not
only the most unique and interesting book Of the bind
that 1 have ever met with, but also admire u for
Its accuracy and absolute reliability. Every article
seems to have been prepared by some ono familiar
with the subject, and Is practical 10 be r. ady
understood. Any boy living on the margin OF some
pond or lake. by the side Of our Dcsplains,
desiring boat, can by following IFS directions con-
struct one Tor onetenth the cost Of sending to some
boat builder at a dist ance. I regard the book in
valuable to farmers boys and others living at a dis
lance rom rho large towns. don't know where 10
can be improved where anything could he left out
From the explanation of nautical the making
OK Knots and bitches. It IS all good-ThOmas TAFT
Mankato, Mimi gave a copy Of the sopcn- Air
Sports to my sixteen yearold boy / canno. say
much about II myself but think II the oracle open
air sports. The BOYS OF the neighborhood gather
around 1t for consultation They say that pretty
much everything Is In IT, except the skie tpronounced
skee, long wooden snow shoe used In Lapand and
the northern part of sweden and Norway. II quite
common here and still 10 the north and west
OF us.-Nllllam II. Shepard
Devereaux, Mch.-The portions which I like best
In the Book are those RELAXING to camping out gun
ming fishing, etc, etc. Th- methods Of following
such sports are variable In different parts % the
country, but the sports themselves are enjoyed a'
keenly and inteligently perhaps a. any, by class
who are neither poth nor bag bunters The
particular and essential characteristics pertaining 10
game are correctly stated. and IN my opinion the
pages devoted 10 the different varieties Of game
add much to the Interest OF the book. with ri
most exr ert dogs and many year, of experience do
ram bar aufn antynr m n IN
nights. Lamb
Canandagua, n. VI may not be so much inter-
ested IN out Of door sports when younger, yet
have perused The Tribune" Book with much interest
and satisfaction The book was intended for my
grandson who takes much interest In baseball play
ing.-MyrOn II. Clark
Ames Free Library, North Easton. Mass.-The proof
of pudding IS the eating Your book Of sports Is
In circulation all of the time Il Is capital book
and the IeIson who gets prerhum II not suited,
should DC non sureds at once.-C. Y. b., Librarian
Homer V Y-The book would be benefit TO every
boy and girl BY IFS Instructions health would 10
improved, good figures established, and permanent
strength securedJ H. Van HicseE
Lockpart, N ! Il am delighted with The Tnb.
une" Book Of Sports.
TunIhannOck. Peun-I like the book as a whole.
although boating, fishing and hunting interest most
-R. W. Bannatyn
East Lynne Cooperative Association. Fast Lynne,
Mol Hike the book all through very much Horse
manship and yachting my hobbies and cannot
suggest any improvements. E. p. Williams.
Orleans Mich-we like the book very well Ny
boy, thirteen years old. finds many things OF Int rest
to him. The article boats inter sted
much that concluded to build one, something Ike
your Illustration on page 3l3. I found il more con-
venicnt 70 mark the widths Of plank with dviders,
rather than fssten them on with temporary ccafs.
Those temporary cleats Spoiled my Sunday school les
son several times Perhaps did not understand what
meant. Your book leaves to GUESS how many
rails were required guessed I've pounds. had
to send to Detroit for them. when the boat was a
lltte half done my nails gave ont Then when
waited for nails had chance TO catch up on nv
Sunday school lesson found 1t took five pounds oi
"a inch nails and three pounds of IA inch nails 10
build boat rs feet long 40 Inches wide amidshlTs,
with eight planks side. NV boat Is a Terfece
success. thanks to THE TRIBUNES BOOK OF
SPORTS Let me mention that caught pie ierei OF
Is ga pounds with hook and line the first time used
tho boat. Doesn't that beat Grover all hollow -
Mont spauldng
Norwich. Conn.-THE BOOK OF SPORTS IS a typo
OF enterprise worthy "The Tribune Your adver
tisemeH at the Polo GROUNDS last spring brought ont
discussions which, IL you had heard. would have given
yOu strength to bear some Of the MugwUmp vtriosms
which have been flung toward you that. bubble like,
f0ated and burst Chapter III. ought TO Include moro
OF the evolution Of the racetac Give MS the fastest
time twenty years ago then down with exact
figures to date. II seems as II yOu we're afraid Of
becoming too gamy" but assure you many Of your
faithful and true friends anxious TO see you lead In
tho purest and best games OF all kinds, that s in re
liable accounts OF them. You can lift up many SPORTS
now held down by unworthy gamesters.-Rev. Andrew
J. Sullivan
Owen Farm. Big Flats. y. VI have been very
much Interested I'm the whole book, but naturally most
horses all nv life The Tribune has done a good
work in publishing such a work The subjects treated
are full ard complete and do not see how 1t could
be imprOved-S. T. owen.
Manufacturers Fire Insurance Company, Boston,
Mace Tba hoOk eytrpnlpiy QcpfTIl II might
not be considered feasible 10 extend II upon any gwen
subject without In like manner Increasing the spare
devoted all other themes TO an extent which would
make the hook unwiedy, or, perhaps, beyond mo
limits Of single volume.-C. Fl. J. Woodbury., second
vice-president
Burnt Hills n This b,ok 's excellent. notice
that my boy refers 20 1t continually-E NJ Cpham.
shakopec MIMI have gaired a great deal If infor-
nation and Instruction from its pages and would deem
Il an INDISPENSABLE necessity 10 the family II rary Nv
earlier DAYS were spent upon the rclinp pillows Of old
ocean and consequently an still lover OF an amer
Moons spin in my triG. and fast sloop Namouna''
built and rugged after my own model and taste SINCE
settling here in the far west in 1854 my motto has
always been
@Out in the wtlds Of nature.
Over hill and vale,
Out upon lake and river
There / am young again.
would recommend the enlargement OF the chapter
pertaining TO aquatic sports. Charles Bornarth
y.
esting n ON first to last.-George W Chapman
New Antioch O-Thc young people who como to nv
house all perUse the Open Air Sports with much IN
terest-George ". Fischer
I'll Paso. Texas.-The book Is a premium as vaiuaDs
as any subscriber should be fairly entitled TO NO
doubt Improvements might be made bur IL would need
a ceverer sportsman and a more accomplish she'd ed TOR
10 suggest them than you are likely to and without
an unfair amount OF trouble IN the search-Ecgar r.
Bronson.
Colorado Springs CoL-The Tribune Book gave ms
great pleasure satisfaction My copy has DC IN re-
sorted TO hundreds OF times to settle disputes over
records. Frank L. Lent
Denver Coll obtained the open All sports
for NV boys They Ike It. l read only enough OF
L. to satisfy myself thar It was who esome nj con-
tained nothing hurtfuL This did not require much
examination on my part. The fact thai II Wa indo sod
by The Tribune perhap~ sufficient guarantee,
and my reading satisfied that 1t Is proper buok
to place in the hands Of young people aud thai IL
Will do good.-B. +. Harrington
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