San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-16


hibition to be held in Madison
Square Garden by the Sportsmen's
association, beginning today, is
likely to be one of the most inter-
esting and instructive shows given
in the east. The association was
organized a year ago, with the OBJ
ject of increasing interest in sports
of all kinds. One of the most i'm
poftant changes this year is the
establishment of the loan and
trophy department, for which
the most elaborate preparations
have been made. Many we'll
known hunters of this city will be
represented by specimens of game
of all kinds, large and small, while
cups, medals and other prizes won
by them will be shown, Other in
teresting features will be tribe of
Indians who will show with their
camp equipage. They will! erect
their tepees, build their camp fires,
hobble their ponies and generally
give a faithful representation of
their life. During the hours Of the
they will make the bead
and other work which is common
among them, and will show them
selves at times in peace dress, and
at other times in war dress, and
give many characteristic dances.
One of the principal features lof
the loan exhibition will be fur
nished by Police Commissioner
Theodore Roosevelt. Mr.. Roose-
Welt is just as fond OF hunting big
game as he is of catching law
breakers. He has spent years in
the woods and along the strea ms
of this country and Canada, and his
trophies are interesting for their
and variety. Next
to the donation Of the police COM
missioner, that Of George Gould
will in all probability be the most
attractive. The railroad magnate
has interested himself in forest
and stream since he was II years
old, and in his pilgrimage to the
southwest, which occur once year,
he secured many valuable and
unique prizes. Still another prom
inent man who will lend his aid to
making the show successful is
Robert Bonner. His exhibit will,
it is thought, include several hun
dred trophies. Messrs. G. P. Mort.
SIM, Fred. Hoey, the crack shot,
and w. G. Harris, are also anon g
those who will lend valuable col.
lections to the association during
show week.
OF the athletic organizations the
chief exhibits of a loan nature will
come from the New York and Man
haitian athletic clubs. These will
consist for the most part of ban.
ners and cups won from time to
time in all the big events of the
continent. The Chicago Athletic
club and the Boston Athletic asso
citation will also exhibit. Such
celebrated champions of the cindel
path and field as Alexander A. Jor
dan, the all-round champion; f
G. Carter, big James Mitchell
"Lon" Meyers, Edward Lange anC
many others will lend the many
medals that they captured in com
petition here and abroad. Georg'
p. Phillips, of the New York Ath
letic club, and "Joe" Donoghut
will contribute their trophies
captured OH the ice. In connec
tion with this particular portion
OF the loan exhibition the diamond
belt that John l.. Sullivan wor
from Ryan will prove a feature
| All the colleges will have a shar,
in the loan department of tn,
show-Yale, Princeton, Harvard
Cornell, the University OF Pen
nsylvania, Union, Columbia ant
many others. Military night will
be marked by an exhibition of al
the best trophies of the Seventh
Twenty-second, Sixty-ninth, Sew
enty-6rst and Twenty-third regi
ments, and in addition there viii
be gorgeous displayof war imple
ments and accoutrements.
At one end Of the garden will b
} erected the Maine cottage. Thi
: will be in charge Of Miss Cornell
, T. Crosby, of Phillips, Me-, who
: known as oily Rod" and who
7 one Of the most no. ed sportswome
l in the country and is an exper
4 enced hunter Of the big game Of tt
district in which she lives, whe
moose and caribou abound. Mi
Crosby brings with her half
Q dozen Of the most noted guides
y that section. Miss Crosby vi