The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16
WET DAY FOR SPoRTSMEN.
PET A FIVE ATTENDANCE At THE
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN SHOU.

Joseph 5eHcrson Ono OF tho Prominent vis-
Desirn schoonor.-CoupetItisns with Light
Rods nnd Mt Obstacle CnstinE-B ewitnE.
Rain did not keep n crowd away from the
Sportsmen's Show yesterday afternoon or even
ing. There was a largo attendance of school
children in tho afternoon, and the little misses
and lads seemed enthralled by tho two Indian
girls in their costumes OF feathers. beads, and
tanned deerskins. Day and night, the bulk OF
the visitors were prominent In outdoor sports,
such as coaching. golf. shooting, fishing, and
yachting. Among them were:
w. Seward webb, william Shipper. Harry Hol-
brook, the salmon Usher OF the Restigouche; Julian
Curtlss, II. q. %Tallmadge. Chauncey F. Kerr. Commo-
dore Fred Hoyt of the Stamford Yacht Club. the re-
cent purchaser of the shark; Frank Bovine Jones,
Secretary OF the Yacht Racing League OF North
America; Commodore Harry HigRinson and Charley
steLbins OF the Orange Lake Ice Yacht Club;
Fred Gilbert aud J. A. II. Elliott. the two principals
in the Dexter Park shooting match; Capt. steers,
william simmons. Fred Mather. former New York
state Fish Commissioner r. y. Parrish, who has the
record OF pulling in the largest trout ever caught in
Maine; T. 4. Stewart. Latham A. Fish. Ferd Van
Dyke, Willie Dunn, and Frank Butler.
Another visitor Of prominence was Joseph
Jefferson. He has fished through tho Rangelcy
regions, and took great interest in the Maine
camps.
An addition to the aquatic end Of the show
was tho charts showing tho lines OF the new
one-design cruising schooners recently designed
by A. Cary Smith. This exhibit attracted much
attention from the visiting yachtsmcn. A
fiotilla of miniature models OF tho crack leo
yachts of the Orange Lake fleet. ench fully
equipped and complete to scale in every detail,
also pleased the spectators.
There Is a collection of ivory at one stand that
mould a thu n If m a frirn N 4
consists of tusks. arranged fan.likc, with tho
sharp points upp,erm9st, on each side Of u huge
and is from India. The longest tusks measure
between sight and nine feet, and weigh from
b bo2 a so IL E,s seu africa. i and IS arg Wh st0 is sr eaile M" sort
tuskis are shaped like a haltmoon;, Tho ivory
with the nntur, II polish. The tusks are from an
elephant killed on the Congo.
watched with eager interest the ,feats. Of Eddy
Mills, the boy marvel at ny casting. He sways
r ros rpG Jacket X ms He eVe uscs Che sn same rod as The
other contestants, Of the style called for by the
conditions. Yesterday. Eddy had a grievance.
old" said the youthful sportsman. Now that's
all wronEs I'm no KID, f. am Ii; learned
streams flowing out OF 1t on my fathers place in
Orange county. or course. in real fishing ! never
f hsxo s to c ths % oSts,d than r sifnse'f fos or d fWsnts
and 1t Is n wonder to me that l am doing so
the line, leader and fly will DO all Strengthened
out before casting forward, Is to ne tho hardest
which means nc. count. I think a nine;foot rod
is the best. A longer one will be .whinpy:. a
shorter one lacking ns, in T.. spring pr, r., Yes Yes tb like
The fly casting was the best Of the week. In
for distance only. The rods could not exceed
four ounces in weight, unless. equipped with a
So e9N thr meta, reer se OF an ,o on MnteN WAS sh m aiiow" T6e
conditions limited tho contest to those who
have meyer cast more than seventy-five feet in
any similar contest. As this was about the first
contest ever held with such light rods. the
conditions actually barred out no one. and such
Fly Casting Club, who has cast over 100 feet.
were free to compete. This settled the chances
S ssm yop to w Mills n,Sh9n 81 f fS mhse won @ p' snd ca at.
tured his second gold medal OF the week. Tho
results were: p; Cooper Hewitt. ssh feet. first;
Fred NJ. Poet, Chicago. Sc feet. second; w. N.
Goddard. 70 feet, third; Eddy Mills. SO feet, un.
of Miss Helen stoddard. one OF the contestants
entered for the women's match to. morrow after
Miss stoddard made some very croditablc casts.
Obstacle casting was in order at night. This
was for distance \ e. only, open e to all: and no re-
horizontal bar was placed In front of the con-
tcstants ut n distance Of thirty, feet from the
The casts had to be made under the bar. This
compelled low, straight casts, but prevented
m nnS Groais ti aissrne1 p manas saiD to nt H%Ge or their heir
leaders around the bar once or twice, but most
OF the casts were made very neatly. The re-
suits were:
II. C. Leonard. IL feet, first; P. Cooper Hewitt, 80
feet. second; F. r. Hewitt. 02 feet. third; c. N. Roof.
81 feet; F. N. Poet. so feeti W.. n. Goddard, 81 feet.
unpiaced.
This season either long or short cartridges
may be used In the rife competitions. In the
his string OF ten targets with scores Of PAP. 24O.
247, 244. 244. 247 and 243. which. with the III
Is top score SO far and equals NJ. Dorrler's win
ming score in this competition last year. w. c.
Dnmron also finished with go. 222. 23;7, 236.
which, with the 1881 previously reported, gave
to him .. 1896. Two who shot their ten targets
straight were Louis Flach. 2,4o3. and G. P.
At the target of honor. three shots at a TWEEN
ty.flve ring target. Louis Flach made three per.
feet buIlseyes. scoring 70; the best 3es possible
cannot beat him.. In the continuous match j.
NJ. Dorrlcr made "a. 90. 70. 10, ~. the best score
to date. Other scores were:
S. J. Lyon. 90. 90. 81, 80. "a; II. D. Muller. 20, 81.
e, Ss. IS, 4: e; "a W I'D p, ghle.. 90; w 90; J; =. S%ish'
az. 65. %. o.; II. J. Young. II.
The following are tho results of yesterdays
measurement of the b~ullseyes shot on Friday
night:
II. D. Miller. lii: s. Buzzini. l4ia; S: Kohn. 1850.
F. Gensch, 10; R. Wheeler. 20; J. + Smith. q; Dr.. A.
4: Wsobess 2!ig;p i K < .se.. e. sol F: Y Ne 4 In. 90; " a.
j.. Knowl!on, os; ! GrEndy. sob; c, 7. Sehpcraft,
S4i2;J j. w. Hasey, 30: w. A. HICKS, DS; T., SchOlZ,
1905 T. J. Mccain. 1852; J. H.. p. Dodge. 22l1;R
Jones. 100.
II. W. Mcclellan, Corinthian Il. c.. still leads
in the bowling contest, with tho total of 1.177.
There were several changes in the head-pin con
test, Keppler taking tho lead from Little. The
best possible score to be made is l50., Kepplcr
rolled so on one ticket, which meant that he hit
the head pin five times running. The scores:
IN. Keppler; columbus D.; e, l47; D.. shIrman.
Washington Is. c.. ls6i d. Little. Aurora Grata, l4B;
W. h. Fisher, metropolitan B. e.. 14o; I; Miller. Boston,
l45; II. Boemermanp, Sr.. Monarch u. C., IA; G.
Walters. Dc Forrest Council: LA; W. Linden. Gable
club. l44i j. SHADE; Niagara Falls Iwho also rolled a
ffty). .l44; Col. w. Il. Sellers. Echo Z. c., l4g; Il.
Meninger. Linden Grove Il. C., lac.
The scores in the individual bowling contest
follow:
s. Holden. F;dslia h. Goa. le2. 1913, 1888. 1911.
j. sohi. Empire b. c.-lss. eI5. 2oi. 1871. 1913. lss.
Total. Lac.
W. b. Fisher. Metropolitan b. C.-174. l7s. lse.
$50, 1871, eli. Total, Liz.
n. Thyme. Linden Grove p. c.-lsl, 100. 1893. lea.
22D, 262. Total. l.1B4.
". Meyer, Arlington h. c.-loe. $780,. 1856. III. 2oi.
II. swarts, New York B. c.-lso. l4e. ITO, 1873,
100, 100. Total, oSl.
Hockey.