New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-21
THE ADIRONDACK EXHIBIT.
ONE OF THE INTERESTING FEATURES
OF THE sPORTSMEN'S SHOW.
AN INDIAN WOMAN. THE LAST OF HEX IH'nT'
AMONG TIE GUIDEs-A WEALTHY MARKS
MAN FROM PENNsYLvANTA-THE
EXHIBITION TO CLOSE
TO MORROW.


One OF the best and most interesting exhipi's III
the Spor,smen's Show. ut Madison square "' u.''
Is that from the Adlrondacks, presided over by
George A. Stevens and W. II. Tracy. There are
also half dozen guides and an lrdiah woman
the last OF her tribe, with this exhibit Ihey s"o"
deer heads foxes big FISH and a woii. "h'on ue
noonsra,, that rare sport still exists In Upper new
York for the hunter and angler. The log capih IL
picturesque and cosey looking, and many ask '0'
permission to stop and rest In ~.
Mr. Tracy ~ particularly fond OF telling OF 'he
beauties Of the forests. fields. mountain s'e"n''
and lakes. Tho taxidermist WORK was oo"o W
Neither. OF Saranac Lake. One OF the best samples
., hts ar, is shown in n stuffed wolf which Jocks
particularly ferocious and llfelike. The beast was
something between a brown. gray ana brhule III
color and was the last animal OF the SOFT sho' III
the Adrondacks. There are two exhioits OF iaNe
trout one fish weighing 2lle pounds ana '"e o'"e'
1917 pounds. ,.
rbere are also two spechled trout. one weigh
tho five and one-fourih and the other four ana
tbrce-fourths pounds. Both of the spcKeu
heouties were caught on tho same day by inc
same man IN the same pool within mile OF r"u
Smiths Drawings OF Ausable Nhas"' VIC
CANYON OF the Ausable. and other scenes attract
,,,,ch o,,ent,on The Indian woman Mt the camp
&c named Failing Water. Her tribe, or Whlch she
s said to be the last survivor Is the Apeiiiha
Indians Her daughter n half-breed' uei wv
wears ago. Falling Water Is prototype Vi N',
Harriet Maxwell Converse, anu P"''' 90 " '
for artists. , A., T.,
IT, A. Spencer. who holds the lead IN the IN
d,v,duaI rifle 1oo-shot championship. Is said TO
be n wealthy mine-owner OF Scranton fenh' i'
hos made excellent scores in the other shooting
matches His score IN the championship Is 80
ont ~ n possible 300 Mr.. Spencer is an enthu-
siastic ri1cman as was his father before him
JJe Is also tied with DOrner in the rVe-shoi MAJ
each mans score being 2Gs out OF a P0sslple &
Some excellen; records were, mace Il, ho %'ad
and fly-casting contests yestcruay IN ,r,ode Tho
~, toi,rnamcrt John Boemermann, IT, Hs"e Wv. ~.
highcs possible score Ioemermalih .h haI hrst
tickets Of 80 each, with total or lo 'he h's"'''
pTIs pos thc Ny-castlng tournament r. C. Leonard
made black bass record cast n M co., ~ "a 81
cast llOi2 feet. the old record TOT '"'a 'o 20
MISS "Fy rod Crosby has presented to inc
quill club WheelmgG mo-, fa nf design
',Vgee"eterGav's scores in the bowling tournament
n u rrerek,. Rosedale-loo co3 40. ao3. 49, 100
r. Mcnninger Bright sars-i77. 17a 1ss 10 ic''
''s IL sewers Ro,eine-i7e is4. 49, 22o' ic2 iS'
srbaTcr Greater New-York-l7a i7'. liz ia
1'% W2i,eenfeis Linden Grove-s2 100. 80. 1so 1872
i'''; ,insef 5rer Boomnglac-i2o 100. i5s 94 "i'
! al. Tota-.F"
! In other matches these were the scores:
Co. II Masenr T 70 T. y l. yOFs q. 49, a. 4
Bookmon L. Pni9rd; ~ q, = '9 i DR.. " G.
l. I;nd r. Hs az o. M 81 e. g. 81 VS. Now
Scores the target OF HONOR II; snencer "a "a
"a 7a II fooknan % o. al; Ksin "a a. 29 ~
/ 20 e Dietrich "a. "a 1871: L. Vosei - ~ IL
C6an,pionship rife match-1. P. 1tiel 24o 2'o' Io'a
Charles Dietrich Of Munchen.?3o. 30 2"'' 10" 1''