New-York tribune., 1898-01-23
END or THE SPORTSMEN'S SHOW
NOT AS GREAT A SUCCESS. AS HAD BEEN
HOPED FOR-RESULTs OF THE
COMPETITIONS

The Sportsren's Show which has been running
at Madison Square Garden for ten days. was
brought TO a close last night. The weather condi-
tions outside were not unlike those Of the open
ing night week ago last Thursday. The Show
has attracted fair number Of spectators yet it
has not been the great success the association ex-
pected The bowling shooting and fiy-casting COM
petitions have done much to keeu the visitors In
terested. but the exhibits on the main floor were.
as whole. not as complete nor as interesting as
was the at previous shows Of the sort. The
managers promise to make change for the better
before the time for the next show around.
The friends Of Miss Fly Rod" crosby, who has
Miss Lucy Nicolar the Indian girl in charge, were
made happy last night with tiny souvenir. For
the week Lucy has been busy making little
baskets out OF her own tresses. The tr1nk-
cts were small and neat enough to wear on a
watch chain The show closed II D. m, and
to the credit Of the exhibitors II he said that
the booths remained intact up 10 that time. and
the confusion seen at so many exhibitions was
happily missing. Everything was IN good order AT
the end
Miss Crosby announced last night that Jo-
seph Jefferson the actor. had given her
an order yesterday for log cabin to be built at
oyster Bay. The cabin will be built in primitive
Maine woodland style by James Wilcox and Ben
Giles. two Of her guides.
The school children Of the city admitted free
to the Garden from to II o'clock yesterday morn
ing, and the youngsters oYerran the entire build
ing ana idlrly TOOK possession OF eNeTyth The
eXhhltors scattered souvenirs among the children.
and & .hs sa ltte scdT! people G went 1S home
rnent were as follows
B9erneTmann jr Arlington $50
H. keppler Columbus l43
J. J. Cnsen Metropo.tan iig
G. H. starr. MeFopoIiian lIN
~ iHlle aura oit. ...'........... l4S
X MeinngeI Linden Grove
II ". Mo- 1ellan Cprnihan. l3s
Some OF the billiard scores were:
Pawlson. Brdeliai62. ISL. ls4 1G7. I79 1871. total
l.. Johnson jr. KncNerbocker A. c-2oc. III. l7s 227
2lO. l79. total l.lss.
& X. starr. 100 ls3 1s3 Is3 $50. 1so ns
totaI. lOi.
a silver rnterstato-172 80 I7s 1a2 22s. Ioi; total
RIFLE TOURNAMENT.
In ii, dual 100 shot championship H. NJ Spencer . 40,
r. J. Young 42i N D6rrier ,8. /. P. Ittei. 246s,
+. C. Ko-s. 24Cs. L. Fach 2.4O3. Df. A. A. stnman'
hudson 2.5sd " Kosenbaum. 2Js5 /. +. Hansen.
Dorrler "a G. Z Genseh; 78; O. Hinz .. nr. a. A..
u. j. NJ spencer. y. !. Martin i? ii NJ Pope a,
G. Bayer Il. g. d. wegmann II, W. \. Hicks. II.
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continuous nacn-H NJ. SPENCE 49, NJ Dorrler iss.
brock l,i. 5 " burton li6 W Ko-.nbaun i46. + C.
6Ssf il: T. Kasst si g. = wi"gmanu i",l ia. j. T.
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Fl Kraas s al W 4 r%es In { + G5n.en I., :
Koln. rs " 4. Hicks l@s :, J. Lyon. las; , J.
Bu's-eye arge, hes, centre shoiM DorrIor' :; g =
Dietrich. Sc T. Koss,k 20; II ~ spencer. 10. Dr \.
: "a iaiin i2' DR. A. " May ~. C. w. Home.
ir 49, q. =. Wiognann, l2: r g. Res, IA J. T..
smith. "a. :. Buzzini IA; X. BusSc. Is; IL Mehler-