The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-26
UNCLES NED AND JERRY TALK
TAKES TWO OF the VTRGINIANS
TO TELL A 'POSSUM STORY.
Children listen 10 weird Hunting Tales in
the Garden-E. II. Thomas Takes Up
the Motor Boats-A Canoe With Motor
and PrOpeller-Thc Aquatic sports

| NlTklNld NJ lue AlOlOT boat anu opOl AolhpH y
Show, sat at their camp Il the Madison avenue
end Of the balcony OF Madison Square Garden
yesterday afternoon and ratified of story
after story. They talked about possu m
and Wild turkey, and Uncle jerry says he IL
| rs years old next month, and that since he
could walk he has hunted both. so that he
thinks no knows what he talks about. These
two characters have a habit OF telling hall
"a story each One will start. then the other
will carry 1t along for time and the first
one will finish It, They had an admiring
! audience. made up largely OF schoolboys. and
| these boys were so worked upon that they
want TO 10 to Virginia this year as soon as
| the season opens
While the Virginia stories were being reeled
| of at one end Of the Garden the Brewster
| brothers from BanfI. In Canada. were talking
about grizzlies and how they are hunted,
and they had an audience Of youngsters that
was held spellbound One little miss looked
| at one OF the brothers. and they do not look
as though they hunted big game, and asRed'
Have you really seen grizzly bearY'
Why. where come from there are more
bears than anything else.
And won't they hurt your | should be
| afraid
She WAS assured that bear would not
really hurt any one unless he was FIRST hurt
and then she said. Well. you may think they
won't hurt but would not trust them very
much. because all my books say they VIII
eat you mp.
The Adirondack guides were telling how
deer are caught The New brunswick men
talked about sport with moose and caribou.
the fishermen spun long yarns about FISH, that
would not look well in print. and Capt. Bill
Graham topped them all telling Of the ducks
that can be had on the Great South Bay. IL
was a great day for yarn spinning. and most
OF the audiences early IN the day we're children,
The Garden was filed with them. They were
everywhere talking with the Indians, teas
ing the animals and asking questions OF the
motor boat men They crowded the boats Bus
ter Brown and Iige on the lake, and shouted
Race whenever another hoat %e ih along d
pleted the purses of their parents by working
the Indian grab bag at 10 cents grab They
left the Garden at shutdown, filed with en-,
thusiasm for outdoor life and its adJuncts ana
carrying literature and souvenirs :.
TbomoaS he and ,1si' Mr. C III Belmont. H. T.
and j. T. Pratt, Gen Charles Roe. Lloyd
Ph@nlx, Commodore l. English OF the
Ter. Daniel b Southland Of ths. Chicago Yacht
Hartford Yacht Club. Franklin Haines. ~
commodofe ] K Walsh of the keystone
Yacht Club. Mrs Richard Mansfield. Henry
Mir Harper purchased the two talking
greet visitors Win hs9 ns s soT 4eqS
much Interested in the silk exhibit and pur-
chased some coeoons and eggs and VIII Try
to get some silk this year. Mrs. FarnhAm.
the sculptress, bought the bald headed eagle.
which she will use as model
The latest convert TO auto boat racing
Ia r. X Thomas q rs 80 pleased with ms
success in automoblllng at 0rnond that lie
has decided TO tackle the marine end OF the
sport and has placed an order for 90 foot
horsepower De Dietrich motors. Mr.. Thomas
will pilot his own boat and Will race when
The Richardson Engineering Company
have an exhibit OF electric lights for yachts
sent the interior OF cabin on q yacht. Early !
yesterday afternoon this cabin was more
ealistio thI9uSh an N afedent 5sai nsnpshea
This motor churns up water In tank that |
has glass sides. and when extra speed was
put on the glass broke and the water deluged !
The cabin OF the yacht. visitor when the !
accident happened shouted. Close the ports,
several more sales have been reported |
C. II. Clark, Jr. OF Philadelphia, has pur- |
chased a six cyllndered 100 horsepower |
auto boat that he Is having built at 1.Rwleys. !
This boat is Signed by Arthur Binner and |
Riyerton. where Mr. clark has country house.
James Craig has sold several motors TO !
the Milton Point Shipyard. An ~ horse
power motor is for the Mermaid. building for
Charles SoOysmith. Another one Of the same
size is for the 47-foot launch building for |
III II Behse The Buffalo Launch Company
launch building Tor r A brooks and another
motor for the 27-foot launch for Edwin C.
Boatmen and canoe experts were astonished
20 see a canoe on the waterway fitted with
motor and pr9Pellfr Lo toof 6s,, who are are
navigate q canoe II looked like dangerous
idea 10 place heavy motor in canoe. which
upsets so easily because should the canoe
turn turtle the motor. with its weight would /
be sure to sink the canoe 10 the bottom. In
vestigation showed. however that the canoe
AZ
having aluminium air tanks on both sides
from end TO end along the edges Of the gun
power motor costs s2OO. and they weigh
respectively i75 and 1870 pounds complete
the smallest and lightest motor boats In the
Although the show is very largely made
up Of motor boats. launches and other devices
of the utmost interest TO the devotees OF
aquatic sports. there is. nevertheless mnoh
TO be found that viii be OF exceeding interest
10 the local sportsmenj and particularly TO
birds and animals. To these the display
from Pretoria, South Africa. will appeal the
most strongly.
The exhibit is in charge OF r. Douglass.
who for the last sixteen years has been
resident OF South and Central Africa, during
which time he has been 70 all parts ever Y lsited
by a white man travelling from Cape Town
as far north az Lake Tanganyika, and on the
east from the mozambique Bay around 10
and Kafni and the Upper Lqamoezi rivers
He has repeatedly covered all the territory
nN LlNluEHtOn anu ClhultS.
In the space tIken at the show there are
no distinct specimens shown, ranging all |
the way from the dminutive blue box and
dix dix. each with antlera only about one
inch long. There Is also the head OF the
Livingston box. with antlers tribe longer.
as this box il a little heavier. weighing from
~ 20 "a pounds.
In contradistinction TO these little fellows.
there Is the Greater Koodoo, one OF the finest
animals in Africa. with antlers averaging
from forty-two 10 siHtY-fve inches in Length.
and the roam and sable antelopes. which also
carry antlers from thirty 10 tfty inches In
length Between these two extremes there
ere shown upwards OF one hundred different
species.
There is also magnificent specimen Of
the Cape buffalo. with horns showing spread
Of forty-sl1 inches The lar gest pair OF horns
TO be seen in the exhibit II that OF the MenR
water OF or bullock, which have spread Of
eight feet, and measure eleven feet over the
curves.
Event No 8 in the anglers casting tourna-
ment was light trout ny rod contest for
distance only, but limited 10 rods weighing
5 ounces; IL was open only 70 those who had
never cast more than 90 feet In any similar
contest In either club OF open tournament
with a rod OF ounces OF less King Smith
vRs first, with q cast Of u feet; II de RaAslon.
second 81 feet 4 inches, W. \. Park. third, Z
Q; feet 8 inches: II g. Henderson. fourth,
IS feet. Charles Stepath, fifth. so feet inches.
The water sports were interesting and
amusing Yesterday. In the canoe tug OF war
= j. Btickel Of City Island won from Charles
A. Yates Of Belden Point. in IS seconds. 4
hv y priasa Of