New-York tribune., 1907-12-25
GET CLOSE TO NATURE
Good Sized Cro7gd Enjoys Real
SpOrtsmen s Shoe.

Considering the fact that 1t Christmas Eve
the great home staying night of all the year. a
Sportsmen's Show under the direction OF the For
est, Fish and Game Society of America, at the
Grand Central Palace last night. Those who went
spent a quiet, restful and at the same time most
entertaining evening and the majority left deter
mined TO go again. as there was too much to see
IN short visit One get pretty close to
ma ure, in the centre of hustling, bustling
city. and those who love the woods and fields and
streams and the life therein i'll afford to miss
the exhibition II is all and even more than
is claimed for 1t, and can safely be styled a real
sportsnan's show
price of admission, depicted that are
nothing less than liberal education. One set last
night showed the transition of the lordy salmon
from his native element TO the sealed can reaoy
for the table To the fishermen hauling in
the big fellows the side of the boat was strk-
ingly realistic.
The five Canadian Indian guides and trappers
from the Nepgon. in the district OF Aigoma near
Lake Superior. were decked out in full Indian re-
gala last night-big' feather headdress and all
They had many interesting stories to tell OF one
of the greatest trout streams in the world and OF
life in the wilds. out that they are
something more than guides. as they have acted
in the Indian play, ''Hiawatha.' which is to that
district what the Oberammergan Is to the peasants
One of the most attractive features of the show
is the exhibit of Il series OF nature photographs
depicting game birds, fishes and animals IN their
native haunts. The exhibitors include George
Shiras George Eastman, F K Vreeland. Frank N
Chapman. George u Pratt. Julian Dmlck Arthur
Robinson and A. Radcliffe Dugmore. The flash
photographs taken by Frank 6. Chapman at
Pelican Islands and Birds Rock are the most re-
markable pictures Of the kind made. The pic
lures of the taken by George D. Pratt por-
tray the animal in a singuary lifelike manner
Mr. Dugmore who In charge of this Photographic
exhibit. has made a special study OF nature Pho-
Biography, and has in view the formation OF a So
ciety special purpose OF which will he to collect
and preserve the best work of nature photograph
ers It will include every branch OF animal, bird
and fish life. The idea has already gained strong
i foothod among lovers of the art.
Tho sledge harness and boat exhibited by the
Explorers Club relics of the Ziegler polar ex-
| pedition Of 1903-4-5 continued TO attract Tho
sIedge did excellent service the many shorter
| io1rneys made by members of the party and the
dog harness was used in several thousand miles
| of sledge hauling. In the two years that the ex-
| petition in the Franz JOSEF archlpeiaso owe,
| four thousand miles were raversed by pony ana
| dog sledges and section of the harness SHOWN
was used in nearly every trip The present can
| vas cover the canoe is the second one me
! first painted black torn by the rough Ice OF
| the polar pack during the advance toward the
| pole in the early spring of 1875 The new canvas
! skin cut out Of topsail OF the iost America
| and seped in April. 1905.
| Another exhibit of than ordinary interest
| is the flag of "Farthest North, carried by Com
mander Peary 10 latitude 81 degrees o minutes @
Commander Peary is now the president OF the TX
porers Club. The head and skin of the big Whits
polar which appear to hold the attention Q!
women visitors the show those of an animal
shot and eaten at Camp Flora by members OF the
Ziegler expedition, under the leadership or An
thony Fiala who is of the most enthusiastic
supporters of the present show.
Some hint of the hardships endured by explorers
NJ earlier davs is conveyed the exhibits of the
SHOTGUN used by Sergeant Francis Long at the
time that the members of the unfortunate Greely
expedition were starving at Camp Sabine IN lsS5-
r 'S4. The large number Of sketches OF Esqdimaus
and scenes in the arctic regions that are shown
| in this section were executed in color by Albert
Operti the historical painter, who accompanied one
of the earlier Peary expeditions. Mr.. Opertt also
shows a sculptured bust of Ingefed Gulf
North Greenland Esquimau modelled by him from
| life in the Far North.
c. II. Townsend has exhibition at the head
quarters of the Explorers Club thirty forty
tremey interesting pictures Of animal life In the
| arctic regions OF which shows thousands OF
| fur seal at the Pribilof Islands, in Bering Sea-
The with which the lay figure. shown In
| connection with the boat and sled OF the Zegler
| party is draped. by Spencer Stewart
| a member of the advance party Of 1905, who. al
/ though he is not q resident Of New York happens
to be in the city at the present time vacation
Up in the rife range of the National Rifle Asso-
citation the schooboys were hard at work practis-
ing for the interscholastic trophy matches, which
will begin Friday. Some Of the youngsters
shoot well and the competition Is to be inter
esting. -Four matches will be shot-the school boy
team match, the Junior marksman's match, the sub
target gun match and the intercollegiate match.
ANY school boy making total Of twenty points
standing and twenty-five points prone total
score Of less than forty-two the rifle range
| or forty-five in ten shots the sub target gun
| machine will get junior marksman's medal,
| thorized by the Secretary of War. The entrance
| fee for each ticket and re-entries
| allowed