The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-06
SPORTING GOSSIP
What Knox Blockof Has to
Say Of Matters Athletic in
New York.
SHOW THE BEST EVER
Vanderbilt Horses Look Good
Lid Jared Loose at
Detroit.
{By Kaex Blekon.)

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New York, March e.-The fourteenth
annual sportsman's show ut Madison
Square garden has been without ex-
ception the biggest scream ever pulled
of by the bold Nimrods OF widest
Gotham. The garden was transformed
for the occasion into a sportsman's
paradise, with various hunting and
fishing camps in all parts Of the coun-
try perfectly reproduced. The pro-
gram Of sports arranged for the oc-
casion included water sports in q
great artificial, lake built in the CEN
ter Of the garden, fly and bait casting
contests, fish lines, revolver, rife and
archery contests and other amuse-
ments, all of which were carried out
with great gusto by the sportsmen.
The garden-was decorated through
out with balsam frs, giving it with
the picturesque camps an atmosphere
very foreign to the bustling life of the
great metropolis beyond the doors.
The exhibits included everything in
the line Of sporting goods and we're
the most complete ever shown in Am
erica, every leading manufacturer and
dealer in the country being represent
ed.
Vanderbilt Horses Look Good.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt has returned
from London, where he made arrange
ments for exhibiting his half million
dollar string Of twenty-seven horses
at the international horse show to be
held at the Olympia in June. The
thoroughbreis are now inS training
quarters at Red Hill farm, Edgeware,
near the English capitol, and Manager
Charles H. Wilson sends the most
flattering reports of their condition
to his young millionaire employer. AZ
ter the International show the Van
derbilt string will be exhibited at the
open air show to be held at Richmond
Park in Surrey, and later will be taxi
en- to The Hague for the big CONT
: mental show.
Among the horses taken to England
by Mr.. Vanderbilt are the park four,
Polly Prim. The Major, The Youngster
and Sweet Marie. which have an I'M
broken line of first prizes to their
credit. The road four, Vanity, Viking
Vogue and Venture, are also unbeaten
in this country, having captured TWEEN
ty-llHe blue ribbons at leading Ameri-
can shows. Cabby and Storm King
two substitute partakers, and a Sec
ond qnartette of the same class, in
GLIDING Fultress. King James, King
Edward and Gibson Boy, are also in
the Vanderbilt string. Cabby gets his
name from the fact that he was pick
ed up by Mr.. Vanderbilt as cab
horse at Syracuse, and since being
placed in charge of the Vanderbilt
trainers has developed wonderful
class. Other Vanderbilt horses to be
shown at London include Alert and
Lady Kathryn, run-a-bouts; Lucille,
saddle mare; Watson, Dodo, Prim-
rose and Rustling Silk.
The Olympia, where the Interna-
tional show will be held, is nearly
three times as big as Madison Square
garden, and Manager Wilson believes
that this will be greatly to the ad-
vantage Of the Vanderbilt horses, as
they are not SO easily tagged out as
the English partakers and roadsters.
Lid Oh at Detroit.
News comes from Detroit that the
pugilistic lid has been pried loose in
that bailiwick and that police per-
NIT has been granted for a biff show
Friday night. with the understanding
that no money is to be paid the con-
teetants. Several fighters have al
ready been secured under this ar
rangement Harry Cobb will do a
ten-round stunt with Joe Cherry and
Willie Spracklin and Kid Brock will
mix things for ten rounds. Several
prelfminaries are also on the program.
The only other bout of any Importance
scheduled for Friday night is that
between Muggy Shoel of Cheyenne,
Wyoming, and Freddie Weeks of
Cripple Creek, at Denver.