Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-04-13
SHOOTING DOTHER SPORTS
THE CUBAN CLUBS, HOMES AND
SANITARIUMS.
The American Clubs. Schools And Col
Ieges-The Havana University -Aa
Old Monastery Of Centuries Ago.
CATHEDRAL SCHOOL OF THE
GOOD BISHOP KNIGHT.

shooting is one Of the many sports
enjoyed in the vicinity of Havana.
Deer. quail, pigeons, wild duck and
other birds comprise the game bagged
by sportsmen. There is q game law
in Cuba as well as in the States, and
deer are protected by law from Febru-
AIRY / TO September /; quail from
March to November /; pigeons,
from April / to October 1, all dates
inclusive.
Havana. like Annapolis, has a gun
club, and the organization in Havana
has for its purpose the protection OF
game on the island. The seasons for
shooting game were adopted at the sug
gestion of the Havana Gun Club. A
number of well-known and leading
Cubans were promoters of the work
here. There are any number of clubs in
Havana, several of them own luxur-
ious homes. Perhaps the largest club
is the Centre Asturiano Club, which
is opposite Central PARK, and which
is noteworthy for the richness of its
decoration. Ii was founded in 1886
by members of the Asturian colony
and had for its object medical as
sistance, instruction, recreation and
sport.
The membership is said TO exceed
ten thousand. and the value of its
property some few years ago was list
ed at $500, coo Spanish gold. The club
contains n magnificent ballroom fitted
up at an expense of $4,000. This
ballroom is lighted with gorgeous
chandeliers, which were imported at
a cost of $11, 500. The club library
contains five thousand volumes and
4 se.I.f lie n oh
is one of its educational features. II
maintains sanitarium for the benefit
of its members, which is said to be
an admirably conducted institution.
There is also a club founded in 1880
by a number of clerks, which is
known as the Association of Havana
Business Clerks. 1t has for its object
carino for the sick and providing in
struction and recreation. The mem
bership is something over $4,000.
The club has handsome new white
marble club house on the Prado north
of Central Park. 1t also maintains n
sanitarium for its members. There
is also the American Club, the Span
ish Casino, the Union Club and the
German Club. The entertainments at
the American Club are frequent and
famous. A beautiful ball was given
here on the night of the twenty-sec-
ond of February last.
One sees schools and colleges in
Havana at every few blocks. The
system of education here seems to be
thorough and successful, but like
everything that is along advanced
methods and lines of progression in
Cuba, the schools, too. owe their pres
ent degree of excellence to the Ameri-
cans. The Americans built the hand
some Academy of Sciences at a cost
of $3S, 900 and the School of Arts and
Trades at a cost of over $3.50, 600.
During the summer of 1900 thousand
Cuban teachers were sent to our own
Harvard to take a normal course,
and two thousand more the following
year. Others were sent TO New York
Normal schools, and we all know
that for several years past our own
st. Johns College in Annapolis has
had one or more Cuban students each
year, and Western Maryland College,
Westminster, has also had Cuban stu
dents. 1t was the pleasure of some OF
our party while at Matanzas, Cuba,
to renew the acquaintance of Gu
ban family who some years ago had
a son at Western Maryland College.
There has also been established on
the island training schools for Cuban
young women to become nurses, thus
opening opportunities for support here
tofore absolutely denied.
(Continued).