New-York tribune., 1907-03-04
SOME WEIRD TALES.
Hunters Srcap Amazing Yarns at
.SpOrtsman's Shoe.

The sportsman's show in Madison Square Gar
den after a days rest-which however. was not
lost by the exhibitors and the seventy-odd guides
of the show-opens up again this morning in all it's
glory. The show continues every day and evening
this week and closes on Saturday night.
Last night at the invitation of Captain J. H.
Dressed the manager of the show the guides
hunters and fishermen who are representing the
various camps and countries gathered together In
the Hotel Putnam for their annual "gabfest." On
Wednesday afternoon the Wolf Hunters Club Of
America will hold its annual meeting at the Ash
land House
Dr. Petit Of AdeIphi College. Brooklyn, is show
ing as part of the Long Island exhibit views CT his
Pine Bluff camp at Port Jefferson, -Long Island
This camp has been planned built and equipped
eolAI,, FOR boys and is in it's twelfth season
-Among the visitors at the show was George JOY
of BLACK Hole WyO.. and Sandy McCune. of
Nova Scotia Both are guests of Captain Bill
Graham. and the captain reports that the elk are
so thick at present in Wyoming that photos-
rapher attempting to take picture of one snappe1
Ave hundred on one plate. But McCUne says
..That's nothing" that recently In attempting TO
haul in n net with fish he slipped in among them
and nearly lost his life before he could be rescued
from the depth Of the hsh
Captoin Graham told the visitors that the reason
the Long Islanders were such duck hunters was
because they were all duckfoOted and he says that
the easiest way to make living on Long Island IS
10 go cut treading for clans. days work con-
sists in going out on the fats at low tide pare
footed feeling for the CLANS with the toes ard dig
o,np ont bushel of them without using the hands
.be whole trick simply consisting of finding them
with the toes and then deftly at the same time
tossing a clam into the basket. The captain says
that this occupation renders mild in his
rnanner-rakes duck of him. the women say
and the game puts stamina and the sand grit In
him for future HE
To-dav's programme Of sports by the Youns
NFe,,s Christian Association OF New York is in
charge this afternoon of the 29d street branch and
IN the evening Of the West Side branch. At p. m
the bows have wand drill by the West Siders. and
at : n m a gymnHstc dance. In the evening the
single canoe trials are scheduled for O'CLOCK
calisthenic drill by the West Siders at s:45 and
apparatus work. consisting of horizontal bar by
the West Side. parallel bar by the Union. class
t,n1bling in pyramids by the Washington Heights
and class wrestling by the West Side ana at 1915
the final race Of the canoe singles.
The scooter .,the sailing variety is structuraliy
described by Nat Roe. Of Patchogue. as follows;
bv fishermen Of Nat bottom skiff having ordinary
iron runners and when coming home on the ice, II
thus relieving themselves OF the labor OF dragging
the skn home as sleigh \ later deveiopnenI
Was that ,bv the use Of sharp runners they founu
they could use a lib and sail close on 70 the wind
II must be borne in mind that a,the steering G Is
which makes the scooter very tricky one 10 nan n
die because when even sailing neiore Ih %siu M ba y
sailing fast nearly before the wind the jill didn't
ike ton scooter is differently constructed
from nm ice BOAT because ice boat is simply a
pair Of monstrous runners with large sail ana 6ls
scooter can strike an open spot in the ice as II
again on the opposite side in perfect safety. The
scooter at the show which Is q me me SPECIMEN %
the regulation dimiuutive mast, mainsail and go.
ana nn4 IN iss sSG as they would cure TO go one man
being able 70 handle hoth the main sheet and Jio'