New-York tribune., 1908-01-02
NATURES CALL HEARD.
SPORTSMEN TURN OUT.
HozC Pictures of the Moose in Wild
State Can Be Made.

yesterday
pleasure bent, and all records were broken In the
way OF attendance The fact that Ernest Thomp
son Seton was to lecture proved an added attrac-
tion. for inquiries concerning this feature OF the
days programme were frequent hours before the
time set for the talk Mr.. Seton was welcomed by
audience that taxed the capacity of the lecture
of the upper floors Of the palace
The rife tournament. under the direction Of the
National Rifle Association. continued to prove
distinct feature and the range was crowded after
noon and evening with schoolboys anxious TO win a
junior marksrnan medal
The fight for the challenge cup. representing the
individual schoolboy championship of greater New
York. has developed into contest among Morris
High. Curtis High High School of Commerce and
Stuyvesant High Morris High is y0presented by
J. Ehrlich. ]. H. Morgan and II. Byrnes; Curtis
High by A Garcia: High School Of Commerce by
G. s. Duschnes, and Stuyvesant High by c. Aus
trian.
All of the above boys have made the best possi-
be score three separate tickets and tied for
first place The Commercial High School may get
into the fight also. as NJ. NJ. Hickey bf that school,
has two tickets. with possibles- NJ Wieschers
of Curtis High School also has two perfect tickets
! To date there more than thirty boys who
have made the possible on the prone target ana
who will shoot off the tie Saturday afternoon. on
the ofhand there twenty ties TO be shot
off For the prize for the best single ticket four
boys have tied. They are c. Austrian, Stuyve-
SAINT High School, G. S. DUschnes. High School OF
Commerce: w. Dubois. Leona. n. J.; E Won Len
gerke. St Johns School Manlius N Y; NJ WEIGH
ers and A Garcia, Curtis High School; R H
Isham and G. z. Dimock Pingry School, Elizabeth.
n. J.; J. Reiner and NJ Hickey, Commercial High
School; J. II. Morgan. J. E Ehrlich, c. Oeder and
H Byrnes of Morris High School. These ties will
be shot off at O'Clock Saturday afternoon The
finals in the challenge cup contest will take place
Saturday evening just preceding the reception and
| presentation of prizes.
| The moving pictures showing swimming
N ShOrIt in
| inquiries how it possible TO secure the
| pictures. Arthur Robinson. New Yorker by vOt-
ing qualifications. but of the forest by delib-
crate choice during half the year, explained it all
in recounting a story yesterday OF an experience
/ he had with three sportsmen who doubted his word
| when he told of padding into a big bull moose IN
| the middle of the lake near his camp at night
| Mr.. Robinson. who took many OF the pictures.
agreed prove his statement, and took his doubt
| ing friends out in a canoe He told what happened
| in the following words:
We padded down the far end of the lake. and
it seemed as though, just because had issued the
| challenge. not going 10 see single thing
with horns Quickly and cautiously propelled the
! canoe around side and back along the other
! bank. but had made almost the entire circuit
and were nearly back to the boathouse by the land
| ing before I saw anything that looked like moose
/ Then I caught sight of him. not fifty feet from
shore, d dark. indefinite figure, Just putting dowr
/ his head 70 feed
| Il knew that he would be under water for thirty
seconds, and in that time knowing also that none
= OF the others had seen the beast, padded little
! closer. His head up; then once again ne
was under, serenely engaged In the continuance OF
| his supper. This second oportunity what had
been waiting for. l so close that thirty
seconds was all that needed TO bring US along
side. A few quick, quiet strokes, and we were so
near that it would have been easy for me 70
have butted the bow of the right into him. and
actually repeated with intention the accidental hap
penng OF which 1 had spoken TO these skeptics
But I did wish to rub it in too much.
went right by his submerged head and steadied tIt
canoe broadside directly beside him. had an ideS
of what would happen, and more than a notion
that in for A ducking. Get ready,
said, and scarcely were the words out Of my mouth
when the big head of the moose loomed up directly
between Mr. Pratt and Mr.. Doninck. who were
in the middle Of the
'.Invountarily they leaned over, and as the brute
heaved his big shoulders. and BatesOn endeayorec
to set off the fash the birchbark keeled over, and
| all OF in the water.
| Fortunately, IL not far from the boathouse
and vaded ashore without much difficulty In
stead Of taking photograph OF the moose. took
of the whole bedra ggled party that had insisted
on testing my word. At least, each one Of them
has reminder Of the fact that moose may be rur
into on the lake in front of my camp where nearly
all Of my animal Photographic work has been de
veloped."