New-York tribune., 1908-02-21
BREATH OF THE WOODS
SHOU OPENS IN GARDEN.
Big Croscd Hears the CAL and
Operruns the Aisles.

The fourteenth annual motor boat and sports
mans show was formally opened last night at Mad
lson Square Garden for two weeks run Inc
ticket sellers, who accustomed TO seeing pis
crowds in the Garden. say that the attendance was
q record breaker and the aisles were fairly over
run.
The decorations are unaffectedly simple. The SIDE
walls of the lower part of the big amphtheatre on
the 9th street side and at the Fourth avenue emu
sre covered to the height of the balcony railing
with slabs from sawInills in Maine. A slab is the
first cut which removes the bark and squares the
lo. The slabs make an effective background ana
an admirable setting for the exhibits OF taxdernS'
The esth street side of the Garden is covered COM
petely with strips OF imported German SILVER pfeh
bark The glass dome has been purposely lett uh-
draped 10 let in as much daylight as possible
The fronts of the upper balconies are COM
rIetely covered with broad valances of the natonai
emblem and between the columns Of the buiioins
are suspended grouped pendants of every Sacht
club in the country The Indian exhibit Is. rs
usual in the concert hall tribe Of fifteen Indians
IS encarnped here. the background being scenic
representation Of a Navajo Indian country iau
scape Grouped about lay figures, fuli sizeu'
showing Sioux and Backfeet Indians IN full "ar
regalia.
The first thing the visitor to the show sees on
entering after making a general survey OF the
whole spectacle. is the water pool at the entrance
20 the auditorium. wherein are the Wep-ioo'eu
waterfowl loaned by Timothy Treadweli, of Had
birds comprise 4 flock of black brant speckled
breasted hrant laughing geese Egyptian geese
which DR.. Conklin. who secured theIn' says afe
considered sacred in Egypt; Canada WHO geese
whose honk is well known TO all sporisnieh'
white brant Hutchings geese and Cayuga geese
The fly casters pool comes next, on the Z'th
street side and at the Fourth avenue end is
located the big lake for the water sports AHe
rest of the centre OF the main moor Is taken uP
hv Captain Bill Graham's Long Island snack, ms
into
pre of the Long Island exhibit is coHectoh ol
over one hundred odd and rare pistols ana the
Huntington bobsled The Virginia hunting camp
is located near by, in charge OF A b. NohCute
and dusky Uncle Jerry. who has with MIN elsii'
live racoons a gray fox and his famous taxing
IRON besides thousand lucky rabbit feet Ihe
tents Of a military institute are pitched along
the centre of the Garden ,
a fine collection OF practical motor boats. steel
snd WOOD. canoes rowboats and skins nil up the
rest of the centre space On the mann hooI. VA
the 9th street side, is an exhibit from the e'6,e
of Maine A bald headed eagle is a striking 1eat-
rre. Next comes exhibit from the line OF lhe
Canadian Pacific Railway. Here are SHOWN the
wolf skins gathered in the January woif hcht IN
the Kippewa region. Quebec. The wolf hunter S
canvas tent is an odd portable stove in the
centre Of il has its chimney pipe utilized as
ridge pole, with wires running through the canvas
TO support the tent. The Canadians also snow
some remarkable rustic woodwork made or NIL
the region Of the Richelieu, which is housed in a
three room structure built slabs and lined with
birch bark A four room portable house suggests
that trite truism that il is cheaper 10 move than
to pay rent and also the saying that one might
take up his bed and walk
On the 25th street side is exhibit from New
Brunswick containing a log cabin, moose, caribou.
bear. deer and trout Another exhibit, in all its
realism. is from the heart Of the Adirondack
mountains. New Jersey is il the show for the
first time this year, the game fish of the Jersey
coast, such striped bass and all kinds OF fresh
and salt water fish, being shown.
Up the galleries is a collection of foreign and
American motorcycles and bicycles, camp outfits,
guns ammunition, portable houses and a swarm
Of bees making honey The popular Adirondack
region is represented by guides who are comforta-
bly, housed in open log cabin, with a campfire
and complete camp outfit, besides a rustic pagoda
The swimming races the feature of the
evening. In these Charles NJ. Daniels, the world S
champion Of the New York Athletic Club. took
part He defeated c. d Trubenbach, clubmate in a
special 1eoyard handicap swim in of the clos
est finishes ever seen in a tank. The latter had a
handicap of six seconds. and when Daniels started
off in pursuit Trubenbach had a lead OF nearly
sixty feet the length Of the tank. Steadily Danials
crept up his opponent and finally won after a
desperate and splashng finish by "a single stroke
The men made four turns, and the winners time,
e. Is seconds remarkably fast
Two other races were decided in which several
premium about the tank while the races were in
progress.
The summary of the swimming follow:
Eishty-sard novice race-First by T. 7.
Isceutschler TEentthird Street Young Mems Christian
Association; East Side Young Mems Christian
Association. seoond Time 1:00ss Second heat by
j Curran, New York Swimming Association: P Ruttger,
New York Swimming Association. second Time. 0:s y.
Third heat by Jack MacAuliHe, Bath Beach Swim
ming Club Lyman. Athletic Club.
end Time. OPS. Final Tscheutschler,
-Wentythird Young Mems Christian Association;
J Curren, New York Swimming Association, second p.
Rottger, New York Swimming Association. third Time,
0.552t
One -hundred-yard swim CAaldicap)-First heat
Jack White, Bath Beach Swimming Club Time 1:132s.
Second heat by r l. smith. Newark Young
Christisn Association. Time. 1:102s. by
r. Gulvez- Bath Beach Swimming Club Time 1:oe2s.
Fourth heat by J. Ruddy, New York Athletic
Time, 1:l0is. Fifth heat by ". {. Maniey. New
YORK Athletic CLUB. Time. 1:12is- Final heat by
". Naniey. New York Athletic Club secs): Ray
MuVey. Bath Beach Swimming Club secs). sec
ond: J. White. Bath Beach Swimming Club % },
Time, l-095s
One-hundEed- open fhandicap)Charies VI. Daniels
New York Athletic Club scratch defeated g D. Tru-
benbach New Athletic Club &c secs). Time. 0:57s.