The sun., 1909-02-27
SPORTSMES COME TO TOWN
GATHER ~ the GARDEN FOR
ANIMAL SHGH.
Trees ana water Transform Arena Into
Woodland Scenc-Jncie .Ierr, and
other Payorites on Hand-Dnnieis
Wins 100 Yard Championship swim.

The Sport smPn's Show has become one o
( the most popular OF the winter exhibitio
and when IL was formally opened In tn,
B Madison Square Garden last night tn,
! crowd that visited the Garden was on,
that was very pleasing to the anagement
I During the evening IL grew 40 lsrg,
that II was impossible at times to wall
about and the different exhibits wer,
blocked with a mass OF people standing Ia
! front OF them. Then the attractions In
the shape OF the fly casting aud the swim.
ming sent 50 many to the galleries and other
points OF vantage that the Garden was
really well filed everywhere
Daniels was the attraction in the swim
ming races lie competed In the 100 yard
race for the metropolitan cham pio nship
and won rather easily. The other swim
ming event was so yard handicap. and Il
took so many heats TO decide that those
interes ed in the sport had plenty OF enter
tainmeut
The Garden looks very pretty as the deco
rations are simple and pleasing The
background Of the whole color scheme Is
grass green in color commingled with
hundreds OF evergreen trees. such as spruce.
fr. pine and hemlock. with the national
colors draping the balcony aRd box fronts.
This year the fly casting pool. 25O feet long
dlNl HlAittH lttl Nlut, occupies tnt centre
Of the main floor and runs from Madison
avenue clear back to Fourth avenue. The
big swimming pool. seventy-1ve feet long
twenty-elght feet wide and seven feet deeJ
ls,iocated alongside Of 4 on the Twenty
seventh street side OF the Garden.
stroll around the show through the big
crowd revealed a kstahdin / AXE camp
built OF spruce slabs with the bark on the
really the old fashioned hand shingles such
as are used by the habitants in the Province
Of quebec. Alongside OF IL on both sides
Of the aisle are a fine lot Of motor boats,
the only ones in the show. There are lot
OF pretty scenes from along the line of the
Grsnd Trunk Railroad In canada. There
are also shown some beautiful scenic re-
productions IN sepia. besides some il,umin-
ated transparencies, the feature OF the ex-
hlblt being the largest head ever shown OF
mountain sheep.
spread themselves this year al the show.
using over 500 feet Of wall and foor space
10 demonstrate the beauties OF that resort
by means OF photographs and colored H.
of Pryor's boardwalk band concerts
There are number Of portable cottages
and bungalows at the show. and one COM
Is camping outfit alongside OF II to illus
trate the new sport OF -Trpkking on tires.
or camping out for hunting. fishing and
shooting purposes by automobile. Two
neat little Indian villages are lied with
Indians big and little, squaws a nd pa pooses
and Indian Curios. the squaws tending 10
business while the chiefs are doing the
Uncle Jerry from virginia ia on tbe ,ob
again with n triCk noss,,nn which he caIIS
Bllly Taft. Jr.. and he has happy family
rabbit n ~ a white raj Rssidss dbat he /
has a biT cage or coons and sny nnmhar
OF lucky rabbit 5 feet as usual.
with n fine EXHIBIT nf scenes from alone he |
line OF the Richeiieu and Onta 40 Sa via
lion COMPANY. and the Governmeni Of The |
OF New Rrnnswick has sent eight
"a d. hos, ,.',iI - A. ~ ~