New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-04
REAL HUNT ATSHOW
coon HARD TO C-1TCH


esnort-roan and uolIId-bc SpoTtsHleti
turned ort in force Yesterday at the show
now in progress at Madison Square bdi
and needless TO say found much TO enter
tain in studying the --latest IN GUNS
sights rods reefs. camping outhtS, ii'oi0
boats portable houses, to say hothi"e %
the many exhibits which are apart l'o''i
the trade. There were number Oh ~,
dents also, which served to arouse au"''
interest
Late on "wednesday night Il coon escaped
from the Old Virginia exhibit ana. s'u"
ing the Waterman. took refuge in the base
ment, where it dcfed the efforts OF the az
tendants to recapture it. Another source
of amusement was the antics OF SCUM
American parrot, which escaped from the
collection of G. d. Tiey. The bird lie"
about the Garden all day. resting on the
rafters for a time only to renew It's flight
from one end of the building to the other
A ljnnet which was Gagged in the 1liiey
collection, at the Madison avenue end also
ESCAPED from it's cage, and fiuttered over 70
the duck pond, but, unfortunately ne"
too near to the giant pelican, which opehe"
its monstrous bill and captured the ora
The pelican ducked the unlucky llnnet
into the water several times and then
swallowed it whole.
Although a big crowd devoted cCnsidei-
able attention to the many exhibits there
was a deal of attention shown 10 the bas-
ketbalI games on the main floor and to the
Public Schools Athletic League rifle tour
nament in the basement Four hundred
boys used the rife ranges in the afternoon
and more than five hundred i'll the. evening,
and the records made were remarkable
tribute to the proficiency of the boys in
shooting.
CAPTAIN X. Il Y. Casey of the Delaware
National Guard, member of the Olympic
international shooting team and of the
Palmer team that defeated the Canadian
sharpshooters said that tournaments Of the
kind were bound to provide New York with
volunteer force that would be wonderfully
efficient in time.
F. \. Davis, one OF the crack rife shots
of the country. who has just returned from
the Pacific Coast, stopping at all the large
cities SAID that the improvement of tho
boys in shooting was surprising. Captain
COrwin. Of the list Regiment, formerly
member of the New York State rife team,
said that the Interest being shown by the
schoolboys of New York this year has sur
prised him, despite the fact that last year 5
tournament was a big success.
The conditions called for some of the
shots standing and some prone In order
to qualify for the junior marksman medal,
which IS given by the National Rife Asso-
citation to every hoy who qualities, the boy
must make 4 total OF q points standing
out OF a possible 90 and % prone. Some of
the youngsters. who have been practising
indoors during the winter. made more than
90. Mere striplngs at the range tailed !
buITs-eye after buII's-eye, while the range
officers stood looking on in blank astonish
ment.
one of the astonishing performances was
that OF Wendell F'ogg. 79-pound shaver
from the Morris High School. Despite the
fact that the gun was tenth of his own
weight, he made a score of IS out of a posi- I
bic %. while standing. He had never shot
While prone yet ne qualified for junior
marksman medal with q total Of 50 out of
a possible 100
The Bedford branch Of the Young Aliens
Christian Association defeated the Green
point branch in the afternoon basketball
game by score of IS to I. The lineup
follows: