Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-18
TOURNEY FOR
TRAP SHOTS
OPEN MARCH 6

The foundation of an adequate
and representative American annual
and permanent indoor tournament
flor trap shooters and rifemen, COM
biner with a comprehensive exhibi-
ton representing the interests and
sentiment OF everybody concerned
with outdoor sports and life, is the
objective Of the organizers. MIR.
Stephen M. Van Allen, general man
Iager, and Mr., William ]. Poth, busi-
ness manager. While the exhibition
will have an extensive commercial
phase, chiefly representing manufac-
turers of arms and ammunition and
paraphernalia of sportsmen and
campers, besides transportation lines
penetrating Americas various happy
hunting grounds, all of 1t will be
subordinate to the show and its col
or, life and action. The rental OF
the spaces to the commercial exhib-
litors Will be confined to the western
half of the floor OF the Madison
Square Garden amphitheatre, while
all the rest OF the colossal structure,
galleries, concert hall and assembly
room, will be devoted to a realistic
representation OF outdoor sports and
life In the field and forest. This tn-
ltt1Af tcurnamAnt and exhthitfon Is
the rising sun IN the realm of
shows projected to represent and
portray sp0rtsrnen'S interests: Its
management Is determined to make
1t the ~unassailable success hat the
dead sportsmen's shows of the past
might have been,
The eastern, or Fourth avenue,
half of the Garden" will be the field
of the trap shooters, while the gal
leries will be occupied by rifemen at
their ranges, while anglers In q com
petit ion OF skill in casting their
lures to the fnny tribes will be
placed on the amphitheatre floor; all
these sportsmen will have an inspir-
ing scenic environment and atmos-
phere; their skyline will be snow
capped peaks OF the Rockies pictured
by the brushes OF New YOrk's best
scenic artists. From a cannon wall
leaps a foaming mountain torrent
which. running off d!agonally across
the floor of the pictured gorge, Will,
for the first time in an indoor tour
|nament, supply living water for the
further inspiration of the rival stars
among Americas trout and salmon
anglers who win compete in a fly and
bait casting tournament. heaiism
will be this shows characteristic; an
incident In illustration will be the
neriIous ride from the lannon's rim
of a trapper on a trained mountain
horse: the camper, his sure-focted
gteeds picking their way down a
stony split trail, will, when he reach
as the cannon floor, uncinch his sad
die and unloading his pack pony,
make camp. Even the atmosphere
will be in evidence; the fragrance
from balsams and growing confer
Gus trees. The scenic scheme Is In
the master hand Of Mr.. John Young.
of KIaw and Erlanger.
Besides the assembling of the ma
|tion's star wing-shots reinforced by
their Canadian brethren, military
college and school boy rifle shooting
win be a part of the big show. All
of the competitions will be where the
visitors can see them. The numef-
Gus incidental features will include
a monograph, exhibit representing
boys' camps, by means OF photo
graphs. occupying wall space and
hinged frames, In charge of a COM
mftfee Of officials and campers repre-'
.genting the Young Mems Christian
Association. Young Mems Hebrew
Association, boy scouts, boys clubs,
schools and-indspendent camps. Wo-
naera will be represented IN the show
BY various features and viii particle
pate In the trap shooting
Metropolitan Bowling Tournament.
A great bowling touTnament be-
sides pool and shuttle board contests
wifi be 2 whole show IN itself for all
who are interested In the most popu-
lar OF indoor sports.
AS the ideal of the while man OF
today, tired OF his civilization, Is the
very life led by the Indian whom the
pale-face's acquisition of North Am
erica displaced, there win be many
Indians and representations OF abo-
rfginal life in the show and the Wis
itors will have intimate approach to
trophies and many mementoee Of re-
eent adventures In the Arctic. Ex~
oeptional music programs By 8 strong
musical organization viii be an at
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