Evening journal., 1911-11-20
SPORTSMEN'S
SHOW The BEST
Trap ShOOtinG, Fly Casting
and Camping Seen In
doors Next Week
DUPONT REPRESENTATIVE
WORKS OUT THE DETAILS

Shooting over the traps for the
shotgun sharps and from the butts
for the riflemen will, coupled with
fly and matt casting, be the keynote
of the action of the second annual in
ternational indoor trap shooting
tournament and New York's annual
sportsmen's show, March to 9, in
elusive, at the Sixty-ninth Regiments
Armory, Lexington avenue, Twenty
fifth and Twenty-sixth streets, and
just opposite the eastern end Of Mad
ison Square Garden, home since 1898,
of sportsmens shows in the metrop-
oils. The historic garden is sold and
as the throngs from Broadway ap-
proach the coming sportsmen's show
they can witness. in passing, the de-
struction Of the famous and beautiful
structure. The plan, scope and exc
cution of details Of the approaching
great trap shoot is chiefly in the
hands of the. successful director Of
similar events, Luther ]. Squire, rep
resentative of the DUPONT Powder
Company, which by its hearty coop
Grafton, lead in making possible the
success of the 1911 indoor trap shoot
at the garden, the first ever held. All
the amateur champions will be in the
shoot, including F. b. Stephenson OF
the Crescent Athletic Club Of Brooklyn,
who won the indoor championship last
year against 265 competitors, the
flower Of Americans army of shotgun
experts. Neaf Apgar, professional
champion OF last year who broke 2i0
out of $50 targets will again step up
on the shooting platform. The women
will be there: Miss Annie Kicker,
amateur of Lancaster, Pa, will shoot
again, and Annie Oakley, whose popu-
larity has never heen dimmed, will
give her remarkable exhibitions, and
in good form, too. for she has given
nearly four hundred exhibitions since
last March. The boys will be there,
too: New York's public school boys
will have their annual rife shooting
range, while on the 100-yard military
range, the best indoor rifle range in
America. will be contested military
and Independent matches. Fly and
bait casters will cast their fine spun
lines over real river. America
boy campers will be there again witt
an exhibit and boy campers and boz
scouts will live over again before the
public their bully times Of last sum
mer.
Just to please the boys" StepheI
(Steve) NJ. Van Allen. General man
ager Of the sportsmen's show, world
famous expert with both shotgun an'
rife, will give exhibitions Of his skill
and draw pictures Of Indians head
with his rife bullets. The scenic an,
spectacular place Of the 1911 sports
mems show was an eye-opener to eX
hibition attending New Workers. bu
Il will fade away before the spetcacu
sar and stage settings now beinl
evolved by William G.. Poth, the pas
master of scenic and spectacular ef
fects. Hand-in-hand with the show
management the famous Camp Fir
Club of America and other sports
mems organizations are working Z
make the 1912 sportmen's sho'
something far beyond anything here
tofore dreamed of and to combin
with it the proposed Congress
American Sportsmen which at
grand annual meeting in the metroT
Oils can pass each successive year o
national and international question
that are vital TO the best interest
field sports and all who love and liV
the great outdoor life.
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