New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-01
STUFFED OWLS
Two Arrests for Selling Them
at the SportSmen'S Show.
BOY SCOUTS IN ACTION
A. j. Marsh Wins Bait Casting
Contest for Accuracy in the
Anglers Tourney.

Walter u. Kinds. a taXidermist living
al No. II West street. Portland. Me. and
l'lrich y. Grimm Of No SIS 7th street.
Brooklyn. were arrested last night AZ the
Sportsmen's Show. in Madison Square
Garden. by State Game Warden Edgar
Hicks Of 40 10 Fisk avenue. Westerly.
West Brighton. staten Island. ana
charged with violating tho conservation
laws Of the State OF New York
Kinds was charged with the actual vio-
laiiot Of the law and Grffith with being
an accessory thereto. IL being contended
that they were Offering stuffed owls for
sale AZ the show. According 20 the
police. a violation OF the conservation
law is a misdemeanor and the two men
will be arraigned in the Essex Market
court to-day having been baicd last
night from the Eas, ed street station by
, stephen Van Allen Of No. IS Union Hills.
Jamaica.
Kinds said that he did not think that
his selling the owls was q violation Of
the New York law. He said that the
birds had been legally killed by him in
Maine. and that he had sold them in that
state without breaking the law He said
that he would demand a trial by a jury
and make test case. He said that he
has retired from business. and his trip
10 New York was for the purpose OF
winding up his affairs
More than five hundred BOY Scouts gath
cred at the show last night. under the
command OF \. II. Forbush deputy field
scout commissioner, to give dcmonstra-
tons Of their skill Many more went TO
the Garden to watch the exercises. while
hundreds OF parents. who were keenly in
tcrestcd to see what the scout training
does for the boy, made special inquiries OF
Scout Commissioner Forbush as to the
methods Of organizing a troop.
one exhibition was the building OF a
signal tower. twenty feet high by a troop
spars and saplinGs together in an extraor-
dinarily short time. Then two scouts
climbed TO the top. One sent messages
by wig-wagging. while the scout at his
side took down the answer from the
scouts in another section Of the building
Another feature which aroused the in
terest Of the spectators and won much
applause was the ability OF the boys Of
Painheld. y. j.. under Allen T.. Beals. in
wall scaling. They went over wall ten
feet high in jig time.
The show attracted goodly crowd all
day, and the trap shooting, nv casting
and rife shooting provided plenty OF en-
tertainment. apart from the many ex-
hibts.
A. j. Marsh won the accuracy bait con
test in the anglers tournament. with 90
per cent: w. A. Chaner was second
with 81 per cent. and ID. r. Abercrombie.
third. with az per cent. e. G.. Levinson.
Y. y. Lawrence and y. r. Howell were
the Judges.
n. 4. Chanler made an average OF ~
per cent in the distance bait cast. easily
winning from ID. 4. Abercromble who
was second, with S. per cent. q T. Going
was third. with 50 per cent. The Judges
were c. G. Levinson. y. =. Howell and
NJ. J. Marsh.
Alfred H. Durham. OF Nome Alaska,
was a visitor at the show during the
afternoon Mr.. Durham carried a gold
nugget valued at $50. for which John d.
Rockefeller is said to have offered 81 OOO
The nugget is OF an unusual shape and
size and when held In different positions
shows the figures Of number Of wild
animals ready for action.