New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-02
City Crowds Hear Call OF
Forest and Stream and
Camp Life.
SCHOOLGIRLS AS MARKSMEN
Shapiro Leads List in the
Rifle Tournament "A
True Tale of a
Guide.


nual Spor,sman's Show, now running in
Madison Square Garden. Since the show
opened steady stream of persons, eager
10 snatch an hour I'm the forest and get
back TO the days of camp life with rife
and roo. tent and blanket has flowed
through the portals i'm never ending cur
rent. and there is no visible sign of in
terest slackening.
IT is estimated that more than twenty
thousand have attended the show. There
is small cause for wonder al the figures
for the exhibits are interesting. while
thu trap and rifle shooting carnival and
fy-casting tournament command attcn-
tion
One OF the most interesting features OF
the show is the schoolboy rifle tourna-
ment. which is being conducted under the
direction of the Public Schools Athletic
League. Practically every school in
greater New York is represented hy a
team. and some of the youngsters nave
turned in cards which compare favorably
with the grown-ups who are competing IN
the open competitions.
This is particularly true of Dave Sha-
piro. of the High School of Commerce
rife team. Already Shapiro has won two
competitions and has tied for honors in
another He did his best work In the
match for the junior marksman's medal
turning in n perfect score. n. J. Hal
stead. another Commerce lad. and q. IL.
Beals. Of the Collegiate Institute and Nj.
Rescore also are doing creditable work.
The intercity trap shooting tournament
will be held between teams representing
this c,ty and Philadelphia tomorrow az
ternoon The match will begin at 0
3 o'clock. Last year the Quaker City gun
ners won by the narrow margin of two
birds. and they hope TO repeat their tri-
unlph. y ray Of hope for the New fork
gunners lies i'm the fact that barry
Kahier. Of Philadelphia. who practically
won the match last year is no longer
member of the team. Kahler has joined
the ranks of the professionals, and at
present is in the employ Of gun manu-
facturer. giving exhibitions throughout
the West.
The scientific anglers" to whom day
spent wading in turbulent brook. clam
bering over tree stumps brushing through
bushes. climbing over Shiny rocks ana
avoiding deep holes Is day we'll spent
will find plenty to interest them In the
fy-casting contest To the beginner 1t is
hard enough to make the swaying, whip
like rod and the light, silky fly behave.
but to get distance and still avoid the
numerous obstacles is feat beyond the
ken of many.
However the obstacles offered ny nat
ure which are used to advantage oy the
cunning fish are no greater tnan the aru-
fetal traps constructed by the judges 10
discomfort the contestants. Some rare
sport is expected when the contestants
try to get their flies under the bar placed
thirty feet from the platform, and SIX
feet above the water.
One Of the most popular innovations Is
the motion picture shooting gallery IN
which rabbits scamper across the screen
grouse burst from cover and whir-r-r-r
on their way just as In nature. Inc
gunner takes his shot at the fleeing game,
! and If he scores a hit an electrical con-
triyapce records II. The gallery has been
hacked to capacity from the start or the
snow. and promoters have done land
Office business.
No story of the show would be complete
without some mention OF the guides from
The woods. Popular fancy. no doubt pict-
ures these men OF the forest as gaunt'
raw-boned, gruff men. difficult to APP
proach and unable to talk. Many OF
Them are big, raw-boned chaps, whose life
in the forest has Drowned their races
and hardened their muscles until the!
have become as whalebone and whipcords
hut they are all willing to talk. as many
n, the visitors will bear witness. Some
Of their tales-well. lack OF space pre-
vents. but short sample may suffice
Adam Moore and his son Bret who
have guided many a party through the
New Brunswick woods and have always
found the moose and deer and the caribou
for their employers. entertained many
parties in their booth throughout the
week Mr. Moore. ST., is as entertaining
"a man as ever killed moose. and II
must be said that his skill as nmroc
IS only exceeded by his ability to relate
truthful tales of life In the forest. NC
nature fakes for him. No. sir.
How do you guides spend the winter?
he was asked.
For some time he smoked his pipe In
silence and then drawlcd: "Oh, We don
spend II. IL just ndCheia's "P'N"
More silence.
"But YOU must do something, ana the
folks here are quite as highly interested
In YOUR life as you are in theirs; more so
in fact" he was urged.
We'll" he finally said. I'VE hunt and
trap a little. clear off the trails and look
after the camps In the woods You see
we have to attend TO business. even when
the snow is six feet deep. Why. do you
know" (and he never batted lash) there
was a fellow up there once who went out
10 clear a trail during a snowfall and he
got into a drift and he sunk through
about eight feet, but he made such hole
that he didn't smother (gasps from tho
crowds: well. IL was early in the morn
ing and when the sun came up anc
melted the drift he was standing on a
Moose" questioned an eager listener
mo" replied Moore 'he was standing
on a wagon OF his neighbor. who had
been showed In. too.
The gunners from Morris High Schoo
won the trophy of the New York State Rifle
Shooting Association with score Of l.l5'
out of a possible 2.000. The team was
made up of F1Iria Pickett. Braunstein
Kerr. Hoffman, Reppert. Rcscore. Starke
Dugan and Condor De Witt Clinton High
School was second. with total OF LIZA
Stuyyesant was In third place, with LIZ
pojnts TO it's credit. The same Morri:
lads walked off with the Standard Bearer
tronhv offered for team competition