New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-28
Crowds at Sportsman'S Show
City for an Hour.
a REAL BOAT THAT FLIES
Shapiro Wins Honors in School
boy Shooting Tourna-
lnent.

Tuelvc thousand persons. perhaps.
,.ord the irresistible call of the wild and
.ornd time 20 while away an hour or
,,oro at the nineteenth renewal of the
vev York Sportsmcn's Show in Madison
square Garden yesterday. The jewellers
10 the narrow confines Of the city. where
,su buildings take the place of the lofty
,,onsrchs Of the forest and where the
sadly neglected asphalt pavcments have
long supplantcd the grecnsward and turf,
snent their time i'm the woods. even If
only for an hour. and found plenty to
occupy their minds.
There were camps. miniature lakes,
heads with ffty-inch spreads. more or
lass: nnny denizens of the rushing brook
and calm lakes and pines. birds Geathered
and otherWisel; in fact, a sportsman's
paradise
Ire Garden has taken on a new dress.
and. TO the mind Of the crowd. a becom-
ing one. Oft in the BACKGROUND there is
a mountain range. q view Of Jackson's
Hole. Wyo.. and sloping off from it
great rolling plain. This plain Is IN
realitv the target range. on which the
boom Of rife and shotgun sounded all day
long. The sweet odor of pine trees and
birchcS filed the air, and all that was
lacking were the waving Of the pine tops
and souehing OF the night wind TO COM
plete the scene The guides from tho
Northern woods were there in force and
many and fearsome were the tales they
told the credulous.
The exhibits kept tho crowd busy for
long time. but the centre Of attraction
was the hydro-aeroplane invented by
Glenn Curtiss This craft has guaran-
iced speed Of siXty-fVe miles an hour in
the air and hfty-fve miles an hour in the
water II is guided exactly as the con-
vential aeroplane. and the demonstrator
declared last night that il was much
easier 10 handle. II = non-sinkable. and
when on water non-capsizable. The hydro
seroplane is driven by an So-horsepower
engine. which will not balk. according 10
the demonstrator.
The fy casting and scholastic rife shoot
Ing tournament started the competition OF
The week Chief interest centred around
the work Of the schoolboys. who proved
as steady as their erown-up neighbors.
Dave Shapiro. Of the High School OF
Commerce. was the particular star Of the
afternoon. and won three contests in ad-
dition TO tieius for honors in another
shapiro showed his ability in the contest
FOR the junior marksmens medal by shoot
ing a perfect card He was beten BY one
point in the Van Allen trophy by Roscare,
Of Morris High School, and tied for hon
ors in the Poth trophy competition with
Peppert. Of Morris High School. with 4
score Of 81 out Of 100
The scores follow:
JUNIOR MARKsMAN's MEDAL open to
anv schoolboy who has not yet reached his
nineteenth bir-hdst.
D Shapiro. High school Of Commerce. ..... 100
n J. fiaStead. High school Of Commerce 20,
J. l.. Beals Collegiate Institute ........- ~
e. X McKe1n. Bryant HiGh school ....... 70
F. y. Layton. Stuyvesant High School. ..... ~
r Zechel. curtis High School. ............. %
REMINGTON TROPIY.-To the schoolboy
MAKING the highest total score on two tick
cts. ten shots standing and ten shots prone
!. Norway. De Witt clinton High school ls5
:. J. Beals. Collegiate Institute. ..........iel
H. Petzei. StuyVesant High School. go. III,
G. II Blatt Eastern District High school l62
VAN ALLEN TROPHY To the schoclhoy
making the highest total score on two lick
cts, seven shots standing and seven sho's
prone.
D. shapiro. High school OF Commerce l3o
W Y Reppert Norris High School 10
D. Clarke. Morris High school .......... -
g. ". Condor. Morris High School. IL
" J. POTH TROPHY.-To the schoolboy
making the highest total score on two tick
.u Ave shots standing and five shots prone