New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-21
Original Show of Great
Outdoors Gets Under
Way Successfully.
DOOR OF PINE AND
CEDAR EVERYWHERE
TrapshooterS, Schoolboy Marks.
men and Fishermen Find Many
Forms of Contest.

A man st0nOlnG NJ lhe CORNER o.
Forty-sixth Street and Lexington Ave
nue. yesterday afternoon was seen to
tilt his nose toward the sky and sniff
the air dreamily. Then he stretched
his arms above his head and yawncd'
an be fingered IL IL don't smell Ike
tho Old Maine woods. 7 must be dream
ing" he said, and Joined the whlrling
throng hurrying to business engage
ments.
Came another man. leading pointer
dog on a leash, headed toward Madison
Square Garden, where the show or the
Westminster Kennel Club opens TO-
morrow morning The dog suddenly
STONED and pointed intently, as though
at convey Of quail. and looked up Lex
ington Avenue mourufully as his mas
ter pulled him along.
The dog and the man did not know
what impelled them TO do the things
they did. but had they gone few steps
out Of their way and entered the Grand
Central Palace the secret would have
been disclosed.
With Colonel Allen s. Williams hold
ing the watch and Captain j. II.
Dressed giving the word TO start, the
original National Sportsmen.s Sho"
swung into motion az IL o'clock yester-
dav morning. to continue every day TINS
week up 20 and including Saturday.
The regular New Yorker always waits
impatiently for this show, welcoming
il as his only opportunity all winter oil
getting in touch with the out OF doors
hat he can only see IN actaality lot
wo weeks in the summer when nc
oors closed at II O'Clock last night
r n had nQCEpI
through the gates al the Grand Cen
,ral Palace eoualled the record for the
best attendance on the first day OF the
show. which Captain Dressed, the man
acer. has been conducting since 1895.
The entire first floor of the big Pal
ace is given over to the exhibits, and
everywhere are fragrant fir, cedar
spruce and pine trees, and II was these
children Of the forest that sent their
fragrance TO the sidewalk, where the
man and the dog before mentioned IN
hailed ii.
Captain Dressed was busy most OF
the dav welcoming old friends who
have been faithful in their attendance
at the show since its inception. one
of those who shook his hand heartily
was Phil DAILY, famous wing shot and
all-around sport.
There was q tremendous snortlng
and banging in Depew Place, back OF
the Grand Central Station about 4:3o
o'clock. when big motor car swung
in loaded TO the rails with Long Island
hunters, hot air and hiarlty. Inc auto
and it's load were consigned TO Captain
Rill Graham, of Blue Point, who has
charge Of the Long Island EXHIBIT IN
the Sportsmen's Show.
L 4 NHrf# "a ~
hers. which bore the strange device:
"Red Hot. the fox hunter or, his way
20 the National Sportsmen's Show,
Grand Central Palace. PatchogUe to
New York"
Those in the automobile were Henry
r. Hallock. known as RED Hot" the
length and breadth of Long Island; o..
G. Bishop and Alfred Hallock. There
was also live red fox called Cute
and thirteen fox skins, one racoon petit,
several opossum skins and stuffed
mink all made in Long Island"
Spying the skin Of smal black
bear, somebody asked RED Hot its
history, and he started in TO tell how
the bear had been shot "of Long Isl
and. sir" but just then he was seized
with a coughing fit and could not fin
ISL his story.
AHe OF Llt IOIulti tAIlDlNN Nlo
"Bufalo" Joues's moving pictures OF
wild animal life in Africa. The "Buf-
ialo" and Ambrose Means, the dare
devil cowboy, gave a lecture on how
easy IL Is TO rope the widest and
most vicious Of Africa's wild beasts,
and even the skcptics In the audience
were forced 10 believe all they heard,
because the pictures on the screen
backed up every word the big game
hunters said
Loud reports coming from the mez-
canine floor were found to result from
rifles In the hands Of several hundred
sehoolboys. who are holding their an
nual shooting tournament. High up
on the roof with the sun smiling
down on them, trap shooters. both
amateur and professional, men and
women, were smashing clay pigeons
with marvellous case.
Down on the main floor a group Of
interested spectators gathered closely
about 4 raised platform on which sew
eral men were trying 70 break the
worlds record for making fire with
ont matches or flint, but just by fric-
ton. Ottoman H. Van Norden was in
charge Of this contest. and anybody
who wanted 10 try az II was welcome.
The record is held by Arthur r. For
hush. scout executive Of the Boy
Scouts Of America, Of Worcester. Mass.
Young Mr.. Forbush Is said TO have
produced a Game IN tweuty-si1 sec
onds by rubbing two pieces Of wood
together. The best time made yester-
day was one minute and twenty sec
onds, by David Abercrombie,
Izaak Walton's memory was kept
green By hy casters on the roof who,
IN an artificial stream, whlrled their
light rods above their heads and sent
the line spinning over the water. X.
A. Earl was the best, with sixty-six
feet four inches
Guides from Maine, New Brunswick,
Canada, the North Woods and other
parts Of the wild are strewn thickly
through the Palace. resdy 20 swap
their finest yarns with any one who
will listen.
It's a great show, and It's all under
one tent, gentlemen.