EDITOR'S CORNER. 



The Sixth Annual Sportsmen's Show, 

 which was held at Madison Square Gar- 

 den, March 1st to 17th, 1900, was a complete 

 success financially. The Garden was packed 

 every night, and was comfortably filled 

 every afternoon during the entire period, 

 and the management announces that over 

 135,000 people paid admission at the gate. 



The ground floor of the Garden was 

 tastefully and liberally decorated with ever- 

 greens, giving the visitor a forcible re- 

 minder of the pine woods, when entering 

 the arena. The next thin^ to attract at- 

 tention was a liberal exhibit of live wild 

 animals, such as buffalo, elk, bear, deer, 

 wolves, panthers, etc. 



There were a number of coops of game 

 birds, and several tanks of game fishes. The 

 aquatic sports in the artificial lake delighted 

 thousands of visitors during afternoons and 

 evenings. Many of the old time exhibit- 

 ors and some new ones were on hand. 

 Prominent among these I recall : 



E. I. Dupont De Nemours & Co.. Thos. 

 W. Fraine, Laflin & Rand Powder Com- 

 pany, Lefever Arms Company, Schoverling, 

 Daly & Gales, D. T. Abercrombie & Co., 

 Pantasote Leather Company, Remington 

 Arms Company, Bridgeport Gun Imple- 

 ment Company, Peters Cartridge Company, 

 King Powder Company, Dr. Robert B. 

 Cantrell, Savage Repeating Arms Com- 

 pany, Union Metallic Cartridge Company, 

 Page Woven Wire Fence Company, Lozier 

 Motor Company, Pennsylvania Iron Works 

 and the Canadian Pacific Railroad. 



The usual rifle and revolver tournament 

 in the basement and the- trap tournament 

 on the roof drew crowds of shooters in- 

 terested in these various sports, all of 

 whom thoroughly appreciated an oppor- 

 tunity to pull trigger during the winter sea- 

 son, when outdoor sports are quarantined 

 by Jack Frost. 



Several of the old time exhibitors, such 

 as the Winchester Repeating Arms Com- 

 pany, the Parker Gun Company, the Stev- 

 ens Arms Company, and others, were not 

 represented at this show, and I heard hun- 

 dreds of visitors express regret at this. A 

 Sportsmen's Show without such well- 

 known houses is like Hamlet without 

 Hamlet. 



The friends of Recreation are still re- 

 sponding most generously to my appeal for 

 live animals for the Recreation Group in 

 the New York Zoological Park. The follow- 

 ing specimens have been received since the 

 last report : 



Jan. 11. Fox Squirrel. One specimen, presented by 

 C. O. Goodwin, Pleasant Lake, Ind. 



Feb. 5. Wild Turkey. Five specimens, presented by 



A. E. Pond, New York City. 



Mar. 1. Porcupine. One specimen, presented by 

 Percy Selous, Greenville, Mich. 



Mar. 9. Red Fox. One specimen, presented by The 

 Brown's Tract Guides' Association, through A. M. 

 Church, Old Forge, N. Y. 



Mar. 14. Raccoon. One specimen, presented by F. 

 D. Matson, Floridaville, N. Y. 



Mar. 30. Porcupine. One specimen, presented by 



B. G. True, Clinton, Maine. 



I trust that readers who have not yet con- 

 tributed to this group may find an early 

 opportunity to do so. 



Captains Charles W. Laird and Charles 

 S. Wheeler, of Washington, came over 

 to the Sportsmen's Show prepared to sperxl 

 several days in seeing that, and the other 

 attractions of this city, but their visit was 

 rudely broken off by the receipt of a tele- 

 gram stating that Captain Wheeler's son 

 had met with a serious accident. He and 

 his wife returned to Washington at once, 

 and he wrote me soon after that, though 

 the boy's skull had been fractured by a fall, 

 he was rapidly recovering. 



Both of these gentlemen are old time 

 sportsmen, and Captain Laird was for 

 many years a member of the Columbia 

 Long Range Rifle Team, which went to 

 England years ago and brought back a val- 

 uable trophy. 



The President of the League was re- 

 cently invited by the Hon. John F. Lacey 

 to attend a public hearing given on his 

 bill for the perpetuation of the buffalo. I 

 went to Washington, and, with the Hon. 

 C. J. Jones and Dr. C. Hart Merriam, was 

 given a cordial hearing by the Committee 

 on Public Lands, which had Mr. Lacey's 

 bill in charge. We gave the committee 

 some weighty reasons why the bill should 

 become a law, and at the conclusion of the 

 arguments the committee unanimously 

 decided to report the bill favorably. It is 

 earnestly hoped it may pass the House. 

 Then the League will follow it through the 

 Senate. 



Colonel C. J. Jones, of Kansas, brought 

 6 buffaloes to New York a few days ago, 

 4 of which were shipped to Carl Hagen- 

 beck, Germany, and 2 to Austin Corbin's 

 big game preserve in Vermont. 



It is a pity that any of these animals 

 should be allowed to leave this country ; 

 but Congress has been slow in acting on 

 Jones' bill for a buffalo preserve, and he 

 has found it necessary to sacrifice a few of 

 his animals in order to meet his obligations. 

 It is hoped his bill may soon become a law, 

 and that the few remaining buffaloes which 

 Jones and Colonel Goodnight have may be 

 permanently located within a wire fence. 



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