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of the North. There is also a tremendous Kadiac bear- 
skin, which he obtained from the Indians. I cannot get 
the exact measurements of this skin, since it is hung up 
high in the air, but it appears to be between eleven and 
twelve feer. Joe Kipp says it is a third larger than any 
bufTalo skin he ever saw. There are white sheep, bear 
cubs, big-horns, as well as all sorts of fur bearing ani- 
mals, all sorts of native weapons, tools and appliances, 
all sorts of native boats, and some of the lightest and 
handsomest long and narrow snowshoes that I have ever 
seen. This exhibit is an education for any one who has 
not lived in Alaska. 
Just beyond the masterful Craine exhibit with its splen- 
did collection of liides, horns, etc., comes the tasteful 
space of the Page Woven Wire Fence Company. 
Passing for a time the animal park, of which more ex- 
tended notice will be made later, it may be well to begin 
with the trade exhibits which occupy the semicircle 
back of the Indian camp. A local wholesale firm, Hib- 
bard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co., occupy the first space, and 
show a handsome collection of sporting goods. Next 
comes the busy booth of Montgomery Ward & Co., 
whose name is literally a household word all over 
America. The exhibit of Montgomery Ward & Co. is 
small hut very select, and is confined to rod and gun 
materials exclusively. It is well handled and creates a 
good impression. 
The next booth is that of a food company, and just 
beyond this is the typical booth of A. G. Spaulding & 
Bro., who have a small space well and tastefully provided 
Avith the goods and furnishings dear to the sportman's 
heart. It need not be said that the exhibit of this firm 
is of high-class, and of a quality which has made the 
Sporting name. Just beyond the Spaulding exhibit is 
the booth of a local grocery house, which is interesting 
to sportsmen by reason of the variety of tinned goods 
ofi^ered in portable form. 
Next in line is the exhibit of a local sporting paper, 
and beyond this comes the brilliant little booth of George 
B. Carpenter & Company, whose staples are known 
wherever a tent is raised or a sail set. Binnacles, com- 
passes, all sorts of cooking outfits, boat and canoe jew- 
elry, little tents, cots — everytliing in canvas is shown as 
this firm only in the West can show it. 
Beyond the tidy and shipshape Carpenter exhibit comes 
the display made by the Truscott Boat Manufacturing 
Company, who have put in a couple of launches, and 
Create a good impression. Just beyond them comes the 
.^mall and low but attractive display of the Lake Shore 
Engine Company, of Marquette, Mich., who show a 
series of their gasoline engines. 
Near the gallery, back of the above-named exhibits, is 
a beautiful little room in which is shown the handsome 
book "Brush, Sedge and Stubble," which has been done 
by Mr. Dwight W. Huntington. 
Under the gallery, bej'ond the last-named exhibit, 
comes the grand collection of heads, horns and mounted 
specimens shown by Periolat and Frieser. This is es- 
pecially noteworthy in view of the superb Alaskan speci- 
mens which are shown. To stand in front of the grand 
Alaskan moose head, which is perhaps the finest feature 
of this exhibit, is to witness a creature that is simply 
appalling in the impression created. One can hardly 
believe that so great a creature can fall to the tiny bullet 
of the sportsman. The name of Periolat is well-known 
in the fur trade of the West for many years. 
Next beyond, under the gallery, is displayed the food 
product of another company, and in the next booth are 
shown lenses big and small for sportsmen and others. 
A candy company near b}^ furnishes a booth much visited 
by the ladies, and beyond that is shown a good supply 
of sea shells in the booth of a local concern. 
This brings us naturally to the splendid showing of 
American fishes, under charge of Dr. S. P. Bartlett, of 
the United States Fish Commission. I shall pass mention 
of this collection to be taken up with the animal exhibit. 
We g'O thence beyond the Grand Cafion, finding great 
difficulty in passing without a long stop before the mag- 
nificent Navajoe blanket and pottery exhibit shown by 
Fred Harvey, one of the most sterling and unique at- 
tractions of the show. Then we strike the handsome in- 
terior of the booth of the Southern Pacific Railway 
Company. It was the intention of this company to bring 
on a number of Indians, but at the last moment the com- 
panv was unable to secure the proper people on account 
of the lack of time. It therefore simply hung up in the 
space about twenty superb paintings done by master 
artists, and on themes connected with the glorious West, 
which is tributary to this transcontinental line. The 
Yosemite and bisr trees are shown naturally, and so are 
all the game fishes of the fresh waters, and of the salt 
waters upon which this great line takes hold. The 
paintings are superb, and this really should be called an 
art exhibit rather than a railroad exhibit. It is highly 
creditable. The next space is held by the same company, 
and is handled in a somewhat different form, being given 
over to photographs and to mounted fishes. Some of 
the photographs are grand. California exuberant, un- 
bounded and glorious is written in every line. 
Adjoining the Southern Pacific spaces is the handsome 
displajf made by William C. Kaempfer, the leading 
Chicago taxidermist. Mr. Kaempfer has shown in taste- 
ful arrangement nearly all of the greatest American, 
trophies, as well as a splendid case of birds and many 
mounted fishes, the latter difficult topic being handled 
extremely well. Mr. William C. Kaempfer is the son of 
Frederick Kaempfer, Sr., Chicago's oldest taxidermist. 
The latter established a magnificent business, which has 
been kept up by his Sons. 
And nov/ we come to one of the ver>' coziest and sweet- 
est corners of the entire show. The circuit has brought 
us again up to the main entrance of the Coliseium, and 
we are at the space of the New Brunswick Guides' Asso- 
ciation. This company was really organized by Mr. W. 
T. Chestnut, of the old house of R. C. Chestnut & Sons, 
Fredericton, N. B. The party is composed of Mr. W. 
T. Chestnut, Henry Braithwaite, Arthur Pringle, Harry 
Allen, George Armstrong aitd Adam Moore, each a well- 
known guide of his own district of that great country, so 
full of game and so little known to the western sports- 
men. New Brunswick by the sea. With the party is 
Robert Allen, of the Tourists' Association. That these 
men should come all the way out into the West shows 
t^be pluck and enterprise of tiieir kind They have come 
a long trail, and every Western sportsman is bidding them 
a hearty welcome. They are a splendid looking lot of 
men, hearty, powerful and of almost gigantic stature in 
most instances. Mr. Braithwaite is not so big as his 
contemporary, little Adam Moore, the latter weighing 
two hundred and fifty pounds and standing six feet two 
in his stocking feet, every ounce of him good, hard flesh. 
There is not a more magnificent group of Americans to 
be seen in this Coliseum than that at the New Bruns- 
wick cabin. These men brought their own cabin with 
them, as well as some of the most superb specimens of 
moose and caribou trophies ever collected upon the east- 
ern part of this continent. They have one grand moose 
mounted full size. All their taxidermist work is done 
in grand shape. They show photographs of their country 
and they have the documents to back up everything they 
say.' Among the photographs which they have is a 
portrait of the late Frank H. Risteen, and every woods- 
man lowers his voice when he speaks of poor Frank. 
As I am one of the few men of Chicago who can boast 
of being able to wear a pair of Pringle snowshoes, I 
have the inside track at the New Brunswick cabin, and 
after awhile am going to foregather with these folks from 
the far Northeast. They are making a splendid impres- 
sion here, and if all the inhabitants of New Bnunswick 
are like these, we cannot annex New Brunswick too 
quick. Furs, heads, hides, trophies, splendid photo- 
graphs, a grand exhibit of native timbers, etc., are all 
combined at the New Bnmswick exhibit, and the latter 
is a credit to the men who sent it here. I shall get some 
stories out of this camp a little later on. 
E, Hough. 
Hartford Building, Chicago, III. 
The New York Sportsmen's Show. 
The seventh annual exhibition of the Sportsmen's As- 
sociation in Madison Square Garden opened March 2 in 
the usual state of unpreparedness which is a necessary 
consequent of the short time given for arranging the ex- 
hibits. For two weeks it will be the feature of the Gar- 
den, and the most popular attraction in New York. 
Artistically, the show is the best that has ever been 
given, and in other respects it is probably the most in- 
teresting and more nearly approaching the ideal of such 
an exhibition that has been seen in New York. 
The trade exhibits which formerly cumbered the floor 
space to the detriment of other features have been moved 
to the galleries, and aside from the exhibit of launches the 
amphitheater is devoted to the essentials of sport other 
than paraphernalia. There are Indians and guides galore, 
and wild animals and fish and water, balsams and birches 
and an outlook — painted though it be — of the sunset and 
laughing water of the land of Hiawatha beyond the an- 
cient Laurentian cliff^s. 
The harsh lighting of the Garden has been softened by 
the placing of filmy curtains under the big sk3rlight. The 
crudeness and commercialism has been toned down. Div- 
ing and water polo and similar contests, which belong 
essentially to the city athlete, have been dropped. But 
after all has been said vernal — Indians and guides and 
game — it is much the same as the first Sportsmen's Show 
—much the same, only old Tenny is gone. 
A Land Mark Removed. 
When Forest and Stream did so much in May, 1895, to 
assure the success of the first Sportsmen's Show, one_ of 
the features of its exhibit was a practical demonstration 
of throwing the diamond bitch given by Billy Hofer and 
members of the staff, with the assistance of a bronco that 
had somehow drifted into a New- York livery stable. The 
bronco was branded, which showed its genuineness, and 
if further proof was wanted it was furnished by the 
artistic bucking exhibit given on the second day of the 
performance, when even the big Garden proved too small 
to contain the beast, and it was only subdued after a final 
plunge had landed it in a grocer's cellar across Fourth 
avenue, one hind leg through the hatchway stairs and a 
front leg in a barrel of eggs. 
It was at this time that old Tenny, the big Irish door- 
keeper, was hurt. Tenny was a product of the tenernent 
and had never seen a bucking horse. He was scandalized 
that any horse should carry on so on the floor of the 
building he had come to regard as his own, and when 
the horse came his way he protested, with the result that 
he was picked up a moment later considerably the worse 
for wear. 
He was laid up several weeks in his home in a court 
on the west side river front, where he was visited and 
looked after by Forest and Stream, and then he came 
back to his post, and for five successive shows his hercu- 
lean frame stood between the ticketless and the fascina- 
tions of the Garden like St. Peter at the door of Para- 
dise. This year he is gone — -"gone from a worrld of toil 
and torture," as his successor put it. 
Bifdseye View of the Show. 
Almost a third of the amphitheater is given up to the 
artificial lake, which is stocked with 1,500 trout brought 
on with the IMaine exhibit. Here also are beaver, which 
Mr. N. E. Cormier encourages in a praiseworthy effort, to 
dam a stream of Croton water from a two-inch pipe. The 
beaver are fed on popple wood, with an occasional change 
to birch and alder. 
There is an island in the lake and an Indian camp at 
the end, with half a dozen well-worn birch canoes drawn 
up at the side. Interesting, though i^x cathedra, is the fact 
that tlie lake is contained in a canvas bag. deftly sewed by 
a firm of tent makers and brushed over with copal to make 
it waterproof. As the main part of the lake is over 60 
feet across and the water several feet in depth, it may be 
seen that a considerable pressure is exerted on the sides 
and bottom, but so far the canvas bag has proved fully 
equal to its task, and its existence is not suspected by the 
passing throng. The remaining floor space of the Garden 
is largely devoted to exhibits of living game fish, birds 
and animals. 
Game Fish and Fry. 
The exhibit of fish is from the New York State Forest, 
Fish and Game Commission hatcheries at Cold Spring. 
Saranac Inn, Caledonia and Constantia. It includes 
brook trout fry and yearlings, as well as adult rainbow, 
brown, lake, steelhead and red throat trout; black bass.. 
pike-perch, yellow perch, pike and pickerel. An interest- 
ing feature is the tray hatchery of brook trout, and the 
automatic hatchery jars for whitefish, shad and smelt, both 
of which are shown in actual operation. 
Game Birds and Water Fowl. 
Mr. Verner de Guise has charge oi the exhibit of birds. 
In one of the cages is a bevy of quail, suggestive of brown 
stubble fields and eager dogs and the tingling call for 
alertness on the part of the man behind the gun. There 
are also California quail and wild turkeys and the various 
pheasants of old world origin. Among the water fowl 
the strongest showing is made in geese and swans. 
Big Game. 
The big-game animals are from Merrymeeting Park, 
Brunswick, Me. The superintendent of the park, Mr. C. 
H. Stuart, has the animals in charge. There are buffalo, 
moose, elk, caribou, antelope and Virginia deer, beside 
black bears, timber wolves, coyotes, porcupines and the 
lesser animals. 
The different species of deer are all fat and in the best 
of condition, except for the fact that all are discounting 
the season by shedding their coats for the spring pelage, 
and the bull caribou has horns six inches long, that bid 
fair to get their full development by May. 
The reason for this unseasonable state of affairs is that 
the animals spent a couple of months on exhibition in 
Boston in the early winter instead of being outdoors as 
usual. Confinement to a summer temperature has upset 
their natural tendencies to a marked degree. When at 
home in the park, though provided with comfortable 
shelters, the deer prefer to lie out in the snow all during 
the •wdnter. 
Feed for Captive Animals. 
Mr. Stuart gave some interesting particulars as to his 
method of feeding the various animals. The moose are 
given ground oats and cracked corn with hay morning 
and night daily, only getting birch and balsam browse 
three times a week. The elk have hay and grain, and are 
fed just as a horse would be. The buffalo have nothing 
but hay and grain. The antelope are given any kind of 
ground food and hay. The caribou are more particular, 
and eat little beside the white "caribou" moss from old 
ledges and rocks, which is gathered for them by the ton 
before snowfall. At times they will take a little clover 
hay, but this is given them but sparingly. The porcu- 
pines get bread with a few balsam boughs and sweet 
potatoes as a special treat. 
The secret of the perfect health the animals enjoy is 
largely in the fact that in addition to the above regular 
diet they are frequently given little extras to tempt their 
taste. Roots, such as turnips, beets and carrots, are fre- 
quently on their bill of fare, and also anything that they 
like and will eat. 
Tricks and Oddities. 
A gruesome trophy, suggestive of the Klondike trail, is 
a human skull with a raven mounted on it picking at the 
empty eye socket. Howard McAdam, of Calais, Me., who 
exhibited some interesting freaks in the animal world at 
the Boston show last year, has a remarkable six-horned 
buck's head. The deer was a mature six-year-old buck 
in good condition, killed Oct. 6, 1900, near Calais. The 
entire top of the head is crowned with a fungus growth 
which is brown and, superficially, very similar to the 
velvet on the new horn. From this cap-like covering six 
imperfect horns take their start, five on one side and 
one on the other." These horns are only about two 
inches in length and are in the velvet. The effect is far 
from being ugly. 
Mr. McAdam also shows an albino porcupine and a deer 
with a remarkably heavy set of antlers, which spread 
twenty-eight inches and measure seven inches in cir- 
cumference just above the burr. 
There is a second white porcupine in the Garden, and 
in the Aroostook exhibit F. R. Wilson has the mounted 
head of a horned doe shot three years ago late in Decem- 
ber. Despite the time of year, the horns, which are 
spikes three inches long, are in the velvet. 
In this exhibit may also be seen fine specimens of the 
albino deer of which Maine is so prolific, and also a cow 
caribou head with a finely developed set of antlers. 
Maine, Canada and 'the Adirondacks. 
Maine, Canada and the Adirondacks have by far the 
largest exhibits. The Adirondack exhibit is in charge 
of Mr. E. E. Sumner, who has just been elected Presi- 
dent of the Guides' Association for the third time. C. 
C. Nichols. State Game Warden, is in charge of the 
Maine exhibit, which takes up a large part of the south 
and west side of the amphitheater. Mr. L. O. Arm- 
strong, of the C. P. R., is the moving genius of the 
Canadian section, with his Ojibways and his Indian play 
founded on the Hiawatha legend. 
The Indian Play. 
"Hiawatha." as performed by the Ojibway Indians, 
lineal descendants of the men who gave Longfellow the 
theme of his poem, is a novel and highly interesting 
presentation. Unfortunately, however, for the majority 
of spectators, the plaj- is a vaudeville performance. They 
take it in with an amtised but not altogether edified ap- 
proval. The average spectator knows absolutely nothing 
of Longfellow's poem, and the play is taken as a com- 
bination of kangaroo dance and war whoop. The artistic 
and suggestive side is seen by those with rare percep- 
tion. 
The play opens with the assemblage of representatives 
from the tribes of the wide scattered Indian nations in a 
council of war. A war dance follows and then the dele- 
gates- are addressed hy the Great Spirit, at whose in- 
stance the council was called. The Great Spirit prays 
that peace may descend upon the tribes, the war paint is 
washed away and the pipe of peace brought out and 
smoked. 
In the second scene the boy Hiawatha makes his en- 
trance. With Nokomis standing near, he receives in- 
struction in the art of shooting at a mark on a skin held 
by two of the Indians. The following scene shows Hia- 
watha grown to maturer years. His joamey to the 
Rockies and meeting with Minnehaha are introduced and 
he maps the route and pictures his adventures on birch 
