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The Sportsmen^s Show. 
The ninth annual Sportsmen's Show opened in Madi- 
son Square Garden, this city, February 21, and will con- 
tinue until March 7. The dominating feature of the 
exposition this year is the Indian play Hiawatha, which 
is enacted by a troupe of Ojibways from the north shore 
of Lake Huron. The central portion of the imniense- 
floor space has been converted into a lake, containing 
in the center an island; and in the background, rising 
from the lake, there is a highly realistic wildwood with 
majestic mountains in the distance. The principal inci- 
dents of the play take place on the island. Hiawatha has 
been sung for several summers by these Indians in the 
open air on the shore of a lake near Desbarats, Ont., and 
as here presented it has the pleasing character of a fin- 
ished performance. 
The orchestra and chorus is large and magnifi- 
cently trained, and is in itself a most important feature 
of the show. Several soloists, eminent as artists, have 
also been engaged to sing at the afternoon matinees and 
evening performances, so that in its musical features it. 
has entertaining possibilities of a high and refined order. 
The lake is also utilized afternoon and evening for 
fly-casting competitions, the programme of which has 
already been given in our columns. 
The various game regions are well represented by the 
delegations of guides, whose characteristic cabins and ac- 
coutrements have unfailing attraction for all who have 
sc£n the real thing in the woods. 
The districts represented are New Brunswick and the 
Canada- Pacific country, Maine, the Adirond.acks, Vir- 
ginia and Montana and Wyoming. 
The trade exhibits are as follows : 
Von Lengerke & Detniold occupj' a big space on the 
main floor at the left of the main entrance. The exhibit 
of this firm consists principally of the Racine Boat Coiii- 
pany's output, all in charge of Mr. Gus Griefif. 
Another important exhibit is that of Abercrombie & 
Fitch, the makers of everything for camping and camp 
life. 
Messrs. J. H. Lau & Co. are showing for the first time 
in this country the Rebla gun; also Empire powders and 
fencing swords of all nations. 
Savage rifles are on exhibition in all grades, in charge 
of Messrs. French and Savage, Jr. 
Mr. Paul North has a booth exhibiting Chamberlain 
Targets and a new hand device for throwing them. 
A. PL Funke's exhibit of Mannlicher repeating rifles is 
a full and interesting one. 
The Stevens Arms Companj'' is showing complete sam- 
ples of their entire output. The HoUenbeck guns can be 
seen there. 
Siegel-Cooper Co. make a fine displa}' of their sport- 
ing goods department. 
The Pneumatic Mattress Company have on exhibition 
every device for comfort, afloat and ashore. 
Mr. Marble himself is in charge of the Marble Safety 
Ax Company's exhibit ; they have a big line of specialties 
for vise in the forest. 
Charles A. Strelinger & Co. make a good showing of 
their engines. 
The Standard Marine Engine Compauj'^ have three dif- 
ferent designs and grades of power on the main floor. 
The Lo^ier Motor Company's exhibit is an important 
feature of the show. This is true of the Western Gas 
Engine Company. 
Among other important engine and motor companies 
represented are the Buffalo Gasoline Motor Company, the 
Eagle Gas Engine Company, the Toquet Launch and 
Motor Company and the Norwalk Motor Company. 
The Old Town Canoe Company, of Maine, have a 
pretty exhibit. So have Palmer Brothers. 
The well-known taxidermist, Mr. PI. L. Rand, of 
AVorcester, Mass., has on exhibition some beautiful speci- 
mens of his work. 
At the space of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Com- 
pany can be seen some particularly interesting pictures 
of game scenes in the west and northwest. 
The Old Hickory Chair Company show some comfort- 
able devices for .camp life. 
The Canadian Camp-Fire Club's dinner, an event 
which was coincident with the opening of the Sports- 
men's Show, was given in Madison Square Garden on 
Friday evening of last week, and it was a function of 
great magnitude. About 300 members and their friends, 
gentlemen and ladies, had a most enjoyable time. There 
was quite a bit of camp life realism in the surroundings. 
The great stage scene at the west end of the amphi- 
theatre portrayed a section of the wilderness ; canoes 
on the lake and the lake itself were something like a part 
of camp life conditions, and the crisp, cool air of the 
garden was a reality. The long tatsle, horse shoe in 
shape, had its head at the Madison avenue entrance, the 
sides sweeping far down toward the other end on each 
side of the lake. Many distinguished members and 
guests were present. Dr. G. Lenox Gordon presided. 
Mr. , Ernest Thompson Setoh was tosatmaster. After 
dinner several speeches were made in felicitous vein, 
m.ostly of camp-fire themes. Rev. Leander T. Chamber- 
lain, D.D., specially distinguished himself as an enter- 
taining after dinner speaker. 
Fly-Casting at the Spoftsmec's Show. 
The Anglers' Casting Tournament opened Saturday 
evening, February 21, at 7 :30 o'clock, and will continue 
every afternoon and night until the Sportsmen's Show 
closes, on March 7. It is in charge of the following 
gentlemen, who compose the Tournament Committee : 
Charles A. Bryan, Charles R. Flint, Robert B. Lawrence, 
Frank Bailey, W. K. Park, N. S. Smith, D. T. Aber- 
crombie, C. G. Levison, J. S. Parlee, W. D. Cloyes, G. 
H. Gerard, W. F. Kimber, G. B. Hayes, H. W. Van 
Wagenen, Robert Lefferts, Lody Smith, T. A. Knapp, 
Harry Palmer, Hr L. Cadmus, and J. E. Bulwinkel. 
The Openiog Event, Feb. 21, 
The first event was Class A, black bass fly-casting, 
distance only to count; flies on No. 4 or larger hook, at 
the discretion of the contestants; open only to those who 
had never cast more than 75 feet in any similar contest 
in either club or open tournament: weight qf ro4 and 
length of leader unrestricted. Three prize medals, gold, 
silver and bronze. Harold G. Henderson won. The 
judges and referee were: A. B. Douglass, J. B. Car- 
ville and Milton H. Smith. The score, in feet and inches : 
Harold G. Henderson, 73 feet 4 inches; W. D. Cloyes, 
70 feet; V. R. Greenwood, 68 feet 6 inches; W. K. Park, 
67 feet 8 inches. 
Monday Af ernoon, Feb. 23, 
Class B — Trout fly-casting for distance only. Open 
to youths not ever twenty years of age. Weight of rod 
and length of leader unrestricted. Three prize medals, 
gold, silver and bronze. The score in feet and inches: 
J. H. Cruikshank, 76 feet 4 inches; R. F. Cruikshank, 69 
feet; W. H. Cruikshank, 63 feet 3 inches. Carroll Hen- 
derson, Jr., cast 63 feet and B. C. Ritchie 44 feet. 
Monday Night, Feb. 23. 
Class C — Switch trout fly-casting contest. Distance 
only. Open to all excepting those who have cast more 
than 75 feet in any similar club or tournament contest. 
An obstacle was placed fifteen feet behind the contest- 
ants. Weight of rod and length of leader unrestricted. 
Three prize medals, gold, silver and bronze. The score, 
in feet and inches : C. G. Levison, 63 feet 6 inches ; H. 
G. Henderson, Sr., 59 feet; E. J. Mills, 59 feet; D. T. 
Abercrombie, 49 feet 6 inches. Cast-off: Mills, 71 feet; 
Henderson, 59 feet. 
Winter Care of Tackle, 
"It's a source of great surprise to me," said a A'et- 
eran angler, "to find that some men have any tackle 
at all left over from the preceding year, when I see the 
careless way in which they treat it. Rods are dumped 
hastily into some garret corner, often dry and hot 
enough to warp a telegraph pole. Lines still wet from 
the last day's fishing are tossed into an envelope to 
mildew or are left to rot on the reels. The reels them- 
selves, put away damp, uncleaned and without oil, are, 
of course, bound to rust and give poor service the fol- 
lowing season. Hooks are tumbled in with the damp 
line, the steel to corrode, the gut to dry and crack and 
split. When the . unfortunate, who thus leaves things to 
care for themselves, loses a big fish on the opening 
day of the next year's sport by the sudden parting of a 
rotten line, he breaks into a torrent of abuse directed 
against the innocent tackle maker, and goes straight 
to some shop to buy a complete new outfit, declaring 
that last year's stuff is never good any way. 
"Now, all of this can be, and should be, avoided. 
An hour or so of care at the end of the season will 
insure the preservation of rod, hooks and lines. Every 
rod joint should be carefully straightened before it is 
put up for the winter. The tips, especially, are bound 
to be more or less set from the constant downward 
strain. The remedy for this is to lay them on a flat 
board and tack leather strips across, holding them 
down to the plane surface. By keeping them damp a 
few days you can readily warp them into proper shapes. 
Next give a good rubbing down with a mixture of pow- 
dered pumice and sweet oil to take off the cracked and 
broken surface of the old varnish, and then two thor- 
ough coats of thin varnish, allowing plenty of time 
for the first coat to dry before applying the second. 
You must always look to see that the guides and 
whipping are complete and in good order, and repair 
any frayed or loose ones before putting on the pre- 
servative. This dressing fills all the pores of the wood, 
and shuts out all decay. Then lay the rods and their 
cases on a shelf in some room qf moderate temperature. 
Standing them against a wall is a bad practice, as it 
tends to bend and set the wood. 
"Reels must be carefully taken apart, cleaned of all 
rust and grit and oiled. Lines should be removed 
from the reels, first wiped off with a damp cloth, and 
when dry with an oiled one. and then wound on a flat 
bit of board. Hooks should always be dipped in oil 
before being stored awa}', and grease will also keep the 
gut snells moist and pliable. 
"Artificial flies require more care than all the rest of 
the output put together. A whole army of buffalo 
bugs, moths and shiners are on the lookout for the 
soft feathers and silks. Take every one out of the 
book, and after laying in the sun for a few hours to 
kill any chance germs or eggs, wrap in camphorated 
paper or in plain tissue paper and sift thoroughly with 
powdered camphor gum. Then pack them away in a 
red cedar chest if you have or can procure one, and no 
prowling vermin will destroy that outfit. 
"With such care taken in time the angler will find at 
the opening of the next season that he has saved many 
a dollar, and all of his outfit is as good as ever, and 
some of it even better than when it wa.s new, because 
of the seasoning." 
A Fishing Rights Case. 
Utica, N. Y., Feb. 1.3.— A case which has attracted 
considerable attention among sportsmen in this vicinity 
was tried in county court here this week. In the town 
cf Trenton, about 25 miles north of this city, are the 
summer homes of a large number of city people. Among 
them is one owned by C. A. Nicholson, of Utica. In 
proximity to the village of Trenton is a well-known trout 
brook, known as the Birdsall. Mr. Nicholson recently 
leased of the owner of a farm, Jerome B. Watkins, the 
right exclusively to fish in the brook where it traversed 
his farm. One evening last summer Mr. Watkins sur- 
prised a man named Lewis Pittock in the act of fishing 
on the preserve, and notified Mr. Nicholson, who event- 
ually brought suit. Mr. Pittock did not catch a 
fish on the premises but he dropped in his hook and line 
several times. The jury in the case decided in favor of 
Mr. Nicholson, awarding him damages in the sum of 
$5. The case was brought largely as a test, and other 
owners of summer homes in Trenton and vicinity were 
much interested in the trial. 
Didymus vs» Day* 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
I suppose I ought to feel as badly squelched as a mouse 
that an elephant has trod on, but I don't. My eloquent 
antagonist has his opinions, and in spite of his terrible 
sarcasm I still hold mine. • He is so extravagant in as- 
suming that I object to all land ownership that I con- 
sider it a waste of time to answer it. My text was the 
selfishness of multimillionaires who "want the earth" and 
are going to have it if money will do the business. 
If my fierce opponent had eliminated "Didymus" and 
"v\fe Americans" his tirade would have been nearly one- 
third shorter and that much valuable space have been 
saved for a better purpose. I must, however, admit that 
if "we vVmericans" had not occurred twenty-seven times 
and "Didymus" nearly as often, his arguments would 
have been quite weak. 
If he will look up the Litearary Digest of February 27 
he may see by the savage editorials of various papers 
that in my estimate of the selfishness of millionaires I 
do not .stand alone. Didymus. 
St. Augustine, Fla., Feb. 21. 
Massachusetts Ice Fishing. 
FoxBoRo, Mass., Feb. 23. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
In many Massachusetts towns pickerel are the only game 
fish to be found. Many of our best pickerel ponds are 
almost depleted by the fish hog (usually from another 
town), who covers the ice with traps, and, with the 
help of hired men and boys, catch and carry away every 
fish, large and small, and feed them to their swine or 
sell them_ for any price they can get. Such practice must 
soon spoil the summer fishing in any pond. 
A bill has been introduced in the Massachusetts Legis- 
lature to permit any town to restrict fishing through the 
ice, for such a term of years, not exceeding five, as the 
town may determine. 
If enacted, this will give towns so troubled a chance 
to prevent the destruction of the pickerel fishing by its 
inhabitants. 
Date of hearing before the committee has not yet been 
fixed, but if those interested will send a postal to the 
"Town Fish Committee, Foxboro, Mass.," notice will be 
given when the date is fixed. Robert W. Carpenter. 
Fixtures. 
Feb. 23-26.— Boston, Mass.— New England Kennel Club's nine- 
teenth annual show. W. B. Emery, Sec'y. 
March 4-7.— Pittsburg, Pa.— Show of Duquesne Kennel Club, of 
VVestern Pennsylvania. 
March 10-13.-Rochester, N. Y.-Show of Rochester Kennel Club. 
March 12-14.— Coshocton, O.— Show of Coshocton Kennel Club 
March ]7-20.-UhrichsvilIe, O.-Show of Twin City Kennel Club. 
March 2o-28.— Chicago.— Show of Chicago Kennel Club. 
March 30-31.— St. Louis.— Show of St. Louis Collie Club. 
March 31-April 3.— Buffalo, N. Y.-Show of Buffalo Kennel Club 
April 1-4.— New Orleans, La.— Show of Southwestern Kennel 
dub. 
'.P'''-! Show of Victoria Kennel Club. 
Citb'' J.— Show of Atlantic City Kennel 
May 29-30.— Hempstead, L. I.— Open air show of Ladies' Kennel 
Association of America. 
Nov 3-6.— New York.— Annual show of Ladies' Kennel Associa- 
tion of America. 
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The Closest Fox Hunt on Record. 
BY CHARLES HALLOCK. 
The last week of January (holiday week, you know) 
was a great day for fox hunters in old Virginny espe- 
cially around Roxbury. All the old mawms and aunties 
of the households were glad to see the young folks home 
agam from school and business, and they did enjoy to 
see them get together with the hounds, everyone mounted, 
and hear the old cow horn sound once more. Just listen 
to Lizzie Cross : 
"Lor' sakes ! de likes of dat don't happen ebery day, 
use me! I reckon ebery old fox on Peach Hill kiaowed 
he was m for a run dem days, and no gittin' around it 
Seems like no mo' dan yis'day sence dem hunters follow 
dat far cry hereaway. Dem Batkins boys chase one old 
red more dan half a day and neber cotch him; had fine 
pack of hounds, too. Golly I how dem holumdays gone 
by ! Kiah ! Reckon ole fox lief as not dar wouldn't be no 
holumdays? Same time dem Quinton boys got brush 
O. K. Run him into brier patch down by de spring whar 
I libs. My eyes ! dat was a fox. Neber saw old fox be- 
have, like dat ar one ! No, sah ! Not nohow. What you 
tell me? You all neber hyar 'bout dat finish? Neber 
hyar 'bout dat foolishness? Don't say a word, child. I'se 
movin' on ye 1" 
But Lizzie hadn't a word to say. The recital was too 
much for her modesty. She just led her interested listen- 
ers up to the climax of expectation and left them in sus- 
pense. It remains for a correspondent of the Richmond 
News-Leader to tell us all about it. He was an eye wit- 
ness to the transaction : 
It was all that old colored woman's own foolishness, 
he plead. She was standing in the door of her house 
when the fox, almost exhausted, ran into a thick brier 
patch close by. By this time the dogs had come to a 
loss. Mr. Bo.wles and several others were soon up with 
the pack. Then poor Lizzie Cross, who is one shade 
darker than charcoal, 4 feet 2 inches high, and about 9 
feet around, came waddling out as nimbly as a Muscovy 
duck. She was clapping her hands and calling to the ex- 
cited huntsmen, "Come here; come here; dar he, dar he!" 
"Where?" was asked. 
"In dem briers dar; I's dun seed him go in; he ain't 
dun come out." 
Soon the place was crowded so thickly that the hounds 
could not get the fox out. Unexpectedly, Lizzie appeared 
on the scene. "Wait dar, gemmuns, I is comin* wid 
Bruiser (an old shaggy shepherd). Sic him dar; sic him 
dar !" 
In went Bruiser 1 Out came the poor frightened fox 
