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Sportman's Show. Boston, Mass.
1900
Feb. 21
to Mar. 10

I have been to the Sportsman's Show three times
already, Feb. 22, Feb. 27 & Feb. 28 and I have been so
intensely interested and instructed that I shall
record a few facts relating to it.

The Show is under the auspices and personal
management of the Massachusetts Sportsmen's
Association and is held in the Mechanics
Building, Boston from Feb. 21 to Mar. 10 —
The exhibition consists of exhibits of living
wild animals and fowl of North America,
taxidermists' displays, camps fitted out
naturally as in the woods, and in the large
hall, aquatic and athletic exercises of various
kinds. I spent all my time mainly among
the live animals, and displays of taxidermy.

First I shall describe the games birds
mainly Ducks & Geese, which was truly fine.
A trough, four feet wide, and eight or ten inches
deep, raised about three feet from the floor
runs for a distance of some one hundred feet.
This trough is almost full of pure running
water gushing in through pipes at each end
and running off some where in the centre.
On either side of the trough a sloping bank
three feet in width and covered with soil,
afford a landing place. The whole is
enclosed by wire netting, while at in-
tervals of ten feet on an average, strips
of wire netting divided the long interior
into compartments. Thus there is a con-
stant circulation of water throughout the whole.