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RECREA TION. 



sportsmen's clubs — for there is no greater 

 lover of birds than the real sportsman — are 

 joining in the movement. The Illinois 

 Sportsmen's Association has already passed 

 resolutions in approbation of and promis- 

 ing support to the new movement; and, no 

 doubt, other sportsmen's clubs will follow. 

 After all, we may keep our native birds as 

 the country grows. The women can ac- 

 complish much when they stop to think, 

 and do as their kind hearts really dictate. 



JOIN THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Recreation believes the New York 

 Zoological Park is bound to be a grand 

 success. It is skilfully planned, wisely 

 managed, and is therefore worthy of uni- 

 versal support. Moreover, it is to be de- 

 veloped on entirely new lines, and the 

 genuine American originality in the idea 

 should commend it to, every man who is 

 proud of this nation. 



To build an ideal Zoological Park, such 

 as this will be in 3 years, requires a lot of 

 money. The city furnishes the land, which 

 is worth $1,000,000. It also furnishes $125,- 

 000 in cash, for ground improvements, and 

 an annual maintenance fund starting at 

 $60,000. The Society must raise $250,000, 

 by subscription, to be used in erecting 

 buildings, and in the purchase of the orig- 

 inal outfit of animals. For the money with 

 which to issue its publications, promote 

 animal painting and sculpture, establish a 

 fine zoological library and a collection of 

 pictures, run its " Members' Building " 

 and do a host of other good things, the 

 Society must rely solely on the annual dues 

 of its members. 



We need, and must have, at least 2,000 

 annual members, paying $10 each per an- 

 num; and Recreation is helping to get 

 them. All readers who are interested in 

 the work of the Zoological Society are in- 

 vited to become members, and to help push 

 the work. Full information, and blank ap- 

 plications for membership, will be fur- 

 nished by Recreation, on request. Let 

 me hear from you. 



The following shows what the officers 

 of the Society think of Recreation's ef- 

 forts in this direction : 



New York Zoological Society, 

 New York, May 11, 1897. 

 Editor Recreation: On behalf of the 

 Executive Committee of the New York 

 Zoological Society, permit me to thank 

 you most sincerely for your very helpful 

 interest in the proposed Zoological Park, 

 and for the 15 good men who have joined 

 the organization through your personal 

 solicitation. Such hearty co-operation is 

 very encouraging. It is of the kind that 



will eventually make the Society a great 

 power in the field of Zoology, and its 

 Zoological Park a crowning success. 



A few years hence, when we are on the 

 flood tide of prosperity, and in shape to 

 offer substantial returns to every member, 

 we will have members in plenty; but it is 

 the men who come in now — at the be- 

 ginning — who are willing to take us " on 

 trust " for a year or 2, and who help us 

 to start the ball rolling, that we will always 

 appreciate most highly. The Zoological 

 Park is going to be a big thing, a magnifi- 

 cent institution; something that millions 

 of people will be proud of! The public 

 cannot begin to realize how fine and how 

 delightful, to every sense, it is going to be 

 until it is in our power to make a visible 

 demonstration of it. Again thanking you, 

 cordially, I am 



Yours very truly, 

 William T. Ho.rnaday, Director. 



AN ANTELOPE AND A GRIZZLY. 



I wish to ask for the measurements of the 

 largest antelope head known. I have an 

 unmounted head that measures as follows: 



Length of left horn 13^4 inches. 



Length of right horn .- 13 



Spread of horns at tips 8^2 " 



Spread of horns at widest part ..11 



Length of skull 13 



Circumference of horns 5 



It was killed in 1894 by my father. 



I also wish to know the measurements of 

 the largest bear on record. 



A silver-tip was killed in the fall of 1895, 

 by Jas. R. Morganidge, the fresh skin of 

 which measured as follows: from tip of 

 nose to tip of tail, 8 feet 6 inches; across 

 the fore legs, 9 feet 4 inches; between the 

 ears, 9 inches; from between the ears to 

 end of nose, 18 inches. This hide was not 

 stretched to make it measure more. It was 

 measured lying loose on the ground, after 

 having lain there over night, which would 

 make it shrink. The measurements are ex- 

 act, for I made them myself. 



A mule deer was shot near our house that 

 weighed 182 pounds after its entrails were 

 taken out and its head cut off. 



John E. Brock, Maysworth, Wyo. 



In regard to measurements of prong- 

 horn antelope • heads, and of silver-tip 

 grizzlies, the readers of Recreation have 

 the floor. It is greatly to be regretted that 

 Master John could not have had an op- 

 portunity of measuring the dead grizzly in 

 the flesh, for he is evidently a careful ob- 

 server, and one of the kind whose measure- 

 ments and notes are valuable. Editor. 



