EDITOR'S CORNER. 



HOW TO CIVILIZE THEM. 



Game protective associations, or othei 

 sportsmen's clubs that have for their object 

 the protection of game and fish, can do 

 nothing that will more effectually carry out 

 their purpose than to extend the circulation 

 of this magazine among men and boys who 

 are known to be violators of fish and game 

 laws. Every sportsman who reads Rec- 

 reation, will, I believe, agree with me in 

 this statement. Recreation is constantly 

 endeavoring to elevate the tone of sports- 

 manship and to promote public sentiment 

 in favor of game protection. It is denounc- 

 ing men who slaughter fish and game, 

 roundly and unmercifully, and no man or 

 boy, who has any sense of shame or of 

 honor, can read 3 consecutive issues of it 

 without feeling a strong inclination to re- 

 spect the game laws, in future. 



Many instances have come to my per- 

 sonal knowledge of men or boys who, be- 

 fore becoming acquainted with this maga- 

 zine had been ruthless destroyers of fish 

 and game; who had boasted of their big 

 bags at every opportunity, and who now 

 state, frankly, that they will never again 

 be guilty of such conduct. They say they 

 will hereafter observe the laws; that they 

 will practise moderation in their shooting 

 and fishing; that they will advise others to 

 do so, and that they will, in all cases, dis- 

 courage and condemn the very kind of 

 work they had heretofore been guilty of. 



If you cannot get the pot hunter, or the 

 pot fisher, to subscribe for Recreation, 

 send it to him anyway, and either pay for 

 it yourself, or have your club pay for it. 

 In this way, you will sow the seed of game 

 protection where it could scarcely be ex- 

 pected to reach in any other way. Even 

 the game wardens have great difficulty in 

 finding and arresting the men and boys 

 who do the greatest mischief; but if Rec- 

 reation were placed in their hands every 

 month, they would take it with them into 

 their cabins and would read it while the 

 game wardens are asleep. After reading 

 a few issues, the game officers would have 

 no further occasion to hunt these men. 



The August number of Recreation will 

 contain an interesting story by Geo. G. 

 Cantwell descriptive of a catboat cruise on 

 Puget Sound; another by Captain H. Ro- 

 meyn on " A Buffalo Hunt in Kansas," 

 some stirring reminiscences of early days 

 at old Fort Smith, on the Big Horn, by 

 Major E. R. P. Shurley; the record of an 

 exploring trip in the Olympic mountains, 

 by F. J. Church; a fishing yarn by J. L. 

 Litman and a cycling story by Thos. Cun- 

 ningham. 



Another series of Carlin's wonderful live 

 wild animal photos, and another install- 

 ment of the prize winning photos will be 

 published, as also several original draw- 



ings. 



Ask all your friends to answer all the 

 puzzles in Recreation. The more an- 

 swers sent in the better, for all concerned. 



The time for answering puzzle No. 1, in 

 May Recreation, is extended to July 31. 

 Please ask every one you know to answer 

 that, especially. A neat and useful little 

 package is being sent to all who solve that 

 puzzle. 



Some of my enemies are telling adver- 

 tisers that I have no such circulation as I 

 claim. Whenever you hear a man say this, 

 offer to bet him $100 that I have an actual 

 paid circulation of 40,000 copies a month. 

 Then I will furnish the proof, and if I win 

 his money, will give it to St. John's Guild, 

 to be applied to the Sick Babies' Fresh Air 

 Fund. If he wins my money, he can do 

 what he likes with it. 



The owners of Madison Square Garden 

 are talking of selling it. If sold it is likely 

 that it would be torn down. That would be 

 a public calamity. W T hat would sportsmen 

 do without the big Garden? Where could 

 we go with our sportsmen's show, our dog 

 show, our horse show, our wild West show, 

 our bicycle show? It is hoped no such 

 sacrifice may be necessary. 



Why cannot the boxes in the Garden be 

 sold, by the year, as in the Metropolitan 

 Opera House? In this way a guarantee 

 fund could be secured that would avert any 

 possible loss to the stockholders. There 

 must certainly be a large number of men in 

 New York who would pay $100 to $200 a 

 year for boxes in the Garden rather than 

 see it destroyed. 



In planning your hunting trips, for next 

 fall, don't take anymore cartridges with you 

 than necessary to kill a reasonable quantity 

 of the game you seek. Then you wont be 

 tempted to shoot at everything you see, 

 just to lighten your belt. At any rate don't 

 kill more game than you need and can save. 



The index to volume 6 is now ready. If 

 you wish to bind your Recreation, and 

 have not received a copy of the index, send 

 for it. 



My subscription receipts for May '95 

 were $292, for May '96 $902 and for May '97 

 $1,596— a gain of 500 per cent, over '95. 

 Anything wrong with that? 



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