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RECREA TION. 



When you see the full page picture on 

 page 217 of the July Bulletin of the Sports- 

 men's Association, I think you will say, " It 

 is to laugh." The picture stands for a night 

 scene, in a deep and narrow Arizona can- 

 yon, with either mule deer or white-tailed 

 deer (the writer does not say which) com- 

 ing down to drink. The legend that intro- 

 duces the picture says, " I heard a snort 

 from the bluff above me." 



Now there are at least 3 places where the 

 laugh comes in. The scene depicted is in 

 broad daylight; the deer are coming up the 

 slope of a mountain divide (in Scotland?), 

 the species represented is the well-known 

 European stag, or red deer — and if the orig- 

 inal was not done by Landseer, my memory 

 is at fault. It is a fine picture, and even 

 though it does suggest a misfit, I enjoy it. 

 I always liked Landseer, but to put him in 

 as an illustrator of an Arizona deer story is 

 a rather rude shaking up of the old man's 

 bones. 



Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Tex. 



In answer to K. H. C, of Leech, Minn., 

 in June Recreation, I enclose a photo- 

 graph of the finest mounted head of a deer 

 I have ever seen. It has 78 points, and is 

 owned by Albert Friedrich of San Antonio, 

 Tex. 



He has over 1,000 curious heads, small 

 animals, snakes and birds on exhibition, 

 free of charge. Sam Hawkins. 



G. S. G., Meadow Creek, Montana, in 

 May Recreation, gives measurements of 

 a large deer head. Here are the measure- 

 ments of one I secured in Routt County, 

 Colo., in September, 1894. The horns 

 spread 36J/2 inches, and have 21 points, not 

 counting the small points at base of horns. 

 J. W. Cox, M.D., Mapleton,.Iowa. 



When I read the account of the nesting 

 of the brown thrush, by Angus Gaines, I 

 felt called upon to correct his error. He 

 seems to have gotten the brown and wood 

 thrush mixed. The brown thrush does not 

 (to my knowledge) use mud in the con- 

 struction of its nest. Neither does she lay 

 plain blue-green eggs. 



A. Hall, Lakewood, O. 



Is the fur of the fox, mink, and such ani- 

 mals, of any value when taken as far South 

 as Virginia? 



W. R. McLain, Galena, Kan. 



Answer. — When taken in winter, yes; 

 but their value is less than that of more 

 Northern furs, of course. Fur buyers 

 grade fox, skunk and mink skins accord- 

 ing to locality. 



The Highland Gun Club of this city is 

 leading in a movement to introduce English 

 and Chinese pheasants, on the government 

 island. They claim it is the best kind of a 

 game preserve, from which the pheasants 

 would spread all over this part of the coun- 

 try. The club has already obtained permis- 

 sion from Capt. Blunt, commandant of the 

 arsenal, and will attempt to raise a fund 

 sufficient to bring a number of these birds 

 to the island. 



Moline (111.) "Dispatch." 



On the bank of the Payette river, a short 

 distance below the mouth of Warm Spring 

 creek, Idaho, is a fir tree more than 3 feet 

 in diameter. Firmly imbedded in the tree, 

 some 12 feet above the ground, is a large 

 granite bowlder, about 16 inches in diam- 

 eter. The rough bark encloses the rock 

 firmly and there is no sign of decay nor 

 of there ever having been a limb beneath 

 the rock to hold it up. Was it imbedded 

 there on being thrown from the sling of 

 some prehistoric giant? 



Large numbers of elk winter on the warm 

 slopes o.f the South Payette river, between 

 Five Mile and Eight Mile creeks; also 

 numerous goats, and bear of all kinds. 

 Within the past week 7 bear have been seen 

 in that vicinity, by different persons. None 

 of the settlers in that region kill them in 

 summer. An unwritten law protects them 

 until October, when they are fat and their 

 fur is of some value. 



M. W. Miner, Warren, Idaho. 



I have just received the Clipper bicycle 

 and it would be useless for me to try to ex- 

 press, in words, my appreciati jn of your 

 kindness. I shall certainly do my best to 

 get more subscribers, and shall always be a 

 worker for Recreation. 

 * Many people laughed at me, and told me 

 I would never get any thing for my work; 

 but he laughs best who laughs last. I shall 

 take good care to show these people what 

 a handsome premium you have sent me. 



A bicycle dealer here tells me there is not 

 a finer wheel in town than my Clipper. 



Kittie Argo, Clinton, 111. 



The Marlin revolver sent me as a pre- 

 mium for a club to your most popular maga- 

 zine, Recreation, is, indeed, a fine piece of 

 mechanism; demonstrating most posi- 

 tively, the merits of your magazine, as a 

 means of bringing before American sports- 

 men the best that can be found. 



A. W. Cassidy, Vigo, Ohio. 



Getting subscriptions for Recreation is 

 easy. The magazine does its own talking. 

 Turn to the premium list, on page xlviii., 

 and see what you can get by sending in a 

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