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RECREA TION. 



Mongolian and English pheasants not to 

 be killed for 5 years. 



No game can be taken out of the State, 

 by any one. 



What a model game law! I would there 

 were more like it. But what will become 

 of the poor game hog? I, as well as every 

 true sportsman, long for the glad day 

 when his blighting hand shall be pinioned 

 by the majesty of the law; or else when 

 there shall be an open season, the year 

 round on game swine, with no limit on the 

 bag. Orrin D. Bartlett. 



GOOD GAME IN MAINE. 



No wonder people like to come to Maine in the fall. Here's 

 the report of how 2 visitors to West Casco spent a week : 



Monday they went to the mouth of Songo river fish- 

 ing. Caught a pickerel that weighed 11 pounds and 3 

 ounces ; 3 black bass, the largest weighing 9 pounds : and 

 killed a water snake 9 ft. Q in. long. 



Tuesday, went trout fishing. Caught 206 brook trout. _ 



Wednesday went to Raymond Cape ; caught 250 white 

 perch, 90 pickerel, 60 hornpouts. 



Thursday, went hunting ; shot 36 gray squirrels, 8 wood- 

 cocks, 7 black ducks, 5 bluejays, 2 crows and 3 polecats. 



Friday went fishing in Long lake ; caught 31 black bass, 

 47 pickerel and shot a mink. 



Saturday went to Harrison. Shot 2 black coons. In the 

 afternoon went fishing ; caught 73 black bass, 4 pickerel, 

 largest 5% pounds. 



Sunday went to Mount Pleasant. Saw the Devil s Den ; 

 killed 4 black snakes, the largest 6% feet long.— Narragan- 

 sett Sun. 



For several years I have been a constant 

 reader of Recreation, and of late have 

 noted, with much interest, your " straight 

 from the shouder " blows at the game hogs 

 who pose as sportsmen. I clipped the 

 above from the Boston Globe of to-day. 

 It was evidently copied from a Maine 

 paper. If these 2 " visitors " are not the 

 biggest game hogs that ever escaped from 

 the pen I don't know where you would 

 them. 



L. C. Shepard, Somerville, Mass. 



If the report were true these men would 

 be entitled to wear the champion hog col- 

 lar, by turns; but it is evident the report 

 emanates from some expert liar. Game 

 and fish and snakes are not running at 

 " visitors " in this generous fashion, even 

 in the great State of Maine. — Editor. 



OLD DOMINION GAME, 



Richmond, Va. 



Editor Recreation: You may say to the 

 boys though old Virginia is noted for her 

 hospitality she cannot throw her gates open 

 as wide to sportsmen this fall as she is 

 wont to do. Our game has been protected, 

 for 2 years, by law and by the true sports- 

 men, an'd not for 10 years have we had 

 such an abundance of quails. A like report 

 comes from North Carolina. 



The law expires here in January. The 

 Virginia sportsmen's association's repre- 

 sentative will appear before the General As- 

 sembly, in December, at its convening, and 



ask that this law be repealed, thereby giv- 

 ing us at least one month's shooting. 



The sora season opened September ist 

 and we had fine sport. 



Richmond has organized a new Gun 

 Club, known as " The Pass Time Gun 

 Club," with Mr. H. B. Hunter as secretary 

 and treasurer. Shoots each Tuesday after- 

 noon. 



Messrs. T. W. Tignors' Sons, of this city, 

 are displaying a handsome silver punch 

 bowl, in their sporting goods establishment, 

 valued at $75, which they have presented to 

 the member of the West End Gun Club, of 

 Richmond, for best season score of '97. 

 The contest is very close and a hard fight is 

 being made for the coveted trophy. 



Virginius. 



A RELIABLE GUIDE. 



Denver, Colo. 



Editor Recreation: I still read your 

 magazine and wish to congratulate you on 

 the wonderful improvement you have made 

 in it, in the last year. It is certainly the 

 only magazine of its kind, with a striking 

 individuality that is beyond imitation. 



To the old sportsman it appeals especi- 

 ally; as he can readily see that its editor is 

 not a theorist, but that he has " been there " 

 and knows whereof he writes. It is a rare 

 accomplishment to be able to tell, on paper, 

 your experiences in the field, and " ye edi- 

 tor " of Recreation certainly " slings a 

 lively quill," in that line. 



I notice the name of Richard Tregoning, 

 of Laramie, Wyo., in your list of guides, 

 and, unsolicited, I want to recommend 

 him as one of the best and squarest of men. 

 He is a genuine sportsmen and can be de- 

 pended on in any emergency. I have 

 known him, personally, for nearly 10 years; 

 have hunted with him often, and in all kinds 

 of weather, and he has never been other 

 than a true man and a genial companion. 

 Recommend him whenever you can, as 

 such men are seldom met. He is a living 

 illustration of the motto of the Laramie 

 Gun Cub: "The true sportsman never 

 repines." 



D. L. Mechling. 



THE WORK OF A GRIZZLY. 



French, Wyo. 



Editor Recreation: I have lately been 

 reading Mr. Hornaday's book, '' Two 

 Years in a Jungle," and have learned a 

 great deal from it about dissecting animals 

 and preserving skins, for mounting: and 

 about the customs of the different tribes of 

 India. In fact, I have learned much in this 

 book I could not have learned from any 

 other. 



There are lots of bear sign near the ranch 

 but I have not had time to hunt or trap. 



