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RECREA TION. 



It came ashore about 10 feet from me and 

 lay down in the sun. I stepped toward it, 

 and a friend, who was with me, advanced 

 from the other side. The rabbit, becoming 

 frightened, jumped over my head, striking 

 the water 8 or 10 feet from shore, and was 

 soon on the other side, none the worse for 

 its swim. Its first trip over the river, was, 

 as far as I could tell, entirely voluntary. 

 E. Guenther, M.D., Newark, N. J. 



Lt. Col. Young, who, for a year past, has 

 been stationed in the Yellowstone National 

 Park, has been promoted to be Colonel of 

 the 3d Cavalry and has joined his regiment. 

 This leaves a vacancy in the office of Super- 

 intendent of the park. Many people who 

 know Col. Young, and who have visited 

 the park during the past season, will regret 

 this. He has been a most efficient officer, 

 in that capacity, and has proven a terror to 

 poachers and pot hunters who hang about 

 the park. 



It is said Col. Young will be succeeded, 

 at Ft. Yellowstone, by Lt. Col. Morris, of 

 the 4th Cavalry, and it is earnestly hoped 

 the new Superintendent will deal with 

 poachers as peremptorily and as severely as 

 Col. Young has done. 



Sergt. Wm. Van Buskirk, who, since his 

 discharge from the Army, has been em- 

 ployed as a scout in the Yellowstone Park, 

 recently brought in to the National " Zoo " 

 Park, at Washington, 3 buffaloes from the 

 Allard herd, in the Flathead Valley, Mont. 

 These animals were delivered to the Zoo on 

 November 2d. 



Sergt. Van Buskirk also brought in 2 

 wild geese, 8 pelicans and a number of 

 smaller birds, for the Zoo. 



Your report of the taxidermist having set 

 up the moose with the right antler on the 

 left side, and the left on the right, reminds 

 me that the forefeet of the alligator are 

 wonderfully like the human hands. In fact 

 when taken off they would almost pass for 

 those of a picaninny. I wonder how many 

 people have ever noticed that the right 

 hand is on the left arm and vice versa. 



Selden, Fort Slocum, N. Y. 



I notice in Recreation many sugges- 

 tions as to why coyotes, wolves and dogs 

 roll in carrion. It is probably done to rid 

 themselves of fleas. Any strong, pungent, 

 disagreeable odor will drive off fleas, and 

 the odor of carrion is as good as any. 



Harry M. Church, New Bedford, Mass. 



I have succeeded in obtaining 5 moose 

 for Litchfield Park. They have been there 

 a month and are doing well. I am in the 

 market for more. Would buy 10 or 15, if 

 prices are not too high. 



E. H. Litchfield, 59 Wall St., N. Y. 



The suggestion of a Union City, Pa., cor- 

 respondent, regarding the establishment of 

 a department in ornithology, is a good one. 



The editor's concurrence in the idea is 

 to me the best forecast for its ultimate suc- 

 cess. Jno. Boyd, Toronto, Can. 



I am now offering a $750 upright piano 

 for 200 yearly subscriptions to Recreation, 

 at $1 each. Here is an excellent opportu- 

 nity for some energetic woman to get a 

 high grade piano for a few days' work. In 

 any city of 5,000 inhabitants, or more, a 

 club of this size can be enrolled in a week. 

 Write for particulars. 



I will esteem it a personal favor if you 

 will send me the names and addresses of 

 all the sportsmen you know, who are not 

 3 r et readers of Recreation. 



What else can you give a man for a 

 Holiday present that will give him so 

 much pleasure, at so small a cost, as a 

 yearly subscription to Recreation? 



The banner which you so kindly pre- 

 sented our Gun Club came some days ago, 

 and I thank you on behalf of the club. I 

 assure you the banner is appreciated by all 

 the members of Recreation Gun Club, and 

 it will always be displayed on shooting 

 days. 



F. H. Campbell, Sec, Lexington, Va. 



Accept my thanks for the New Haven 

 double hammerless gun sent me as a 

 premium for 25 subscribers to Recreation. 

 I have tried it and it gives perfect satisfac- 

 tion in every way. It is far beyond my ex- 

 pectations, and I recommend it to anyone 

 wishing to get a good gun for a small 

 amount of work. It took me but a few 

 days to get up the club. 



C. B. Vick, Seaboard, N. C. 



Teacher — Can you tell me, Johnny, 

 which travels faster, heat or cold? 



Johnny — Heat, of course. Anybody kin 

 ketch cold. 



• —New York " Herald." 



With pleasure I acknowledge receipt of 

 the 30-30 Marlin rifle, just received, for the 

 last club of subscriptions I sent you. It is 

 a handsome rifle and I have been doubly 

 repaid for my time. 



The Marlin people were exceedingly 

 prompt and careful in shipping it. This, 

 with the Premo A camera you gave me for 

 a former club, makes me a fine outfit for 

 the woods. 

 J. W. Stuchell. P. O. Dept., Denver, Col. 



