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RECREA TION. 



FLORIDA, AUGUSTA, Al KEN—THE SOUTH. 



The Southern Railway announces the 

 most perfect dining and sleeping car ser- 

 vice for all Southern cities and winter re- 

 sorts for the season of 1897-98. The two 

 Limited trains — the Washington and 

 Southern Limited and United States Fast 

 Mail — are operated daily, every day in the 

 year, giving the most superb service. New 

 York to New Orleans, Aiken, Augusta, 

 Asheville ("the Land of the Sky"), Savan- 

 nah, Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Tampa, 

 Atlanta, Memphis, Chattanooga, and, in 

 fact, any point South or Southwest. Ef- 

 fective January 17th, the " Florida Lim- 

 ited " will be resumed — a most magnifi- 

 cently equipped train built especially by the 

 Pullman Company for this service, and will 

 be operated solid between New York and 

 St. Augustine, composed exclusively of 

 dining, library, observation, drawing- 

 room, and compartment sleeping cars. 

 Also attached to this train will be most 

 perfect service New York to Aiken and 

 Augusta; also Brunswick, Ga., and Jekyl 

 Island. For full particulars, call on or ad- 

 dress Alex. S. Thweatt, Eastern passenger 

 agent, 271 Broadway, New York. 



Spratts Patent, 239 E. 56th St., New 

 York, has issued its annual calendar, for 

 '98. To people who know this house, no 

 further announcement than this will be 

 necessary. All such would feel satisfied, 

 without being told, that this is a beautiful 

 and valuable piece of work. The calendar 

 contains a lot of information for dog fan- 

 ciers, poultry fanciers, pigeon fanciers, 

 and others. Much of this is in the form 

 of questions and answers, which have been 

 evolved from the extensive correspondence 

 of Spratts, and covers about every prob- 

 lem that could arise in the handling of 

 dogs, fowls, or pets of any kind. 



Spratts have already begun the prepara- 

 tion of their '99 calendar, and they request 

 owners of fine dogs to send in photographs 

 of same, for reproduction in the next year's 

 calendar. 



Leadville, Col. 

 Editor Recreation: You may be inter- 

 ested in knowing what your magazine has 

 done for itself and your advertisers. Two 

 months ago, the paper was unknown 

 among the 700 men employed here. Now 

 they all know it, and many buy it; while 

 others find it in the reading rooms. The 

 effect on them all seems the same. After 

 reading the book, they become so enthused 

 on the subject of shooting they turn to 

 the advertisements and fall into discussions 

 of the guns and ammunition described 

 therein. The result has been the sale of 

 many guns; and I am glad to say they are 

 all of the makes advertised in Recreation. 



Colt's guns were favorites, but they are 

 out of it; because we don't read of them 

 in Recreation, and that is the only sports- 

 men's journal taken in this city. People 

 buy what they hear most about, and they 

 certainly become interested in guns from 

 reading Recreation. It seems to me this 

 makes it a wonderful advertising medium, 

 throughout the West. 



R. J. Rowen. 



The Winchester repeating shotgun you 

 gave me, for a club of subscriptions to 

 Recreation, came duly and I have tested 

 it thoroughly, both at the traps and at live 

 game. Am now prepared to say there is 

 not a better, closer shooting, harder hitting 

 gun made. 



After having used a double barrelled gun, 

 one of these is somewhat awkward at first; 

 but after this has been overcome the re- 

 peater is a joy forever. Many a time the 

 third barrel is the one we need most, in our 

 business. 



Once more I wish to express my unqual- 

 ified approval of the way in which you 

 score the game and fish hogs. 



Your magazine is certainly an eye opener 

 to some men of that class, who have been 

 merely thoughtless in their actions. Any 

 such benighted mortals who hereafter at- 

 tract my attention, and who are short on 

 dollars, will get Recreation just the same. 

 If they read they will get a liberal educa- 

 tion on the preservation of game and fish. 



I notice in December Recreation the 

 names of many sportsmen, with whom I 

 am more or less acquainted, who are in 

 favor of the L. A. S. Put me down in the 

 list, with a vote for Recreation as the of- 

 ficial organ. 



H. C. Gardiner, Builder's Exchange, 

 Buffalo, N. Y. 



IN A SNOW STORM. 



On December 2d Mr. Frank Parmelee, 

 of Omaha, for the third time proved his 

 supremacy over Jim Elliott, of Kansas 

 City, with a score of 97 to 91 birds. Mr. 

 Elliott lost 5 birds out of bounds and had 

 general hard luck. In spite of bad weather 

 Mr. Parmelee made a run of 43, and an un- 

 finished run of 41. The winner used a 

 Remington gun and U. M. C. ammunition. 



Wm. W. Hart & Co.'s business has 

 outgrown their former quarters and they 

 have moved to No. 47 East 12th Street, 

 just West of Broadway, and adjoining the 

 old St. George Hotel. 



Hon. W. J. Bryan has lately bought a 

 Remington Hammcrless Gun, for a pro- 

 posed shooting trip. 



