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RECREATION. 



EDITOR'S CORNER. 



SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS FOR 3 

 YEARS AND 1 MONTH. 



Read the deadly parallel columns: 



1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 



January $379 $723 $2,146 $4,059 



February .. 256 693 2,127 



March 300 1,049 2,215 



April 342 645 1,921 



May 292 902 1,596 



June 307 770 1,402 



July 345 563 1,101 



August.... 306 601 1,906 



September. 498 951 2,223 



October ... 438 969 2,586 



November . 586 1,054 2 ,440 



December . 652 1,853 4>76° 



$4,671 $10,773 $26,423 



With this issue Recreation starts the 

 fourth of its deadly parallel columns. Read 

 across the page, as usual, and you will see 

 the pace, although a mighty hot one, is 

 well maintained. Each January is 100 to 300 

 per cent, ahead of its predecessor. Keep 

 your eye on this statement and see how it 

 shows up next month. Call the attention 

 of your gun dealer or your tackle dealer to 

 it, if he don't advertise in Recreation, and 

 tell him he is losing thousands of dollars, 

 every month, by staying out. 



THE NEW YORK SPORTSMEN'S SHOW. 



The Sportsmen's Show, which opened in 

 Madison Square Garden January 13th and 

 closed on the 22d, was in many respects 

 successful, though it must be admitted the 

 exhibits were not so numerous nor so at- 

 tractive, on the whole, as in previous years. 



Several well known gun houses and one 

 of the large cartridge companies, who pre- 

 viously exhibited, were not in evidence this 

 year; and this fact was commented on, 

 very generally, by visitors. 



The management made the mistake of 

 letting spaces for several exhibits that do 

 not pertain, in any way, to field sports. 

 These detracted from the general interest 

 of the show, and while the attendance was 

 exceedingly generous, yet the fact was 

 made plain that many people who paid 

 their money to enter the Garden were dis- 

 appointed after making the rounds. 



The officers of the Sportsmen's Associa- 

 tion realize these facts, and Captain Dressel 

 tells me the next show will be conducted 

 on entirely different lines. He assures me 

 that no such goods as soap, nerve foods, 



musical tops, or aluminum jewelry, will be 

 admitted. 



The rifle shooting and fly casting tourna- 

 t ments were well attended, all through the 

 week, and were among the leading attrac- 

 tions of the show. The bowling contest, 

 while not strictly in accord with a sports- 

 men's exposition, interested many people 

 and doubtless helped to swell the general 

 attendance. 



The bicycle feature of the show did not 

 pan out as the cycle dealers, at one time, 

 promised it should, and wheels will prob- 

 ably not be considered in connection with 

 future Sportsmen's Shows. 



The exhibits of the Winchester Arms 

 Co., the Dupont Powder Co., the Savage 

 Arms Co., the Gas Engine and Power Co. 

 and Charles L. Seabury & Co., John 

 Wanamaker, D. T Abercrombie & Co., 

 the U. M. C. Co., the Remington Arms 

 Co., Wm. H. Hart & Co., and a few others, 

 were full of interest as usual, and attracted 

 large crowds during every hour that the 

 show was open. 



Capt. Dressel, Mr. Sanger, Mr. Young 

 and their associates are already planning 

 the Sportsmen's Exposition of 1899, and 

 with the experience before them of the last 

 4 years, it may be safely predicted they 

 will produce new features and attractions 

 enough next year to merit the patronage 

 of all sportsmen and of the public at large. 



Mr. W. H. Mullins requests me to say he 

 had planned to make a large display of his 

 ducking and pleasure boats, at the show, 

 but that, owing to a severe accident which 

 befell him, on December 27th, he was un- 

 able to do so. 



THE BOSTON SHOW. 



The New England Sportsmen's Associa- 

 tion is certainly making elaborate and ef- 

 fective preparations for its show, to be held 

 in Boston, March 14th to 26. A miniature 

 mountain is being built in the grand area, 

 which will be partially covered with pines, 

 firs, cedars, etc. Among these trees will 

 be real hunters' camps and Indian camps. 

 A real mountain brook will tumble down 

 over the rocks, among these tents, and 

 plunge into a lake which occupies a space 

 in the grand area, 40 feet wide, 60 feet long 

 and 7 feet deep. 



On this lake various aquatic sports will 

 be conducted. There will be tests of boats, 

 fishing rods, reels and other sportsmen's 

 appliances. 



An elaborate programme of rifle and re- 

 volver competitions has also been ar- 

 ranged. Liberal prizes are offered in these, 

 which cannot fail to attract large numbers 

 of entries. 



A loan exhibition of photographic art 

 will be another prominent feature of the 

 show. Pictures relating to field sports and 



