EDITORS CORNER 



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A RECREATION RIFLE TOURNA- 

 MENT. 



Recr*eation will conduct a rifle tourna- 

 ment, during the summer months, under the 

 following conditions : 



Each contestant will be allowed to shoot 

 3 scores each month, at 100 yards. Any 22 

 calibre rifle, any ammunition, an)- trigger 

 pull, any sights, except telescope sights, 

 and any kind of rest allowed. Each con- 

 testant to mail such of his targets to RECRE- 

 ATION, at the end of each month, as he may- 

 desire to have entered for competition. All 

 3 may be entered, at option of shooter. 



Each target to be certified by 2 witnesses, 

 beside the shooter ; and the Editor of Rkc- 

 reation reserves the right to call for 

 affidavits, from shooters and witnesses, as 

 to the conditions under which scores were 

 shot. This provision does not imply any 

 lack of faith in contestants or witnesses, but 

 is made in order to avoid, as far as possible, 

 dissatisfaction on the part of contestants 

 who may not win. 



Contestants must be actual paid yearly 

 subscribers to Recreation. 



No entrance fee will be charged. 



All scores to be decided by string measure. 



Telescope sights positively barred. 



PRIZES. 



First prize a Stevens Schuetzen rifle, 

 handsomely engraved and listed at $60. 



Second prize a 22 calibre take-down Mar- 

 lin repeating rifle, handsomely engraved 

 and listed at $25. 



Third, a gold hunting case watch, listed 

 at $25. 



Fourth, an Eastman photoret camera, 

 listed at $22. 



Fifth, a No. 4 Eastman Bullseye Camera, 

 listed at $16. 



Distances to be carefully and accurately 

 measured. Not paced or estimated. 



Awards will be made by 3 judges, to be 

 appointed by the editor of Recreation, 

 none of whom shall be contestants. 



Competition will open April 1st and close 

 September 30th. 



Winning targets to be published in Rec- 

 reation as soon as possible after awards 

 shall have been made. 



Target, 6 inches square, with lines drawn 

 diagonally from corner to corner and cross- 

 ing in centre, from which point measure- 

 ments are to be made, to centre of break. 



Targets are black, with white lines, and 

 may be placed on any base or background, 

 at pleasure of shooter. 



Targets will be furnished from this office 

 at 10 cents a dozen — a sum barely sufficient 

 to cover the cost of making the cut] and of 

 printing. Send in your order at once if you 

 intend to compete. 



In a tournament of this kind, tic-, cannot 

 In- shol oil', for obvious rea ions. All orig- 

 inal scores will, therefore, be decided on 



their merits, and prizes awarded accord- 

 ingly. 



Sportsmen everywhere will regret to 

 learn that J. Mortimer Murphy died at his 

 home in Sponge Harbor, Fla., on the 19th 

 inst. 



He was a well known writer on field 

 sports and has done more than any other 

 one man to make known the advantages of 

 Florida as a shooting and fishing resort, 

 lie leaves a family with whom all sports- 

 men will sympathize, deeply, in their be- 

 reavement. 



Capt. Jack Crawford, the poet scout, left 

 New York a few days ago for Alaska, ac- 

 companied by a party of hardy prospectors. 

 He represents a corporation that is said to 

 have plenty of capital, and which will grub 

 stake these men for 3 years. They will no 

 doubt locate some good mining property. 

 Capt. Jack is an old time frontiersman; is 

 accustomed to rough life and hard work, 

 and if any man can succeed in Alaska he 

 should. 



It is a strict rule of this office not to in- 

 sert any ad in Recreation unless the 

 advertisers are well known, or unless they 

 are properly vouched for. I may be de- 

 ceived occasionally, as any publisher is 

 likely to be; but as soon as I learn that any 

 advertiser is not worthy of a place in a high 

 class family magazine, his announcement is 

 dropped and thereafter rigidly excluded. 



Study the result of Mr. Carlin's magnifi- 

 cent work, as shown in recent issues of 

 Recreation. Are not his pictures more 

 beautiful, interesting and valuable than any 

 you ever saw of dead game ? Hunt with 

 your camera next season, instead of with 

 your gun, and see if you do not get better 

 results, all things considered. 



There are still some unfortunate sports- 

 men who are not readers of RECREATION. 

 If you know any such send in their names, 

 and greatly oblige them and 



The Editor. 



A tele-photo lens worth $150 as a pre- 

 mium for 100 subscriptions. Who will be 

 the first to earn it ? 



AH who join the L. A. 5. before June 

 jst will be enrolled as charter members. 

 Send in your dollar at once. 



