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An interesting collection of photographs 

 was exhibited, the latter part of the month, by 

 the members of the Montreal Camera Club, 

 in the rooms of the Natural History Society, 

 by the aid of a large and powerful stereopti- 

 con operated by Mr. H.G. Beaman. Eighty- 

 five views, all purely the work of amateur 

 members of the Society, were thrown on the 

 sheet. The work shown was of a superior 

 order, and excellent taste was displayed in 

 the choice of subjects. 



The object of the Camera Club is to en- 

 courage amateurs and foster a healthy love 

 for the beautiful in nature. The Montreal 

 branch co-operates with others at St. John, 

 N. B., Hamilton and Toronto, with whom 

 slides and photographs are exchanged. Dur- 

 ing the winter instruction is given to the 

 younger members by their more experienced 

 brethren. 



I have just received the report of the Mon- 

 treal Swimming Club, which shows it 

 to be in splendid condition both financially 

 and numerically. There are 1,015 members, 

 numbering 573 seniors and 442 juniors. There 

 is no pleasanter place to spend a day than on 

 the club grounds. The precautions taken 

 render the place perfectly safe — the swim- 

 ming master being constantly in attendance, 

 and there is a large stretch of beach and 

 shallow water for those unable to swim. 



Cricket in Canada is making rapid strides 

 in public favor, and some interesting games 

 have been played, both in Toronto and Mon- 

 treal. A London correspondent sends me the 

 following, which I am sure my friends will 

 read with pleasure : — The Prince of Wales 

 has sent a letter of congratulation to Dr. W. 

 Grace, the famous veteran cricket player, 

 upon his scoring a record of a thousand runs 

 in the first month of the cricket season. On 

 May 17th Dr. Grace scored 288 runs against 

 the Somersetshire eleven, that being the one 

 hundredth occasion upon which he had run 

 a century or over. The attention given to 

 this fact in leading articles in the Times and 

 other London newspapers is a striking evi- 

 dence of the powerful hold upon the public 

 mind in England which the national game 

 maintains. Although 47 years old, and 

 with a record of a leading place among 

 amateur cricketers in England for many 

 years past, Dr. Grace seems in the very hey- 

 day of his powers and his wicket is considered, 

 rather more invulnerable than it was 20 

 years ago. 



The most important event in Canadian 

 sporting circles, during the present season, 

 was the holding of the first bench show of 

 the Montreal Kennel Association, in Mon- 

 treal. The show proved most successful, 

 financially and otherwise. Considering that 

 the Association had only been at work three 

 weeks preparing, the arrangements were most 

 perfect. The entries numbered 377. The 



prizes given amounted to $300 and $300 in 

 kind. In September next it is proposed to 

 hold another show, on a much more extended 

 scale, at which $6,000 worth of prizes will 

 be given. 



Nearly 3,000 people paid for admission. 

 Dr. Wesley Mills headed the list of prize- 

 winners, with 12 dogs and 15 entries. He cap- 

 tured 12 prizes. Mr. Geo. Lanigan's fox 

 terrier, Belvoir Jim, deserves special men- 

 tion. He is only nine months old and suc- 

 ceeded in winnirig 3 prizes, and would have 

 taken a fourth had he not been bitten by 

 another dog. His grand sire, " Dusky Trap," 

 is probably the most valuable fox terrier in 

 America. He is the champion ot his class 

 and is valued at $20,000. 



The Toronto Board of Police Commission- 

 ers has decided to put into force the regula- 

 tions of the City Council relating to "bicycle 

 scorching." Special constables, attired in civ- 

 ilian clothes and mounted on wheels, will be 

 placed at stated points, with instructions to 

 overhaul all wheelmen whose speed exceeds 

 the limit laid down in the by-laws. It is also 

 determined, as soon as suitable arrangements 

 can be made, to purchase a boat to patrol the 

 bay, with the object of enforcing the laws 

 relating to shooting, bathing and fishing. 



Mr. T. Jackson has sold his twenty-oue 

 foot sloop yacht, Soubrette, and has ordered 

 a new eighteen footer from A. G. Cuthbert, 

 of Toronto. She will be a pure type of the 

 skimming dish with mainsail and jib. Mr. 

 Cuthbert has one of his boats on our lake 

 now, the Folly, owned by Mr. Abbott. She 

 is a very fast boat, having won every race 

 she entered last season; and as Cuthbert is 

 considered the best and most modern de- 

 signer in Canada, we may expect to see 

 something very fast in his latest productions. 

 The commodore of the Royal St. Lawrence 

 Yacht Club, Geo. W. Hamilton, Esq., has 

 presented that club with a handsome 

 challenge cup to be raced for by the yachts 

 in the A 30 and 25-foot classes. 



Mr. Louis Rubenstein, Capt. Loze and a 

 number of friends have returned from a fish- 

 ing trip in the St. Agathe region. They 

 caught lots of fish, but some of the party 

 were most cruelly treated by the black flies 

 and mosquitoes. Some were entirely un- 

 recognizable and had to call in the surgeon's 

 aid to regain the use of their eyes. Fishing is 

 now in full sway in the St. Lawrence, and 

 some fine catches have already been made. 



Messrs. Coll and Dumas (of the Grand 

 Trunk Boating Club) intend again taking 

 a boating trip on the St. Lawrence. It will 

 be remembered they went as far as New 

 York last summer, and an account was pub- 

 lished of their adventures in several papers. 

 I have secured the sole right to publish an 

 account of their ne\t trip in RECREATION. 



