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RECREATION. 



I have sold to Capt. E. P. Miner my 

 pointer dog, Yandell's " Daisy," and at the 

 present writing he is shooting chickens, over 

 her, on Wilson's creek. 



Salmon are running in large numbers in 

 the Sound — in fact they are so abundant that 

 they are being retailed on the market at 5 

 and 10 cents each, varying in weight from 5 

 to 25 pounds. C. B. Yandell. 



Editor Recreation : 



The rail shooting that' began on Sept. 

 26 opened very poorly on the Hackensack, 

 meadows this year, the weather being so 

 warm and dry that the birds have not started 

 south yet in any great numbers, 27 being the 

 highest number shot on one tide here, Mr. 

 George Van Buskirk of Hackensack and W. 

 H. Smith of Paterson having tied so far on 

 the highest score. Some parties have had 

 very fair sport on the meadows without a 

 boat, but using a dog to flush the birds. One 

 party of three got 26. This is very differ- 

 ent from last year, but birds will not be 

 plentiful until we get a heavy north-east 

 storm, which, I think, will bring them in 

 great numbers. 



Fred. W. Beatty, Sec. F. G. P. Assn. 



Lewiston, Idaho. 

 Editor Recreation: 



What is the matter with the Western dealers 

 in sportsmen's goods that they don't adver- 

 tise in Recreation? Everybody reads it 

 out West, and we would prefer to buy our 

 goods near home and not pay express char- 

 ges from the East; yet the Eastern men seem 

 to be the only ones smart enough to have 

 found out the value of Recreation as an 

 advertising medium. 



Western merchants are usually up to the 

 times, but the sporting goods dealers appear 

 to be in about the same condition as Rip Van 

 Winkle was a few years before the Chicago 

 fire. Mack. 



If any reader of Recreation wants a 

 day's grouse and woodcock shooting, I shall 

 be pleased to give him some good sport. If 

 a man has a good dog for grouse he will 

 have the best of shooting here, and by writ- 

 ing me in advance, I can advise him when 

 to strike the flight of woodcock, which is 

 usually about the middle of October. 



Leonard Bunting. 



Greenfield, N. Y. 



Alfred Ward, of Kearny, N. J., went 

 shooting on the Hackensack meadows. He 

 fired at a flock of birds and, supposing he 

 had discharged both barrels of his gun, put 

 a new charge in each. Soon after he fired 

 again, and the, gun kicked him into the 

 ditch, broke his right arm, and cut his face 

 and head. He may not be so pretty here- 

 after, but he will know a lot more about how 

 to handle a gun. 



Have just returned from the Megantic 

 club preserve. Deer are more plentiful 

 than ever. One party saw 37 in two hours 

 jacking on the upper Spider river. Bears 

 are also numerous. I saw 3 myself, at dif- 

 ferent times, all within 30 feet of me. Fish- 

 ing has been excellent, and many good 

 catches, both of trout and togue, have been 

 made. H. A. Wills, Plainfield, N. J. 



John Cherry and Ed. Hunter, of Jack- 

 son's Hole, were out hunting for bear, up 

 the Buffalo fork of the Snake river, a few 

 days ago. They had just killed and were 

 skinning a big black bear, when two large 

 grizzlies walked up and invited death by 

 standing around within short range. The 

 three skins are worth about $100. 



Coot shooting is reported good on the Jer- 

 sey marshes near Philadelphia, thanks to 

 Game Warden L. H. Barrett, who has rigidly 

 enforced the law during the close season. A 

 party of Philadelphia shooters made a good 

 bag, there a few days ago. 



Charles M. Spalter is reputed to have 

 come off champion among the anglers at 

 Granite Lake, Munsonville, this season, hav- 

 ing captured the two largest black bass 

 taken there. The trophies were landed 

 within a few minutes of each other, their 

 dual weight being in the vicinity of ten 

 pounds. They were brought in with a 10 

 ounce Horton steel rod, and the sport may 

 well be imagined. 



Some years ago a man invented a fishing 

 rod that registered the number of fish 

 caught and the weight. He did not sell one 

 of his rods. The modern angler does not 

 want a returning board along when he goes 

 fishing. 



A boy's fishing rod was fastened to the root of a 

 tree on the river bank, and he was sitting in the sun 

 playing with his dog. He had been fishing all day and 

 caught nothing. 



" Fishing? " inquired a man passing. 



" Yes." answered the boy. 



" Nice dog you have there. What is his name ?" 



"Fish." 



" Fish ? That's a queer name for a dog. Why do 

 you call him that ?" 



" 'Cause he won't bite." — Eric Messenger. 



May — Has your husband's stenographer returned 

 from her vacation yet ? 



Mrs. Fleigh — I judge so. I just received a telegram 

 from him saying: "Detained on important business." 

 — Toledo Blade. 



In days agone when he had not 



The five-and-twenty cents, 

 He watched the daily ball game through 



A knothole in the fence. 

 He sits within the grand stand now 



And marvels much to know 

 Why he seos not half of what he saw 



Through the knothole long ago. 



—Detroit Tribune. 



