RECREATION 



Copyright, December, 1901, by G. O. Shields 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Everything the Name Implies 



gi.oo A Year. 



10 Cents a Copy. 



G. O. SHIELDS (COQUINA), 

 Editor and Manager. 



23 West 24TH Street, 



New York 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER 



I was on my back and that horse was coming down 



my bread basket 



Broncho Busting 1 . Illustrated. 



Did You Ever Hear a Rattler Crawl? 



Snow Slides in the Canadian Rockies. Illustrated. .. 



Under Arctic Skies 



The Pistol from a Western Standpoint. Illustrated.. 



The Hunter's Regret. Poem 



A Galpin Hill Rabbit 



A Girl and a Revolver. Illustrated 



That Pesky Pole. Poem 



Trapping the Mink 



Ross and the Cinnamon 



A Dog's Story. Poem 



Ducking on the Rappahannock 



The New York Deer Law 



The Screech Owl. Poem 



From the Game Fields 363 



Fish and Fishing 371 



Guns and Ammunition 375 



Natural History 381 



The League of American Sportsmen 3 8 5 



Entered as Second-Class Matter at 



from Heaven with all four feet pointing at 



Frontispiece 



Geo. B. M'Clellan 331 



Geo. Walker 335 



G. O. Shields 337 



L. L. Bales 348 



Dr. E. F. Conyngham 349 



Kensett Rossitter 351 



G. R. Peck 352 



Jack Pattern 353 



A. L. Vermilya 354 



J. A. Newton 355 



.0. Frodul 357 



Laurence Mott 357 



Steve 359 



James M. Graves 



Dr. John Howard 



Forestry 389 



Pure and Impure Foods 392 



Book Notices 395 



Publisher's Notes 396 



Editor's Corner 399 



Amateur Photography 4°5 



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