RECREA TION. 



V 



his assistant. At his suggestion I studied 

 medicine in the University of Pennsyl- 

 vania, and, under the kind sponsorship 

 of Dr. Harrison Allen, was graduated. 

 Later I took the degree of Doctor of 

 Philosophy, from my alma mater. 



" In 1882 I went into the great West 

 and spent many years in exploration 

 and study of the ethnology of the 

 North American Indians, especially the 

 Dakotas and Ojibways. Believing that 

 these tribes would soon be extinct, I set 

 about writing a monograph of their 

 present condition and peculiar traits. 

 This MS. was illustrated by about 300 pen 

 drawings. These and the MS. were 

 burned on the Pennsylvania railroad, in 

 transit, and there was nothing for me to 

 do but rewrite the book. That has been 

 done. For the past two years I have been 

 engaged in trying to develop the Depart- 

 ment of Mining Engineering and Metal- 

 lurgy in the Armour Institute, of 

 Chicago. I have just returned from an 

 investigation ofthe mines of Nova Scotia, 

 and hope in the near future to look into 

 the remains of the Aztecs of the south- 

 west. 



' That's all I know about myself, but 

 you can depend upon it I am a friend of 

 Recreation, first, last and all the time." 



CLEVER BOY SHOOTERS. 



II. 



MASTER ALFRED BISSON. 



Master Alfred Bisson, whose por- 

 trait is shown herewith, attained 

 his twelfth year last September. 

 With only a little more than a year's 

 practice in shooting he holds the boys' 

 rapid rifle shooting championship of the 

 United States, winning it last winter in 

 a match with Master Clarence E. Long. 



The match was for a diamond medal, 

 the conditions 100 shots in series of ten 

 shots each. Alfred won with 374 points 

 to spare, firing roo shots in 94 seconds. 



Last spring he took a fancy to trap 

 shooting and won the boys' gold medal 

 at the Manufacturers and Dealers Asso- 

 ciation Tournament in Chicago. 



He shot his first live bird match last 

 month, killing eight out of ten, the high- 

 est score made that day at the club, a 

 strong wind making the shooting ex- 

 tremely hard. 



Alfred is a light built boy, but has a 

 great deal of endurance, the recoil o 



MASTER ALFRED BISSON. 



100 shots, fired in succession, having 

 little or no effect on him. It is greatly 

 to the boy's credit that, having attained 

 such wonderful skill in so short a time, 

 he is not at all conceited about his ability, 

 but bears his honors as modestly as a girl. 

 His success in match shooting is largely 

 due to his coolness. He works simply 

 for results and is unmindful of the sur- 

 roundings. He is anxious to become a 

 good shot in the field and has no inten- 

 tion of exhibiting for revenue. Born a 

 sportsman he has no inclination towards 

 the stage. 



