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GALLERY OF GOOD DOGS. 

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CHAMPION MAJOR MC KINLEY. 



Winner in 1893 of first at Chicago, Boston, 

 Philadelphia, Detroit, Indianapolis and Wash- 

 ington. In 1894 he won first in Challenge 

 Class, at New York and Chicago, and first in 

 Special Class, at Chicago. He is owned by 

 South Bend Kennels, South Bend, Ind., and is 

 generally admitted to be one of the best Great 

 Danes in America. 



Omaha, Neb. 

 Editor Recreation : 



I have just returned from a fairly suc- 

 cessful hunting trip in the Rocky Moun- 

 tains. Had intended to spend a month 

 there but my hunting companion con- 

 cluded he must return home at the end 

 of twenty days, and not caring to hunt 

 alone, I came out with him. I had in- 

 tended to devote the latter part of my 

 stay to bear hunting especially, but 

 under this arrangement did not succeed 

 in finding any. We got all the elk we 

 wanted. The mountains were literally 

 alive with hunting parties, from all over 

 the country. The Shoshone and Ban- 

 nock Indians had hunted all through the 



range during the summer, in larger 

 numbers than usual. We could not find 

 a game range anywhere that they had 

 not overrun. 



Is there not some way in which this 

 slaughter by the Indians can be stopped? 

 As a rule these " wards of the nation" do 

 not hunt for meat but are merely 

 after a little spending money and take 

 only the pelts, leaving the car cases to rot. 



I have called this matter to the atten- 

 tion of several of our Congressmen, but 

 find it difficult to get them interested in 

 any subject affecting the general good. 

 I wish some definite plan could be 

 decided upon, by which all sportsmen 

 throughout the country could act in 

 unison, in order that something might 

 be accomplished before it is too late. 



Formerly the Jackson's Hole country 

 was one of the best hunting grounds in 

 the west but it has been sadly over 

 hunted of late and is no longer attractive. 



VV. B. H. 



The Devils Lake region, in North 

 Dakota, is famous among sportsmen for 

 the fine wild fowl shooting it affords. 

 A friend who has j,ust returned from 

 there reports excellent sport on ducks. 

 Geese also in great numbers but flying 

 high, on account of the fine weather, so 

 that no big bags could be made at that 

 time. While at the same place last year 

 with a friend, they were favored one day 

 with perfect conditions for goose shoot- 

 ing and bagged sixty-four in two hours. 

 This year the party left here via the Great 

 Northern; left it at Church's Ferry and 

 went into camp near the west arm of the 

 lake. As an illustration of the sport to 

 be had it may be noted that they killed 

 about 40 chickens,i 1 geese and 27 ducks, 

 mostly canvas backs and mallards, be- 

 sides five or six jack rabbits, while on 

 the way back to town after breaking 

 camp. 



The fishing season (May to Nov.) 

 bl 1894 in Colorado, especially on the 

 Gunnison river and its tributaries, has 

 oeen very successful. The killing of 

 farge trout with the fly, ranging from 

 three to seven pounds, is unprecedented. 



All weight records have been broken 

 in Colorado, by H. M. Bostwick, of 

 Denver, 8^ lbs ; and E. B. Shore, of 

 Gunnison, 10X lbs ; both Rainbows, 

 and captured with No. 6 Coachman fly, 

 from the Gunnison river. 



