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RECREA TION. 



EDITOR'S CORNER. 



Recreation is the most remarkable journal- 

 istic success of the age. No periodical ever issued 

 in the interests of outdoor sports has achieved so 

 remarkable a growth in so short a time. In four 

 months it has acq uired a larger paid circulation and 

 a larger advertising patronage than any other jour- 

 nal of its class ever gained in three years. The 

 reasons are obvious. It is clean, bright, hand- 

 some and breezy. It furnishes a high class of read- 

 ing matter and many beautiful pictures; yet it sells 

 cheap. It will be seen at a glance that it ap- 

 peals to people of wealth, of education and of 

 culture, as well as to the farmer's boy, the woods- 

 man and the mountaineer. 



Prominent business and professionl men are 

 sending in 10, 20, or 30 subscriptions each, inclos- 

 ing their personal checks for the full amount. Many 

 of these men are total strangers to me. They do 

 this work because they like Recreation and want 

 their friends to have it — because the magazine is 

 good and they want to contribute to its success. 

 Among the hundreds who are responding in this 

 way are, S. B. Williams, City Treasurer of 

 Rochester, New York ; J. N. Davidson, Presi- 

 dent Second National Bank, and Hon. W. 

 M. Kennedy, Mayor, Allegheny, Pa.; J. G. 

 Messner, of Dil worth Bros., wholesale grocers, 

 Pittsburg; Col. W. H. Lowe, G. B. A., North- 

 ern Pacific Ry., St. Paul ; H. P. Kennett, First 

 National Bank, Helena ; Hon. L. A. Huff- 

 man, Ex-member of the State Legislature, Miles 

 City, Mont.; F. A. Clark, East Haddam, Conn.; 

 J. S. Stangroom, real estate dealer, New What- 

 com, Wash.; C. H. Douglas, assistant manager, 

 R. G. Dun & Co , Chicago ; Hon. B. M. Web- 

 ster, Omaha, and John Bowman, of Bowman, 

 Kennedy & Co., wholesale hardware, London, 

 Ont. If you doubt this statement, write any or 

 all these men. 



Subscriptions are coming at the rate of 25 to 

 35 a day as regularly as the sun rises and sets. 

 Newsdealers are increasing their orders every 

 month. At the present rate it will be but a short 

 time until the 10,000 limit will be reached. 



Talk about business being dull ! Recreation 

 was started in the midst of the panic and has 

 never known a dull day. Why? Because it 

 hustles ; because it prints what the people want 

 and sells cheap. 



Recreation can always be depended on for 

 stories of thrilling interest, as well as for valuable 

 information. The March number will be no ex- 

 ception to the rule. Among its attractive feat- 

 ures will be "Up Rough River," a delightful 

 fishing story by Dr. James Weir, Jr. ; "Trailing 

 Apaches," a novel picture of military service in 

 Arizona, by Capt. F. K. Upham; " Indian Joe," 

 a thrilling tale of smuggling on the St. Lawrence, 

 by James Churchward. 



In August, 1894, Mr. O. D. Wheeler and a 

 party of friends ascended Mount Tacoma, to its 

 summit. He describes their experience and ob- 

 servations in an entertaining way for the readers 

 of Recreation. 



Mr. W. L. Miller tells "How We Got the 

 Big Moose Out of the W T oods ; " and J. L. 

 Winchell gives some important points on the 

 "Character of the Mastiff." Mr. Francis P. 



Owings contributes a poem entitled "With the 

 Hounds," which will make the blood tingle in the 

 veins of every lover of the chase. 



Several of these papers will be handsomely 

 illustrated, from photos and original drawings 

 and there will be the usual fund of interesting 

 information in the various departments. 



Remember that Recreation costs but a dollar 

 a year. Subscribe for it now before you forget it. 



The Executive Committee of the Sports- 

 men's Exposition has issued a bulletin giving the 

 names of a number of prominent manufacturers 

 of sportsmen's goods that have been awarded 

 space for exhibits. Among those mentioned 

 are: The Winchester Repeating Arms Co., 

 Hartford, Conn., the Bridgeport Gun Implement 

 Co., Bridgeport, Conn., the Gas Engine and 

 Power Co., Morris Heights, New York, the 

 Union Metallic Cartridge Co., Bridgeport, 

 Conn., the Spratt's Patent (American), Limited, 

 New York, the Freed Optical Co., New York, 

 Schoverling, Daly & Gales, New York, E. I. 

 Dupont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del. 

 and William Lyman, Middlefield, Conn. 



The choice spaces are being rapidly taken and 

 it is important that all who intend to exhibit 

 should apply at once. The management can- 

 not act intelligently in completing arrangements 

 for the show until it is known just what amount 

 of space each exhibitor will require. Applica- 

 tion blanks and full information may be had by 

 addressing FredericS. Webster, 106 East 23d 

 street, New York. 



Meadville, Pa. 

 Editor Recreation : 



Why did you sell your Pecos Valley land so 

 cheap ? And why did you leave that country ? 



u. B. p. 



(Answer.) These and similar questions are 

 asked me almost daily and I have not time to 

 reply to them all by mail. I left the Pecos Valley 

 because a two years' residence there proved to me 

 that it is not a desirable place to live in. Sand- 

 storms, electric storms, floods and washouts are 

 so frequent and so destructive that I cannot 

 recommend the country to any one. I sold my 

 land at a heavy loss, because I believed that it, 

 in common with other lands there, would de- 

 crease in value each year. 



The Westminster Kennel Club's Annual 

 Show will be held at Madison Square Garden, 

 February 19 to 22. 



The following are named as judges : Miss A. 

 H. Whitney, Lancaster, Mass. ; Mr. James Tay- 

 lor, Manchester, England ; Mr. John Davidson, 

 Monroe, Mich.; Mr. Charles Heath, Newark, 

 N. J.; Mr. E. M. Oldham, New York ; Dr. C. 

 L. Sauveur, Chestnut Hill, Pa. ; Mr. John Mat- 

 thews, New York ; Mr. Joe Lewis, Moodus, 

 Conn., and Mr. C. P. Leland, New York. 



If a sample copy of Recreation has been 

 sent you it is by request of some friend of yours, 

 who likes it and who wants you to know of its 

 good qualities. Show your appreciation of his 

 courtesy by subscribing for it. 



