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rifleman. For six consecutive years he qualified 

 annually as a sharpshooter and was awarded the 

 insignia of that grade by the War Department. 



In 1886 he was assigned to duty on General 

 Terry's staff, at Chicago, as Division Inspector of 

 rifle practice, in which position he served with 

 great ability and credit four years. 



In the Army and Navy Journal, of December 

 15. 1894, appeared this editorial statement: "Cap- 

 tain Philip Reade is one of the most active men in 

 the army. He is constantly turning up unex- 

 pectedly, and always at the head of whatever 

 enterprise he undertakes. 



"He is a noted specialist in many different 

 branches of his profession, besides being a force- 

 ful and brilliant writer on technical military sub- 

 jects. Wherever he goes, he makes his abilities 

 felt. First, he was known as an enthusiast in 

 military signaling. Then he gained prominence 

 as a rifle shot and an expert in the matter of small 

 arms for projection. His contributions on the 

 genesis of the military arms of all nations are 

 second only to those of Blunt and Russell. Then 

 he stirred up the entire National Guard of the 

 northwest to the importance of knowing how to 

 shoot, and he organized the Military Rifle Asso- 

 ciation of the National Guard of the northwest. 



" Now he is known as an energetic recruiting 

 officer, — the most successful in results o£ any 

 officer at present engaged in that duty. As an 

 off-hand after-dinner speaker he rivals Wallace 

 Randolph, and his services are in demand for 

 addresses by military societies, patriotic societies, 

 social clubs and chafing dish clubs. He is as 

 good a cook as he is a raconteur. He is never 

 idle, ' Phil' isn't." 



One of his great achievements is the writing of 

 his signature, as shown above. I have no doubt 

 that autograph would get him a commission as 

 field marshal in the Japanese army, if he 

 wanted it. 



Captain Reade is writing for Recreation a 

 series of articles on " The Genesis of the 

 Metallic Cartridges," which will be fully illus- 

 trated from original drawings. He assures me 

 that he is doing some of the most thorough and 

 careful literary work of his life on these papers. 



Professor F. V. Yeager writes from Newport, 

 Idaho : "On the 23d inst., a deer coolly swam 

 over the falls here, and after getting into the 

 eddy below afforded a good target for three 

 riflemen, who fired about twelve shots at it 

 when it was finally killed and dragged ashore. 



The counties of Polk, Marshall and Kittson, 

 in northern Minnesota, afford perhaps the finest 

 chicken shooting to be had in the whole country. 

 Both varieties (pinated and sharp-tail) are ex- 

 ceedingly numerous, and on the waters of the 

 many streams and lakes in this section, numbers 

 of ducks, mainly mallards, redheads, canvas- 

 backs, teal (both varieties), etc., are to be found. 

 In order to insure success with the latter a boat 

 should be used. 



Editor Recreation : Cora, Wyo. 



The winter range of the large game, in Jack- 

 son's Hole and the Green River country, is 

 being overstocked with sheep, and a large por- 

 tion of the game is likely to starve, should the 

 winter be a hard one. Ira Dodge. 



MISS HELEN DUNHAM. 



This little lady, although but 8 years old, if 

 an enthusiastic cyclist. She is the daughter of 

 Mr. John C. Dunham, secretary of the Buffalo 

 Wheel company. She rarely allows a pleasant 

 day to pass without riding five or six miles and, 

 with her elder brother, frequently takes a spin of 

 10 or 12 miles. She, of course, rides a Niagara, 

 and says she considers it about the best wheel 

 in the market. 



Editor Recreation 



Newburyport, Mass. 



An amusing incident occurred here recently, in 

 which a small red fox played a prominent part. 

 A man, while passing along one of our principal 

 streets, saw the fox come up off one of the 

 wharves, and being a sportsman, could not re- 

 sist the temptation to chase him. The wind was 

 blowing a gale, and it was snowing hard. The 

 weather was anything but agreeable for a fox 

 hunt, but the man started for the game, and was 

 joined by about a dozen other men and several 

 boys. The fox took to the street car track, and 

 was leading well, with the "pack" in full cry, but 

 was pressed so hard that he turned into a side 

 street and, frightened and bewildered at the 

 strange sights about him, took refuge in an open 

 hall way, and was captured by means of a coat 

 being thrown over him. He proved to be a 

 tame one, that had escaped from his owner. He 

 disturbed the Sabbath, and caused considerable 

 excitement for the time being. 



E. W. TlLTON. 



M. 



W. Miner, Baker City, Oregon, whom 

 many of the readers of Recreation already 

 know as a contributor thereto, is planning to spend 

 next summer in the Wind River mountains, and 

 says if he does so, he would be willing to show a 

 few eastern sportsmen one of the finest summer 

 resorts on the continent. He has spent many 

 months in that range, and knows where all the 

 big trout hide and where the elk, deer, bear and 

 antelope most do congregate. 



