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RECREATION. 



EDITOR'S CORNER. 



As an outgrowth of the movement for a 

 great exposition of sportsmen's goods, to be 

 held in New York next spring, there has been 

 organized and incorporated the '" Sportsmen's 

 Association." Its objects are the study and 

 promotion of field sports, the holding of ex- 

 positions, the establishment of assembly rooms, 

 or headquarters, in New York city, where those 

 interested in field sports may assemble, and 

 incidentally, the founding of a sportsmen's 

 library for the use of members and visitors. The 

 principal office of the corporation is to be in New 

 York city. The incorporators are Charles Daly, 

 John S. Wise, J. A. H. Dressel, Jacob H. 

 Studer, Frederic S. Webster, and others. 



Among the trustees for the first year are 

 Charles Daly, J. A. H. Dressel, John S. Wise 

 and Jacob H. Studer. An effort will be made 

 to enroll every sportsman in the United States as 

 a member. 



The following correspondence explains itself : 



Mr. F. S. Webster, Secretary. 



Dear Sir :—rI am in receipt of your circular 

 letter of 19th, announcing the incorporation of 

 the Sportsmen's Association and stating its 

 objects. I am deeply gratified that you and 

 your colleagues should have taken this step and 

 you may count on me to do all in my power to 

 forward the interests of the Association. 



I tender you hereby, for the library, a full set 

 of my books, and bound volumes of Recrea- 

 tion, as fast as completed, until further notice ; 

 the books to be delivered whenever you are 

 ready for them. Yours truly, 



G. O. Shields. 



Mr. G. O. Shields, Editor Recreation. 



Dear Sir : — I am instructed by the Board of 

 Trustees, representing the Corporation of the 

 Sportsmen's Association, to tender you our sin- 

 cere thanks for your very acceptable and valuable 

 contribution to our library. 



As soon as we areready for their delivery I will 

 promptly notify you of the fact, and they will be 

 deposited as the first contribution to the library 

 of the Association. 



We heartily thank you for so generous a gift, 

 and trust that your example may be followed by 

 others. 



I have the honor to be, very respectfully, 



Frederic S. Webster, Secretary. 



The April Number of Recreation will be 

 a beauty. It will be filled with tasty pictures 

 representing field sports and outdoor life, all of 

 which will be framed in appropriate descriptive 

 matter. 



Professor L. L. Dyche, author of "Camp 

 Fires of a Naturalist," has written a charming 

 story of ' ' Life in a British Columbia Wilder- 

 ness," which will open the number. Dr. Edward 

 J. Tucker has written a serial, entitled " Gaute- 

 motzin, a Tale of the Aztecs," which deals with 

 the life story of that strange people and with the 

 travels and adventures of a young college student 

 in Mexico and Yucatan. It will be published in 

 Recreation, the first chapter appearing in April. 

 Another section of General Gibbon's book, 



" Rambles in the Rocky Mountains," will form a 

 pleasant feature of that issue. Other prominent 

 articles are ; " A Cat-boat Race off Larchmont," 

 a beautifully illustrated poem, by D. B. Keeler ; 

 "A Leaf from a Fly-Book," by Horace Kent 

 Tenney ; " Huckleberries or Fish," by Frank 

 H. Sweet; "A Sportsman's Reverie," by E. P. 

 Jacques; "Life in the Canadian Woods," by 

 Joseph W. Howe; "A Sunday Constitutional," 

 by R. C. W. Lett, and several shorter sketches. 

 The various departments will be well filled with 

 choice notes and items. 



The January and February numbers of 

 Recreation are out of print. One thousand 

 extra copies were issued of January, and 2,000 of 

 February. This is was supposed would be 

 ample to meet the rapidly increasing circulation, 

 yet both editions were exhausted within 10 days 

 after coming from the press. 



I regret, deeply, my inability to supply these 

 numbers hereafter, as they begin the second 

 volume, and the loss will be felt by subscribers, 

 as well as by myself. However, it is unavoida- 

 ble, and while the greatly increased demand is a 

 compliment which I thoroughly appreciate, yet 

 it is unfortunate that I could not have foreseen it 

 and provided for it more fully. 



I should like to buy 500 copies of each of these 

 numbers, at 10 cents each: Persons having copies 

 which they are willing to spare will kindly send 

 them to this office. On receipt, I will promptly 

 remit. 



Editor Recreation. 



Reading, Pa. 



Can you not give me some detailed informa- 

 tion about the Pecos Valley of New Mexico ? — 

 J. G. R. 



Answer. — Here is some that may interest 

 you. A farmer who has lived there many years 

 writes to a friend in the east as follows : 



" In the lower valley the soil is made up from 

 the scourings of the bleak, barren sides of the 

 Guadalupe mountains, where scarcely a spear of 

 any kind of vegetation is to be found. This 

 soil, when irrigated by the Pecos river water, 

 strongly charged as it is with alkali, soon kills 

 out any vegetation, and makes it easy to solve the 

 problem why so many pieces of property are 

 offered there at tax and forced-sales." 



The Caribou, shown on the cover of this 

 issue of Recreation, was killed by Mr. George 

 H. Clark, Bingham, Me., November 7th, 1890, 

 near Enchanted pond. The animal weighed 

 370 pounds; his antlers spread 3 feet, and have 

 27 points. The gentlemen whose portraits ap- 

 pear in the picture are Mr. Harry Foster, Skow- 

 hegan, and Mr. Frank Hooper, Warren, Me. 

 Mr. Clark stood at the right of the group (look- 

 ing from the front), but unfortunately was out of 

 focus, and his portrait was so unsatisfactory that 

 it was thought best to omit it. 



A Trap Tournament will be held at Cincin- 

 nati, May 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th, in the interest 

 and under the auspices of Messrs. E. I. Du Pont 

 de Nemours & Co. Liberal cash prizes will be 

 added to the purses. 



