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RECREATION. 



EDITOR'S CORNER. 



In 1861, Major W. H. Schieffelin, Mr. E. 

 N. Lawrence andMr. W. M. Cary, the well known 

 artist, all of this city, made a trip across the con- 

 tinent, ascending the Missouri river to Fort 

 Union, by steamer, and thence on horseback to 

 Portland. The trip was fraught with incident, 

 adventure and excitement, from start to finish. 



Major Schieffelin has written a history of the 

 journey, which will be published in Recreation, 

 beginning with the June number, and running 

 through the July, August and September issues. 

 The story will be illustrated by twelve full page 

 drawings, by Mr. Cary, from sketches made on 

 the ground. 



These pictures treat of thrilling adventures in 

 the hunting of big game, of a dangerous encoun- 

 ter with Indians, a steamboat explosion, etc. 

 Altogether, the story is one of deep and absorb- 

 ing interest, and no one who is fond of the early 

 history of our western frontier can afford to 

 miss it. 



Other attractive features of the June number 

 will be: 



" Three Thousand Elk," a remarkable hunting 

 story, by the well known mountaineer and scout, 

 Nelson Yarnall ; " Mystery," a tale of the Jersey 

 meadows, by Dr. Hamilton Vreeland ; "Our 

 National Bird," by Arthur F. Rice; "Loafm* 

 Round with Jim," and "Split Lights," two charm- 

 ing bits of verse by W. M. Hundley and D. B. 

 Keeler ; "Wild Broncos in the Service," a de- 

 lightful camp fire story, by Margaret Gray Brooks, 

 "Cruising off the New England Coast," a 

 nautical story, of deep interest, by Charles Pryer, 

 Commodort of the Corinthian Yacht Club ; 

 " Trouting on the Gunnison." a narrative of the 

 taking of big trout, that will stir the blood of 

 every angler ; the continuation of Dr. Tucker's 

 " Guatemotzin," etc. The pictures in the June 

 number will make it a veritable panorama of the 

 chase, and no sportsman can afford to be without 

 them. 



and moved away, in order that you may all walk 

 in at once. Come to, come to, come to the big 

 show. 



Before another issue of Recreation 

 reaches its readers the great Sportsmen's Exposi- 

 tion will be a matter of history. This is my 

 last opportunity to invite — to urge you to attend, 

 and I hope you will do so. This is the greatest 

 opportunity ever offered sportsmen to learn 

 everything pertaining to field sports. A two 

 days' study of the exhibits in Madison Square 

 Garden will give you a greater fund of informa- 

 tion as to all the appliances of the chase ; as to 

 the life, habits, habitat of game birds, quadru- 

 peds and fishes, and as to the various methods of 

 taking each, than you could acquire in years 

 of travel and reading. 



This exhibition will be a great panaroma of 

 the chase, as followed by all nations and all 

 classes of people, from the creation down to the 

 present day. How can you afford to miss it? 

 You can't? You must see it. Decide that now. 

 Then go among your friends and urge them to 

 join you. Urge your club to come, in a body. 

 Then you can charter a car or a train, hire an 

 hotel, all to yourselves, and live like princes. 



Recreation will be at the show to welcome 

 you. Its latch string will not be out, but the 

 whole front end of its cabin will be sawed off 



Poor old Mr. Hagekman is having hard sled- 

 ding with his Pecos Valley scheme. There has 

 never been a week since he made his first invest- 

 ment in it, when he has not been called upon to 

 put up further margins in order to protect his in- 

 terests. Two years ago I heard him say that if 

 he should stop to think over his losses in that en- 

 terprise, he would go mad. 



The last draft on him was to keep alive the 

 electric light plant and the ice factory, at Eddy. 

 It is said that the original stockholders in these 

 had grown tired of making up losses, and that 

 both concerns were about to " close for repairs." 

 To avert such a calamity for the struggling little 

 town, Mr. Hagerman was compelled to come to 

 the rescue and put up some $15,000. This sum 

 is supposed to be sufficient to light the place and 

 supply it with ice, for its beer, for several months. 



What a great scheme this pocket coffee 

 will be for beating the restaurants ! When it is 

 perfected the economical man can, on starting 

 down town in the morning, stick a sandwich in 

 his hip pocket, a coffee capsule in his vest pocket 

 and no one will ever suspect that he is carrying 

 a lunch. Then at noon, he can go into the 

 cafe, sit down at a table, order a cup of hot 

 water and a piece of pie. His pockets furnish 

 the rest. Of course, the waiter can't charge him 

 anything for the hot water, so he eats a hearty 

 lunch, drowns his sorrow in a cup of steaming 

 mocha, and slides out on five cents' worth of 

 pie. See? 



The American News Company bought 2.600 

 copies of March Recreation on first order, and 

 600 copies on supplemental orders. It bought 

 3,000 of April, at first, and 675 copies after- 

 ward. Its standing order for May is 3,800. Un- 

 sold copies are returned every Monday. When 

 the company was buying 2,300 copies a month it 

 used to return 300 to 350 a week ; now the re- 

 turns are less than 100 a week. Don't take my 

 word for this ; write the manager and ask him 

 whether or not these figures are correct. 



Miss Ella Cooke, the little 12-year-old daugh- 

 ter of Mr. R. F. Cooke, of Boise, Idaho, is making 

 a vigorous effort to procure 75 subscribers for 

 Recreation, in order to get a bicycle, as a pre- 

 mium. There are probably 50 men in Idaho 

 who are not yet on my subscription books. Let 

 each of these send his dollar to this little girl. 

 He will thus make her task easy, and secure a 

 year's supply of good reading. Mr. Cooke is a 

 prominent citizen of Boise, an enthusiastic sports- 

 man, and a contributor to Recreation. 



The Picture on the front cover of this issue 

 of Recreation tells its own story, and will re- 

 mind many an angler of the smiles and caresses 

 bestowed on him by his wife, when he has taken 

 home a fine string of trout that he — that is — well, 

 you all know how it is. Mr. Cary is making an 

 etching of this picture, 16x20 inches in size. 

 Every angler and every sportsmen's club should 

 have a copy of it. 



