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EDITOR'S CORNER. 



Here are the names and addresses of a few 

 of the staunch friends of Recreation, the fig- 

 ures opposite indicating the number of subscrip- 

 tions that each has sent in : 



C. H. Douglas, Chicago 184 



H. C. M. Hambright, Lancaster, Pa 60 



E. I. Root, Denver, Colo 43 



J. S. Strangroom, New Whatcom, Wash.. . 35 



E. J. Pauli, St. Paul, Minn 35 



O. A. Richardson, Lowell, Mass 33 



John Bowman, London, Ontario 26 



E. A. Corey, Geneva, Ohio 25 



Chas. H. Kingsbury, Rochester, N. Y 25 



J. G. Messner, Wilkinsburg, Pa 22 



Barclay Smith, Van Buren, Ark 21 



E. W. Campbell, West Pittston, Pa 19 



Harvey B. Crane, Jr., Wilson, Wis 17 



C. H. Westlake, Geneva, Ohio 17 



E. W. Tilton, Newburybort, Mass 17 



H. M. Belt, Des Moines, Iowa 17 



Chas. H. Laird, Washington, D. C 16 



C. F. Hatch, Jr., Lake Park, la 16 



E. P. Robinson, Sidney, Ohio 14 



O. B. Hark, Bethlehem, Pa 14 



Captain H. H. Cooper, Nacogdoches, Tex. 14 



H. M. Norton, Corry, Pa 13 



W. S. Raymond, Potsdam, N. Y 11 



Dr. E. J. Tucker, Morrisania, N. Y 11 



G. W. Shampanore, East Bangor, Pa 11 



Willie Hamm, Calais, Me 10 



H. A. Shields, Johnstown, Pa 10 



There are many others that should be included 

 but for lack of space, Some of these gentlemen 

 have taken advantage of my premium or com- 

 mission offers, but the majority of them have 

 done this work purely in the interest of their 

 friends, or from a love of the magazine, declining 

 all compensation. If you doubt this statement 

 write any or all the parties. Postage is cheap 

 this year. 



Recreation for July will carry joy to the hearts 

 of all its readers, whether at home, at the sea- 

 side or in the woods. It will contain a charming 

 story of woodcock shooting by Mr. F. W. G. 

 Johnson, illustrated by some of the finest photo- 

 graphs of that sport that have probably ever 

 been made. These latter are from the camer^of 

 Mr. E. P. Robinson. Among other prominent 

 features there will be a novel story of trouting, 

 in a Nova Scotia lake, by Mr. A. O. Pritchard : 

 a well told tale of " A Morning with the Var- 

 mints," by Utiles Baird, secretary of the Kan- 

 kakee Shooting and Fishing Club ; an interest- 

 ing recital of what an Indian guide terms a 

 "Heap Good Man," by Wm. Edward Coffin. 

 This story will appeal with especial force to all 

 who know the wierd, picturesque characters that 

 are so often found in the Maine woods. Doctor 

 Tucker will continue his story, " Guatemotzin, 

 the last of the Aztecs," and Major Schieffelin 

 gives us another series of the more important 

 incidents of his trip "Across the Rockies in 

 '6 1." Some further facts and observations on 

 the great sportsmens' exposition, will be given, 

 and there will be a rich fund of information in 

 the various departments. There will be pictures 

 from original drawings by Keeler, Carey and 

 Watson, and from photographs. 



The Great Sportsmen's Exposition is a 

 thing of the past. It is unnecessary to say that 

 it was successful. That fact was assured from 

 the beginning. The character of the men who 

 had the work in charge was a guarantee that it 

 would be well done. The only question was as 

 to the attendance. Were there enough people in 

 New York and vicinity, interested in field sports, 

 to save the promo tors from loss ? This problem 

 was solved on the opening night. Madison 

 Square Garden was thronged that night, by as 

 large and as brilliant an audience as ever opened 

 a horse show, a dog show or a bicycle show. 

 Society and wealth were there in all their 

 splendor. The genuine sportsman was there 

 in full force, as attested by the bronzed faces 

 and eager eyes that beamed about the exhibits 

 of guns and fishing tackle. 



The First Sportsmen's Exposition will go down 

 in history as one of the most important events 

 ever chronicled in the literature of field sports. 

 It is second only in importance to the invention 

 of the breech loader. It has taught the general 

 public the true character of the men who shoot 

 and fish. It has brought manufacturers, dealers 

 and consumers into closer touch than ever before. 

 It has shown railway and steamboat companies 

 the full strength and influence of the craft. 



There are a hundred railway companies and 

 manufacturers of sportsmen's goods who were 

 invited to exhibit at this show, but who did not do 

 so ; who said it would not pay them ; who pre- 

 dicted that it would be a failure. These people 

 are now deploring their lack of judgment and will 

 do so for a year. They are ready to concede, 

 now, that they don't know quite so much as some 

 other people do, and when the next Exposition 

 is announced they will be among the first to se- 

 cure space. 



There are thousands of people who did not at- 

 tend the show, for similar reasons, and who now 

 regret that they should have missed so great a 

 treat. The 55,000 people who did see it will not 

 soon allow them to forget their loss ; and when 

 the gates open next year these stay-aways will 

 lose no time in getting to the box office. 



Great good will result from the First Sports- 

 men's Exposition. 



Mr. B. W. Kniskern, G. P. A., of the Chi- 

 cago and Northwestern railway, has issued a 

 beautiful book called " Hunting and Fishing 

 along the Northwestern Line." It is from the 

 pen of W. B. Lefnngwell, and is illustrated by 

 W. L. Wells, an artist who has evidently burned 

 plenty of powder and waded in some pretty deep 

 water for trout. At least his pictures look as if 

 he had. 



If you will write Mr. Kuiskern and tell him 

 you saw his book mentioned in Recreation, he 

 will send you a copy. His address is Chicago. 



This issue of Recreation was nearly all in 

 type when the Sportsmen's Exposition opened, so 

 that it is impossible to make more than brief 

 mention of it herein. Illustrated articles, bear- 

 ing on the great show, will be printed in several 

 succeeding numbers. 



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