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THE SPORTSMEN’S SHOW. 
As previously announced, the 6th an- 
nual Sportsmen’s Show, under the auspices 
of the National Sportsmen’s Association, 
will open in Madison Square Garden, New 
York City, March Ist, 1900, lasting iy 
days. This will include 5 Saturdays. From 
the interest displayed during the show of 
’98, it is evident the Sportsmen’s Show, as 
conducted by this Association, is a feature 
that is looked forward to by the general 
public, and is an educator and a medium 
of bringing the general public in direct 
contact with the manufacturers of sports- 
men’s goods. 
From inquiries already received, it is 
likely the number of exhibitors will be 
larger this year than ever before. 

Bowling Green, Ky., Aug. 25, 1890. 
Page Woven Wire Fence Co., Adrian, 
Mich. 
Gentlemen: The 180 rods of Page Fence 
put up for me by W. T. Miller, your agent, 
is a great satisfaction to me and has 
changed public opinion here about wire 
fencing. So much inferior wire fencing 
has been put up in this vicinity that people 
have thought all wire fencing a failure; but 
my Page Fence is greatly admired by 
all observers. 
Yours truly, 
James Waters. 
TRADE NOTES. 
The Martin reel you sent me is great. 
With it and a light split bamboo trout rod 
I caught 2 large salmon in the raging cur- 
rent of Grand river, Newfoundland. One 
of these leaped 12 times and broke water 
twice more. 
F. G. Warner, Cape Breton, N. S. 

RECREATION ought to have the patron- 
age of all the railroads in the country. A 
fellow pays only $1 a year for RECREA- 
TION, reads it through, takes his grip and 
gun and pays the railroad $60 fare for a 
trip to the game fields. 
R. R. Biges, Glasco, Kan: 

I received the New Mode] Forehand re- 
volver O. It is a magnificent weapon 
and a most accurate shooter. It will al- 
ways be a mystery to me how you can 
give such a valuable AOE for so small 
a club. 
A. M. Barnes, Piiarelptrias Pa: 

Received the premium, Stevens pistol, 
this morning and tried it at once. I 
am well pleased with it and thank you 
for it. It is just like RECREATION, O. K. 
Robert Bennewitz, Walcott, Ia. 
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RECREATION. 
I have fully tested the Bo Peep camera 
sent me as premium for subscriptions to 
RECREATION, and find it a fine instrument. 
T. A. Chapman, Davenport, Ia. 

The Abercrombie waterproof tent sent 
me for 8 subscriptions received and it is 
all right; better than I expected. Two days 
and nights in a heavy rain convinced me it 
is really waterproof. 
Will H. Smith, Detroit, Mich. 

Mr. U. Nehring, 16 E. 42d St., New York. 
Dear Sir: I have tried the Copying 
Lens I bought of you and it is the finest 
thing out. 
J. L. Robson, 132 State St., Batavia, N. Y. 

EDITOR’S CORNER. 
Admiral Dewey is one of the most pa- 
tient men that has been before the public 
eye in many a year. It is safe to say no 
man in the world was ever photographed 
so often, and so diligently, and so reck- 
lessly as Dewey has been, yet in spite of all 
the contortions and distortions that have 
been made of him, he still submits grace- 
fully to every camera carrier who ap- 
proaches him and asks for a shot. In the 
parade, he ran a much more serious line 
of fire than he did when passing Cavite and 
Corregidor. It is safe to say that 100,000 
cameras were trained on him, and that 
200,000 plates were shot away at him be- 
tween Grant’s Tomb and the great arch 
at 23d street. It would be one of the great 
sights of the world to see a print from 
each of these negatives pasted up, and all 
put on view at once. I doubt if there is a 
picture gallery in New York big enough 
to hold them. If the dear old Admiral 
could see such a collection, he would be 
haunted with nightmares -for a year to 
come. 

General Otis in a telegraphic report to 
the War Department, covering recent mil- 
itary operations, said: “Colonel Bell 
cleared the country yesterday west of 
Guagua to and including Florida Blanca, 
making captures of officers, men and 
property.” 
This is the kind of man Colonel Bell 
is. He is a dear friend of mine with whom 
I hunted buffalo in the Yellowstone coun- 
try, in 1880, and is well known to readers 
of RecrREATION. He has been promoted 
5 times for gallant and meritorious conduct 
on the field of battle, and is now Colonel 
of the 27th U. S. Vol. It is safe to say he 
will clean up any outfit of Philippines 
against whom he may be sent, and if his 
life is spared I shall expect to see him 
come home from the Philippines wearing 
one or 2 stars. 
a wen . Spon 


