AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. 
AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. 
“A Bird on the plate ts worth 2 inthe bag.” 
PRIZE WINNERS_IN 4atH ANNUAL COM- 
PETITION. 
RECREATION’S 4th annual photo compe- 
‘tition closed September 30th, with 755 en- 
tries, and it is exceedingly gratifying to 
me to be able to say,that the pictures sub- 
mitted this year average much better than 
those of any former contest. All these 
competitions have brought out fine work, 
but this lot is. away ahead of all. The 
judges who awarded the prizes are, Mr. W. 
H. Boardman, editor of the Railway 
Gazette and President of the Adirondack 
League Club; Mr. A. F. Rice, Secretary 
of the League of American Sportsmen, and 
Mr. L. W. Holst, manager of the Ameri- 
can branch of C. P. Goerz, the great Ber- 
lin lens maker. These men are eminently 
fitted in every way for this important work. 
Mr. Rice is an art connoisseur; Mr. Board- 
man is an enthusiastic amateur photogra- 
pher and has made many fine pictures; Mr. 
Holst, while not a professional photogra- 
pher, is an expert in everything pertaining 
to photography, and has made some of the 
finest photographs I have ever seen. 
The first thing the judges did was to 
go through the entire 755 pictures care- 
fully, and throw out all that were found 
impossible as winners. On the other end 
of the table they stacked up the possible 
winners, and a cursory glance showed 
there were over 300 of these, while there 
were but 38 prizes to be distributed. Then 
came the tug of war. It took these gen- 
tlemen nearly all of 2 afternoons to sift 
the 300 pictures down to 38. Then there 
was another long consideration as to how 
these should be arranged, and after a most 
arduous, careful and conscientious study, 
they were disposed of in the following 
order: 
rst prize—The Interrupted Feast, made by J. E. Tylor 
2nd prize—Rocky Mountain Big Horn, Evan Lewis 
a ard prize—Sou’ Easter Comin’, Rey. Frank E, Rams- 
Ell. 
4th prize—A Likely Spot for Pickerel, Will J. Dick. 
5th prize—Mother Bittern and Her Chicks, D. H. Pal- 
mer. 
6th prize—The Frozen Trigger, Guion Miller. 
* gth prize—Evalyn under Full Sail, W. J. Jones. 
8th prize—Log Rolling Contest in Mississippi 
River, Chas. E. Price. * 
a prize—They Bite Best Before a Storm, Edw. E. C. 
Gibbs. 
roth prize—On the River Bottoms, Chas. W. Dake. 
11th prize—His Last Run, S. R. Cates. 
r2th prize—Returning from the Hunt, C. B. Merriam. 
13th prize—That Poor Coon, Dr. F. D. Hulburt. 
14th prize—Hunting Bob White in Mississippi, O. C. 
Murray. é 
15th prize—Recreation, Dr. J. B. Pardoe. 
16th prize—A Right Beginning, C. G. Moore. 
17th prize—Some Interesting Points, W. H. Davis. 
18th prize—Double Dive, F. S, Shepard. 
roth prize—Out of Range, Frank E. Foster. 
20th prize—Supper Time, O. D. Starr. 
21st prize—A Crack Shot, Fred. R. Woodward. 
2end prize—A Red Squirrel, Fred. M. Booth. 
23rd prize—At Close Range, H. H. Wells. 
24th prize—A Refreshing Drink, Miss Lillie A. 
Brandt. 
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25th prize—His Last Dive, Frank C. Pearre. 
26th prize—Pine Snake, Wm. H. Fisher. 
27th prize—A Dam Good Time, L. P. Cordell. 
28th prize—Cowboy Dragging Home a Gray Wolf, 
Mrs. L. R. Van Houten. 
zgth prize—Prospecting, Homer Hill. 
30th prize—They Are Off, Harry Reeves. 
31st prize—Quail Shooting in ‘lennessee, Geo, T. 
Baker. 
32nd prize—Mated, J. H. Baxter. 
33rd prize—Layin’ for Chucks, A. H. Verrill. 
34th prize—He who expects everything shall not be 
disappointed, J. R. Peterson. 
35th prize—l Have Just Fed My Babies. 
36th prize—The Lone Fisherman, S. Harting. 
37th prize—The Unloading of Rejah, the Man Killer, 
L. L. Cross. 
38th prize—A Double Point of View, H. W. Stone. 
The series of prizes as previously an- 
nounced would end here, but there were 
so many other fine pictures, the makers of 
which the judges wished to reward, that I 
decided to make a special class of 10 more 
and to award the makers of each of these 
pictures a year’s subscription to RECREA- 
TION, making 48 prizes in all. These next 
19 ate as follows: 
39th prize—Black Turtle and Her Eggs, R. E. Prescott. 
40th prize—The Turtle Trappers, H. T. Whitmore. 
41st prize—At Close Range, Edw. R. Zalinski. 
42nd prize—The Glorious Fourth, Mrs. Frank I. Ruhl, 
43rd prize—Starting on a Moose Hunt, A. N.Slemmer. 
e ag prize—Breaking the Record, Roland O, Meisen- 
ach. 
45th prize—The Young Botanist, John Boyd. 
46th prize—Building a Birch. Bark Canoe, J. Wilson. 
47th prize—Rough Walking, Geo. C. Embody. 
48th prize—Future Deweys, F. E. Mathewson. 
The following pictures were highly com- 
mended by the judges for various good 
qualities: 
Crabbing, Will J. Dick. 
The White Throated Sparrow, A. Verrill. 
First Blood, H. D., Cochrane. 
Live Partridge on Her Nest, Rey. A. T. Kempton. 
A Small Catch, H. D, Cochrane. 
The Swimmin’ Hole, Will J. Dick. 
An Eight Footer, G. H. Moulthrop. 
Alone in the Moonlight, Dr. M. L. Christensen. 
Tom’s First Deer, Geo. A. Bailey. : 
Antelope Fawns, A. K. Boyles. 
Getting Ready tor the Chase, R. J. Benford. 
Two of a Kind; Resting After the Hunt, Frank C. 
Pearre. 
Hard Luck, H. D. Cochrane. 
Road to Minard’s Pond, E. J. Ray. 
The Joy of Cycling, B. J. Forsythe. 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, A. H. Verrill. 
English Setters, Carle E, Lemon. 
Black and White Warbler, A. H. Verrill. 
Methinks I Smell Camera Powder, A. E. Flint. 
White and Black Warbler, A. H. Verrill. 
Did It Ever Occur to You, J. R. Peterson. 
A Partridge Nest, H. T. Whitmore. 
A Cosy Home, I. S. Trostler. 
Go Away! I.S. Trostler. 
Mr. Shields’ Game Hog, Geo. Legge. 
Eight Young Sports, Will J. Dick. 
Canoeing on the Huron, D. D. Blain. 
Fox Squirrel, W. W. Gilman. 
Safe at Last, F. R. Raiff. 
~ Not an Affair of Honor, H. S. Johnson. 
There were many others that the com- 
mittee would have been glad to recognize 
in some way, but the limited space at my 
disposal in this department would not ad- 
mit of the printing of a longer list. 
I am again deeply grateful to all my 
friends who have submitted specimens of 
their work in this competition, and while 
