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RECREATION. 



cartridge and bullet in the market. The 

 book is a library in itself, and every sports- 

 men should have a copy of it. Of course 

 in writing for it, you should say you saw 

 it mentioned in Recreation. 



THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION. 

 Here is a picture of the stadium, or ath- 

 letic field, as it is to be at the Pan-Ameri- 

 can Exposition at Buffalo. It is to re- 

 semble, in a general way, that erected at 

 Athens a few years ago, although this one 



can be, of course, only a temporary struc- 

 ture. It will seat 25,000 people, and is in- 

 tended as a model of what it is hoped may 

 be some day built in permanent form. It 

 has a quarter mile running track and suffi- 

 ciently large space in the inside of this for 

 any of the other athletic games. A large 

 number of aisles are planned to reach the 

 seats, and, in addition to the principal en- 

 trance on the West, there are provided 

 7 large exits. These are to be of sufficient, 

 breadth and height to admit, in case of 

 need, the largest vehicles or floats, as it is 

 proposed to use the stadium for certain 

 pageants, exhibits of automobiles in oper- 

 ation, judging of horses, live stock, agri- 

 cultural machinery, road machinery, etc. 

 No exhibitor has ever had such a splendid 

 arena in which to display such exhibits, 

 and the athletic carnival, to which the sta- 

 dium is to be devoted, is to be one of the 

 most interesting features of the exhibition. 

 The space under the seats is to be used 

 for exhibition purposes, and is in itself 

 the equivalent of a large building. 



The total length of the stadium, includ- 

 ing the building which forms the entrance, 

 is about 870 feet, and the width is about 

 500 feet. 



IMPROVEMENTS IN DINING CARS. 



Commenting on the recent change in the 

 operation of the dining cars on the New 

 York Central, and the improvements now 

 being made in the service, the New York 

 Commercial Advertiser says: "In most 

 dining cars the kitchen, in one end of the 

 car, opens into a passageway inside of the 

 car, and the fumes of the cooking and oc- 

 casionally smoke are wafted into the car 

 while passengers are at the tables. All the 

 dining cars on the New York Central are 

 being built so there shall be no opening 

 from the kitchen into the interior of the 

 car. The only approach to and exit from 

 the kitchen will be by way of the platform 

 vestibule, about half of which is made a 

 part of the kitchen." This change will be 

 greatly appreciated by patrons of these 

 cars. 



The dining car service on the New York 

 Central is now under the direct charge of 

 the general passenger agent, and it is the 

 intention to make it as nearly perfect as 

 possible in every respect. 



The Peters Cartridge Company, of Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio, is always at the head of the 

 procession. It is the first to issue a cal- 

 endar for 1900 and this, as well as its pre- 

 decessors, is a beautiful work of art. The 

 centrepiece illustrates a hunting scene on 

 the Western plains and represents a cow- 

 boy riding up to an antelope he has jusf 

 killed. Scattered around the margin are 

 vignettes of hunting scenes in Porto Rico, 



