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RECREA TfON. 



velopment. If 2 or more plates are in- 

 tensified in the same chemicals they must 

 be put fhrough the entire process one at a 

 time. Many apparently useless negatives 

 may be redeemed in this way. Few nega- 

 tives are made, except in the open or under 

 skylights, that a little intensification will 

 not improve; and it is the only salvation for 

 most snapshots and plates weakened by 

 development in warm weather. 



WINNER OF SECOND PRIZE. 



The taking of the "Rocky Mountain Big 

 Horn" photo was one of those lucky acci- 

 dents that occur to a man but once in a 

 lifetime. I was a convalescent and was di- 

 rected by the doctor not to engage in any 

 hard work for at least a month, so I invited 

 a friend of mine, Mr. Wm. Hyland, of Ida- 

 ho Springs, to spend a few days with me at 

 Chicago lakes. We took a small East- 

 man kodak with us, and amused ourselves 

 taking such pictures as we could get. We 

 tried to take some real birds' nests for 

 Recreaton. On the lucky morning we 

 started out with a film roll, of which all but 

 4 lengths had been exposed. We had made 

 2 exposures, eaten our noonday lunch and 

 started back toward the lakes when we saw 

 a white-crowned sparrow's nest, at which 

 we took a snap. Immediately after this 

 we saw a Wilson warbler among the dwarf 

 willows, and we both began looking for the 

 nest. 



Mr. Hyland went up one little draw 

 and I went to the next, some 40 yards away. 

 In about a minute I heard a strange noise 

 and looking around to learn the cause I 

 saw a band of big-horns, about 400 yards 

 away, running swiftly toward me and 

 breathing so hard we could hear the sound 

 at that distance. I called to Hyland to get 

 the camera ready. Not understanding me 

 he started to come to me, but I motioned 

 him back where he was concealed from the 

 approaching game. I repeated the call, 

 "Get the machine ready," and that time he 

 heard me. He took the kodak from the 

 carrying case just in time to see the first 

 sheep cross the draw, within 25 feet. It 

 ran a few feet farther and stopped. The 

 next one was but 20 feet behind and Hy- 

 land held his fire until both were visible 

 through the viewfinder. Neither of them 

 had seen him. They were looking directly 

 at me. When the shutter snapped they 

 both jumped and came within 25 feet of 

 me. There they stopped again and looked 

 directly at me as though wondering what 

 that was in brown coat and hat. They 

 were blowing hard and the ram had 

 a bunch of froth under his chin. This 

 shows in the photo. After looking a mo- 

 ment both turned back, passed Hyland at 

 the same point where they were standing 



when the exposure was made and returned 

 to the rest of the band, 40 yards away, 

 where they stood a minute longer, looking 

 with curiosity at the intruders. There were 

 9 in the band, 8 males and one female; at 

 least, one without horns. We had used the 

 last film in the roll, so we went under a 

 large rock, took out the roll and put in a 

 new one. Knowing we had a rare picture 

 we took great care not to have it spoiled. 

 All that time the sheep were walking far- 

 ther away, stopping every few feet to take 

 another look. Unfortunately they went out 

 of view before the next roll was ready. We 

 returned to the cabin and did not breathe 

 easily until we had negatives developed. 



We then found our birds' nests did not 

 come out, as we had held the camera too 

 close and blurred them all. The lake and 

 mountain views were all right. We felt 

 amply repaid for our work in securing this 

 one picture for Recreation, even had all 

 the others been failures. We have both 

 hunted on that ground many times before. 

 That was the first time we ever saw moun- 

 tain sheep there, and to get a photo of the 

 2 leaders, at 25 feet, was more by good for- 

 tune than by good hunting. 



Evan Lewis, Idaho Springs, Colo. 



UNCLE SAM COLLECTING PHOTOGRAPHS. 



The annual report of the Adjutant Gen- 

 eral contains some figures and facts of in- 

 terest to photographers. 



Uncle Sam has never before figured in 

 the light of a camera fiend, but the report 

 discloses that an enormous war album has 

 been made, which in time is destined to 

 enrich the libraries throughout the coun- 

 try. 



"In reply to a circular dated December 

 12th, 1898, sent out from this office to of- 

 ficers and men carrying cameras during 

 the war with Spain, there have been re- 

 ceived over 500 negatives and 300 prints 

 of Porto Rican subjects, over 700 negatives 

 and nearly 400 prints of Cuban and reserve 

 camp subjects, and nearly 150 negatives of 

 Philippine subjects, from which something 

 like 350 Porto Rican, nearly 500 Cuban 

 and a few Philippine subjects have been 

 chosen to make the final selection for an 

 album. These negatives and prints were 

 then returned to their owners. There are 

 still on hand, from which to make further 

 selections, over 200 Porto Rican negatives, 

 350 negatives and nearly 700 prints of 

 Cuban and reserve camp subjects, and over 

 600 Philippine prints. 



"The work so far has been to make selec- 

 tions from the negatives and prints sent in, 

 which are usually small. The ones selected 

 are then enlarged to 11 by 14 inches. After 

 having collected and enlarged everything 

 desirable, it is the intention to retouch 

 these enlargements and then make nega- 



