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PUBLISHER'S NOTES 



Messrs. Spratts Patent, Limited, 450 Mar- 

 ket street, Newark, N. J. 

 Dear Sirs : — Referring to the selection of 

 your Meat Fibrine Dog Cakes by Mr. 

 Evelyn B. Baldwin, I beg to advise you 

 that my understanding is these Dog Cakes 

 will be used in making his trip over the ice, 

 to keep his dogs in good condition for 

 their final effort to land him at the North 

 Pole. I take pleasure in advising you that 

 while samples were submitted to Mr. Bald- 

 win by every manufacturer in this and other 

 countries, including all known kinds of dog 

 foods, yours were selected on account of 

 their superiority and on account of the 

 success Mr. Baldwin and other polar ex- 

 plorers experienced in the former use of 

 your goods. Mr Baldwin is now about to 

 leave Tromsoe, Norway. I can only add 

 that it would be impossible for me to put 

 Mr. Baldwin's appreciation of your foods 

 in too emphatic a manner. 

 Harry Balfe, with Austin, Nichols & Co. 



N. Y. City. 



Charles S. Fee, G. P. A. of the Northern 

 Pacific Railway, has issued a little book 

 giving a history of the origin and develop- 

 ment of the Northern Pacific trademark, 

 which is well worth the time it may take 

 any student of history and science to read 

 it. This story is an excerpt from the 

 Northern Pacific Wonderland book for 

 1901, which was written and compiled by 

 Mr. O. D. Wheeler, advertising agent of 

 the Northern Pacific road. The pamphlet 

 is exquisitely and beautifully illustrated 

 with many designs which aid the reader in 

 the study of this strange Chinese story. 



This book also contains some other val- 

 uable information as to excursion rates 

 which the Northern Pacific road makes to 

 various points of interest in the North- 

 west. 



A postal card request to Mr. Fee. men- 

 tioning Recreation, will bring you a 

 copy of this book. 



The Polk Miller Drug Co., Richmond, 

 Va., is advertising in Recreation the well 

 known Sergeant remedies for diseases of 

 dogs. Polk Miller is so well known to 

 dog lovers that it is scarcely necessary 

 jto say anything about him. He has been 

 for many years president of' the Virginia 

 State Sportsmen's Association, and this in- 

 dicates the esteem in which his friends 

 hold him. He has also conducted one of 

 the largest drug stores in Richmond for 

 about 15 years, and every one in that 

 city and vicinity knows that he deals only 

 |n pure and feliable goods. Readers of 



Recreation who may have occasion to or- 

 der goods of Mr. Miller may feel perfectly 

 certain of getting what they pay for. In 

 addition to the goods which he may order, 

 each customer will get a pedigree blank, 

 which in many cases will be useful for 

 making up the pedigree of a valuable dog. 



"Football Tactics" is a new treatise on 

 the game of football, published for free 

 distribution as an advertisement of its 

 athletic goods by the firm of Robt. H. 

 Ingersoll & Bro. The theory and prac- 

 tice of the game are fully considered and 

 counsel is given on nearly every condition 

 that a team could find confronting it. 

 The latest and most effective combination 

 plays are explained and illustrated by dia- 

 grams and the best means of meeting 

 these plays when used by opponents are 

 studied. 



"Football Tactics" will be sent free on 

 request by mail by Robt. H. Ingersoll & 

 Bro., No. 67 Cortlandt St., New York, 

 whose advertisement appears, on another 

 page. 



Mr. W. H. Talbot, of Nevada, Mo., has 

 issued a beautiful little book entitled, "The 

 Story of a Reel." It describes and illus- 

 trates in detail the making of the well 

 known Talbot reel, and contains a large 

 number of letters from prominent sports- 

 men who have used these valuable imple- 

 ments. It would be well for every angler 

 in the country who has an idea he may 

 want a new reel at any time in the future 

 to write for a copy of this book, and to 

 say he saw it mentioned in Recreation. 



The Multiscope and Film Co. has. issued 

 an interesting booklet entitled "The Story 

 of Tom Rainesborough." Tom was an 

 amateur photographer, but he became so 

 disheartened by the limitations of cameras 

 that he lost all interest in photography. 

 The story of how and why his enthusiasm 

 was rekindled is full of important facts, for 

 other amateur photographers, each of 

 whom should write for a copy of this book 

 to the Multiscope & Film Co., Burlington, 

 Wis. 



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The manager of the Penn Yan Rabbitry 

 writes me that he has bought all the stock 

 of Belgian hares previously owned and ad- 

 vertised by W. L. Blinn, Rockford, 111. 

 This puts the Penn Yan people in good 

 shape to promptlv fill orders for breeding 

 hares. People who have dealt with the 

 Penn Yan Rabbitry endorse it in unqualify- 

 ing terms as to honesty and promptness in 

 filling orders. 



