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RECREATION. 



RECREATION AN EDUCATOR. 

 I am more than surprised that anyone 

 should be so weak as to imagine you bribe 

 your subscribers to write nice things about 

 your magazine. It shows conclusively that 

 they know little about the number of let- 

 ters received by publishers of journals. 

 Don't the sun-dried idiots know that should 

 you print one-half the favorable comments 

 you receive on Recreation there would be 

 no room for anything else? It is my belief 

 that your uniform courtesy is what has built 

 up your publication. To be sure you don't 

 extend much courtesy to the game hogs. 

 but if you did I should not care much for 

 Recreation. Your magazine is and has 

 been for some time, at the top of the entire 

 output of sportsmen's publications, and long 

 may it remain there. 



A. L. Vermilya, Columbiaville, Mich. 



I got more answers to my ad. in Rec- 

 reation than I could shake a stick at. I 

 am pleased to see you give 'ell to the game 

 hogs and the gun firms who don't have 

 principles as large as a huckleberry. I am 

 a constant reader of Recreation. I hope 

 you will keep after the New York cold 

 storage dealers. 



W. H. Bell, N. Y. City. 



I inclosed $i for subscription to Rec- 

 reation. You are truly reforming many 

 men and boys who were once game butch- 

 ers.. Your untiring crusade against the 

 game hogs is highly commendable. Stay 

 with it. 



Frank Irving, Irving, Neb. 



The people of the United States ought to 

 build a monument ioo feet high, out of sil- 

 ver bricks, in honor of you, your work, and 

 your humane principles. This should be 

 not after you are dead, but while you are 

 living. 



A. B. Clyde, San Bernandina, Cal. 



Recreation is the best magazine I have 

 ever had the pleasure of reading and is 

 the next thing to a day's hunting or fish- 

 ing. Some numbers I have almost com- 

 mitted to memory by repeated readings. 

 G. J. Shrader, Canton, 111. 



We all like Recreation and heartily 

 appreciate the great work you are doing. 

 Not only sportsmen, but all lovers of na- 

 ture should aid you in your noble under- 

 taking. 



E, N. Krause, Bonney, Tex. 



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Recreation is the best sportsmen s 



magazine published. I hope everyone ap- 

 preciates your efforts to preserve game as 

 much as I do. 



J. D. Footer, Bath, Me. 



Recreation hits the right spot. It gives 

 me lots of fishing and shooting I could not 

 get otherwise. 



W. H. Latham, Hope, R. I. 



THREE MEN KILL 800 DUCKS. 



G. W. Vallery, A. B. Daniels and A. E. Mc- 

 Kenzie returned yesterday from their 2 - weeks' 

 duck hunting on Bear flats, 35 miles West of Og- 

 den, Utah. They killed 800 ducks. 



"The flats are formed by an overflow of the 

 Bear river, forming 28 square miles of marsh," 

 said Mr. Vallery. "It seems to be the home of 

 the duck. In our bags we had mallards, canvas 

 back, sprigs, gadwalls, ruddys and teal. The 

 green wing teal predominates. The shooting is 

 all done from blinds, and we had mud decoys set. 

 It is the ideal duck country of the United States." 

 — Denver Republican. 



A Denver reader s&nds me this and 

 writes: This is where the game hog 

 flourishes. Vallery is the Denver agent 

 of the Burlington Railroad. 



I asked Mr. McKenzie for his version 

 of the affair and here it is: 



Your card of inquiry as to the number 

 of ducks killed at Bear lake, Utah, re- 

 ceived a few days ago. 



The position you take, in the face of 

 your well known established record in 

 this city, in roasting any one and every 

 one who do not come up to your stand- 

 ard of what should constitute a sports- 

 man, in the columns of your magazine, 

 does not justify courteous consideration 

 of your inquiry. However, I will waive 

 the technicality and satisfy an old time 

 game hog by confirming the inquiry. It 

 is so. At the same time I realize that it 

 fills your soul with remorse to think you 

 can not enjoy the pleasures of your old 

 customs. Yours truly, 



A. E. McKenzie. - 



You see the pot tries to divert attention 

 from its blackness by calling the kettle 

 black; but that does not prove that the 

 pot is white. Does it, Mc? I am not 

 alone in branding you and your kind as 

 game hogs. It is your neighbors as well. 

 It is the decent, manly sportsmen every- 

 where. See letters on page xxxviii of 

 January Recreation, about your fellow 

 butcher W. C. Daniels. Also letters from 

 many sportsmen in every issue of 

 Recreation. 



I long ago offered a reward of $100 for 

 proof, such as would be accepted in any 

 court of record, that I had ever slaugh- 

 tered game, even as Mc admits he and 

 his chums did. And the offer still stands. 

 Sail in, Mc, and earn it. I will deposit a 

 $100 certified check in a Denver bank if 

 you decide to enter the race. — Editor. 



It may interest you to know you have 

 a number of warm friends in our town. 

 Two years ago one of our local news- 

 dealers ordered 3 copies of Recreation on 

 my solicitation. He now has many regular 

 customers for it and says it is one of his 

 best selling magazines. 



S. R. Cates, M. D., Abilene, Texas. 



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