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RECREATION. 



I bought Recreation from news stands 

 for some time, but am now a regular sub- 

 scriber, as it has become a necessity to 

 me. It is doing more good than all other 

 sportsmen's publications combined. One 

 year ago it had but 5 subscribers here; 

 now there are 40. 



Dan McKay, Augusta, Mich. 



We all look forward each month for 

 the coming of Recreation and find it ex- 

 ceedingly interesting. I believe it is the 

 best magazine of its kind published, and I 

 am sure we should now feel lost with- 

 out it. 



C. H. Cooley, Chicago, 111. 



Although not a subscriber to Recrea- 

 tion, I have never missed a copy, as I 

 get it from our newsdealer. I think the 

 magazine is a life saver for countless 

 numbers of our game birds, animals and 

 fishes 



Geo. B. Reed, Helena, Mont. 



I like the aggressive style of Recrea- 

 tion, it is so different from the dead alive 

 affairs that make their subscribers read 

 the advertisements for diversion. 



A. Hunter, 

 Dept. of Interior, Washington, D. C. 



Recreation is the only magazine which 

 makes a solid stand on game protection. 

 I would not give it up for all others com- 

 bined. Give it to the porkers and come 

 out on top. 



P. G. Morgan, Waukesha, Wis. 



Have been a constant and interested 

 reader of that leader of all books, Recrea- 

 tion, for over a year. I regret only that 

 I did not become its friend long ago. 

 Will C. Cortright, Wyoming, Pa. 



I heartily endorse the position you take 

 through Recreation in regard to the pres- 

 ervation of fish and game. 



F. A. Coonradt, Cold Brook, N. Y. 



Your photographic department is a great 

 help to many amateurs, and I hope to see 

 it enlarged. 



L. Goodrich, San Antonio, Tex. 



"When did Columbia blush ?" 

 "When she saw the President's trip." — 

 Judge. 



Is it a sign, or is it not, 



And one that needs attention due, 

 That, when the cashier buys a yacht, 



He means to be a skipper, too? 



— Judge. 



THE NEGRO AND THE RABBIT. 



Nitta Yuma, Miss. 

 Editor Recreation: 



No one has enjoyed field sports more 

 than I have, and I take it few have been 

 more successful in this country with guns 

 or in riding after hounds. But while not 

 so old as some who continue hunting, I 

 feel that I am a back number and can not 

 keep up with the pack. In fact, as I have 

 often told my friends, I am as fond of 

 field sports as ever, but I am like the old 

 dog who goes afield only to start the 

 trail, knowing he can't keep up with the 

 pack, but unable to cross a trail without 

 holding up his head to howl. 



This country, in my early days, was a 

 wilderness, filled with turkeys, deer, bears 

 and other large game. I have killed many 

 of every kind. Water fowl were so abun- 

 dant they were hardly noticed, but now all 

 is changed. The cane brakes have been 

 cleared and the land placed under cultiva- 

 tion, so that little game remains. No 

 ducks or geese have visited us for several 

 years; fishing only remains good. In 

 proper season quail shooting is good. 



If I could see you I might tell you 

 many a good joke on Purguile but fear 

 to write them. I often tell him it makes 

 no difference to him whether he kills any- 

 thing or not, just so he is hunting. He 

 had a trip to Colorado when deer were so 

 plentiful it would have been slaughter to 

 kill them, and he says he could see num- 

 bers of deer every day but had no desire to 

 shoot them. 



Now, as to the rabbit question. I own 

 a large tract of land at Vertilia. I don't 

 fear injury from rabbits, and if you can 

 aid Purguile in getting the genuine Aus- 

 tralian strain, I shall be grateful. The re- 

 ward you say is offered for a means of 

 destroying these pests in Australia ought 

 to be easily obtained, for I will guarantee 

 that if the Australian government will only 

 catch these rabbits, send them South, 

 and turn them loose here, the Southern 

 negro will catch the last one of them in a 

 short time. Or, if this scheme is consid- 

 ered impracticable, then take the South- 

 ern negro to Australia and turn him 

 loose on the rabbit. The same result will 

 occur. As a rabbit catcher, the negro is a 

 world beater, and I have every confidence 

 in his ability to protect my fields from the 

 ravages of rabbits. I think it would be a 

 great blessing to the negro to have these 

 rabbits here; it wOuld add a food crop to 

 his scanty supply. 



John R. Cameron. 



Just received the new Forehand double 

 hammerless shot gun and am greatly 

 pleased with it. Many thanks to Recre- 

 ation. 



G. H. Hetsler, Jaysville, 0. 



