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RECREATION. 



It is a good one, and in fact among the 

 best, but hardly the record. — Editor. 



Will you, through Recreation, tell a 

 number of your readers how to train 

 bloodhounds? We have a pack, but do not 

 understand training or starting them. 



Subscriber, Fort Wingate, N. M. 



ANSWER. 



I can not spare time or space to give 

 this information. Read the "American 

 Book of the Dog," and "Breeding, Break- 

 ing and Training." These can be fur- 

 nished through this office. — Editor. 



Homer, Alaska, Aug. 22. 

 I have just returned from a trip of 60 

 days in the wilds. Was very successful. 

 I killed with my own rifle 17 head of big 

 game, and we collected 250 small mam- 

 mals and birds. Am going out again at 

 once into another range of mountains. 



Andrew J. Stone. 



ANSWER. 



No, Mr. Stone is not a game hog. He is 

 collecting skins, skeletons and information 

 for the American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, as well as writing and photographing 

 for Recreation. — Editor. 



Several residents of Westville recently 

 saw a flock of 25 or 30 wild pigeons. They 

 remained in the neighborhood several 

 days. The men who saw them know wild 

 pigeons, as they killed many in their 

 younger days. None of them had seen a 

 flock in 10 years. 



F. V. Martin, Westville, Ind. 



The new California game law is one of 

 the best ; game can not be sold at any time, 

 the bag of individuals is limited on indigen- 

 ous non-migratory game, and some migra- 

 tory birds have a close law on them during 

 the only season they visit our State. 



John C. Cracknell, Oakland, Cal. 



In reply to A. C. Ludington's query in 

 June Recreation, I shot a buck 3 years 

 ago which was similar to the one he de- 

 scribed. The third antler was situated a 

 little abcWe the left eye, was about 3^2 

 inches long and was still in the velvet. 

 E. H. Howard, White River, Colo. 



We have a new game law in Missouri 

 which prohibits the sale of any game for 5 

 years. May be it will he enforced and 

 may be it will, like our old law, be persist- 

 ently and almost openly broken. 



Will H. Schmare, Sedalia, Mo. 



a close season on plover and make it un- 

 lawful to seine any kind of fish. 



T. L. N., Emporia, Kan. 



An old doe and her fawn are enjoying 

 quiet solitude here. We are keeping our 

 eyes and ears open and will protect them 

 from molestation. E. G. Fadden, 



Noyan, Que. 



A large deer crossed the creek recently 

 near my house. Several were killed here 

 last fall, mostly by hounding. 



A. R. Williams, First Fork, Pa. 



There are a number of pheasants in Onta- 

 rio county, and the farmers take good care 

 of them. H. C. Young, 



East Bloomfield, N. Y. 



Game was plentiful here last season. I 

 saw *a bull moose while fishing recently. 

 Arthur L. Slipp, Woodstock, N. B. 



Game never wintered so well here as it 

 did last winter, especially deer and grouse. 

 F. O. Walker, Rumford Falls, Me. 



The man who quits when he gets 

 enough, with plenty of game still in sight, 

 is a gentleman. 



A SUGGESTION FOR CHRISTMAS. 



Have you commenced to think of Christ- 

 mas presents ? If so, here is a suggestion : 



A yearly subscription to Recreation 

 furnishes one of the most delightful, in- 

 structive, entertaining Christmas presents 

 you can possibly give a man or boy who 

 is interested in nature, in fishing, shooting, 

 amateur photography; or, who is fond of 

 the woods, the fields, the mountains, the 

 lakes or the rivers. 



Many of the presents which people give 

 their friends afford pleasure only for a few 

 days, or weeks. A subscription to Recrea- 

 tion means solid comfort a whole year. 

 It reminds your friend 12 times during the 

 year of your kindness and generosity. 

 There are many men and women who for 5 

 years past have annually sent in long lists 

 of names of friends, accompanied with a 

 check in order that these friends might be 

 made happy a whole year. Would it not 

 be well for you to adopt this plan? 



Try it and see how grateful the recipient 

 will be. 



Kansas recently passed some laws which 

 I think are good. Two of the clauses put 



The guide was guiding a guy. As the 

 guide guided the guy, the guide guyed the 

 guy until the guy would no longer be 

 guyed by a guide whom he had hired not 

 to guy but to guide. So the guyed guy 

 guyed the guide. No wonder every one 

 guyed the guyed guide guiding a guyed 

 guy. — Life. 



