AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



PICKING THE WINNERS. 



Recreation's 3d annual photo competi- 

 tion closed April 30th, and prizes were 

 awarded May 2d. The judges selected for 

 this important duty were Messrs. E. A. 

 Burnett, G. E. A., of the Santa Fe Railway; 

 Wm. D. Murphy, President of the New 

 York Camera Club, and Wilmot Town- 

 send, whose charming stories and pictures 

 of bird life are well known to readers of 

 Recreation. 



There were 825 entries in this competi- 

 tion, and the judges gave careful and con- 

 scientious attention to all the pictures. 

 Prizes were finally awarded as follows: 



1st — " Contentment," by H. G. Reading. 



2d — " Punctured," Charles W. Long. 



3d—" White to Move," James Wilson. 



4th—" Water Rats," Chas. W. Glines. 



5th—" Arion Trotting," Frank G. War- 

 ner. 



6th—" Our Pets," W. S. Copeland. 



7th — " Sonata Recitando," H. L. Sturte- 

 vant. 



8th—" Thinks It Will Weigh 3 Pounds," 

 Boyd C. Packer. 



gth — " Nirvana off Larchmont," F. G. 

 Warner. 



10th — " Drop," Jos. Boehrer. 



nth—" Taking Account of Stock," J. R. 

 Peterson. 



12th— " By What Right," Hamilton 

 Vreeland. 



13th—" Shove Me Off, Papa," John 

 Boyd. 



14th—" Out of Meat," Geo. W. Beard. 



15th—" A Tug of War," F. G. Warner. 



16th — " Potatoes for Dinner," John 

 Boyd. 



17th— "The Interrupted Grace," R. C. 

 W. Lett. 



18th— "A Bob-tail Flush," Chas. S. 

 Butters. 



19th— "The Lone Boatman," Will J. 

 Dick. 



20th— " Wounded Lion," Boyd C. 

 Packer. 



21st — " Applying the Second Dose," 

 A. E. Flint. 



22d— " The Idlers," Will J. Dick. 



23d— "Around the Camp-fire," E. H. 

 Rummele. 



24th—" Possum Hunting," A. C. Mel- 

 lette. 



In addition to the above, there were at 

 least 300 pictures to which the judges would 

 gladly have awarded prizes, and, if not 

 this, then at least honorable mention; but 

 they decided the number was too great to 

 be properly recognized, even in this way. It 

 would take the entire photo department of 

 Recreation to hold the list of names, that 

 could have been thus mentioned, and so 

 much space could not be spared for this 



purpose. It was thought best, therefore, 

 not to commend any of the other pictures, 

 where all the meritorious ones could not be 

 treated alike. All competitors who feel 

 that their work merits special commenda- 

 tion will please consider that it has been 

 extended to them, not only by the judges, 

 but by the editor of Recreation. 



I tender my heartfelt thanks to all the 

 people who so generously responded to this_ 

 call, and I trust some of those wIt" ;e 

 not fortunate enough to win in thi.sV^ntest 

 may be placed high in the list next year. 



I regret to say that several otherwise ex- 

 cellent photos were discarded in this com- 

 petition, because the people in them were 

 allowed to look at the camera. I have re- 

 peatedly cautioned amateurs against mak- 

 ing this mistake; but many of them con- 

 tinue to disregard such friendly advice. A 

 great many others, however, who formerly 

 allowed their work to be thus marred have 

 learned better, and their pictures, which 

 were submitted this year, were not so in- 

 jured. Their subjects ^yere busied in the 

 sport or pastime in which they purported 

 to be engaged, and appeared unconscious 

 that their pictures were being taken. 



A few of the winning pictures are pub- 

 lished in this issue, and the others will ap- 

 pear in August, September, and October 

 numbers. In still later issues, throughout 

 the coming year, a large number of the 

 other meritorious pictures will appear. By 

 examining these, and studying all the de- 

 tails in them, amateur photographers may 

 learn how to take good pictures, and how 

 not to take bad ones. 



Recreation's 4th annual competition 

 will open January 1st, and close April 30th, 

 1899. Let every amateur who reads this 

 magazine begin now to plan how to win the 

 first prize in that course. I shall hope to 

 make the premium list in this 4th contest 

 much longer, stronger, and more attrac- 

 tive than either of the others have been. 



ANOTHER RECREATION CLUB. 



Sheffield, 111. 



Editor Recreation: The amateur 

 photographers met here last week, and 

 formed a club to be known as Recreation 

 Photo Club, naming it after your excellent 

 magazine. Geo. Sprague was made presi- 

 dent, and Ed. Goldsmith secretary. Among 

 the members are many Recreation read- 

 ers. 



Following is a list of heads of depart- 

 ments: 



Most High Button Pusher — George 

 Sprague. 



Head Focuser — J. Stapleton. 



Vice Focuser — J. G. Johnson. 



Excellent Developer — C. W. Gunkel. 



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