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RECREATION. 



sufficiently stunned with a shot gun to en- 

 able the meat hunter to catch them. 



There arc laws against all this, and the 

 Luzerne County Sportsman Association 

 tries to have them enforced in this local- 

 ity. The chief trouble is to get evidence 

 which will convict, and to raise the neces- 

 sary funds for prosecution and the payment 

 of wardens. In May, 1902, one Italian was 

 convicted of dynamiting a stream, but 15 

 others got away through insufficient evi- 

 dence. A number of men were convicted 

 last summer and early fall for killing dur- 

 ing the closed season and for destroying 

 insectivorous birds, but many more es- 

 caped detection. What we need is a more 

 general recognition of the conditions and 

 a warmer interest among those not classed 

 as sportsmen. 



D. A. H., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 



A UNIQUE DEVICE. 

 723,382. — Combined Cane and Camp Stool. 

 John Halin, Kansas City, M.o., assignor 

 of one-fourth to Jonas A. Nelson, Kan- 

 sas City, Mo. Filed April 22, 1902. 

 Serial No. 104,173. (No model.) 



Claim. — 1. A camp stool comprising 2 

 pairs of legs, the legs of each pair being 

 pivoted together, 2 seat-supporting members 

 connected with the upper ends of opposite 

 pairs, but detachable therefrom, a seat con- 

 necting the 2 said members, braces extend- 

 ing transversely from one pair of legs to 

 the other, each of said braces being pivot- 

 ally connected to the leg of one pair and 

 detachably connected with the leg of the 

 other pair, folding braces connecting the 

 lower ends of each pair of legs, and a sup- 

 plemental brace connecting the folding 

 braces with the said transverse braces. 



2. Each leg being provided with a re- 

 cess, 2 detachable seat-supporting members 

 connected with the upper ends of opposite 

 pairs, a seat connecting the 2 said members, 

 2 transverse braces pivoted respectively to 

 the legs of opposite pairs in the recesses 



provided therein and detachably connected 

 at their free ends to the opposite legs, 2 

 folding braces comprising each 2 members 

 hinged together and pivotally connected at 

 their free ends to the legs forming one 

 pair, the said folding braces being adapted 

 when the legs are folded, to be disposed 

 within the said recesses provided therefor 

 in the legs. 



A P^EA FOR THE BIRD DOG. 



There appears a tendency among certain 

 readers of Recreation to attribute the 

 crimes of the game hogs to their equipment. 

 Thus one mail" condemns the pump gun and 

 another the use of trained dogs. Is this at- 

 titude of mind that of sportsmen? 



Suppose George Washington had claimed 

 it w,as the fault of the hatchet that the 

 cherry tree was cut down, or pleaded that 

 if he had had only a club instead of a 

 hatchet all his efforts could not have re- 

 sulted in a fallen tree. Would not that 

 have been very different from his manly 

 admission of his fault? 



How often we hear of a man ruined by 

 drink. Was it drink or hoggish propensi- 

 ties that caused his ruin? 



The man who takes a primitive weapon 

 and limits his bag of game only by his 

 limited ability to kill is at heart a game 

 hog ; while the man who, with the most 

 approved weapons, scorns to take undue 

 advantage, stops killing when he has enough 

 and yet has the power and opportunity to 

 increase his score, is a gentleman and a 

 sportsman. 



When I must decide between hunting 

 without a dog and hunting without a gun, 

 it will be the gun that will remain at 

 home. Some of my most enjoyable hunts 

 have been with dog and camera; yet I am 

 passionately fond of shooting. The magni- 

 ficent running of the dogs, their intelligent 

 obedience, their delight in the sport, their 

 appreciation of praise, their unfailing love 

 and faith, all are sources of keen delight 

 to a true sportsman. Shall I give up this 

 joy and sneak through the woods with my 

 nerves tense in order that I may shoot 

 quickly and be sure to kill ? The true 

 sportsman with his dogs thinks of killing 

 only at the instant when it becomes neces- 

 sary. Without the dogs he will surely 

 bring home an empty bag unless he thinks 

 constantly of his gun and a possible victim. 

 I write from considerable experience of 

 both kinds of hunting. 



Let us face the question honestly. A hog 

 is a hog, no matter how equipped, and a 

 gentleman is no less a gentleman because 

 he uses an effective weapon and loves one 

 of God's noblest creatures. 

 R. R. Raymond, Captain Corps of Engi- 

 neers, U. S. A. 



