AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



CLOSE OF THE CONTEST. 



Recreation's 2d annual photographic 

 contest closed April 30th, and the prizes 

 were awarded Monday, May 3d. The 

 judges selected for this important duty were 

 Geo. H. Daniels, General Passenger Agent 

 of the New York Central Railway; Ernest 

 Seton Thompson, the eminent animal 

 painter, author of " Art Anatomy," " The 

 King of Currumpaw," etc.; and W. T. 

 Hornaday, director of the New York 

 Zoological Society, and author of " Tax- 

 idermy and Zoological Collecting," " Two 

 Years in a Jungle," " A Man Who Became 

 a Savage," etc. These men are well known 

 to all readers. Their professions are such 

 as to have required them to handle photo- 

 graphs, for years past, and they are, there- 

 fore, especially qualified to judge critically 

 of this class of art. 



They gave an entire afternoon and even- 

 ing to the work of examining the 1,214 

 pictures which had been submitted by 607 

 competitors. The reader will readily un- 

 derstand the great responsibility placed 

 upon these gentlemen, and the difficulties 

 they encountered, from the start. 



A number of photographs were entered 

 by beginners, who had little idea of the 

 high degree of excellence they would have 

 to compete with, and whose pictures were, 

 therefore, not of a high order. There were, 

 however, more than 300 fine ones, to 

 the makers of which the judges would have 

 been glad to award substantial prizes; but 

 this could not be done, on account of the 

 heavy expense it would entail on the pub- 

 lisher of Recreation. 



Many excellent pictures must, therefore, 

 be passed over and the makers of them 

 will naturally feel disappointed. Even hon- 

 orable mention could not, for lack of 

 space, be accorded to all who deserve it. 

 The honors were placed where the judges 

 deemed they were most thoroughly de- 

 served, and persons whose names do not 

 appear in either of the following lists need 

 not, for a moment, infer that their work 

 was not appreciated by the editor, or the 

 judges. The unfortunate ones must re- 

 member that all pictures could not be best, 

 and that all could not win where so few 

 prizes or so few commendations could be 

 bestowed. 



The prize winners are as follows: 



ist, " Hunting the Big Horn " Myra A. Wiggins. 



2d, '* In the Swim " Wm. L. Rathbone. 



3d, " Gee ! " F. T. Harmon. 



4th, " A Big One at Last " Frank C. Pearre. 



5th, " Alone, Perhaps ! " W. H. Walters. 



6th, " An African Hunt " Arthur C. Mellette. 



7th, " After the Bass in Big Swamp," D. M. Ballou. 

 58th, " On a Summer Day " F. E. Matthewson. 



9th, " At the Foot of the Pass " Harry R. Christy. 



xoth, ** An Anxious Moment " Mrs. H. L. Darling. 



1 1 th, " A H igh Grade Tumble " John Boyd. 



12th, " Game Keeper and Antelope " Serg't Wm. Van 



Buskirk. 



13th, "End of the Cruise of '89" William Allen. 



14th. " Pine Shack" D. M. Ballou. 



15th, k> The Captain of the Libbey "...F. E. Matthewson. 

 16th, " A Fresh Supply of Venison " .J. Howard Demarest. 

 1 7th, " A Fine Catch, See ! " Capt. John S. Loud, 



U.S.A. 



18th, " Curse That Limb " E. H. Ashcroft. 



19th, " Recreation " Frank C. Pearre. 



20th, " Here They Come " William Mohaupt. 



21st, " Doubtful" Robert Walstrom. 



22d, " A Late Cast " H. L. Christy. 



23d, " In Trouble " Wm. L. Rathbone. 



24th, " An Early Breakfast " B. J. Warren 



25th, " A Few Minutes' Rest " William Allen. 



26th, " Looking For Trouble " H. G. Reading. 



27th, " A Fine Afternoon " Eugene V.R.Thayer, 



28th, "' Bathers " G. E. Moulthrop, 



29th, " The Drumming of the Grouse" S. J. Power. 



30th, " Dunbar Castle " Fred Darrow. 



31st, " Prairie Chickens : ' J. C. Howenstein. 



The following pictures are awarded high 

 commendation: 



1st, " Where is Our Camp ? " S.J.Power. 



2d, " Two Coons and the Dog that 



Treed Them " Samuel Randall. 



3rd, " Now Look Pleasant, Please,".. E. F. Whitmore. 



4th, •' The Monarch of the Forest ". .Samuel F. Gaches. 



5th, " Chips of the Old Block " H. S. Humphrey. 



6th, " Sugaring Off" W. C. Sleight. 



7th, " Scene in Ogden Canyon " W. D. Capes. 



8th, " Polar Bears in Lincoln Park ".William Wells. 



9th, " Orphans " Wm. Mohaupt. 



10th, '' An Amateur " Will D. Bowers. 



11th, " Government Camp " Myra A. Wiggins. 



12th, " Are Girls a Necessity?" A. R. Ordway. 



13th, " Spinnaker Trying to Play Bal- 

 loon " Geo. E. Dodge. 



14th, " Ten O'Clock and Only Thir- 

 teen " E. H. Ashcroft. 



15th, " Our November Camp " Arthur C. Mellette. 



16th, " Moonlight on Lake St. Catha- 

 rine " T. L. Davies. 



17th, " A Noble Dog " John H. Wheeler. 



18th, " A Thirsty Traveller " H. G. Reading. 



19th, " Packing Deer to Camp '' Boyd C. Packer. 



20th, " Days of Recreation " E. F. Whitmore. 



21st, " Running Fire " Francis W. Sprague. 



22d, " A Pleasant Camp " F. J. Taylor. 



23d, " The Empty Creel " Kenneth Fowler. 



24th, " Image Cut in Sandstone " Robt. Walstrom. 



25th, " In Camp " E. H. Ashcroft. 



26th, " Racing " C. L. Amos. 



27th, " Lake Monponsett " W. E. Higbee. 



28th, M Moose " F. H. Holmes. 



29th, " The Loyalhanna River " Harry L. Christy. 



30th, " Tramp Down the Shiawassee " C. A. Stone. 



31st, " Scene in Ogden Canyon " W. D. Capes. 



32d, " Wounded Buck " Boyd C Packer. 



33d, " A Tasty Meal " A. P. Ingram. 



34th, " Summer Recreation " Herman lilies. 



35th, " Fishing for Pickerel " J. Howard Dema- 

 rest. 



36th, " Our Favorite Sport " Wm. Mohaupt. 



37th, " The Murial " Jas. Wilson. 



38th, "' Not a Beauty, but Clever " Jas. Wilson. 



39th, " Staunch " Arthur C. Mellette. 



40th, " The Pretty Boys' Camp at Egg 



Beach " William Allen. 



A great many pictures were submitted 

 for competition that were not admissible 

 under the conditions published in previous 

 issues of Recreation. That is. the pict- 

 ures did not represent any branch of sport 

 or recreation. Among this class the follow- 

 ing, while not entitled to prizes, are highly 

 commended: 



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