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AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. © 
“For sport the lens is better than the gun.” 
J wish to make this department of the utmost 
use to amateurs. I shall, therefore, be glad to 
answer any questions and to print any items sent 
me by practical amateurs relating to their experi- 
ence in photography. 

THE WINNERS. 
REcREATION’s 8th annual photo competi- 
tion closed November 30, and is now a 
matter of history. Nearly 500 entries were 
made, and among these were over 100 high 
class pictures. As usual, the judges had 
great difficulty in deciding which of these . 
should be awarded the first prize, which 
should have second, third, ete.; but after 
careful deliberation they finally placed the 
prizes as follows: 
Ist prize, Rail Shooting on the Susque- 
hanna, U. C. Wanner. 
2d prize, At Home in the Rushes, J. E. 
Stanley. x. 
3d, Bob White by Flashlight, S. L. Bee- 
gle. 
Lucky, Chas. Vandervelde. 
5th, The Golf Girl, George Worth. 
6th, A Good Pair to Draw to, E. F. Pope. c 
7th, Don’t Bother Me, I’m Busy, A. SS. 
ss. 
8th, I’m Trying to Look Pleasant, Flor- 
ence Molique. ; 
oth, Saved, by Gum! G. Wilbur Wood. 
1oth, Three Black Crows Sat on a Tree, 
R. H. Beebe. 
Special prize for best photo of a live wild 
animal, On a Newfoundland Marsh, Mrs. 
W. B. Lee. 
11th, The Skater, Rud Engelmann. 
12th, The Army and Navy, Chester A. 
Reed. “sf 
13th, At Breakfast, John H. Fisher, Jr. 
14th, Yes, Sir, S. G. Jameson.- 
15th, A Good Catch, George Hartmann. 
16th, A Morning Snooze, J. E. Tylor. 
17th, Pin Cushions, Wallace J. Bundy. 
18th, Good Bye to Trains for 30 Days, 
Thos. C. Martindale. 
19th, Right on Them, Wm. H.: Fisher. 
2oth, Defiance, Geo. W.. Fisk. Fr. ) 
21st, Humming Bird, Geo. J. Newgarden. 
22d, Caught Once More,’ B. T. Boies. 
23d, A Flying Leap, Chas. F. Tess. 
24th, American Goshawk, C. V. Oden. 
25th, A Cozy Retreat, name of photog- 
rapher unknown. 
26th, The Foster Mother, F. Spittal. 
27th, The Eagle’s Gibraltar, A. J. Brun- 
quist. 
28th, Canada Edward A. 
French. 
29th, Antelope in the Bad Lands, Mrs. T. 
F. Roberts. 
30th, Stepping High, E, F, Cowgill, 
Goose, Dr. 
4th, The Fisherman Who is Always. 
RECREATION. 
- 31st, A Corking Good Story, R. C. W. 
Lett. 
32d, Goose Shooting on the Big Sioux, 
E. W. Edgington. 
- 33d, Blue Heron in His Favorite Haunt, 
’ J. P. Hambly. 
34th, Young Night Hawk, W. Stark. 
35th, Ruffed Grouse, Fred L. Libby. 
30th, Pine Grosbeaks, Robert Stevenson. 
37th, Honeysuckle Camp, W. D. Gay. 
38th, Family of Screech Owls, O. J. Ste- 
venson. 
39th, Young Robins, H. C. Markman. 
’ goth, Chicken Thief, A. J. Lewis. 
41st, Feeding the Baby, J. B. Parker. 
42d, A Sun Bath, F. S. Andrus. 
43d, Great Blue Heron, Frank C. Nash. 
44th, Making Friends, G. N. Waterbury, 
Jr 
4sth, Coon, Homer W. Squier. 
40th, Hawk Eggs, Geo. C. H. Warner. 
_ 47th, Patching the Canoe, W. E. Lurchin. 
48th, Round the Camp Fire, Leonard F. 
Weston. 
49th, The Angler, S. G. Jameson. 
soth, Grouse, F. J. Angier. 
sist, A Moonlight Sail, Albert Haanstad. 
52d, I’m Busy, C. M. Whitney. 
53d, Nest and Eggs of Ruffed Grouse, H. 
~H. Fraser. 
. 54th, Midwinter Recreation, Chas. Mars- 
den. 
The following were highly commended : 
The Coon. Wins; Snake in Full Retreat ; 
Something Doing: Stick a Tater in His 
Mouth; Rescued; The Reptile Strikes; A 
Black Climber prepares an Attack; Mutton 
Up and Mutton Down, and a River Shore 
Feast, J. E. Tylor. 
Posing and Top Line Work, U. C. 
Wanner. 
The Early Bird; Trying Their Muscle; 
Who Wants Me? R. H. Beebe. 
At Bay and Fly Casting on Williamson 
River, Oregon, E. C. Cross. 
Confidence and a High Jump, Chester A. 
Reed. a . 
A Sour Old Customer, Wm. H. Fisher. 
A Good Start and the Turkey Hunters, 
Frank H. Shaw... 
Defending His Castle, A. J. Brunquist. 
The Ski Girl, George Worth. 
Turtles, James E. Stanley, Jr. 
A Faithful Mother, J. B. Parker. 
Woodchuck Prospecting, F. S. Andrus. 
A Bad Case of Snakes, C. L. Fulstone. 
The Skaters and the Old Oaken Bucket, 
C. Vandervelde. 
The judges were Joseph T. Keiley, © 
lawyer and expert amateur photographer, 
and Frank P. Dwyer, General Eastern agent 
of the Grand Trunk Railway. Both these 
gentlemen are well equipped in every way 
~ for the performance of the difficult task 

