EDITOR'S CORNER. 



DEATH OF A GREAT WORKER. 



The League of American Sportsmen has 

 sustained a great loss in the death of Al- 

 bert E. Pond, which occurred at his home 

 in this city, Jan. 16, from pneumonia. 

 He was Chief Warden of the New York 

 division, and in that capacity he proved 

 for 4 years one of the most valuable work- 

 ers the cause of game protection has 

 ever had. He was one of the few men I 

 could always rely on to do whatever I 

 asked him to do. If I called a meeting of 

 a committee or of League officers I could 

 invariably count on Mr. Pond as one of 

 the men who would be present. If I ap- 

 pointed him on any special committee to 

 do any piece of work, I knew it would be 

 done, and it always was done promptly 

 and effectively. If I had a case in any of 

 the courts against a game law violator 

 Mr. Pond was always at my elbow to give 

 me moral support. If I needed money to 

 carry on this work Mr. Pond was always 

 ready to contribute his share of it. If it 

 became necessary for a few League officers 

 to go anywhere in the United States to ap- 

 point any meeting or to do any special 

 piece of work Mr. Pond was always the 

 first man to volunteer or to respond to an 

 invitation to go. 



Throughout all his administration of the 

 affairs of the New York division, he per- 

 sistently declined to receive a dollar of the 

 funds accruing from memberships in this 

 State, to which he was entitled. He paid 

 all the expenses of carrying on the work 

 of his division out of his own pocket, and 

 contributed largely to the general expenses 

 of the League in addition. He was always 

 good natured, cheerful, earnest and en- 

 thusiastic in his work. He was always 

 looking for violators of the game laws, 

 following them up, punishing perpetrators 

 in his own way or bringing them to the 

 bar of justice to be punished. 



He has reported many cases of law 

 breaking, that he could not reach himself, 

 to State officers ; has followed them up and 

 has thus been instrumental in bringing the 

 offenders to justice.. 



He was a member of the New York 

 Zoological Society, a member of the Camp 

 Fire Club and of the 7th Regiment Veteran 

 Association ; and he was always in his 

 place and doing more than his share of 

 work in all these organizations. 



Mr. Pond leaves a widow and son to 

 whom the sympathy of all good sportsmen 

 is extended. In Mr. Pond's death I have 

 lost one of the best friends I ever had or 

 ever expect to have. May his soul rest 

 in peace. 



MR. HARTLEY DROPS DEAD. 



Marcellus Hartley, head of the old house 

 of Hartley & Graham, for many years at 

 315 Broadway, New York, dropped dead 

 in the office of the American Surety com- 

 pany, January 8. He had been apparently 

 in the best of health when stricken sudden- 

 ly by heart failure. 



While greeting a friend whom he had 

 met there, his head dropped forward and 

 he collapsed. He was carried to a lounge 

 and died within a few seconds. He was 

 born in this city September 23, 1828, and 

 his first employment was in the office of an 

 importer of firearms. He formed a co-part- 

 nership in 1854 with J. R. Schuyler and 

 Malcolm Graham, opening a place of busi- 

 ness in Maiden Lane. The firm became 

 Hartley & Graham in 1876. About 2 years 

 ago there was another change, and the 

 M. Hartley Company was formed. Mr. 

 Hartley was president of the Bridgeport 

 Gun Implement Company, of the Reming- 

 ton Arms Company, and of the Union 

 Metallic Cartridge Company. He was also 

 interested in several banks and other 

 strong corporations. 



His death marks an epoch in the sport- 

 ing goods trade of this country and his 

 counsels will be sorely missed by his for- 

 mer associates. 



The New York Zoological Society 

 wants a Canadian lynx and a cougar, or 

 mountain lion. Any reader of Recrea- 

 tion knowing where a good, live, healthy 

 specimen of either of these animals can 

 be bought, will do the society a valuable 

 service, by addressing Mr. W. T. Horna- 

 day, 183d St., and Southern Boulevard, 

 New York City. 



Have you the best possible outfit ready 

 for your spring and summer photographic 

 work? Such an outfit is expensive. Why 

 not reduce this expense by earning some 

 supplies as premiums? For instance, if 

 you wish to save your photo prints, send 

 me 2 yearly subscriptions to Recreation, 

 at $1 each, and I will send you a Buech- 

 ner album that will hold 100 4x5 prints. 

 It will be of great value to you in show- 

 ing the progress you make in your pho- 

 tography, from the first page to the last, 

 and your prints will always recall inter- 

 esting memories. 



If you wish to make several of your 

 friends happy give each of them a year's 

 subscription to Recreation. At least once 

 every month they, will think kindly of you. 



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