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R EC RE A TION. 



TEACHING THE GUNNERS HOW TO GUN. 



A dispatch from Washington states that 

 Captain Crowninshield, Chief of the Bureau 

 of Navigation, has taken steps to still furth- 

 er improve the gunnery of the Ameri- 

 can navy. The Lancaster and the Amphi- 

 trite have been restored to their old duty 

 as target ships and have gone to sea with 50 

 gunners each, who will be given a 3 months 

 course in target practice. Captain Crownin- 

 shield's head is mighty level. The world 

 had a great object lesson last year as to the 

 value of expert naval marksmen, and it is 

 safe to say that all the navies in the world 

 will burn a great deal more powder in tar- 

 get practice, in the next 5 years than ever 

 before in-the same length of time. America 

 must not lose her place at the head, and in 

 order to maintain it, her naval officers must 

 hustle for their laurels. If there is one man 

 in the world. whom I love more than an- 

 other, it is the man who, at 5,000 yards can 

 put 10 successive 13 inch shots in an 8 inch 

 bull's-eye. 



A letter from Toronto states that Dr. 

 Paul Outerbridge, of this city, went last fall 

 into the Temascomingo district, Ontario, 

 and killed a bull moose in violation of law. 

 The case was reported to the government 

 authorities who took prompt action in the 

 case, and the Doctor was required to pay 

 a fine of $50. He is a prominent surgeon, 

 a wealthy man, and it is greatly to the credit 

 of the Ontario government that such men 

 are punished as promptly, when they vio- 

 late the law, as are poor men. 



Read the ad of Cornwall and Jespersen 

 on page liv. of this issue of Recreation. 

 This is one of the oldest sporting goods 

 houses in this city, carries a large and 

 complete line of goods and the proprietors 

 know how to treat their customers. Write 

 for their catalogue and when you get it you 

 will find in it many things that will inter- 

 est you. Mention Recreation. 



A RUNNING ACCOUNT. 



Wheels bought on the instalment plan 

 Still get there just the same, 



Although the summer days have went 

 And winter storms have came. 



— L. A. W. Bulletin. 



I received the Davenport shot gun you 

 sent me as a premium for 15 subscriptions 

 and it is a beauty. I have tried it and it 

 shoots all right. That ejector is just the 

 thing. There is no danger of the ejector 

 slipping by the shell. All who have seen 

 Recreation think there is nothing like it. 

 I shall take it as long as I can find a dollar. 

 Harry C. Colby, Franklin, N. H. 



SOME SWAN HOGS. 



Waco, Tex. 



Editor Recreation: Your information 

 about the swans we killed was correct. 



While hunting quails, 15 miles Northeast 

 of Waco, we saw a flock of 11 swans flying 

 above a lake, on which they finally lit. We 

 were some distance away and did some fine 

 stalking to get within shooting distance. 

 At about 40 yards we fired 4 shots into them 

 before they saw us. Four of the 11 birds 

 rose and we fired another round, making 

 8 shots, when 3 more birds fell back into 

 the lake. Before we could reload the 

 eleventh was out of range. The wounded 

 birds made a good fight with our dogs, in 

 the water, so we retrieved them ourselves. 

 We used Remington guns loaded with No. 

 4 shot. 



The largest swan measured 8 feet 4 

 inches from tip to tip of wings, and 5 feet in 

 length. 



J. A. Honea, 

 J. W. Chambers. 



And so you think you are great hunters, 

 do you? And you expect me to applaud 

 your work, do you? Well, that's where you 

 will be disappointed when you see this. 

 Recreation believes in clean sport — not in 

 such slaughter as this. I wrote you for the 

 purpose of getting the facts before con- 

 demning you. If you had said you killed 

 only 2 swans — or even 4 — out of the flock 

 and allowed the rest to go their way, then 

 Recreation would have commended your 

 conduct. It would have classed you as 

 sportsmen and gentlemen; but in view of 

 your statement it can not do this. 



Would you not have felt much better if 

 you had killed only 2 or 3 or 4 of these birds 

 and left the others to breed and furnish 

 study and sport for others? Would you not 

 rather have a clear conscience and the re- 

 spect of all decent sportsmen, than to have 

 10 swan skins and be classed by decent 

 men as pot hunters and butchers? It is 

 hoped you may now reform and that you 

 will never again be guilty of such reprehen- 

 sible slaughter, no matter what opportuni- 

 ties you may have. — Editor. 



Every sportsman worthy of the name 

 glories in your spunk in continuing to lam- 

 baste the game hogs, even against adverse 

 criticism of those whose corns are trod on. 

 Keep it up. Recreation is the only sports- 

 men's publication that has sand enough to 

 come out and call these game destroyers by 

 their true name. 



O. D. Bartlett, Middletown, Conn. 



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