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RECREATION, 



killing the wild fowl known as swans, 

 geese or ducks, or any of the birds men- 

 tioned in sub-section a of section 7 of this 

 Act, which contrivances are described or 

 known as batteries, swivel guns, automatic 

 guns, sunken punts or night lights, shall be 

 in the possession of any person, nor shall 

 they be used at any time; nor shall any 

 beaver or muskrat house be destroyed at 

 any time; nor shall any spring gun be 

 used to kill or destroy any animals herein- 

 before mentioned." 



There are men who claim that you can- 

 not prohibit the use of an automatic gun by 

 law. Such men would no doubt admit that 

 the present Manitoba law is all right in for- 

 bidding the use of batteries, swivel guns, 

 spring guns, sunken punts and night lights. 

 If it be proper to legislate against the use 

 of one form of slaughtering device, why not 

 against another? 



PLEASE WRITE THE GAME AND FISH 

 HOGS. 

 There are many men who believe I speak 

 only my own sentiments when I condemn 

 game butchers and that my custom of re- 

 buking them is not approved of sportsmen 

 in general. In order to convince these men 

 that their slaughtering of game and fish is 

 condemned by all good sportsmen, I should 

 like the cooperation of my readers. 



I wish you would hereafter write letters 

 or postal cards direct to every man whom I 

 may denounce in Recreation for slaughter- 

 ing game or fish and endorse what I may 

 have said of him. Add to each man's ad- 

 dress his number , in the swine book, so 

 there may be no question as to identity. 

 For instance, address Col. F. W. Dunn, 

 Game Hog No. 972, Los Angeles, Cal. Put 

 his number on the envelope or postal card, 

 as the case may be. 



By this method, you can greatly aid in 

 my work of making these men ashamed of 

 themselves, if they have any such quality 

 left in them. 



NOTES. 



At a recent meeting of the Pinehurst 

 Gun Club these officers were elected for 

 the ensuing year : President, H. W. Priest, 

 Franconia, N. H. ; Vice President, H. A. 

 Page, Aberdeen, N. C. ; Secretary, H. L. 

 Jillson, Worcester, Mass.; Treasurer, T. B. 

 Cotter,' Winchester, Mass.; Captain C. A. 

 Lockwood ; Lieutenants, A. E. Laird, Wash- 

 ington, D. C, M. C. Parshall, Warren, Pa., 

 M. B. Byrnes, New York City. 



The program for next season's tourna- 

 ments was referred to a committee which 

 will announce the events in the fall. 



March last, a thing no good sportsman 

 should ever do, and in the course of the 

 day killed 2 quails. They were arrested 

 and when taken into court claimed they 

 thought the birds were ducks when they 

 got up. A man who can not tell a duck 

 from a quail when he sees it, should not be 

 allowed to use a gun 



We have recently organized divisions of 

 the League in Mississippi, North Carolina, 

 Alabama and Louisiana. This leaves only 

 2 states in the Union unorganized. These 

 are Delaware and the Indian Territory. The 

 sportsmen of these 2 states should now get 

 a move on them and send in the necessary 

 number of applications to enable us to or- 

 ganize there. 



I am informed that Wm. Hanson, of Har- 

 risville, Alcona county, Mich., located on 

 the Detroit & Mackinac railway recently 

 caught a brook trout 28 inches long and 

 which weighed 9 pounds 6 ounces. This 

 is supposed to be the largest brook trout 

 ever caught in Michigan. The fish has been 

 photographed and mounted. 



I have just received the Ithaca gun you 

 sent me as a premium and am delighted 

 with it. I thank you very much for your 

 kindness and promptness in the matter. If 

 I can at any time get more subscribers for 

 you, I shall be glad to do so. 



Wm. Lane, Bridgeport, Conn. 



"Don't be too quick to strike another, my 

 boy," said the kindly old man, who had 

 interrupted the fight; "always count 10 

 before you do it, and then " 



"Yes," replied the boy, contemptuously, 

 "an' den it'll be de referee dat'll be countin' 

 10 on you."— Philadelphia Press. 



Shem and Ham leaned against the rail 

 of the ark looking at the schools of fishes 

 in the water. "Ham," said Shem, "just 

 think of all those fishes, and we with only 

 2 worms on board ! ' 



"Do you think the street car system in 

 New York is worse than in any other 



town?" 



"Oh, yes, much worse. It's in abler 

 hands." — Exchange. 



I received the Harrington & Richardson 

 shot gun and am 30 pleased with it that I 

 am trying to get up another club for you. 

 J. Leonard, Blossburg, Pa. 



Lylle Landred and Charles Mentzer, of 

 Schuyler, Neb., went duck shooting in 



Recreation is the best magazine I ever 

 read. 



G. L. Rainboth, Aylmer, Que., Can. 



