a department for the exclusive handling of 

 real estate deals. He has been invited to un- 

 dertake the sale of several hundred thousand 

 acres of choice farming lands in the new 

 provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, Can- 

 ada. These lots are equal to any in Iowa, 

 Illinois or Minnesota, and may be had for 

 $10 an acre; in a few years they will be worth 

 $100. 



Another of his deals is the securing of a 

 large tract of land facing on one of the most 

 beautiful lakes in the Adirondacks. Through 

 a special arrangement with the proprietors, 

 he expects to be able to offer cottage lots fac- 

 ing the lake, and containing one acre apiece, 

 for $50. Just think of that ! Leave New 

 York in the evening — 100 deg. in the shade — 

 arrive at Edentown early in the morning — 

 temperature 68 deg. Fahrenheit — fish rising 

 all over the lake — fine appetite for breakfast 

 — fresh fish — wife and kids smiling and 

 happy— all for fifty dollars. 



Plenty of Good Photographs 



HECHE ATION'S 

 PLATFORM 



An uncompromising fight for 

 the protection, preservation and 

 propagation of all game; placing 

 a sane limit on the bag that can 

 he taken in a day or season; the 

 prevention of the shipment or 

 transportation of game, except 

 in limited quantities, and then 

 only when accompanied by tht 

 party who killed it; the prohi- 

 bition of the sale of game. These 

 are Recreatian , s ,> slogans now 

 and forever. 



Recreation holds it- 

 self singularly fortunate 

 in numbering so large a 

 proportion of photog- 

 raphers among its read- 

 ers. One of the most 

 efficient aids to game 

 protection is the spread 

 of photography. Love of 

 the camera begets love 

 for the wild things that it 

 portrays, until at length 

 the sportsman often 

 finds more pleasure in 

 shooting game with the 

 camera than with the gun. 

 But the two sister arts 

 of shooting and photog- 

 raphy go very well to- 

 gether; even better per- 

 haps than fishing and 

 photography. For there 



is a general superfluity of moisture around intelligently. This is not the place to ex 

 the fisherman, and this is not healthy for the pound a whole lot of dog lore, but we will 

 camera. promise that if our readers will study the 



The photographs received for the competi- articles that have appeared, and that shall 

 tion that has just closed are of a very high appear hereafter in Recreation, and follow 

 order of excellence. Many of them show an them, they will enjoy very different opening 

 appreciation of the art of composition that is days to the one herein sketched, 

 probably in many cases instinctive. Exposure M L . , ., ^, 



is a problem that has been well studied and Nothing Like Change 



generally mastered ; but we have had to turn Recreation has been full of stories of 



several photographers down because they did salmon, trout, and bass fishing, grouse shoot- 

 not comply with the rules of our competi- ing, and strenuous big game hunting. Now, 

 tion. with the oncoming of Winter, we shall ex- 



We shall announce next month another pect to hear from our numerous friends in 

 competition, which will close on January the South. The glorious sunshine of Florida 

 1, and we believe that it will be even more and others of the tier of gulf states, will 

 attractive than the one that has just been tempt many a northern sportsman to sink the 

 brought to a close. north star several degrees nearer his horizon. 



Our Fnend the Dog 



Man's best friend is imperfectly understood 

 except by the chosen few. Even tolerably 

 good sportsmen are often quite at sea in 

 handling their dogs. The dog is a highly in- 

 telligent animal, yet his brain is very inferior 

 to that of man, and he has his limitations. 



He can learn a lesson, but only by reitera- 

 tion, and the teacher will need consistency 

 and firmness in order to have a successful 

 pupil. 



A dog that has been allowed to run riot 

 during the closed season ; gutter-hunting, and 

 filling himself with all sorts of unclean and 

 indigestible foods, is captured the night be- 

 fore the season opens and tied up in the barn 

 or kitchen. The chances are he howls and 

 gets a thrashing. This improves neither his 

 temper nor that of his master's. 



Bright and early on the first morning of 

 the open season, master and dog sally forth 

 to deal death and destruction. The dog is 

 soft and his feet are tender ; but he is keen 

 as a razor and decidedly rank. Birds are 

 found, and he flushes 

 them ; then chases, is 

 finally caught, and chas- 

 tised, after that he sulks 

 a bit, and then, as the 

 day is warm, he begins 

 to suffer from lack of 

 condition, seeks every 

 puddle he can find in 

 which to roll, displays 

 the most aggravating in- 

 difference to sport and 

 acts generally in such a 

 way as to incur his mas- 

 ter's contempt and dis- 

 trust. On the homeward 

 journey an offer of thir- 

 ty cents in cash would 

 be almost accepted. Yet, 

 probably, the dog was 

 not a bad dog. He might 

 have been a pretty good 

 dog had he been handled 



