The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-08-16
MAKING GAME SPORTS.
Unique Industry Once Followed by an
Amateur Photographer.

Unique Industry Once Followed by an
Amateur Photographer.
| During a vacation in the Maine
woods I discovered a gold mine, so to
speak, that gave me my start in
business" said a New York photo
grapher whose name is now on scores OF
pictures of stars in the theatrical firma-
ment. IAN uncle of mine had farm in
the Rangely lake district. had just
begun to get interested in amateur
work with a camera, so took,on along
with me. One day while I was fishing
by the lake, with my camera and lunch
con basket with me, two men in dug
out came along. .. x.
Say, bub. said one Of the men, can
you take plcture?' ..s 49,. ...5.s..
4" is that your string OF fish?' asked
the other man.
{" Right again. said.
'Tn less than three minutes the deal
was fixed up. Those two Boston sports,
who had been fishing all day without
getting more than bite, posed in their
dugout, in all their fancy toys. My
string of fish was hanging over the side.
One of them had his pole over the side
of the dugout, as though waiting for a
bite. The other was in the act Of haul
ing in a fish--one that / had caught an
hours before. 1 took three poses Of
them doing the heavy sport act, and,
later on, one showing them sitting on a
bank, after a hard mornings work. en-
joying my luncheon. Five dollars was
my bride for the string Of fish and for
holding my tongue, and five more was
promised when l delivered the proofs
next morning. n:s
The dead game sports were delighted.
They ordered dozen of each negative
and mailed them to their friends in the
city-just snapshot, you know. taken
by our guide" More than that, they
took me fishing with them for two days
and sent presents Of fish back to town
to back up the photographs.
Il made good thing and got an idea.
I established the reputation Of dozen
city sports that summer. My old
uncle was delighted. All the cunning of
a native New Highlander in doing some
greenhorn UP came to the surface.
You wait till fall he said to me,
and go north few miles when the
fellers come shooting for deer and
moose. I'll go with We. We can make
quite penny, I'm thinking
THE old man took me to place
where hunters in the north woods
topped for aday or two on their way
back to Bangor. On the outskirts of the
town he put up little lot shanty and
Ia a Tr~ Ill -. -
hunters cabin in the heart Of the will
derness. There was no difficulty in
shooting deer or two and a cub bear,
which we stuffed.
1.-THE first victim came along as soon
as we were ready for business. He had
been out three weeks and never got the
smell of deer. But we threw one Of
ours across the back of his pony, and he
went back to the city with photograph
of himself plodding along on one side of
lit, and his guide on the other, returning
weary but triumphant from days
chase. We sold him fine pair Of an
tiers to hang in his dining room. He
was only too pleased to give us $25 for
that job.
MY uncle figured in about thirty
sporting pictures that. fall. He was
guide, cook or anything else required
Once he made UP as an Indian, to please
young chap who wanted to tell about
visit to the o1ibway. The graft
worked so well that I went back the
next summer and did the same thing
One Of the men I,helped to make a
valiant sportsman through camera, evil
dence gave me my start in New York"
New York Press.