A Visiting Sportsman.

An interesting visitor to New Zealand this month is Dr. H. J. Morlan, of Chicago, U.S.A.

Dr. Morlan has a very extensive connection with magazines and periodicals both as an editor and as a writer, and has had wide travelling experience in various parts of the world. He is particularly interested in outdoor sports, such as golf, fishing, hunting, etc., and is one of the founders and Publicity Director of the Izaac Walton League, which represents about 3,000 Clubs, having a total membership of approximately a million and a half sportsmen.

In addition, Dr. Morlan is President of the Chicago Fishermen's Club, of about 6,000 members, while he lectures throughout the United States and Canada in the interests of outdoor sports. He is also closely associated with the publicity work of the Canadian Pacific Railways.

The doctor's first enquiry on landing was as to the location of golf courses and fishing streams—a large order in a country so well equipped with both, as New Zealand. And then he wanted to scheme out a trip that would take in Invercargill, where, he presumed, would be “the farthest south golf course in the world,” and then such places as the Southern Lakes and Alps, Rotorua and Taupo, the Kauri Forests of the North and the deep-sea fishing resorts of Whangarei and Russell. As he has only a fortnight available for travel in New Zealand, Dr. Morlan's acquaintance with the sporting possibilities of this country cannot become as adequate as the subject deserves, but he will find many kindred spirits who will help him towards the enjoyment of his brief stay.