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JAMES FULLERTON, 



Practical Mountaineer and Guide, 



TEN SLEEP, WYOMING, 



FOR SALE. 





Elk, Sheep, Deer, Bear, Lions, 

 Antelope, Grouse and Trout, 



All within 15 miles of my ranch. 



Would accommodate a few boarders at our 

 ranch, on No Wood river, at the foot of the 

 Big Horn Mountains. 



My wife is an expert in the cooking of game 

 and fish, and we have plenty of garden truck, 

 milk, butter, eggs, and wild fruits in season. 

 GRAND CLIMATE. SUPERB SCENERY. 



Correspondence solicited. 



Red Irish Setter, Nat Elcho. 

 (Nat Glencho by Bessie 

 Gauge.) Registered. 2^ 

 years old. Prize winner. Perfect coat, form and 

 feather, very dark color, no white. Splendid nose. 

 Obedient and tractable. Fast, wide ranger. Nat is 

 as perfect a specimen as is in the Northwest. He has 

 no faults and is well worth $200.00. Will sell him for 

 $35.00 if taken at once. 



J. C. NATTRASS, 



New Whatcom, Wash. 



Editor Recreation . Philadelphia, Pa. 



It has been my good fortune to take brook 

 trout from the cold streams that wind their way 

 among the Berkshire hills, and from the famous 

 streams of Vermont and Maine. I have enjoyed 

 the pleasures of camp life in northern Maine ; 

 taken salmon and trout from the waters of Nova 

 Scotia, and have dropped a bull moose in the 

 Medischak country, back of Pubulco, Nova 

 Scotia ; yet of all my pleasures, the one I hold 

 dearest is that which I experienced 14 years ago, 

 when, as a school boy, I tramped the Berkshire 

 hills with my long bow, and dropped a rabbit or 

 a bird at 50 yards. 



There is no sport so exhilarating, so perfect, 

 so entrancing. Make your own bow, put on horn 

 tips, worked out with your own hands, from 

 horns obtained at the nearest slaughter house ; 

 split out, finish and tip your own arrows. Scour 

 the country for the left wings of turkeys, slain 

 for market by the near-by farmer, and then, sit- 

 ting by your open fire at home, feather your own 

 arrows, giving them just the right " twist." 

 Then go forth, armed with weapons, entirely the 

 product of your own skill, and try to overcome 

 the instinct and woodcraft of the dumb creatures 

 we call game. 



As you return homeward, laden with tro- 

 phies of the chase, how you can rejoice over the 

 poor fellow who, with high priced gun or rifle, 

 has a bag to beat yours. His represents 

 mechanical skill in manufacture. Yours repre- 

 sents the results of your own patient effort, in 

 constructing your tools and getting your game. 



All glory to archery ! Every true sportsman 

 would love it if he knew its charms. 



Why can't it be revived ? Won't you take it 

 up ? Write an article, and ask those interested 

 to answer through Recreation. Let's have a 

 National Archery League. It's true sport; takes 

 skill and nerve. I could not hit a barn now, but 

 you can depend on me to catch on if a chance is 

 offered to form a club. There is no sport like it. 

 A. H. Chadbourne. 



DRY MATCHES! 



IN THE 



Perfection Water -Proof 

 Matchbox. 



Indispensable to sportsmen who hunt, fish tran 

 camp, or sail. ' a ^' 



Size, 2% inches long, % inch diameter, beautifully 

 nickeled or silver plated. Price 50 cents and $1, post- 

 age prepaid. Order at once. 



You can fill this box with matches, lay it in water 

 overnight and the next morning they will light as if 

 they had been kept in a powder magazine. 



J. R. PAINTER, 



Manufacturer and Importer of Musical 

 Boxes, Etc. 



1229 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



LYMAN'S RIFLE SIGHTS. 



Send for 96 Page Catalogue of 



Sights and Fine Shooting Rifles. 



WILLIAM LYMAN, 



Middlefield, Conn. 



The Ideal Boot and Shoe for Still Hunting. 



ABSOLUTELY NOISELESS. 



Uppers made of best quality heavy Horse Hide, 

 tanned and finished same as Buck or Moose leather • 

 soft as a glove, tough enough to stand the wear and 

 tear of briars and brush ; no exposure to repeated wet- 

 tings will ever harden. By a peculiar and new process 

 the upper is rendered entirely waterproof. The experi- 

 ence and suggestions of 

 many critical and intelli- 

 gent hunters combined, has 

 resulted in the production 

 of this, 



The Ideal Hunter's Shoe. 



The bottom is wide, made 

 up of two electric soles, 

 rubber cemented together, 

 half an inch thick. 



Impervious to Wet. 

 Will not glaze and slip. 

 Electric sole is a new pro- 

 cess tanned Cow Hide, 

 flexible and easy as a moccasin, as substantial u 1 

 Stoga Boot, and exceedinly light weight : all the 

 parts are put together in workmanlike manner, hand- 

 stitched, perfect in every detail, neat in appearance, 

 suitable for any occupation requiring absolute comfort 

 in tramping or exposure. 



The Lace Shoe is 10 inches high, eyelets and studs, 

 bellows tongue lined throughout with rubber cloth, 

 porous, will not sweat. 



The Boot is 18 inches high, laced instep, and laced 

 at top outside to tighten to the leg. 



Will send this IDEAL ZACE SHOE to any 

 address by express prepaid, on receipt of $7.50. The 

 IDEJLJL BOOT on receipt of $10. If made to meas- 

 ure, will deliver in 10 days. 



First class sporting goods houses are invited to send 

 for samples and terms. 



M, A. SMITH. Manufacturer of Shoe Specialties. Gym- 

 nasium & Sporting Shoes, 25-27 N. 13th St. Phila., Pa. 



