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pect a high grade movement nor a gold 

 case. You will, however, get a good solid 

 gun metal case, containing a movement 

 that will keep good time. This will prove 

 a practical, reliable watch to carry with you 

 in the woods, enabling you to leave your 

 good watch at home. It will also enable 

 you to pawn your good watch for money on 

 which to make your hunting or fishing trip. 

 I hope, however, that this may not be neces- 

 sary. Putman boots need no recommenda- 

 tion from me. Thousands of Recreation 

 readers are wearing them, and if you know 

 any one of these men he will tell you the 

 goods are all right,. 



1902 edition is just out, and every reader 

 of Recreation should write for a copy of 

 it. Address J. H. Barlow, Manager, New 

 Haven, Conn. Mention Recreation. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH THE KRAG. 

 The defeat of the American riflemen by 

 the Canadian and Irish teams has spurred 

 many experts who had faith in American 

 marksmanship to look for the cause in the 

 rifle and ammunition and the adaptation of 

 one to the other. Dr. Hudson, who has 

 been recognized as an authority in ballis- 

 tics, after experiments with different bar- 

 rels fitted to the Krag rifle, decided that a 

 quicker twist than Government Standard 

 would throw the 220-grain bullet with 

 more gyrostatic stability and consequently 

 greater accuracy at 1,000 yards. The am- 

 munition companies also conducted experi- 

 ments in changing the bullet so it would 

 function better in the Krag as now cham- 

 bered. A few weeks ago Mr. Thomas, of 

 the U. M. C. Co., visited Sea Girt with an 

 improved bullet, which was made without 

 the 3 rings of the Government model and 

 had certain other technical changes. With 

 this bullet Lieutenant Leizear, of the Eighth 

 Pennsylvania, made 73 out of 75 at 1,000 

 yards, which is the best score made up to 

 that time with the service Krag. The best 

 Canadian score made by the winning team 

 last year was 64. 



LATEST IDEAL NEWS. 



The Ideal Manufacturing Co., of New 

 Haven, Conn., is now ready to furnish its 

 new Straightline hand loader. It will be 

 made for 10, 12 and 16 gauge only. Price 

 complete for one guage $2.50. It may be 

 fastened to a bench or not, as desired. 



This company has also decided to print 

 and issue a 16-page booklet devoted en- 

 tirely to the subject of loading and re- 

 loading paper shells for shot guns. The 

 pamphlet is now in the hands of the print- 

 er and will soon be ready to send out to 

 any address free of charge. 



For years past the Ideal Hand Book has 

 been a standard work among sportsmen, 

 not only in this country, but all over the 

 world. No man who desires to keep up 

 with the procession regarding ammunition 

 and gun implements can afford to be with- 

 out a copy of this excellent book, The 



KNOWS HOW TO PLEASE SPORTSMEN. 



W. H. Jones & Co., dealers in wines and 

 liquors, have a full page ad of their goods on 

 the second page of the cover of this issue 

 of Recreation, and it is likely this an- 

 nouncement will be found there throughout 

 the coming year. This is one of the oldest 

 houses in this line of business in the coun- 

 try. It was established by William H. 

 Jones, in 1851, and has enjoyed an enviable 

 reputation for fair dealing from that day 

 to this. Mr. Westley Jones, one of the 

 members of the firm, is a thorough sports- 

 man and a contributor to Recreation. His 

 article entitled, "On the Nez Perces Trail," 

 published in July Recreation, was read and 

 enjoyed by thousands of sportsmen, and 

 has. called out many interesting comments. 

 The man who enjoys hunting as Mr. Jones 

 does must certainly know how to cater to 

 the wants of other sportsmen. I have no 

 hesitation in saying that any reader of 

 Recreation who may order goods from this 

 house will get what he pays for, and will Le 

 pleased with it. 



AN APPRECIATIVE MANUFACTURER. 



We hand you herewith a communication 

 just received from Plainville, N. T. We 

 trust you will be able to give the* writer 

 the information he desires. 



We are proud of our reputation as man- 

 ufacturers of a good line of sportsman's 

 specialties, but the credit of publishing the 

 best sportsman's magazine in the country 

 is not justly our due and we shall turn 

 over all inquiries we may receive in this 

 line for your consideration. We also beg 

 to mention that we have just received a 

 communication from Baron Paul Tcher- 

 kassov,_ of St. Petersburg, Russia, for in- 

 formation concerning our specialties and 

 mentioning Recreation as his source of 

 information^ In the past we have received 

 many inquiries from several foreign coun- 

 tries mentioning Recreation, so we judge 

 that your publication is as well appreciated 

 abroad as at home. 

 Marble Safety Axe Company, Gladstone, 



Mich. 



Unauthorized persons, seeking to profit 

 by the improvements in air mattresses de- 

 vised by the Pneumatic Mattress & Cushion 

 Company, and _ particularly their patented 

 stays, are offering to customers mattresses 

 which infringe the said patents and are 

 mere evasions in the shapes of the stays 

 and the arrangement of the stay ends or 

 buttons for retaining the stays in the mat- 

 tress wall without danger of leakage. Buy- 

 ers and users of these articles are equally 



