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PUBLISHER'S DEPT. 



The plant of the Gas Engine and Power 

 Company at Morris Heights, New York city, is 

 the largest of its class in the world. The build- 

 ings cover four acres of ground, besides which 

 there is a large storage basin, dry docks, yards, 

 etc. The company employs 150 to 200 men, all 

 through the year. A look into the main storage 

 house will convince any man, in two minutes, 

 that a naphtha launch is a good, safe, and in 

 every way desirable craft. Here you will see 

 100 to 150 of these boats, ranging from 12 to 75 

 feet in length, worth from $500 to $10,000 each, 

 the lot aggregating in value more than $150,000. 

 They are set up in rows just as the bottles are in 

 a — that is — in a drug store. If this style of 

 launch was not safe and popular, no sane man 

 would ever build so many of them in anticipation 

 of a possible demand. 



These people consider it a dull day when they 

 book less than three or four orders. They will 

 take your measure for a yacht, fit it up while you 

 wait, launch it and send you home in it. They 

 have lately sold a 65-foot twin screw cruising 

 launch to Charles Ulrich, of the Mutual Life In- 

 surance Company ; a 53-foot 16 horse power 

 cruiser to Frederick Mason, of the Mason Loco- 

 motive Works, Taunton, Mass. , another to C. 

 H. Northam, of Hartford, and many others to 

 people whose names I have forgotten. 



You will never be properly equipped for enter- 

 taining your best girl until you own a naphtha 

 yacht. 



The question of the best foot gear for hunt- 

 ing and fishing, is one that has been discussed more 

 than perhaps any other connected with sports- 

 men's dress. M. A. Smith, 25 North 13th street, 

 Philadelphia, has come as near solving this 

 problem as any man ever did. He makes a lace 

 boot, of horse hide, tanned after the manner of 

 buckskin, with a sole of a similiar leather, only 

 heavier, that is as near water proof as any leather 

 boot can be. Men who have given them severe 

 trials in wet snow and wet grass, say they are ab- 

 solutely water-proof. This horse hide does not 

 dry hard, after being wet, as does cow hide. 

 The soft velvety quality of the leather renders 

 the boot almost as nearly noiseless in the woods 

 as a moccasin. A talk of ten minutes with Mr. 

 Smith will convince any man that he is honest 

 and his hunting boot reflects this characteristic. 

 If you expect ever to need a pair of good, com- 

 fortable, roomy, quiet hunting boots, write Mr. 

 Smith and ask him to make them for you. 



Every time I go into a fishing tackle factory 

 or a gun factory, I am astonished at the evidence 

 it affords of the great number of sportsmen in 

 this country. No factory gives a more striking 

 indication of this than that of the Naugatuck 

 Silk Company, at Willimantic, Conn. Hundreds 

 of men and women, and thousands of dollars 

 worth of machinery are here employed in making 

 fine fishing lines. Where do they all go? 



Speaking of the quality of these lines — a man 

 is said to have lifted a 100 pound sack of meal 

 off from the ground, with one of them, the other 

 day. The 51 pound salmon illustrated in Decem- 

 ber Recreation, was killed on a Naugatuck line. 



Anglers should write C. B. Fitzmaurice, 297 

 Broadway, New York, for catalogue of fishing 

 tackle. His "inimitable'' flies are said, by ex- 

 perts who have used them, to be the best imita- 

 tion of the natural fly ever produced. They are 

 sure killers, never failing to help the angler fill 

 his creel. If there is a wary old trout in any 

 secluded corner of the pool these flies will bring 

 him out. 



They are waterproof and are made on genuine 

 Milward hooks. 



Now is the time of all times to go to Florida, 

 and the palatial hotels owned and operated by 

 the Plant System of railway and steamship lines, 

 and illustrated in this issue of Recreation, 

 offer luxurious homes for those who would escape 

 the execrable weather that prevails at the north 

 in March and April. Call on J. J. Farnsworth, 

 261 Broadway, New York, for full information. 



Mr. H. A. Hannam, Austin, Tex., writes to 

 the Hannaford Ventilated Boot Co., Boston, as 

 follows : 



The ventilated rubber boots I ordered from 

 you last fall have given great satisfaction. They 

 do not sweat the feet. I have worn them a 

 great deal this winter duck and snipe shooting, 

 wading in water knee deep, and returning to 

 camp at night with dry and warm feet. No 

 sportsmen should be without a pair of your 

 rubber ventilated water-proof hip boots. 



The Horton Manufacturing Company, of 

 Bristol, Conn., is one of the healthiest tackle fac- 

 tories in the country. I don't know how many 

 steel rods it sells, in a year, but it keeps 20 to 25 

 skilled mechanics busy, winter and summer mak- 

 ing them ; and with the fine machinery employed 

 these can turn out a great many rods each day. 

 It is safe to say that the rods are sold or they 

 would not be made. A Bristol Steel Rod is a 

 delightful little implement. 



1 ' The Red Man's Greeting," is a tiny booklet 

 printed on birch bark, and was called forth by 

 the Columbian Anniversary. In its rusticity it 

 is characteristic of the child of the forest. 

 Professor Swing termed it the " Red Man's Book 

 of Lamentations." Pokagon, the author, is a full 

 blood Indian, and is the chief of the Pottawa- 

 tomie tribe. He is a scholar, a poet and a phil- 

 osopher. The book is published byC. H. Engle, 

 Hartford, Mich. 



The Marlin Fire Arms Co., New Haven, 

 Conn., has placed on the market a new 25-20 re- 

 peating rifle that is sure to become a favorite with 

 sportsmen. For such game as squirrels, rabbits, 

 foxes, ducks, etc., it cannot be excelled. This 

 company is also making a gun grease, called the 

 Marlin rust repellant. that is highly recommended 

 by those who have used it. 



The Bridgeport Gun Implement Co. sends 

 out a new catalogue of cyclometers, lamps and 

 other bicycle accessories, that is a work of art. 

 Every wheelman should have a copy. Write for 

 it, 315 Broadway. 



