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RECREATION. 



Attention, Sportsmen! 



YOUR P0CKETB00K IS YOUR BEST FRIEND. 



Walsrode is 50 per cent. Cheaper than other Nitros. 



HOW DO WE PROVE IT? HERE ARE THE FIGURES. 



Walsrode, 3,500 grains; 27 grains to a load, 129 loads. 

 Other Nitros, 3,500 grains; 42 grains to a load, 83 loads. 



All smokeless powder cans contain 



3,500 grains. 



WHAT THIS LOAD WILL DO. 



PEEKSKILL GUN CLUB vs. MARLBORO GUN CLUB, August 21, 1894. Eight men to a team. 



Gun Club, N. Y., average 96^ per cent. Load used U. M. C. Walsrode shell, 27 grains Walsrode, 



express wad, iy 8 oz. No. 7^ chilled shot. 

 W. H. PIERCE. Walsrode Powder, 1111111111. 



B. C. EVERINGHIM. Walsrode Powder, 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1. 

 DR. S. F. HORTON. Walsrode Powder, 1111111111. 

 DR. H. B. WYGANT, Walsrode Powder, 1111111111. 

 FRANK SOUTHARD. Walsrode Powder, 1111111111. 

 M. S. PERRY. Walsrode Powder, 1111111110. 



J. B. HALSTEAD. Walsrode Powder, 1011111111. 

 DR. P. H. MASON. Walsrode Powder, 1111111110. 



Peekskill 

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1111111111. 

 1111111111. 

 1111111111. 

 111111110 1. 

 1111111111. 

 1111111111. 

 1111111111. 

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ANY ONE CAN LOAD IT. USE OUR SPECIAL WALSRODE MEASURES. 



WALSRODE the winner in every public powder test ; the only hard-grain smokeless in the world to-day 

 guaranteed for years not to deteriorate in any climate, damp or dry. Does not cake in the shell, makes no smoke, 

 is free from the disagreeable smell and recoil attached to the explosion of other nitros, and is beyond competition 

 in point of merit and price. Tons and tons have been consumed by the sportsmen of the United States. Not one 

 ounce has been returned. Any one can load it ; use our special Walsrode measures. 



, 10 Gauge. 12 Gauge. 16 Gauge. 



For Target and Small Game, - 35 grain. 29 grain. 24^ grain. 



For Duck or Special Pigeon Match - 38 grain. 31 grain. 27 grain. 



THE WALSRODE SMOKELESS POWDER CO., 



Addrkss the Sole Agents, 



VON LENGERKE & DETMOLD, 8 Murray Street, New York. 



Edwardsville, N. Y. 



Editor Recreation 



For many months deer have been slaughtered 

 in the Adirondack wilderness, in the region of 

 West Canada creek. The offenders are said to 

 be a Frenchman, known as "French Louis," 

 and " Lief." a half-breed Indian renegade from 

 the St. Regis reservation. The latter is said to 

 have averaged a deer a day for several months 

 past ; while the former has killed, since Septem- 

 ber i, no less than 27 deer. Most of this ven- 

 ison has been disposed of at the lumber camps, 

 while some has been left to decay or to be de- 

 voured by wild beasts. Protector Kenwell and 

 Special Officer Lobdell, after tedious drives and 

 a long tramp, with snowshoes, found the two cul- 

 prits together, and secured from Lief a confession 

 as to one offence, so that he was sentenced to 40 

 days' imprisonment in the Hamilton county jail. 

 There are several other clear cases against 

 him that will keep him there several months. 

 French Louis denied all the charges, but it is 

 expected that sufficient evidence will soon be ob- 

 tained to convict him, unless he speedily leaves 

 the country. Both of these men have been fol- 

 lowing this illegal occupation for about four 

 years, sometimes killing deer only for the hides, 

 which could not always be proved to have been 

 recently taken off. But it is hoped soon to get 

 rid of these desperate characters, who have been 

 doing so much mischief. 



John L. Mitchell. 



I have received the copy of Recreation for 

 December, and am highly pleased with it, and 

 all it contains. The illustrations are all works 

 of art. This number and those previously re- 

 ceived are gems from cover to cover — including 

 the covers. Captain D. Robinson. 



I have read the October, November and 

 December numbers of Recreation, and to say 

 I am well pleased does not begin to express my 

 admiration. I do hope all lovers of nature will 

 appreciate your efforts, and render you sub- 

 stantial aid. [Hon.] C. H. Wood. 



I hand you herewith check for $2, for which 

 please send Recreation to my two friends 

 named below. I will do all I can to get the 

 other sportsmen here to subscribe for Recrea- 

 tion, as I do not see how they can do without 

 it. Dr. R. A. Trippett, Washington, D. C. 



Enclosed find my check for six subscriptions. 

 1 predict for Recreation one of the largest 

 subscription lists of any publication of the kind 

 ever issued. I shall probably send you more 

 subscriptions later. I only asked five men, and 

 they all subscribed. Chas. Rasbach. 



Congratulations, sincere and hearty, on your 

 new venture. Recreation is the best thing of 

 its kind I ever saw, and I hope it will meet with 

 the success it deserves. 



Charles Greenwood. 



