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THIS IS EASY. 



SAILING A BICYCLE. 



Cyclists will be interested in the above illus- 

 tration of Mr. L. E. Hudson, Ellisburg, N. Y., 

 who has succeeded in sailing a bicycle over rough 

 country roads by the aid of a sail and mast of 

 his own make. The latter is of spruce, seven 

 feet in length, and is lashed to the frame of 

 the wheel with a strong cord. The sail is of 

 light cotton cloth. While it is impossible to 

 beat into a head wind on a narrow street, yet it 

 runs well w ith a good stiff breeze on either quar- 

 ter, or behind. 



The managing of a wheel with a sail on is not 

 as difficult as it may seem, and there is no rea- 

 son why, on a good level road, with a large sail, 

 a person should not make good progress, even 

 with a moderate breeze. 



New York, April, 1895. 

 Editor Recreation. 



The week of May 13th to 18th will chronicle 

 .an event in the history of field sports in this 

 country worthy of consideration. How far-reach- 

 ing the influence of such an exhibition, devoted 

 to the sportsmen of this country will be, will de- 

 pend greatly on the general support given it by 

 the persons for whom it is held, as well as on the 

 public generally. It is not expected to work 

 wonders in an hour, or a day; but it is more than 

 consistent to believe that the holding of an ex- 

 position in which all the paraphernalia used by 

 the sportsman is exhibited; and the gathering of 

 the sportsmen themselves at the same time, can- 

 not fail to accomplish great good. The board of 

 trustees of the association has shown a commend- 

 able devotion to the work in their hands, and a 

 resource of energy and originality deserving of 



emulation. The quality required to push to a 

 successful issue an enterprise so entirely new and 

 extensive, speaks well for the basiness tact and 

 judgment of the gentlemen who have developed 

 and promoted the exposition. 



The task of getting together such exhibits as 

 will be representative and cover all departments 

 is well nigh completed. The list of exhibitors 

 has been extended during the past week, and in- 

 cludes such firms as Charles Scribner's Sons, 

 Burgess Gun Co., Hulbert Bros. & Co., W. W. 

 Hart, B. N. Morris, The Ideal M'fg Co., The 

 Tie Co., Pieper Gun Co., Obrig Camera Co. 

 and Cornwall & Jesperson. 



The trustees have been offered for exhibition 

 a very valuable collection of old fire arms and 

 weapons, the property of Mr. N. Spering, of 

 Philadelphia, containing 40 or more pieces, and 

 including : 



Moorish flint-lock gun, very old, 



Flint-lock hunting rifle, over :oo years old, 

 barrel 49 inches long. 



Three flint-lock guns from Revolutionary period. 



Flint lock carbine and powder horn, used dur- 

 ing Revolutionary war. 



Double-barrel flint-lock fowling piece. 



Muzzle loading, double-barrel, hammerless 

 shot-gun. 



Breech loading rifle, Hall patent, 1831 ; altered 

 from flint to percussion lock. 



Revolver captured from British during Crimean 

 war. 



Maynard revolver, 1845; muzzle-loading, uses 

 tape caps. 



Muzzle-loading pistol, hammer on under side 

 of barrel. 



12 Indian arrows, 7 with steel heads, 5 with 

 grease wood points, 3 bows. 



