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RECREA TION. 



PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT. 



In the April number of Recreation men- 

 tion was made of a new trap gun which the 

 Spencer people were getting out. The manu- 

 facturers now write : " We are sending you elec- 

 trotypes of our new Spencer repeating shot gun 



ger, says his success is due to these three facts : 

 that he has always made good goods ; that he 

 has used printer's ink, liberally, in making them 

 known, and that he has invariably treated his 

 customers fairly and courteously. This code of 

 ethics will always win. 



The Winchester Repeating Arms Com- 

 pany write me that they are so busy making 

 elling guns that they have scarcely time 

 to eat or sleep. This is the result of 

 liberal advertising and of making thor- 

 oughly reliable goods. 



for trap shooting. After having created so large 

 a demand for our regular field gun, we have 

 often been requested to turn out a trap gun, 

 which we have now succeeded in doing. This 

 gun is made with Damascus barrel, and has a 

 finely tapered rib, for quick sighting. On the 

 magazine we have also made an improvement, 

 whereby the magazine spring is kept in place 



The Natchaug Silk Company is 

 getting out anew catalogue of its fishing 

 lines. It will be ready in a few days and 

 will probably contain something about 

 prizes for big fish. At any rate it will 

 contain a lot of pointers about lines to 

 catch big fish with. The front cover will have 

 a handsome picture of a fishing scene. 



Read M. A. Smith's announcement in this 

 issue of Recreation. It will interest you. He 

 makes a hunting shoe that is as easy as a mocca- 



when the gun is taken apart. Each gun will be 

 furnished with a small screw-driver, which is 

 the only tool needed to take the gun apart. We 

 feel sure this gun will be in demand among trap 

 shooters as the first of its kind, combining all the 

 points that are required." H. Boker & Co. 



101 Duane St., New York. 



Thomas D. Vondy & Co., 294 Broadway, 

 New York, make some of the neatest fly-books 

 in the market. One of these is 2^x5^ inches, 

 holds 36 flies and fits in the vest pocket. Other 

 sizes are 4i*io, 4i*i2, 3% x6 H an d 3% x 7» 

 holding 20 to 100 flies each. The leaves are of 

 celluloid or parchment, as preferred, but the 

 former is best on account of being more thor- 

 oughly water proof. There is a new and novel 

 device on the leaves for holding the flies and 

 snells in place, and there are two large pockets 

 in which to carry your leaders, hooks, swivels, 

 money, etc. The covers are of Russia leather, 

 canvas or snake skin, the latter being exceeding 

 novel and beautiful. Besides it is well to famil- 

 iarize yourself with the appearance of snakes, in 

 general, by carrying one of these books with you; 

 then you won't be frightened so badly when you 

 come to have 'em. Write Vondy for a circular 

 and price list of fly books. 



sin, as noiseless as a butterfly and almost as 

 thoroughly waterproof as a turtle shell, three 

 mighty important points in a still-hunting shoe. 

 If you send Mr. Smith $7.50 and get a pair of 

 these shoes you will always thank me for sug- 

 gesting it. 



If you have a gun that is not sufficiently 

 general in its construction to meet all your 

 requirements, send it to Wm. Read & Sons, 107 

 Washington street, Boston, and they will fit an 

 extra pair of barrels to it, of any gauge, any 

 weight and any choke desired. Write them for 

 prices on such work, mentioning Recreation. 



A. B. Shipley &Sons are old timers in the 

 tackle trade. What they don't know about good 

 rods, reels, lines, flies and all that, could be told 

 in less space than this paragraph occupies. 

 Write them for information and prices on any- 

 thing, and when you get their answer rely on 

 every word of it being true. 



The Rochester Optical Company, of Ro- 

 chester, N. Y. , has lately moved into its large 

 and handsome new factory building, which has 

 just been finished, at a cost of $60,000. It is 

 60x124 feet, on the ground, and five stories high. 

 It is especially gratifying that such a fortune 

 as this should have been built up, in the manu- 

 facture and sale of photographic materials, with- 

 in a few years. Mr. W. F. Carleton, the mana- 



The American E. C. Powder Co. is adding 

 largely to its works at Oakland, N. J., and has 

 lately established branch agencies, with maga- 

 zines, at Chicago and St. Louis. Von Lengerke 

 and Antoine are the Chicago agents, while the 

 Simmons Hardware Co. of St. Louis, distributes 

 the " E. C." to consumers in the Southwest. 



Layman's Pneumatic Rubber Boat is hard 

 on the ducks and fish, as it gives them almost no 

 chance of escape. So if you are after ducks or 

 fish, put on a pair of these inflatable trousers 

 and you'll be mighty apt to get what you go 

 after. That's all. 



