
RECREATION. 
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During the present year the Baker gun 
has been making an excellent record for it- 
self. At the Peoria, Ill., State Shoot the 
Baker gun in the hands of Mr. W. R. Cros- 
by won the State Championship for the 
second time. Last year Mr. Crosby won 
the Chicago Board of Trade Diamond Medal 
by the remarkable score of 98 live birds 
straight. This year he won by making a 
score of 60 live birds straight. At the St. 
Louis Tournament Mr. Crosby, using a Par- 
agon grade, won the Inanimate Target 
Championship of America. 
The Baker Gun Company devoted its at- 
tention until the last year or 2 to making a 
low-priced gun. The last 2 years it has 
been bringing out a finer class of guns, and 
makes one especially for trap shooting. This 
is called the Paragon grade, and is made to 
special order only. The number of orders 
which are coming in for the Paragon 
demonstrates fully that it is highly appre- 
ciated by trap shooters. 

In our town we swear by RECREATION, 
and, naturally enough, some 2-legged pin- 
heads, otherwise known as “game hogs,” 
swear bitterly at it; but with every swear 
you hear the ratchet click as they drop a 
notch lower in the estimation of sports- 
men, and of the public generally. 
A. L. Vermilya, Columbiaville, Mich. 


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The 
Best 
Cheap 
Gun 
in 
the 
World 
Is the 
Forehand 
Grade 
O. 
MADE BY 
THE FOREHAND ARMS 60. 
WORCESTER, MASS. 
SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 
Mention RECREATION. 
Ve Sbakespeare Reef. 
ONLY claim this to be the finest bait Casting Rec: in exist- 
ence—only that and nothing more, 
and the exquisite workmanship lavished upon it never fail to 
capture the fastidious Angler. 
with a simple little device that automatically distributes the 
line evenly along the spool, no matter how you wind. 
The material used, 
It is a quadruple multiplier 
For 
a perfect Reel, buy the “SHAKESPEARE,” and for a 
perfect understanding of those perfections send for Circular to 
Trade Agents 
SIMMONS HARDWARE CO. 
: St. Louis, Mo. 
= 
owt 
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Jr. 
Kalamazoo, Mich., U.S. A. 

Jaggs: “When you put away your fish- 
ing tackle next fall you must be sure to 
- put that Yawman & Erbe reel in a top 
floor room.” 
Naggs: “Why?” 
“Because it’s an autum attic reel.” 

“I don’t like that cat—it’s got splinters 
in its feet!’ was the excuse of a 4-year 
old boy for throwing down a kitten. 

IN ANSWERING ADS ALWAYS 
MENTION RECREATION, 
PEERLESS 
IAIN EVERY PART. 


: ~—\ NevapaMo, 
An Entire Novelty 
A string improvement on old styles 
[a asking for beoklet mention RECREATION, 
