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being used for hunting and target pur- 
poses. Most of those who possess these 
and other similar arms have found the reg- 
ular ammunition costly, and altogether too 
powerful for hunting purposes. Frequent 
demands have been made for ‘reloading 
tools, and for bulletS for medium and short 
range. Foreign made shells, not being 
reloadable, caused the Union Metallic 
Cartridge Co., of Bridgeport, Conn., to 
make them for these foreign arms, and the 
Ideal Manufacturing Co., of New Haven, 
Conn., now announces reloading imple- 
ments and moulds for bullets specially de- 
signed by Mr. Barlow, the manager. 
If interested send for circular. Mention 
RECREATION. 

THE SAVAGE IS GETTING TO THE 
FRONT. 
The growth of the Savage Arms Co.’s 
business has been something phenomenal. 
They started in 1896. In that year they 
had another factory make 5,000 rifles for 
them. These sold rather slowly, of course, 
but nearly every man who got one of 
them was pleased with it. Good hunters 
and good shots who took them into the 
woods or mountains got game with them. 
Many made long and difficult shots and 
found, on examining the game they had 
killed, that the projectile had done its 
work in a peculiarly effective way. It 
was found that the charge gave high veloc- 
ity, low trajectory, great penetration and 
great shocking and tearing force. All 
these are important requisites in a hunt- 
ing rifle. While these first 5,000 rifles 
were being disposed of the Savage Arms 
Co. was reorganized. 
A large building was purchased in Utica 
and an extensive plant of the best machin- 
ery that mode . skill can produce was in- 
stalled. The company now employs about 
140 men. The works are running at their 
full capacity, yet the company is 60 to 90 
days behind its orders. The business is 
growing rapidly and a new line of machin- 
ery is being installed that will double the 
present capacity of the works and that 
will admit of the employment of a large 
number of new men. The most skillful 
mechanics that can be found are being 
employed in all departments, and the best 
steel that the world produces is being 
used in barrels and in the different parts. 
The Savage rifle is rapidly making a 
record for itself of which the inventor may 
be justly proud. The company is issuing a 
catalogue that is full of valuable informa- 
tion for hunters and for target shooters. 
It should be in the hands of all such and 
will be sent free to all who ask for it, 
inentioning RECREATION, 
Ct 
ing outfit, etc. 
RECREATION. 
CLIPPING ON A CLIPPER. 
The Clipper chainless is a corlser and -no 
mistake. I am not a racer nor a record 
maker in any line, but I ride enough to 
know a good wheel when I get aboard of 
it, and for several months past have been 
riding a Clipper chainless. It is built 
for business as well as for pleasure, and 
when you want to go anywhere that any: 
wheel can go, you can get there a little 
quicker and a little easier on a Clipper 
oe than on any other wheel I know 
of. 
In building it the Clipper people have 
reduced the friction to a minimum. The 
different parts fit one another like the 
parts of a gold watch. In the chain wheels 
there is always more or less slack, and 
consequently the rider loses a great deal 
of power in each hour’s ride. The Clip- 
per chainless is geared so that there is 
not an ounce of power lost, and every 
ounce of pressure you put on the pedal 
tells, either in climbing a hill or mak- 
ing time on a level road. I have always 
claimed that the best thing that man and 
mechanical skill can produce is none too 
good for an honest man or woman. In the 
matter of a gun or a rifle you should have 
the best that can be made—not necessarily 
the most expensive, butthe best. The same 
as to a fishing rod or a reel. The same as 
to a bicycle. I claim that in the Clipper 
chainless I have the best wheel that has 
yet been put on the market. 

EVERYTHING IN ONE TRUNK. 
There are few sportsmen who have not, 
at one time or another, longed for a suit- 
able trunk in which to pack their clothing, 
guns, ammunition and fishing tackle; but 
up to a few months ago no trunk maker 
had made a trunk suitable for this pur- 
pose. This want has, however, now been 
met. The New Departure Trunk Co., 
Boston, Mas:., has devised and put on the 
market a sportsmen’s trunk, that fills the 
bill completely. It has one tray. divided 
into compartments for 2 guns, 2 or 3 fish- 
ing rods, a full supply of cartridges, clean- 
Under this are 2 other 
trays for clothing, blankets, etc. The 
trunks are made in various sizes and at 
various prices. I am furnishing these 
trunks as premiums for 15, 20 and 25 sub- 
scriptions, respectively. You can get these 
subscriptions in 2 hcurs, if you live in a 
live town. If interested, see the ad of the 
New Departure Trunk Co. and write them 
for catalogue. 
A supply of sample copies of RECREA- 
TION will be furnished from this office, for 
use in soliciting. 


