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to, it would be of great benefit to all par- 
ties concerned. We receive hundreds of 
requests for catalogues that it 1s impos- 
sible to credit to any special advertise- 
ment.” 
Thus you see how important it is that 
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tion RECREATION. The question as to 
whether an advertiser continues to use 
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business he gets from it. It takes but a 
second to say you “saw it in RECREATION,” 
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whether you say so or not. 

Miss Yatman’s world record ride of 700 
miles in 81 hours was the most wonder- 
ful ride of the kind ever made. She rode 
an Elk wheel, model 10, throughout the 
entire distance She also made her record 
breaking ride of 500 miles on July 24th 
on the same identical wheel. Beside using 
this wheel on these rides she has ridden 
it all through the entire season, making 
on it 42 centuries. She has also used this 
wheel in riding to business, and has trained 
on it. She has never had an accident or 
a mishap during all the time she has rid- 
den it. She says she could never have 
finished the 7 centuries except for the easy 
running qualities of her wheel, and her 
trainers and pacemakers speak of the 
Elk as having stood more hard usage than 
any wheel they have ever seen win a 
road race or make a record. 

The 6 full page pictures published in this 
issue Of RECREATION, illustrating L. A. 
Sharp’s poem entitled ‘““To My Gun,” have 
also been printed in sheet form suitable 
for framing. They are on heavy art- 
ists’ board, size 9%4x12 inches. The lines 
of the poem are printed under each pic- 
fire, as; in. the magazine! The-set: ‘can 
be placed in one long frame, or can be 
framed separately as desired. This series 
makes one of the most attractive groups 
for a sportsman’s den that has been put 
on the market in many a day. 
Price $1. Send in your order. 

Every boy or young man under 20 
years of age, who is now a subscriber to 
RECREATION, and who, during the month 
of December, will send me a new subscrip- 
tion and $1, will receive in return an In- 
gersoll watch or an Ingersoll cyclometer, 
valued at $1. Any young man under 20 
years of age who is not yet a subscriber 
and who will send me his own subscription 
and one other, during the month of De- 
cember, will receive in return either one 
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be modified in any way. 

“Picture Taking and Picture Making,” 
that bright little publication put out by the 
Eastman people, has run through its first 
edition of 10,000 and a second edition of 
equal size is just off the press. No other 
photographic work of the price has had 
so large a sale in so short a time. The 
clear and understandable way in which the 
author puts things no doubt accounts for 
the great success of the book. Cardboard 
covers, 50 cents; cloth $1. Order through 
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I am just in receipt of a second can of 
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it excellent in every respect. It is the 
cleanest and quickest powder I have yet 
used. It gives an even pattern and I 
have noticed no bunching of shot what- 
ever. One of our local hardware dealers 
has just put in a stock of cartridges loaded 
with Laflin & Rand’s powder and I expect 
to see them have a big sale here. 
T. J. Mathews, Merrill, Wis. 

W. L. Marble, Gladstone, Mich. 
Dear Sir: I enclose M. O. for $2.50. 
Please send me a medium-sized Pocket 
Axe. I have given away both axes I 
bought of you at the Sportsmen’s Show, 
As I am getting ready to make a trip for 
meat I can’t keep house without one. Send 
it, Peep Oe for wevean’t (sortill lL get-at. 
Sincerely yours, 
Frank Dunham, Lander, Wyo. 

Gen. Charles W. Darling has a pair of 
clk antlers which measure 9 feet and 5 
inches from tip of beam to tip of beam 
across the skull. They have a spread of 
53% inches, and a beam length of 55 and 
5614 inches. The longest prongs are 16 
and 17 inches, and there are 10 of them. 
They are for sale and the price is $150. 
C. H. Warner, Henderson Harbor, N. Y. 

Mr. U. Nehring, 16 East 42d St., New 
York, NG Ye 
Dear Sir: Your lens has been received 
and has proven satisfactory in every way 
anyone could think of. Yours truly, 
R. M. Timmins, 273 E. Biddle St., Bal- 
timore, Md. 

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