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RECREATION. 



Model 1899, U. P. MEASURES 



and Shot Shell Loading Machine 



have the Official Endorsement of the Powder 



Manufacturers With 3 different graduations, ther 



will measure accurately all kinds of powders* 



in Grains, from one grain up; 



in Drams, from y 2 to 5 drams. Send 3 two- 

 cent stamps for latest Ideal Sand Book. 



126 pages of valuable information to Shooters. 



IDEAL MFG. CO., New Haven, Conn., U.S. A. 



I have a new, Norwegian-built schooner 

 yacht of about 24 tons, well fitted and 

 capable of being handled by a paid crew of 

 2 certificated hands, costing here about 

 75 kroners a month and food each. I pro- 

 pose to leave here in June, and Dover in 

 July, coasting down to the Mediterranean 

 for a 6 months' cruise, or longer. I wish 

 to meet with 2 sportsmen of good 

 habits, who will join me for the trip, pay- 

 ing their share of wages, food and current 

 expenses from start to finish. I provide 

 free the bo. t complete, so this is no 

 money making project. I propose to sail 

 along the coasts of France, Spain, Italy 

 and Africa, visiting the Bahama isles, Cor- 

 sica, Sardinia, Algiers, Tunis, Malta, 

 Greece, if we can, and any other places 

 wind and weather may allow. I wish to 

 take enough time at each place to enjoy 

 it, and any sport it may afford. I roughly 

 estimate all expenses would not exceed $2 

 or $3 a day, but much depends on require- 

 ments as to food. 



I am an Englishman, living here for 

 the yachting, and am a member of the 

 Norsk Yacht Club. Any gentleman wish- 

 ing such an opportunity, please write G. 

 Wright, Bero, Kragero, Norway. 



To Lease: — For short or long term, 22 

 acres of land, within 10 minutes of Bay- 

 chester Station, 25 minutes' ride from 

 New York City. A part of this land is tide 

 meadow, but it includes an island of about 

 3 acres, covered with large, native oak 

 trees. There is a tide of 8^2 feet running 

 through channels on either side of this 

 island, so that the property offers an ad- 

 mirable site for a boat club, gun club or a 

 rifle range. Butts can be erected so as to 

 give a range of 600 yards, and there are 

 excellent opportunities for trap shooting. 

 Addrcoo J. H. Campbell, Baychester, N. Y. 



Wanted: — A good shot gun. Will ex- 

 change or sell Stevens Hunters' Pet, .25- 

 10, rim fire; new. Address C. E. Farr, 1 

 Kent Hall, New Haven, Conn. 



A COLOSSAL WOLF FIGHT. 



W. F. SHORT, JR. 



"Poodle" McDonald was the owner of a 

 dog that used to sit down and howl dis- 

 mally every time the church bells rang, 

 and he would also manifest his distress in 

 a similar way when he heard a piano. One 

 day when Poodle and his dog were with 

 "us boys" the church bells began ringing, 

 and thereupon the dog lifted up his voice 

 in plaintive lamentation. This precipitated 

 discussion as to the influence of music on 

 animals. Old Man Stice usually closed 

 our debates, and on this occasion he did 

 so by telling of a fight between 1,000 

 wolves who were incited to frenzy by the 

 notes of his fiddle, which he was playing 

 in his log cabin. 



"I fiddled an' they fit and e't each other 

 ontil the band begun to thin. Every time 

 I give a extry rasp on the E string they 

 howled louder an' pitched in afresh. They 

 kep' this up fer 3 good hours, when thar 

 warn't mor'n 50 of 'em left alive, an' they 

 wuz so blamed full they could hardly wad- 

 dle. But I fiddled an' they fit fer a second 

 wind. When one throwed up the sponge 

 the others bolted him in a twinklin'. Bime- 

 by thar warn't more'n a dozen left. But 

 I fiddled an' they fit an' feasted. When 

 they finally got down to 3 each one laid 

 holt of another tail an' chawed fer glory. 

 The ring kep' gittin' smaller, but I still 

 fiddled, an' they fit an' chawed ontil thar 

 wuz only a leetle bunch of ha'r lef, an' 

 thet blowed away down the hill. The snow 

 wuz all red with blood, an' hed been 

 tromped down at least 10 foot. Heads an| 

 bones wuz strung all down the canyon, an' 

 thar was enough fur in sight to stuff a 

 circus tent. It wuz the dandiest fight I 

 ever see." 



For Sale or Exchange : — One red fox, 2 

 years old; large, handsome and tame. 

 Also 1899 Hornet bicycle, new last July; 

 cost $55; handsome wheel, in good re- 

 pair. D. D, Lamb, East Calais, Vt. 



