RECREATION. 



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THE OLD RELIABLE PARKER GUN 'Wf&nt 



Eleven Parkers among 

 31 high guns won over 

 $1,750.00 of total purse 

 of $5,075.00. 



Three Parkers of the nine high guns 

 among 197 shooters scored 25 straight 

 in the hands of amateurs, winning one- 

 third of first money against paid ex- 

 perts and manufacturers' agents, at the 

 Grand American Handicap, 1898. 



THE BEST CUN IN THE WORLD 



PARKER BROS., Meriden, Gonn. 



Send for 

 Catalogue 



New York Salesrooms 



96 Chambers Street 



YOU are nOt UP tO date "-less you have seen the 



IMPROVED LEFEVEk 



Ejector and Non 

 Ejector 



Single or Double 

 Trigger 



BORED FOR NITRO POWDER 



LEFEVER ARMS CO., Syracuse, N. Y. 



Our catalogue describes our 



New Medium=Price Hammerless 



This New Trap and 

 Field Gun meets the 

 requirements of sports- 

 men who desire a first- 

 class and reliable gun 

 but are not prepared 

 to buy our higher 

 grades. 



The 



Baker is absolutely 



sale*** 



The Baker is not only the equal of any gun in shooting qualities, fineness o 

 workmanship, and beauty of finish ; but also has safety appliances which make i 

 the best gun for general use. 



We will send you our Quarterly for a year, free, if you ask for it. 

 BAKER GUN & FORGING CO., Batavia, N. Y. 



That beautiful book " Birds that Hunt 

 and are Hunted," sells at $2. Treats of all 

 the principal game birds and birds of prey. 

 The book and Recreation one year $2.50. 

 This applies to renewals as well as to new 

 subscriptions. 



If you would live next to nature, read 

 Recreation. 



Will any of your readers who have ever 

 trained a dog, by rules given in any book 

 on training or breaking, kindly tell me with 

 what success? Especially if any of you have 

 ever followed the book " The Amateur 

 Trainer," by E. F. Haberlien, I should like 

 to know how you succeeded. Please answer 

 by mail, direct. 



A. W. Burnham, Somers Point, N. J. 



