FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



The man who quits when he gets enough, with plenty of game still in sight, is a real sportsman. 

 THE NEWEST ANIMAL TRAPS. 



720,911. — Animal Trap. William Gabriel- 

 son, Waldron, Mo., assignor of l / 2 to 

 Erick Larson, Kansas City, Mo. Filed 

 April 28, 1902. Serial No. 105,074. 

 (No model.) 



Claim. — 1. In an animal trap, a frame, a 

 pair of swinging jaws mounted pivotally 

 thereon, transverse sitting-lugs 3 a on said 

 jaws, a spring having an opening in its 

 end, said opening embracing the radial 

 portions of said jaws when the jaws are 

 closed, a detent lever pivoted on said frame 

 in position to hold said spring depressed, 

 a slot in said lever, a trigger, a pin secured 

 thereto and entering said slot ; said slot 

 being of such a form that the movement 

 of said lever when the trap is set will raise 

 the trigger to an upright position, and that 

 said slot will be engaged by said pin in 

 such a manner as to hold said trigger and 

 lever insecurely in set position. 



2. A frame, a pair of swinging jaws 

 having radial portions mounted pivotally 

 on said frame, transverse sitting-lugs 3 a 

 mounted on said jaws, a U-shaped spring 

 having one end thereof resting on said 

 frame and its other end having an opening 

 therein embracing said radial portions pro- 

 vided with said lugs, when the jaws are 

 closed ; a detent lever pivoted on said 

 frame in position to hold said spring de- 

 pressed, a slot in said lever, a trigger, a pin 

 secured thereto and entering said slot; said 

 slot being of such a form that the move- 

 ment of said lever when the trap is set will 

 raise the trigger to an upright position, and 

 that said slot will be engaged by said pin in 

 such a manner as to hold said trigger and 

 lever insecurely in set position. 



721,321. — Animal Trap. Christopher C. 

 Nesmith and Joel L. Brewer, Manches- 

 ter, Ala. Filed November 26, 1902. Se- 

 rial No. 132,954. (No model.) 

 Claim. — In an animal trap of the class 

 described the combination with a cage of a 

 vestibule or passage way, having inclined 

 end walls, openings formed in said end 

 walls, pivoted drop doors adapted to close 

 said openings, pivoted floor plates arranged 



in said passage way, the inner end of which 

 are formed with interlocking fingers, coun- 

 terbalancing weights fixed to the outer ends 

 of said floor plates, said outer ends being 

 adapted to close said pivoted drop door's by 

 weight of an animal upon the inner end of 

 the same, stop walls and flaring wings ar- 

 ranged adjacent to the openings in said 

 passage way, whereby the course of an ani- 

 mal is directed to said openings, a door or 

 opening, communicating between said pas- 

 sage way and said cage, a downwardly in- 

 clined guideway extending from said door 

 to the floor of said cage, and a drop door 

 for closing said door and guideway. 



726,140. — Animal Trap. John Campbell, 

 Sr, Webster, N. Y. Filed July 15, 

 1902. Serial No. 115,708. 



Claim. — 1. A trap comprising a body, a 

 bottom, and an entrance chute, the lower 

 terminals of the opposite sides of the body 

 having loop devices loosely held thereby 

 and adapted to be passed through meshes 

 of the bottom, and removable keys passed 

 through the loop devices of the body and 

 disposed against under sides of the bot- 

 tom ; also through a portion of the body 

 and arranged against the outer ends of the 

 chute, whereby the several parts of the 

 trap may be quickly assembled or disas- 

 sociated. 



723,100. — Animal Trap. James P. White, 

 Mattoon, 111. Filed June 27, 1902. Se- 

 rial No. 113,490. (No model.) 

 Claim. — In an animal trap, the combina- 

 tion of a box-like structure having one 



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