PUBLISHER'S NOTES. 



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The Ithaca Gun Works has issued a new 

 catalogue showing some artistic and beau- 

 tiful engravings of their high grade guns. 

 Any sportsman getting a copy of this book 

 will be sure to linger over these pictures 

 and to wish he could swing one of the guns 

 over his shoulder and go into the field. 

 The Ithaca people are making guns listing 

 at $32 up to $300. The high priced guns 

 do not shoot any better than the cheap 

 ones, but there is an immense satisfaction 

 in owning and caring for a finely made and 

 finely finished article of any kind. 



Send for a copy of this catalogue and see 

 if you are not tempted, when it comes, to 

 cut out some of the pictures and frame 

 them. In writing please do not forget to 

 tell where you read of the book. 



Ideal Mfg. Co., New Haven, Conn. 



Dear Sirs : The new Ideal loading press 

 has proved satisfactory in every particular. 

 We have reloaded 25,000 rounds of Krag 

 30 caliber for team work at Creedmoor, 

 L. I., and Sea Girt, N. J., and the ammuni- 

 tion we turned out was uniform in every 

 way; shell properly resized, bullets seated 

 and shell crimped in a uniform manner to 

 insure accuracy. The results of this year 

 plainly show that due to good, reloaded am- 

 munition the 71st regimental team won both 

 the State and brigade prizes at Creedmoor. 

 Respectfully, 

 Capt. G. W: Corwin, 

 I. S. R. P. 71st Reg't N. G., N. Y. 



Captain Banning, yesterday, received the 

 handsomest 16 gauge single trigger shot 

 gun ever made in this country. It is inlaid 

 with gold and engraved by one of the best 

 artists in the United States. A brace of 

 pointers at work and a brace of setters 

 make the gold decorations on the frame ; 

 a duck in flight, also in gold, with quail at 

 rest, and oak leaves with acorns in gold, 

 complete the gold design. The engraving 

 on the barrels is in keeping with the work 

 on the stock. This beautiful weapon was 

 made to order by D. M. Lefever, Sons & 

 Co., Syracuse, N. Y. — Los Angeles, Cal., 

 Herald. 



Schoverling, Daly & Gales have issued a 

 catalogue of shot guns, rifles and pistols, 

 which is a beauty and a novelty. It con- 

 tains some beautiful half tone cuts of Daly 

 and Stake guns, Mauser rifles and Lnger 

 pistols, and full descriptions of them. The 

 margins of the book are covered with 

 dainty hunting scenes that make one long 

 to get behind a gun and into the woods. 

 Every man who likes to do such things 

 should write for a copy of this book, and 

 if, when asking for it, you will say you saw 

 it mentioned in Recreation, you will there- 

 by help to push a good thing along. 



It may interest you to know that my 

 boat business this year has increased enor- 

 mously, being up to the first of October 

 nearly double my entire sales of 1902, and 

 4 times as great as the sales of 1901, with 

 4 months of my business year yet to run. 

 The new line of boats I placed on the mar- 

 ket this year has taken remarkably well, 

 and the outlook is that I shall have an 

 enormous business in the next year. I have 

 been compelled to start another factory in 

 which to build my boats, and believe there 

 is a great future in this boat business. 



W. H. Mullins, Salem, Ohio. 



Patent No. 740,293 has been issued to G. 

 E. Loeble, of New York city, on a decoy 

 duck, with machinery which, at the will 

 of the user, causes the duck to flutter up 

 and down as if attempting to arise from 

 the water. 



Patent No. 740,327 has been issued to 

 Charles E. Stalloop, Sac City, la., for im- 

 proved mountings for rifle telescopes. 



Persons interested can secure coupies of 

 these patents by addressing the Commis- 

 sioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 



New York. 

 West End Furniture Co., 



Williamsport, Pa. 

 Dear Sirs : 



I bought one of your sportsmen's cabi- 

 nets 2 or 3 years ago. Please ship me an- 

 other cabinet, of golden oak finish, to the 

 address below. This second purchase is 

 certainly sufficient to indicate my appre- 

 ciation of the convenience and comfort of- 

 fered by your No. 20 cabinet. 



E. H. Coe. 



A patent, No. 740,486, has been issued to 

 H. A. Tellerson, Oakland, Cal., for a gun 

 cleaning rod, that is a decided novelty. The 

 rod is hollow, with" a string passing through 

 it, to one end of which is attached a strap 

 of cleaning fabric and a fold of flexible ma- 

 terial that are intended to adapt themselves 

 to the grooves and lands of the rifle. 

 Judging from the cut and description of 

 the rod, it is one of the best implements 

 yet devised for thoroughly cleaning a rifle. 



Northern Rubber, Co., 

 St. Paul, Minn. 

 Over one year ago I bought from you 

 one No. 20 Banner mackintosh and I have 

 given it the severest test. I find it absolute- 

 ly waterproof. On one occasion I was in 

 the hardest rain I ever saw for 2^ hours 

 constantly and never a drop came through. 

 In all respects the Banner mackintosh is 

 an A No. 1 coat. 



Geo. Zook, Downington, Pa. 



