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SPORTSMAN should be as 
/ particular about selecting his 
AY footwear as he is about choos- 
s4 ing a gun. The old fellows 
know why. And even the first- 
tripper will tumble to it in 
short order if he has shod 
himself unwisely. In the woods you cannot 
afford to have any trouble with your feet, for 
you generally want to use them. Hence it 
pays to get a good article in a boot, such as 
Putman makes, for instance. Better write for 
the catalogue right now. Address H. J. Putman 
& Co., 36 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, 
Minn. Putman hunting boots are made to 
order, they fit and they stay fit; furthermore, 
they are light weight, hand sewed and water 
proof. 


In March last the S. W. Cole Company, 
141-145 Broadway, New York, offered a prize 
of $50 for the best new use of the ‘‘3 in One” 
oil manufactured by the company. Among the 
hundreds of answers there were many excellent 
ones, and these have been made into a little 
folder, which will be sent free on request. 
“3 in One”’ is an excellent oil for guns, fishing 
reels, etc. 

The Matchless cigar lighter is built on correct 
principles; therefore, it has become popular 
among all outdoor men. A light is produced by 
quickly lifting a ratchet, which rapidly revolves 
a steel wheel against a small cube of flint—the 
sparks lighting the charred end of the wick— 
and the “‘harder it blows the brighter it glows.” 
There is nothing to wear out, except the wick 
and flint cube, both of which can be replaced at 
nominal cost. A dozen wicks will last for 
months in daily use, while the flint cube will 
last for years. Guaranteed for two years by the 
manufacturers, the Matchless Cigar Lighter 
Company, 16 John Street, New York. 

For squirrel hunting with a .22 caliber rifle, 
and especially where the squirrels are scarce and 
very wild, a rifle telescope is an excellent thing. 
It enables you to examine the treetops carefully, 
and saves you many a squirrel that you would 
not see without it, and also saves ammunition 
by aiding you to distinguish between a dry leaf 
and a squirrel. It enables you to hit your game 
in the head, and, with practice, helpstyou in 
PARAGRAPHS FOR PURCHASERS 

estimating distances. The Stevens Arms and 
Tool Company, Chicopee Falls, Mass., now 
manufactures a full line of up-to-date telescopes 
for rifles and pistols, and for a really clever little 
squirrel rifle nothing better can be had than 
their “‘New Model” pocket rifle and telescope. 
You can get it in any length barrel, from ro 
inches to 18 inches, and the ’scope has a large, 
flat field, well corrected, and with power of 
either 3 or 4 diameters. The company has just 
published a neat little catalogue telling all about 
the Stevens telescopes, which will be mailed 
free on request if you mention RECREATION. 

With the dawning of the football season and 
the indoor athletic season, there will be a 
demand for new equipment—moths will have 
put last year’s gym shirt out of business, the o'd 
football shoes will be too badly warped and 
mildewed to be forced into commission and 
the old football pants just simply won’t answer. 
Better get a Spalding catalogue ‘and stock up. 
A postal will bring it. Address A. G. Spalding 
& Bros., 126 Nassau Street, New York, and 
mention this magazine. 

Try some shells loaded with Dead Shot 
smokeless. Write to the American Powder 
Mills, Boston, Mass., for the booklet—it tells 
why 

For dry days or wet, fair days or foul, there 
is no better hunting coat than the celebrated 
Duxbak. The game wardens, who are out- 
doors all the time, use them; trousers, too. 
The Duxbak clothing is. water proofed, but not 
with rubber or paraffine. Soft and pliable. 
Ask the manufacturers, Bird, Jones & Kenyon, 
1 Blandina Street, Utica, N. Y., for catalogue 
and samples of goods, and mention RECREA- 
TION. 

Annie Oakley, the famous trick shot with © 
rifle and shotgun, who for so many years was 
one of the features of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West 
Show, is once more appearing before the public 
in company with her husband, F. E. Butler, 
who managed her shooting performances when 
they were with Buffalo Bill. Annie Oakley is 
now traveling in Maine and the Adirondacks, 
and will later appear in the Northwest, where 
she will perform her old feats and many new 
ones, shooting all kin’s of guns, and thus 
