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RECREA TION. 



PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT. 



HE LIKES THE SAVAGE. 



Brooklyn, October 31, 1898. 

 Mr. Arthur Savage, 



Genl. Mgr. Savage Arms Co., 

 Utica, N. Y. 



Dear Sir: I have just returned from my 

 hunting trip with one bull moose and 2 bull 

 caribou — all killed stone dead in their tracks, 

 with one of your incomparable .303 rifles. I 

 shot the moose at a distance of 350 yards, 

 without elevation from the 200 yards fixed 

 sight, across a lake, and had 3 holes through 

 him before he could more than turn round 

 once. There were 3 bulls following one cow, 

 and I had my pick. I tried the rifle for ac- 

 curacy, and at 100 measured yards put 5 

 shots in a space less than 5 inches in di- 

 ameter. Three of the shots could have been 

 covered with a silver dollar. All 5 shots 

 were delivered with reasonable rapidity and 

 without ascertaining whether any of them 

 were hitting the target. My guide was so 

 much pleased with the rifle that he begged 

 me to sell it to him at the full price, but I 

 could not be induced to part with it for any 

 money. 



I fired at a bull caribou on a lake, at an 

 estimated distance of 700 yards without ele- 

 vating the sight, merely holding a little over 

 his back, and wounded him in one leg, as 

 the pool of blood in a track made by a fore 

 foot showed. That was the first and only 

 thing that ever got away from me after fir- 

 ing at him with my Savage, and I have killed 

 deer, moose and caribou with it, not to men- 

 tion ruflfed grouse, rabbits, etc. 

 Yours truly, 



Noah Palmer. 



HOW TO SAVE YOUR GUN. 



The Gun Bore Treatment Co., 5 & 7 War- 

 ren Street, New York, will fix your gun up 

 so it will be waterproof, so it won't rust, 

 burst, clog up with mud, gain or lose time, 

 run down at the heel or leak wind. 



The treatment is chemical, and changes 

 tne color of the bore to a dark blue or black, 

 making the surface hard and smooth, and 

 penetrating the pores of the metal, filling 

 them and preventing the entrance of ravag- 

 ing agents. The treatment cannot fill up pits 

 and rust spots. Metal once gone cannot be 

 replaced, but all further pitting or rusting 

 is arrested. There is no change in the re- 

 sisting power of the metal or its tensile 

 strength. The company guarantees that the 

 finest gun or rifle shall be treated without 

 injury and with the results it claims. The 

 work is done by the most careful and ex- 

 perienced workmen. The time required for 

 treatment is 5 to 6 days, according to the 

 character of the metal. The treatment may 

 be equally well applied to the exterior of gun 

 barrels with the most satisfactory results, 

 and when treated they are guaranteed moth 

 proof. 



The value of a gun consists in what it can 

 do, or the condition it is in when you wish to 

 sell it. The gun bore treatment makes a 

 gun shoot better and sell better. Have your 

 guns treated when new, and thus increase 

 their value and efficiency. 



THE PARKER IS A WINNER. 



The Parker Gun in the hands of Master 

 Guy Grigsby. of Louisville, Ky., the 13 year 

 old wonder of the shooting world, is en- 

 titled to special mention. Master Guy won 

 the Kentucky Futurity, a 50 live bird match 

 at the Kentucky Gun Club Grounds, No- 

 vember 24, 1898, with 49 kills and one dead 

 out of bounds. He killed 44 straight, los- 

 ing his fifth bird dead out, hit hard with 

 both barrels. He also won the Nelson 

 County Fair Handicap, score 14 out of 15. 

 On November 23d he won the Club Gold 

 button, killing 10 straight. On November 

 18th in another match he killed 18 straight, 

 all he shot at. All of these phenomenal 

 scores were made in company with Ken- 

 tucky's best trap shots, and there are many 

 and some good ones. 



Master Guy is small of his age, weighing 

 only 75 pounds, and has always shot a 

 Parker gun. He uses a 12 bore, 28 inch 

 " Titanic steel " barrel gun, weighing 7^2 

 pounds, and in the Futurity had a 25 yard 

 Handicap. Master Guy says the Parker gun 

 is superb, as do many others. It is correctly 

 named the " Old Reliable." 



LAUNCHES FOR TRANSPORTS. 



Eight steam launches are being built by 

 the Gas Engine and Power Company and 

 Seabury & Co., of Morris Heights, for the 

 War Department for use on the following 

 transports: Mohawk. Mobile, Massachu- 

 setts, Manitoba, Mississippi, Michigan, 

 Minnewaska and Chester. These launches 

 are 30 feet long, 8 feet wide and 3 feet 

 draught. They are fitted with Seabury fore 

 and aft compound engines, with cylinders 

 4 inches and 8 inches in diameter, and 7 

 inch stroke, and Seabury water tube boi- 

 lers. They will have a speed of 9 miles an 

 hour. 



The same company has supplied the hos- 

 pital ships Missouri and Relief with 2 steam 

 launches each, and the officers in charge say 

 they could not get along without them 

 They are used in carrying supplies to and 

 from the ships, which are often 2 to 3 miles 

 from shore, and for towing barges, which 

 at times have 150 persons on board. 



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. 



"Bird Neighbors" sells at $2. With Rec- 

 reation $2. Both books and Recreation 

 $4. This applies to renewals as well as to 

 new subscriptions. 



