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RECREATION. 



The 



Blake 



Rifle 



The new repeater which 3 years 

 ago made such a sensation among 

 big game hunters is now on the 

 market and I am prepared to fill 

 a limited number of orders 

 promptly. Made to use the 30- 

 40 and 40-60 smokeless cartridges. 

 Not the cheapest but the best 

 repeating rifle in the world. 



JOHN HENRY BLAKE, 



136 Liberty Street 

 New York 



Please send 2c stamp for rifle book. 

 Mention Recreation. 



THE BEST FOR THE MONEY. 



22-100 Caliber 



SAFETY 

 CARTRIDGE RIFLE. 



Folly warranted. Sent on trial under favorable conditions. You make 

 no mistake buying one of these Rifles. Manufactured by 



H. M. QUACK ENBUSH, - HERKIMER, N. Y. 



Send for Catalogue No. 65 a. 



I have known you so long through your 

 writings that it seems as if I knew you 

 personally. I bought the first number of 

 Recreation I ever saw, October, 1895, and 

 have missed but one number since. With 

 the exception of some numbers which I 

 have loaned and which have never been 

 returned, I have them all now. 



Sixteen or 18 years ago I used to read 

 your letters in other sportsmen's periodi- 

 cals, so when I saw the name Coquina on 

 .the cover of the then little magazine Rec- 

 reation, I bought it, read it, still read it, 

 and it is the best sportsman's journal pub- 

 lished in this country to-day. 



E. A. Mead, Parkersburg, W. Va. 



Foreigner: Have you any American com- 

 posers? 



American (proudly): Lots of 'em. 

 There's Schlossenwertz, Sweipierensciek, 

 Mickiwitz, Ouscaspiel, Sweitzerwasserandt, 

 and ever so many more. — New York 

 Weekly. 



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FINE SHOT 

 GUN BORING 



By a.n expert of Many Years' 

 Experience 



Some of the best shots in the country 

 are using guns I have bored. 



Among these are : Rollo Heikes, E. D. 

 Fulford, Colonel Courtney, B. Leroy, 

 E. Hallowell, Fred Parmlee, Capt. A. 

 H. Bogardus, George Roll, Doctor Wil- 

 liamson, Doctor Carson, Mrs. Carson 

 and Harry McAlpin. 



My method of boring and straightening 

 swelled or dented barrels is the best known 

 to science. 



I bore guns for all kinds of shooting, 

 especially for strong and close trap shoot- 

 ing. Also for bird shooting in brush, on 

 lakes or in the forest. 





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WRITE FOR CIRCULAR 



i S. McMULLEN 



J Ilion, N. Y. 



T Mention Recreation. 



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ROBIN HOOD 



SMOKELESS 



POWDER 



The Game Shooting Season is at hand 

 and wherever "Robin Hood" Powder 

 has been used, it has made the Game 

 Shots its friend. 



It is the only Smokeless Powder that gives 

 all pellets contained in a charge of shot 

 high and almost equal velocity, thereby 

 insuring great and sure killing power. 



Light Recoil, Easy to Load 

 and pleasant to use. 



Write for particulars to 



THE 



SWANTON, VERMONT. 



Mention Recreation. 



