RECREATION. 



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STILL HUNTING OR HOUNDING? 



H. S. Ferrell, of Weiser, Ida., is right in 

 his claim that there is more sport for the 

 many in driving deer with hounds than in 

 still hunting, or "stalking," to be quite 

 English in my nomenclature. But I don't 

 agree at all with the rest of his assertions. 

 Still-hunting is high art, that can only be 

 practiced successfully by one who is a rifle- 

 shot and a master of woodcraft. When 

 deer are driven by hounds any rabbit hunt- 

 er can pour a handful of buckshot into 

 one and pose as a mighty hunter before the 

 ladies, if the deer happens to be driven by 

 his stand, and he doesn't have buck fever 

 and drop his gun at the crucial moment. 

 For the average city hunter this is a great 

 advantage, as but few of them have a 

 chance to gain any practical knowledge of 

 woodcraft. A pack of hounds and one deer 

 will give more sport to a crowd of 20 nov- 

 ices than 10 deer will give one expert still 

 hunter. 



No one who has eaten clean still-hunted 

 venison, cares much about tasting the semi- 

 carrion that results from running a deer 

 with hounds several hours before killing 

 him 1 . Six Shooter Bill. 



I agree with Mr. Ferrell that hounding 

 is not so destructive to deer as still hunt- 

 ing. Neither is it so dangerous to the 

 hunter. Accidental shootings, now so com- 

 mon in the deer woods, were extremely 

 rare in the days when hounding was al- 

 lowed. L. H. G., Pittsfield, Mass. 



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Bicycle Hew, 



JULY. 



Never since the begin- 

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The iKvo-speed gear is 

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The coaster brake in- 

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American highways are in 

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The people have never been 

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