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RECREATION. 



their respective Legislatures. The appear- 

 ance of the automatic shot gun on the mar- 

 ket has made such legislation necessary in 

 order to save the game birds from destruc- 

 tion. Similar legislation is contemplated 

 for British Columbia. The bill is entitled 

 "An Act to Prohibit the Use of Repeating 

 Shot Guns in Hunting Birds," and says : 



Section I. — It shall be unlawful to use, in 

 hunting birds or animals of any kind, any 

 shot gun holding more than 2 cartridges 

 at one time, or that may be fired more than 

 twice without re-loading. 



Section 2. — The intent and meaning of 

 this bill is to prohibit the use of any so- 

 called repeating shot gun or pump gun. 



Section 3. — Any person found guilty of 

 a violation of this statute shall be fined 

 not more than $50 nor less than $25 for each 

 offence ; and the carrying of any such gun 

 in the woods or in the fields or in any of 

 the waters of this State shall be considered 

 prima facie evidence of an attempt to vio- 

 late Section 1 of this statute, and shall be 

 punished as provided in this section. — The 

 Daily World, Vancouver, B. C. 



Omaha, Neb. 

 Winchester Repeating Arms Co. 



Dear Sirs : — I protest against your plac- 

 ing an automatic shot gun on the market. 

 I have used 4 of your guns, but if you 

 put out an automatic gun I shall never 

 buy or use another Winchester gun of 

 any description. I am a hunter of many 

 years' experience, but I am no game hog 

 and consider an automatic gun a nuisance 

 whose use should be prohibited by law. I 

 have done considerable missionary work 

 against such a weapon and shall continue 

 to do so. 



The small remnant of game that still 

 exists in the United States needs protec- 

 tion; not an automatic gun. If its use 

 were confined strictly to trap shooting, well 

 and good, but we Americans know better 

 than to listen to such foolishness. The 

 market hunters would use it altogether. 



Hoping the automatic gun will die in its 

 infancy, I remain yours truly 



L. E. Peters, 910 So. 16 St. 



SMALL SHOT. 



The Colt's Patent Fire Arms Co., in pre- 

 senting their new "Officers' Model" revol- 

 ver, have solved a problem of interest to 

 many. The old model Colts .38 shot the 

 long cartridge, inside lubricated, with a 

 hollow base bullet, so devised that the pow- 

 der gases caused the needed expansion of 

 the projectile to fill the grooves properly. 

 It was manifestly inexpedient to use a re- 

 duced charge and a round ball for gallery 

 practice, as round balls do not expand. 



The new arm has been correctly bored 

 and will now take the gallery round bullet 



with reduced powder charge. At the same 

 time, the full service charge may be used 

 when desired. 



The use of charges as above noted elim- 

 inates the confusion in ammunition that has 

 existed hitherto between the Colt and the 

 S. & W. military revolver. At the same 

 time the sphere of usefulness in gallery 

 practice has been enlarged. 



Ex-Ordnance Sergeant, Baltimore, Md. 



I advise Mr. Clincher to get an Ithaca, 

 a gun that is cheap in price only. I have 

 a 10^-pound, $6o-grade Ithaca, made to 

 order in 1898. It cost me $34, and though 

 it has been constantly used with maximum 

 loads of dense nitro powders, it is as tight 

 and perfect as when new. 



Few smokeless powders, and especially 

 the bulk varieties, bear out the claims of 

 their makers as regards smokelessness. I 

 am told that in Northern climates, where 

 there is always more or less breeze stirring, 

 the smoke produced by them is nearly 

 imperceptible. In the dense, breezeless 

 jungles of the West Indies, Central and 

 South America, they make smoke enough 

 to obscure the view a full half minute. 

 The exceptions I have found are Dupont, 

 among bulk powders, and Grey Walsrode 

 among dense powders. 



L. H. Higgins, 

 Master S. S. Admiral Sampson. 



Last week I was honored by a visit from 

 T. A. Divine, traveling agent of the Win- 

 chester Arms Company. He advised me 

 that if we would eliminate the clause in 

 House Bill No. 18 that refers to pump and 

 automatic guns, the bill would be rail- 

 roaded through. He stated also that the 

 Winchester people had written him asking 

 him to join the L. A. S. 



Miles Carroll, Yazoo City, Miss. 



Only one construction can be put on this 

 statement about "railroading" the bill 

 through, anybody can guess what that is. — 

 Editor. 



She — Is she a business woman? 

 He— Yes. 



She — What business is she interested in? 

 He — Everybody's. — Indianapolis Journal. 



"That punch bowl," said the West Balti- 

 more hostess, "is genuine cut glass." 



"That's right," remarked her husband, 

 "cut from $2 to $1.98."— Baltimore News. 



A tailor in Brooklyn has a sign in his 

 window which says : 



"Pants, 50 sents a leg ; if you buy 2 legs, 

 we throw in the seat." — Exchange. 



