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RECREATION. 



Matthews Torpedo Launches 



BUILT TO PLEASE 



MATTHEWS 



P. O. Box 303 



THE 5AIL0R 



Sizes 16 ft. to 70 ft. — any power installed. 

 Price includes full equipment except engine. 



Matthews Motto Safety, comfort, speed. 

 Cabin cruising launches a specialty. Finest 

 catalogue issued to-day, 10c; send for it and 

 frame the cover. 



Agencies in all cities — Chicago office, 1409 

 Michigan Avenue. 



BOAT CO., 



Bascom, Ohio 



EASIER TO ROW 



ABSOLU « TELY SAFE 



Write today 

 -'br free catalogue. 

 15 foot <L?C) 



boat, crated S* « J 



Especially valuable at summer 

 resorts, for family boating. 



Mullins Galvanized 

 Steel Pleasure Boats 



Made of steel. Practical indestructible. Air 

 chamber each end. Cannot leak. Require no 

 caulking. Ideal boat for family use, summer 

 resorts, parks. Guaranteed. Will seat five persons in com- 

 fort. The modern row boat for pleasure, safety and durability. 



W. H. MULLINS. 228 Depot Street. Salem, Ohio 



A correspondent, who is a friend of the 

 Vagrant's, writes from Russia and says that 

 he found the following epitaph on a monu- 

 ment over a grave in St. Petersburg : 

 "Here lies the body of Maurice Rypinsky, 

 He was killed by the Japs and has been 

 d-ead ever sincesky." 



— Albany Journal. 



I received the Harrington & Richardson 

 revolver in good condition and it is a 

 beauty. Keep up your good work in roast- 

 ing the game hogs for they need it badly. 

 Walter P. Gruenler, 



Hillsboro Bridge, N. H. 



A man who was very benign 



Once asked a poor neighbor to dign ; 



But he stared when his guest, 



Without being pruest, 

 Drank nearly 3 bottles of wign. 



— New Yorker. 



The Bail-Bearing Oarlock 



A device that will do for the rowhoat 

 •what the hall-bearins did for the bicycle. 

 Every ounce of energy utilized. No 

 clanking or squeaking, in fact 

 ABSOLUTELY NOISELESS AND 

 PRICTIONLESS. The Ideal Oarlock for 

 Hunting and Pishing. Furnished either 

 for tight or loose oars. If your dealer 

 does not handle, write for descriptive 

 circular and prices. Mention Recrea- 

 tion. 



T. H. GARRETT, Jr., Clark St., AUBURN, N. Y. 



dlorris Canvas Covered Canoes 



Special Indian model for safety. Catalog on request 

 Mention Recreation. 



E. N. MORRIS, Veazie, Maine 



I received the Davenport gun and am 

 much pleased with it. 



T. B. Cobb, Burlington, Kans. 



The Teacher — Now, Sammy, where was 

 the declaration of independence signed? 

 Sammy — At de bottom. — Judge. 



DO YOU WISH 



TO IMPROVE 

 YOUR SHOOTING? 



THE J. C. HAND TRAP 



Will help you. It throws 

 any of the clay targets now 

 in use, giving an excellent 

 representation of a bird in 

 flight. 



I ■will send you a 



J. C. HAND TRAP 



for 2 yearly subscriptions to 



Recreation 



Send in your club now and 

 improve your snooting* 



