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 PUBLISHER'S NOTES. 



PARKER SCORES. 



At Grand Rapids, Mich., Mr. Felger, 

 shooting the Old Reliable Parker gun, land- 

 ed high amateur average. 



At the same shoot Ben Scott, of Grass 

 Lake, Mich., won the expert medal of ama- 

 teurs with 25 straight, shooting the Parker. 



At Brantford, Ont., H. D. Bates, shooting 

 the Parker gun, won high amateur general 

 average for 3 days' shooting, putting out a 

 field of about 80 shooters. 



Fred Gilbert made a lucky run at Spirit 

 Lake recently of 392 straight. Gilbert al- 

 ways uses the Parker gun. 



T. M. Craig, at the Brantford, Ont., 

 shoot, won high average on 2 days. Mr. 

 Craig shoots the Parker. 



August 18th Mr. G. L. Bruffey, of Uni- 

 versity of Virginia, shooting the Parker 

 gun, in the race for the championship cup, 

 made 25 straight. 



At the recent shoot of the Denver Trap 

 Club, Denver, Col., Mr. Fred Gilbert, with 

 the Parker gun, established another world's 

 record from the 22 yard mark, breaking 

 83 straight without missing. Mr. Gilbert 

 also won high average for the entire shoot 

 of 4 days. 



Mr. W. A. Waddington, shooting the 

 Parker, tied for high average the first day 

 in the amateur class with 190 out of a pos- 

 sible 200. 



Frank J. Morse, an architect, of Boston, 

 Mass., also an amateur shooter, at the Wa- 

 tertown Gun Club grounds on the 14th of 

 May, made a score of 50 straight. Mr. 

 Morse speaks in the highest terms of the 

 performance of the Parker gun, and this 

 record is one to be proud of. 



May 17, at Vicksburg, Mr. Fletcher, of 

 Vicksburg, won the championship cup with 

 a score of 49 out of 50. Mr. Fletcher shoots 

 the Parker gun. 



CADILLAC SHOWING EXCELLENT. 



St. Louis, August 10. 

 W. B. Hurlburt, driving a Cadillac, w_as 

 officially the first to arrive at St. 

 Louis, finishing the long run from New 

 York yesterday afternoon. The Cadillac 

 was preceded by a 24 horse power Pope 

 Toledo, which, however, unfortunately 

 started before midnight and was conse- 

 quently disqualified. The last day's run 

 was the hardest of the trip. Rain in South- 

 ern Illisois means almost bottomless mud 

 roads, but even with this unenviable pros- 

 pect, Hurlburt started from Springfield 

 early in the morning determined to reach 

 St. Louis first of the party which had day 

 after day been encountering all sorts of 

 tough propositions in their cross country 



run. Although bad roads were in prospect 

 the actual conditions were much worse than 

 could be imagined. The roads were a sea 

 of mud and 31 miles had to be driven on 

 the low speed, wiiile the driving wheels had 

 to be equipped with chains to< provide trac- 

 tion. 



The Cadillac and the drivers were so cov- 

 ered with mud that they were hardly recog- 

 nizable, but the car came through in fine 

 condition, and while battered and scarred 

 the motor was running as beautifully as 

 when the start was made from New York 

 nearly 3 weeks ago. On a greater part of 

 the trip the Cadillac carried 3 passengers 

 and has made as good or better showing 

 than the high power cars. Many compli- 

 ments have been paid to ITurlburt for the 

 manner in which he brought his car 

 through. 



NEW MULLINS' MODELS. 



W. H. Mullins, of Salem, Ohio, has put 

 on the market 2 new boats. These are 

 known as the Buckeye hunting and fish- 

 ing boat and the Canvas Back metal duck- 

 ing boat. They are described on pages 13 

 and 25 respectively in Mr. Mullins' new 

 catalogue. The Buckeye is 15 feet long, 

 44 inch beam, weighs 140 pounds, and is 

 admirably adapted to both ducking and 

 fishing. Furthermore, it is a comfortable 

 and convenient pleasure boat, furnishing 

 ample seating room for 3 people. It has a 

 smooth, moulded bottom and is fitted with 

 a small keel which makes it steady and en- 

 ables the oarsman to guide it with great- 

 er ease than a flat bottom boat can be guid- 

 ed. It has the patent air chambers, so it 

 can not sink. 



The Canvas Back is a modification of the 

 Get There and the Bustle ducking boats, 

 having all the good qualities of both and 

 some marked improvements on them. It 

 is well adapted for either marsh or deep 

 water shooting. The Canvas Back is 15 

 feet long and 32 inches wide. The boat 

 has a wooden frame so that it is practi- 

 cally noiseless, is of light draft and fitted 

 with air chambers. 



One of the best qualities of all Mullins' 

 boats is that they do not shrink and leak, 

 as a wooden boat does when not in actual 

 use. 



Every man who lives near a lake or a 

 river should have a Mullins' metal boat. 

 In writing for catalogues please say where 

 you saw these boats mentioned. 



PASSENGERS AS ACCOMPLICES. 



The St. Louis World's Fair proves, as 



everybody knew it would, an inviting field 



for the ticket scalper, whose sphere of 



operations has been for the last few years 



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