Twixt You and Me 



The progressive and enterprising Savage 

 Arms Company, of Utica, N. Y., have put 

 out a new single shot, to be known as Model 

 1905, style "C." This little rifle has a straight 

 shotgun butt, 14 inches in length; adjust- 

 able rear and metal bead front sights, as 

 used on the 1903 model Savage repeater. 

 The length of the barrel is 22 inches, and 

 the weapon weighs about 4 pounds 12 ounces. 

 The list price is $6.50. 



The Hunter Arms Company, of Fulton, N. 

 Y., write as follows : 



"The L. C. Smith was the only gun award- 

 ed the gold medal by both the expert and 

 superior juries at the Lewis and Clark Ex- 

 position, and the Hunter Arms Company 

 has a good reason to feel proud of this 

 award, as the expert jury was composed of 

 gentlemen of wide experience, both prac- 

 tical and theoretical. For instance, Major 

 Hittinger is a government official and has 

 charge of the testing of government guns. 

 Senator R. D. Inman has been an enthusias.- 

 tic sportsman ever since he was a boy, and 

 is at present the owner of both Parker and 

 Scott guns. Capt. Meyers has been familiar 

 with guns for years and is thoroughly con- 

 versant with gun mechanism and shooting 

 in general." 1 he gold medal awarded was 

 on the mechanical construction and simplicity 

 of the Smith gun, as well as the Hunter 

 One-Trigger. 



The Detroit Boat Company, well known 

 manufacturers of high grade pleasure craft, 

 have purchased the property recently given 

 up by the Oldsmobile Company in Detroit, 

 Mich. It comprises four acres of floor space, 

 and there is no doubt that the canoe and 

 launch display of this company will be larger 

 than that of any similar concern. The De- 

 troit Boat Company's launches vary from 

 16 to 30 feet in length, there being many 

 different models. The canoe department is 

 especially strong, the models including cedar 

 double plank and two-ply canoes and also 

 cedar canoes covered with canvas. 



A most artistic book showing the famous 

 "Dowagiac" casting and trolling baits and 

 their peculiar blended colors is being dis- 

 tributed this year by James Heddon & Son, 

 of Dowagiac, Mich., whose advertisement 

 appears in this issue. The color plate, which 

 -must have cost many hundreds of dollars, 

 is simply perfect, and the excellent work- 

 manship of the "Dowagiac" bait is repro- 

 duced exactly by the printer. Every sports- 

 man will be interested in this exceptional 

 booklet. 



The Rochester Gas Engine Company, of 

 Rochester, N. Y., builders of a very full line 

 of gasoline engines, have appointed Mr. T. 

 P. Bushnell their agent in New York. His 

 address will be 114 East Twenty-eighth 

 street, and he will carry a full line of this 

 company's engines. One of the most suc- 

 cessful 25-footers of last season was the 

 "Durno," owned by Mr. John H. Durno of 

 Rochester, N. Y. She was built and equipped 

 by the Rochester Gas Engine Company, and 

 although only rated at 7 h. p., regularly 

 developed 9 h. p. It will be remembered 

 that on September 23d last the "Durno" won 

 three straights against such competitors as 

 Colonia, Simplex, Rosebud and Vici. 



The J. Stevens Arms and Tool Company, 

 of Chicopee Falls, Mass., have brought out 

 a new gallery rifle known as No. 80. It 

 contains many new and novel features, the 

 action is of the bolt type. The breech block 

 raises the bolt lever, and then forces it back- 

 ward, extracting and ejecting the empty shell, 

 the forward motion forcing a fresh cartridge 

 into the barrel. When closed the case pre- 

 sents a solid top, and it is impossible to dis- 

 charge this rifle until the action is locked. 

 The barrel may be cleaned by drawing the 

 rod through without taking it apart. It takes 

 the .22 short rim fire, the magazine holding 

 16 cartridges. The sights are the bead front 

 and sporting rear. The stock is of walnut, 

 the trigger guard blued, and the butt plate 

 aluminum. This rifle has a 24-in. heavy 

 solid gallery barrel and is not a toy. It lists 

 at $12.00, but will not be on sale until July 1. 



Heretofore it has been difficult to obtain 

 a gun suitable for a boy or girl without 

 having it made to special order, and at great 

 expense. Every sportsman who has chil- 

 dren, or a wife who would like to join him 

 on his hunts, and every boy or girl who 

 would like to own a real, practical shotgun 

 one especially suited to wing-shooting, will 

 be interested to know that such a gun can 

 at last be had, and cheap too. The new 

 Model 1905 26-gauge and the .44 caliber 

 shotguns made by the Harrington & Richard- 

 son Arms Company, Worcester, Mass., are 

 now in every sense of the word being made 

 on modern sporting lines. They are not 

 small-bore guns on large frames, nor rifles 

 bored smooth for shot. They are nicely 

 proportioned and accuratelv balanced, at- 

 tractive and symmetrical. They are espe- 

 cially well adapted for taxidermists' or col- 

 lectors' use. The 28-gauge _ weighs only 4 

 pounds, and the .44 caliber weighs 4M pounds. 



