360 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Oct. 19, 1806, 



Muskegon vs. Grand Rapids. 



Gra>d Rapids, Mich., Sept. 28.— The elements seemed to have con- 

 spired to-day to prevent the meeting between the above-named teams 

 and did actually succeed in ho'ding down the scores somewhat. Yet 

 we had an enjoyable time. The promptness with which the partici- 

 pants steppea up to the score, and the uniform cheerfulness each one 

 displayed made the affair one pleasant to remember. While the singles 

 were shot from under cover the wind was raw and made things un- 

 comfortable; but when it came to standing out in the rain to shoot 

 the doubles, with a man's teeth chattering and the water dripping 

 down his back, it -was a test of good nature that only a true sports- 

 man could endure. The only regret was that the visitors could not 

 stay over to take part in the annual supper shoot and enjoy the hos- 

 pitality of the Valley City Club. 



Strange as it may seem, Muskegon, a city of 25,000 inhabitants, and 

 one of the liveliest cities in the State, with deep-water navigation, has 

 no railroad communication with Grand Rapids and the outside world 

 between 6 P. M. on Saturday and early on Monday morning. During 

 the summer excursion trains are run between these sister cities every 

 Sunday at a handsome profit to the railroad companies; a Sunday 

 train the year round, while it might not always pay in dollars, would 

 be greatly appreciated by the people, 



The Muskegon Fish and Game Protective Association challenged the 

 Valley City Gun Club, not so much with the hope of defeating it, but 

 as a preliminary test of the strength of its own team, preparatory to 

 making an earnest effort next season to carry home the trophy. 

 While it was a comparatively easy victory for the home club, there is 

 material in the visiting team which with practice will give it need of 

 all its skill when next the two teamB meet. 



Just at the close of this event, while the sides for the supper shoot 

 were being arranged, the sun broke through the clouds and a mag- 

 nificent rainbow flashed in the foreground, a perfect semi circle, one 

 end springing from the water of the lake, the other from the grass of 

 an orchard scarcely a hundred yards away. Some excellent scores 

 were made in the side shoot, Ben. O, Bush leading with 24, he shooting 

 a Winchester, as did Karstens, Elkerton and Coleman. 



The annual supper, served at the Lakeside Club immediately after 

 the shoot, was an elaborate banquet, and when the dishes came on the 

 table piping hot one not experienced with shooters 1 appetites would 

 have been dismayed, but caterer Swetland knew by experience for 

 whom he provided. 



The f cares in the two events areas follows: 



Trophy team race: Five-men teams, 60 targets per man (30 singles^ 

 one man up, 5 unknown traps and 10 pairs): 

 Grand Rapids 



Wharton 111111111011111101110111111111 



10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11-42 

 Widdicomb 100101011111111111110111110110 



11 11 10 11 11 10 01 10 11 01-38 

 Walton 01 111111010100011 1011111011111 



10 11 10 11 11 10 11 01 10 11-37 

 Coleman OJOOlOlllilOOllllOllllinillll 



10 11 00 10 10 It 11 10 11 10—36 

 Gilmore 110001111110111111111011111101 



01 11 10 10 10 11 10 10 00 10—35—168 

 Muskegon: 



Bauknecht llioinoiiimoiioooioimilio 



11 00 11 11 11 01 11 11 11 11—39 

 Lowe 101101000110101110111011100111 



11 11 10 11 01 11 10 10 10 11—34 

 Houtcamp 1100001 0011 1 01 101 1 0101 1 01U111 



10 10 01 11 10 00 11 11 11 11—33 

 Dixon 110101111100011101010011101111 



10 if 10 11 10 10 10 01 10 10—32 

 Erwin 11111111100011101010011101101 



01 00 11 11 10 10 01 10 11 10—34—170 

 Grand Rapids beat Muskegon by 19 breaks in the singles, scoring 119 

 to 100, but Muskegon led by one break in the doubles, the score show- 

 ing: Muskegon 70, Grand Rapids 69. 



The supper shoot consisted of 9-men teams, captained by Messrs. 

 Gilmore and Kelsey respectively, each man shooting at 25 targets, un- 

 known angles. Gilmore's team won by 176 to 164. Score: 

 Gilmore's Team. 



Bush 1111111111110111111111111—24 



Wharton .1111111111101111111011111—23 



McFie 1111011111111011101111111—22 



Gould 1111111001111111111111010-21 



Gilmore lOimoiilioliiliiimoiO-20 



Webber 01 1 1 1 1 1 01 1 11 1 01 1 001 110111—19 



Nelson 101 1 1 101 1 1 11 1 Oil 0001 10010— 16 



Plant 1000100111011101110111011—16 



H Widdicomb 0010110111110101111000110-15—176 



Kelaey's Team. 



Walton 1111111111111111111110011—23 



Elkerton lllllllinilOllllllllOOOl— 21 



R Widdicomb 0101100111111111111111111-21 



Coleman 1111111110101110111110100-19 



Freligb llllWOllllOlOllllllOOlOl— 18 



Karstens 0111100101110110111011111—18 



Kelsey 0110001001110111011111001—15 



" Norris 1 1 1 001 1 1 1 1 01 1 1 00110001 1 00— 15 



Rood 0101110001110101111001100—14—164 



C. F. Rood, Sec'y. 



Shenandoah Junction. 



Shenandoah Junction, W. Va., Oct. 5.— Shooters from Berkeley and 

 Jefferson counties gathered together at this point to-day to try their 

 skill at the traps. The weather was at its best for the sport, and the 

 way good scores were piled up shows that the shooters meant business. 

 The main attraction ot the day was event No. 4, which was shot for a 

 beautiful silver cup, representing the championship of Jefferson 

 county, at 25 targets. The cup was given by Mr. C. E. Drawbaugh, 

 who managed the shoot. 



The race for this trophy was a hotly contested one, Capt. Billmyer 

 and Robt. Gibson, both of Shepherdstown, tieing on 21 out of 25, 

 which was shot out at 10 targets, resulting in the Captain's favor. 

 Capt. Billmyer used DuPont smokeless powder and an L C. Smith 

 gun. The three highest averages for the day were as follows: Bill- 

 myer 86, Gibson 82, Bishop 80 per cent. All shooting known traps and 

 angles. Scores: 



Events: 18 350789 10 11 



Targets: 15 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 



League 13 .. 9 



Gibson 12 13 . . 8 . . 6 10 8 . . . . 



Bishop 12 12 11 9 . . 



Billmyer 12 10 15 10 .. 8 10 9 .. .. 



Maddox 11 10 12 6 . . . . 8 



Stotler 8 2 8 



Spencer 7 . . 10 . . . . 7 10 8 . . . . 



Brown 7 7 7 6.. 8 3 



Hunter 7 7 8 



Harman 5 6 .. .. 6 .. 2 



Osbourn 4 6 



Blackford 5 7 



L Harman 4 



Wiltshire 4 6 7 



ARuse...... , 1 



Miller 



Hendricks , 4 



Hipsleg . . 6 .. 



Event No. 4 was for a silver cup representing the championship of 



Jefferson county at inanimate targets, 25 targets per man, entrance 



the price of the targets. On the shoot off ot the tie on 21 breaks, Capt. 



Billmyer won with 9 breaks to 8 out of a possible 10. Scores in this 



event were as follows: 



Capt M J Billmyer : . 1101110111110111111101111—21 



Robt Gibson 1111111111111100110011111-21 



W League 1011111101011111111101100—19 



De Bishop OlllllOlllllOllOl 11010111— 19 



B Maddox 1110111111100101011110011—18 



OP Brown OlOUlOllllllOOOOlllOlllll-16 



Capt Spencer 11 101010101001 101001 11110—15 



Dr Stotler 1001101000101101000101100-11 



Duryea Defeats Furgueson. 



L. T. Duryea and C. Furgueson. Jr., both members of the New 

 Utrecht Gun Club, of Brooklyn, N. Y., shot a 100-bird race on Satur- 

 day last, Oct. 12, on the grounds of the above-named club at Wood- 

 lawn, L. I. Duryea shot in great form, killing 96 out of his 100, his 

 opponent withdrawing at the end of the 00th round when he was 5 

 birds to the bad, having dropped 8 to Duryea's 3, the score standing 

 57-52. Duryea lost three of his birds dead out of bounds. The 

 weather was wet and squally. Score: 



L T Duryea 2221212212211121122201223-84 



2122212222112211021121112—24 

 10.42121 12221211112121011—23 

 2122111222212112121121111-25-96 



C Furgueson, Jr 22011 1 1111211112221121222— 24 



0110100232218012201112211—19 

 laimomw - 9— «3 



Western Trap Matters. 



THE BALTIMORE PARTY. 



Chicago, HI., Oct. 12.— Mr. E. S. Rice, general agent for the DuPont 

 powder, is making every effort to have a goodly Western party go to 

 the big Baltimore tournament, Oct. 22-25. He writes that he intends 

 getting together a couple of dozen of good shots of the West, the 

 party to go East on an excursion basis, which will make the cost of 

 the trip going and coming lesB than $30. It is hoped that enough will 

 go to fill a special car, and in any event arrangements will be made 

 for the comfort of all who go. The party will start Sun day afternoon, 

 the 20th, arriving in Baltimore, in all probability, the afternoon of 

 Monday, 21st. Accommodations for the Western party will be secured 

 in advance, and everything possible done to secure comfort of one and 

 all. Mr. W. L Shepard, president of the Illinois State Sportsmen's 

 Association, has been selected to act on the handicap committee. In 

 view of the able efforts making, there should be a good time at Balti- 

 more. 



This is a great big country, and full of good shooters. Not all of 

 them can be at any one tournament. Some shooters will be disap- 

 pointed at not being able to attend the big Atlanta tournament, on 

 account ot the conflict of dates with Baltimore; but none the less 

 both shoots can and will be great and successful affairs. The Clarke 

 Hardware Co., of Atlanta, are making such efforts as will secure a 

 representative gathering at the exposition city. 



GENERAL TROLLEY MANICURE. 



"Mr. T. A. Divine, general trolley manicure, Yahoo line," is the 

 irreverent way in which Messrs. Joe George and Oscar Guessaz, of 

 San Antonio, address Mr. T. A. Divine, of Memphis, claim agent of the 

 Yazoo & Mississippi Valley line; it being their intention to invite him 

 to the January Santone shoot. "Wait for the Big Shoot," is the way 

 these two put it. "This shoot has no connection with any other shoot. 

 It is the State shoot, the good shoot, the big shoot, the only shoot." 



There will be a big gathering of shooters at San Antonio this season, 

 and for those shooters who have never traded Northern snow for 

 Texas sunshine a most pleasant experience is in store. "We won't do 

 a thing to you Memphis fellows when we get you in Texas," write 

 these exuberant young men, "because we don't like the way you 

 treated us at Memphis. And w,e ain't after that Englishman, Noel 

 Money! It's his brother Isaac we want. We won't do anything to 

 him. " On the whole, it seems safe to predict that there will be some- 

 thing heard to fall with far from down-like softness when Greek meets 

 Greek in the winter time at the San Pedro Springs of the Rio San An- 

 tonio. 



EXTREMELY GOOD SHOOTING PREDICTED. 



In comment on the proposed visit of Western shooters to the Balti- 

 more DuPont tournament, the Tribune of this city says: "J. G. 

 Messner, of Pittsburg, Pa., won the last Grand American Handicap 

 with a score of 35 straight. This score will without doubt be beaten 

 in the coming championship race by one of the Westerners, as all the 

 Chicagoans that have signified their willingness to take part in the 

 affair will be in fine condition." At first thought it would seem hard 

 to beat a straight, but maybe this is all right. 



SAD ACCIDENT. 



It was a sad accident which deprived Mrs. Dr. S. Shaw, of this city, 

 of her life last Saturday. Dr. Shaw is a member of the Garfield Club, 

 and Mrs. Shaw bad gone out on her bicycle to see the regular club 

 shoot. Returning from the Bhoot, she was run down by a runaway 

 horse, thrown from her bicycle and so injured about the head by the 

 hoofs of the horse that she never regained consciousness, and died a 

 few moments later. 



WESTERN SHOOTS. 



Oct. 8 a pleasant shoot waB given by the Sheffield, D.I., Gun Club, 

 Sheffield men taking most of the money. A town team contest was 

 held at 15 targets, unknown angles, with the following result: Shef- 

 field 76, Neponset 73, Anawa 62. 



At Ottumwa, la., Oct. 8 and 9, a very spirited tournament was held. 

 Dr. Doutbett, of Osceola, la., ran 25 straight a couple of times. Dr. 

 Webster, of Ottumwa, also made 25 straight in one event, and 49 out 

 of 50 in another. Three men, Van Emmon, Gammott and Crismun, 

 scored 47 out of 50. Webster was fortunate throughout, Van Emmon 

 following close. E. Hough. 



909 Security Building, Chi.&go. 



Altooua Trap Notes. 



Altoona, Pa., Oct. 12.— Trap-shooting matters have been decidedly 

 dull in Altoona and vicinity within the last two weeks. The grouse 

 and deer season opened in Pennsylvania on the first of the month, 

 and the shooting fraternity almost to a man has taken to the woods. 

 The variegated hues which the hills and fields are now assuming; the 

 recollections of camp-fire flickerings; the whir of ruffed grouse and 

 the excitement of the chase— have charms to entice the lover of dog 

 and gun from his daily vocation such as nothing else can. Living 

 here, as we do, within a half hour's ride of the wilds of the Alieghe- 

 nies, one can spend the few leisure hours tbat were in summer de- 

 voted to trap-shooting with dog and gun to great advantage. 



J. C. Low, of the Country Club, Pittsburg, was in the city a few 

 days this week. Besides taking a grouse hunt he, in company with a 

 few of the local shooters, shot a few sweeps at the driving park 

 grounds on Tuesday afternoon. Purses were divided in two moneys. 

 The scores follow: 



Events: 13 3 4 Events: 13 3 4 



Targets: 10 10 10 10 Targets: iu io 10 10 



Clover 6 9 7 6 Forney 5 7 7 7 



House 5 3 8 5 Low 4 4 7 



The Huntingdon Gun Club's last week's medal shoot was held on 

 Friday afternoon. It was, as usual, well attended. The day was a de- 

 lightful one and the sport was witnessed by a large crowd of inter- 

 ested spectators. Scores: 



Events: 13 3 



Targets: 10 10 10 



WSHouck 8 7 9 



WADeForreat 7 6 .. 



Chas Kline 5 6 .. 



HGreenberg 1 .. .. 



FredMobus 4 8 .. 



Stewart S .. 



Simpson 3 5 



Events: 13 3 



Targets: io 10 10 



Crites 3 6 



McCahan 6 .. 



Fleming 6 6 



Leister , , 2 



W Simpson 4 



Steinberg .. 



No. 3 was a walking match. No. 4, the medal contest, follows in de- 

 tail: 



Fred Mobus 0001001111—5 Adams 0000000000— 



DeForrest 1001110011—6 Greenberg 0100000001—2 



Crites 0001000000—1 McCahan 0101111 110— 7 



Houck '. 1110010111—7 Simpson , 1110100100—5 



Kline OlOiiOlOll— 6 E W Stewart llllOllliO— 8 



Leister 0001001001—3 G S Williams 0110011101-6 



E. W. Stewart won the gold and Crites the leather medals. Adams 

 was not a member of the club. 



I have just received a letter from Secretary Horace Johnson, of the 

 Huntingdon club, in which he states that they will hold a one day's 

 tournament in the near future, on a date that will best suit the 

 Altoona boys to pay them a visit. This means a big day's shooting. 

 The two clubs can turn out in the neighborhood of thirty shooters who 

 will shoot through the programme, and if the weather is at all favor- 

 able there will undoubtedly be a large attendance. Captain Williams, 

 who kindly furnishes me with the scores, writes that they have 

 remodeled their building and changed the position of their traps, as 

 suggested in a former letter to Forest and Stream, and that their 

 grounds are now as good as any in the State. Grant. 



Holland Defeats Zeeland. 



Holland, Mich., Oct. 4.— The Blue Rock Gun Club held to-day its 

 second medal contest since it was organized last June. The first time 

 we were badly beaten, but to-day we won by a small margin. To- 

 day's contest was with the Zeeland, Mich., Rod and Gun Club, at the 

 Fair Grounds.' The prize was a solid silver medal, given by the S. O. 

 and W. A. Agricultural Society to the club making the higheat score 

 The society also offered a purse of $6 to be shot for. Score: 



Medal contest, 6 men to a team, 25 bluerocks per man, unknown 

 angles: 



Holland. 



G Bender lllOlllllllOllllOOlllllOl— 20 



H Harmon OlllOllllllOllllOllllOlll— 20 



S Arleth OOllllOlllinoillOlllOOll-18 



C J deRoo 1001110011111110010101111—17 



A E Ferguson OllllOllOOOllliimioOlOl— 17 



C Harmon 1110001011001111101011110—15—107 



Zeeland. 



J Kraus 1101111011110110111111101—20 



H Van Eyck 1101111111101100111111011-20 



A Ending • 1011011110111001100111110—17 



H Karstens 1011010111110001011110111—17 



A Smits 1011110110011100001111100—15 



J Kamps 11111 100001010011001 10101—14-103 



No. 2 shot for purse of 56 ; 20 bluerocks, entrance price of targets, 

 purse divided— $3, $2 and $1: A Ferguson and J. Kamps 17; F. John- 

 son, H. Harman, J. Kraus, A. Kamps and A. Smita 16: R. Mackey, G, 

 Bender, A. Ending and H. Karstens 15; H. Van Eyck, A. G. Baumgar-" 

 tel, C. Harman and S. Arleth 14; W. Thomas, J. H. Smith. O, J. de Roo 

 and H. Holley 18. A. G. BaumgaStel, Setfy, 



The Audubon's Annual Shoot. 



Saturday, Oct. 12, was the day set for the Audubon Gun Club's an- 

 nual merchandise shoot. The weather, after being about as perfect 

 for trap-shooting as possible during several weeks past, broke down 

 and gave the Audubons a taste of the pleaaures of trap-shooting in a 

 storm of wind and rain. 



Yet despite the bad weather conditions, 46 shooters took part in the 

 big event (50 targets), for which there were just 50 prizes offered. 

 Thus it was acase of "All prizes, no blanks," a state of affairs which 

 rendered it somewhat easier to withstand the wet and cold than might 

 otherwise have been the case. Under such conditions as stated above, 

 the score of 44 out of 50, unknown angles, put together by Alex. For- 

 rester was a good piece of work, while Dan Lefever's 43 was not far 

 behind. The latter scored 24 out of his last 25, the highest individual 

 score made in any one st ring of 25. The prizes, which had been on 

 view in the windows of Dingen Bros.' store, on Main street, Buffalo, 

 for some days, were a capital lot and as varied as could well be imag- 

 ined. The scores made were as follows: 



First Second First Second 



String. String. Total. String. String. Total. 



A Forrester . . .22 22 44 Gifford 13 16 29 



DMLefever.,.19 24 43 Reid 10 19 29 



Tolema 20 21 41 LErb 10 19 29 



J P Fisher 20 19 39 Zoller 11 17 28 



Kirkover 17 21 38 Coombs 13 15 27 



F D Kelsey. . . .19 19 38 Willitt 9 16 85 



Northrup 18 18 36 Poole 13 11 24 



BF Smith 17 18 35 W E Storey. .. .10 14 24 



Oehmig 16 19 35 O'Brien 11 13 88 



Jaeger 17 18 35 Sauer 9 18 22 



CSBurkhardt,17 18 35 Wilson 13 9 28 



E C Burkhardt.18 17 35 Kobler 11 10 21 



L W Bennett. .20 14 34 Dingens 10 11 21 



L Fries 19 15 34 H Erb 10 11 21 



PS Myers 17 16 33 T Howell 10 10 80 



Dr Daniels 17 16 83 Reynolds 7 13 30 



EW Smith.. .14 19 33 J E Lodge 14 6 20 



G Mc Arthur... 15 18 33 Dr Smith (un- 



Downa 16 16 32 finished) ... .12 7 19 



DrFisher 15 16 31 CJHaigh 7 12 19 



Swartz 15 16 31 D C Sweet 8 10 18 



H McMichael. .16 15 31 B Jones 3 12 15 



Le Beau 16 14 30 Whitbeok 4 4 8 



Losson 15 15 30 



The weather necessitated the postponement of an attractive pro- 

 gramme of sweeps, but there was a final shoot at live birds, in which 

 seven men competed. B. F. Smith refereed. The entrance fee was 

 $5, with two moneys. Harry Kirkover had the beat of it, winning out 

 with 7 straight, leaving a hostof 6 men to settle second place. The 

 scores were as follows: H. D. Kirkover 7, E. C. Burkhardt 6, L. Zoel- 

 ler 5, D. Lefever 6, McArthur 6, L. W. Bennett 6, Kelsey 6. 



STrap at Elkwood Park. 



Long Branch, N. J., Oct. 9.— There was a good day's sport to-day 

 at Elkwood Park, the main event being a sweep at 10 live birds, which 

 was known as the "hotel-keeper's handicap." One of the conditions 

 of this event was that winner should pay for dinners for all the con- 

 testants out of the purse. 'Lisha Price, of Pleasure Bay, N. J., was 

 first with 9, thus securing both the purse and the honor of acting as 

 host at the clambake which was provided at the Elkwood Inn on the 

 conclusion of the event. T he following were the scores in this event: 



H Davis 1 30) 2001201101-6 J Little (21) 2021000022-4 



E Megee (30) 2022102022—7 Stearns (21) 2101010012—6 



J Atkinson (30) 0022121020-6 W Perrine (32) 01 12120002-6 



L Stoddard (30) 2012022110—7 E W Price (32) 1222022221 —9 



J Carroll (25) 1000022000-8 Sutphin (25) 0010222002-5 



T Johnson (21) 0111010020-5 



A 10-bird sweep at blackbirds, SI entrance, was also shot, the follow- 

 ing being the scores made: A. L. Ivins 8, J. L. Brewer, Wm Perrine, 

 E. W. Price and W. C. Price 7; L. Stoddard and Considine 6; H. White , 

 4, H. Carroll and Sutphin 3. 



As an opener for the day, H. Davis, J. Atkinson and J. Danser shot 1 

 a 5 bird sweep, $5 entrance, Davis scoring 4, Danser 3 and Atkinson 2. 

 A 3-bird sweep, f 5 entrance, was won by Stearns, who killed 2, his op- 

 ponents, Johnson and Little, scoring 1 and respectively. 



J. V. Emmons. 



Perth Amboy Shooters. 



Perth Amboy, N. J., Oct. 5. —The Central Gun Club held its regular 

 club shoot this afternoon. Conditions: 10 live birds per man, $3 : 

 entrance. Score: 



Wm Dayton 02221 1 0010— 6 Wm F Hartman 1 101 1 21001 —7 



H Dayton 2202202122-8 G Eggert 0021111111—8 1 



J Glenn 0101110120-6 S Dayton 1101232122—9 | 



H. J. Mason, Sec'y. 



PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 



A Suggestion. 



The very low rates to Atlanta offer a rare opportunity to visit the 

 South at little cost. There are a number of points en route well I 

 worthy in themselves of making the trip to see. Among them are 

 Luray Caverns, the Great Natural Bridge of Virginia, Lookout Moun- 1 

 tain and the Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park. Luray 

 Caverns and National Bridge are too well known to need extended 

 mention, and the recent dedication by the National Government of the 

 new military park has brought it prominently to public notice. 

 Through this vast park the United States Government has built the 

 finest roads in the United States, no other park offering the opportu- 

 nity in area aDd topography and available material for real building. 

 Almost every State in the Union has erected monuments there to its 

 heroes who fell in "the late unpleasantness." Chattanooga and 

 Atlanta are easily reached nowand the trip is reallya delightful treat. • 

 The famous Shenandoah Valley Route runs a solid train from New 

 York to Chattanooga, passing through the interesting and historic 

 points just mentioned. The dining car service is the beat out of New 

 York. AddreBS L. J. Ellis, 317a Broadway, New York, for any desired 

 information. • 



Mannocitin. 



Mannocitin is a rust preventive that has attained a great vogue on 

 the Continent, and which is now being introduced to the manufactur- 

 ers and sportsmen in America by Mr. Otto Goetze, 23 Whitehall St., 

 New York. 



In Germany it is used by the government railways, telegraph sys- 

 tems, gun factories, etc., as well as manufacturers in all departments 

 of trade. 



It is highly recommended by such men as Frederick Krupp, the 

 great gun manufacturer, and Julius Pintsch, of gas burner fame. 



"Mannocitin," according to the manufacturers, "is a composition of 

 greases and oils. A few hours after application the oils evaporate, 

 leaving a thin, slightly soft film, which adheres to the metal and abso- 

 lutely protects it against all influences of the atmosphere, salt and 

 fresh water, and against the vapors of ammonia and muriatic acid." 



Special Notice. 



We inform our patrons and friends that on or about Oct, 8, 1895, 

 we remove our entire manufacturing business to Ogdensburg, N. Y. 

 Our reason for making this change is because of the superior manu- 

 facturing and shipping facilities afforded by that city. 



Also after Oct. 8 our firm will be known as The Spalding St. Law- 

 rence Boat Co., as succesBors of the St. Lawrence River Skiff, Canoe 

 and Steam Launch Co., of Clayton, N. Y. The business will be under 

 the same principals and management as formerly. After Oct. 8, 1895, 

 kindly address all communications to The Spalding St. Lawrence Boat 

 Co., Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence Go., N. Y. A, G. Spalding, President; 

 J. W. Curtiss, Secretary ; J. G. Fraser, Treasurer and General Manager. 



Big Game Hunting. 



Ttt r & Aroostook Railroad opens up some of the best hunt- 



I'g <— a try in the United States. There is probably no section of 

 w iderness untraversed by railroads of so great extent east of the 

 Mississippi aB that tapped by the line of the "B. &A ," and there 

 is certainly no moose country so easy of access by Eastern sportsmen. 

 Last year, during the months of October, November and December, 

 a thousand deer, besides moose and caribou, were Bhipped out over 

 this road by visiting sportsmen. A 2-cent stamp sent F. W. Cram, 

 Vice-President, or Geo. M. Houghton, G. P. A., Bangor, Me., will bring 

 a little book giving particulars as to guides, camps, fares, etc. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



P. L. B., Dresden, O.— Which would give the best satisfaction, a .50- 

 cal. Winchester Repeating Ex . resa Rifle with 26 or 28in. barrel > Ana. 

 For hunting we should ch Jose the shorter barrel. 



H. D. C, Cincinnatti.— The "one design" canoe is built by the' 

 Spalding St. Lawrence Co., of Ogdensburg, N. Y,, who will quote 

 prices. We can furnish back numbers in moBt cases at ten cento 

 «.ach. 



