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excellent features such as these were all that could excuse 
the Exposition from the charge of extreme meagerness in 
a respect where that was not to be expected or desired. 
Thos. J. Conroy 
Had spaces 6 and 7, which were effectively decorated with 
a color scheme of red, white and gold. A sign of incan- 
descent bulbs of ruby and frosted glass, arranged in cir- 
cles to represent a target, occupied the center of the 
background. This is the trade-mark of Willard & Conroy, 
the bicycle manufacturers. 
The leaping trout of the house of Conroy is too well 
known to need description. This trade-mark has prob- 
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ably been copied more extensively than that of any other 
firm in the sporting goods trade. Mr. Conroy's exhibit 
included rods, reels and lines, as well as articles useful to 
campers-out, such as the famous Ferguson jack lamp, 
wading shoes, axes, etc. Among the specialties shown 
was a new phantom minnow with gangs of large hooks, 
an improvement that any one who has ever used this kill- 
ing bait for bass will appreciate when they remember the 
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difficulty of extracting the old-style hooks from the throats 
of large fish. 
Two new split-bamboo rods were shown, tbe Monarch 
and the Le Roi. The Monarch has a grip that is designed 
to fit the hand perfectly. The Le Roi is made from bam- 
boo of a special cutting that has never been subjected to 
fire. This cane is selected in the spring before the jungle 
has been burned, and may be distinguished by the absence 
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of the dark colors that come from the stain of the burn- 
ing sap. Other specialties are the Silver King reels and 
lines, the Paramount waterproof lines and Hercules lines, 
and the new one-piece split-bamboo tarpon rod with 
independent butt. Commissioner Stanley's smelt, which 
has proved a great bait for certain waters, is also shown, 
as well as the first split-baniboo rod made by the firm, 
This is a striped bass rod owned by John G. Heckscher, 
who paid $125 for it twenty-six years ago. 
"It was in constant use for many years," Mr. Heckscher 
writes, "killing large bluefish, striped bass, and the many 
enormous game fish off the coast of Florida, besides five 
tarpon." The rod is as straight and serviceable as ever 
to-day. 
The Ostrander Double-barreled Repeating 
Shotgun Company 
Had space 41, decorated in green and white. Here during 
the busy hours of the show Mr. Ostrander, the inventor, 
assisted by Mr. Wm. Gait and Mr. George Michel, demon- 
strated the working of the gun to crowds of interested 
spectators. 
In operating the gun four shots can be fired within 
two seconds. 
The action of the gun is automatic and it has three 
safety features, consisting of a safety bolt, a safety slide 
and an automatic device whereby each trigger is locked 
by the opposite trigger. This makes it impossible to fire 
both barrels at once and insures against premature dis- 
charge of one barrel by the jar resulting from the 
explosion of the other. 
As the gun only ejects shells from the barrel that has 
been fired, it is possible to continue firing one barrel with- 
out disturbing the loads in the other barrel and chamber. 
When hunting in a country where big game is found in 
conjunction with birds the hunter may hold two loads of 
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buckshot in reserve while shooting small shot, or vice versa. 
The gun is symmetrical in appearance and weighs, in 
12-gauge, from 7ilbs. upward. 
Frank S. Allan 
Exhibited a portable electric propeller for small boats, 
which is very easily adjusted and manipulated. It may 
be applied to any boat, all that is necessary in the way of 
fixture being a socket similar to a row-lock socket, at- 
tached to the stern of the boat. The outfit consists of a 
portable propeller, motor and rudder in one piece, weigh- 
ing 351bs., and four primary batteries weighing 251bs. 
apiece. These batteries furnish sufficient power to run 
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eight hours at a cost of 40 cents, and may be recharged in 
a few minutes. The device is applicable for anv boat up 
to 18ft. in length, and is said to give a speed of from three 
to six miles per hour. The propeller is regulated by a but- 
ton and may be instantly reversed or stopped, or the 
speed may be changed as desired. 
Fred. Sauter, 
Tne taxidermist, had seven distinct exhibits, occupying 
thirteen spaces in all. 
One of these exhibits was a group of Asiatic leopards. 
Two cubs occupy a den among papier mache rocks. The 
other day a cat discovered the group, and was no doubt 
moved by a feeling of relationship, for she took up her 
abode with them, and brought her family of kittens to 
live there too, along with the stuffed baby leopards. 
In the center of the Trophy Room Mr. Sauter had a 
large group showing wolves attacking a buffalo. Another 
group showed a wild boar hunt. He also had groups of 
bears and a lioness with cubs. A very large tiger, meas- 
uring 12ft. from nose to tip of tail, was a feature of the 
exhibit, and a good-sized moose, belonging to Passenger 
Agent Skinner, of the Canadian Pacific R. R., was 
mounted entire. There was a particularly fine elk head, 
the horns of which alone weigh 561bs. Beneath this 
was the diminutive head of a roebuck, a trophy of one of 
Mr. Sauter's recent hunts in Germany. 
H. H. Kiffe 
Made the feature of his exhibit his popular $1 split-bamboo 
bait and fly-rods. Two young ladies, Miss Mole and Miss 
Smith, tied flies which were in great demand as souvenirs. 
The booth, which was in charge of Mr. A. J. Green, was 
decorated with light blue drapery, against which in the 
background were dadoes of rods. 
A. J. Cammeyer 
Had a display of sportsmen's footwear at space 83. 
Tbe 
exhibit was in charge of Miss H. Hatch and Mr. D. Plech- 
ner. It included hundreds of different styles of yachting, 
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tennis, baseball, cricket, bicycle and hunting shoes, as 
well as leggings and various styles of boots, displayed to 
advantage in handsome oak and plate glass cases. Boxes 
of patent leather and russet polish were given away as 
souvenirs. 
Schoverling, Daly & Gales, 
The exhibit of Messrs. Schoverling, Daly & Gales was 
always a center of attraction. Not only was it eentrally 
located, but the very varied nature of the firm's exhibit 
THE H, H. KIFFE COMPANY. 
caught the multitude. The show case of hunting knives 
of all shapes and sizes was tastefully arranged, the bright 
steel blades glittering wickedly under the strong electric 
lights that lit up the exhibit. The camping outfits in their 
wicker hampers of course appealed strongly to campers. 
They were perhaps a little too new looking to call up 
memories of camp-fires long since extinguished, but they 
were eloquent of boundless possibilities. The noble antlers 
of a patriarchal elk were a portion of this exhibit that 
always excited the admiration of the many devotees of 
big-game hunting that visited the Exposition; the head 
and horns were on view in the World's Fair, and were 
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considered there as one of the finest trophies of the chase 
on show. The elk that furnished the trophy was killed 
on the Laramie plains, the mounted head being sent East 
from Denver, Col. 
The gentleman in charge of the exhibit of Schoverling, 
Daly & Gales, Mr. T. W. Stake, called our attention to 
four guns that he was just putting back into the show case 
after they had been examined by a lover of that kind of 
weapon. Mr. Stake was proud of them, and well he 
might be, for four more beautiful specimens of the gun- 
smith's art we have never seen. The guns were of the 
quality known as Charles Daly Diamond quality, beauti- 
