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[Makch 30, 1897. 
Marlin Firearms Company^ 
The Marlin Firearms Co. occupies space No. 58, tlie same 
that they occupied last year, wherein they are receiving calls 
from a host of their friends. Their display is notable for 
both excellence of quality and good taste in the manner of 
exhibiting it. JTo attempt is made to exhibit a complete col- 
lection of their large line of guns, but there is enough vari- 
ety of different calibers, styles and exquisite finish to delight 
the heart of the most fastidious rifleman. Among the 
seventy-five repeaters shown are many novelties and original 
patterns. The taste for artistic ornamentation, which this 
company has done so much to develop and foster, has reached 
such a stage that the company shows finer and more expen- 
sive work than ever before, and the larger part of the exhibit 
is a masterpiece of the artistic. The hand engraving is elab- 
orately beautiful, and contains pictures of the large and fierce 
animals from the tiger and the elephant of the East to the 
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better known American specimens, the moose, caribou, 
elk, deer, etc.; and the little .33cals. bear engravings of the 
game for which they are used, the squirrel, grouse, 
rabbits, etc. The most expensive have the central figures 
and general outlines in inlaid work of gold, silver, platinum 
? and aluminum, giving pleasing color and tone when con- 
trasted with the dark polished steel or the rainbow hues of 
the case bordering. For those preferring the quieter style 
there are designs with embossed figures relieved with back- 
grounds of scroll work, leaf designs and beaded surfaces, 
offering a tempting variety, while the man with, limited 
means sees much to admire and use in the neat line engrav- 
ing, highly decorative, but inexpensive withal, and the ster- 
ling material and workmanship. Circassian walnut, brought 
from southern Europe; American walnut, with the beautiful 
feathery effects found in its stumps and crotches; bird's-eye 
maple with its delicate figures, and the sycamore with its 
snakegkin appearance are used in the woodwork. 
These rifles are in all weights, lengths and sizes, the ex- 
treme of smallness being a well-tried take-down which has 
seen service in the Rocky Mountains in the hands of Mr W. 
A. Wright, well known as Mr. Carlin's guide. It is a .30 
smokeless, 18in. barrel, holds four cartridges, and weighs a 
trifle over 6*lbs. It has the appearance of a large field glass 
when In its iOin. case, and, though thus appearing like a toy, 
Mr. ."Wright declares that it will kill grizzlies or moose as 
clean'^and quick as the larger rifles. For deer and smaller 
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animals he has a similar barrel in .25 that "he tises on the 
same stock and action. The exhibit also contains an assort- 
ment of their pocket revolvers, samples of the Marlin Rust 
Repeller, and a variety of rifle sights. Mr. Harry Marlin is 
in charge. 
Schoverling, Daly Ss Gales. 
Messrs. Schoverling, Daly & Gales had a very complete 
exhibit of sporting and athletic goods, shown to good ad- 
vantage in spaces 59 and 60, facing the center circle of the 
amphitheater. The exhibit was in charge of Mr. T. W. 
Stake. 
Perhaps the feature of greatest interest was a case of 
Charles Daly guns, valued at $8,000, and said to be the most 
costly similar exhibit in the Garden. This case contained 
fifty guns, ranging in price from $100 to $400, a number of 
which were made especially for the Exposition. 
Something new in the shape of a hammerless three-barrel 
Daly gun attracted a great deal of attention, both on account 
of its beauty of finish and also because it is the first three- 
barrel hammerless ever constructed. Guns of this type will 
be ready for the fall trade. 
A very fine line of fishing rods of their own manufacture 
was also a noteworthy feature of this exhibit, These rods 
listed at prices ranging up to $40, and some of the dainty 
littie split-bamboos ran as light as 3oz. 
Messrs. Schoverling, Daly & Gales are agents for the Hor- 
ton Mfg. Co., and a full line of Bristol steel rods was shown. 
This included some very handsome rods with pearl handles 
and oxydized silver finish. 
They are also agents for Wright & Ditson, and exhibited 
tennis goods bearing the trade mark of that well-known 
firm. A very complete assortment of golf clubs of their 
own manufacture was also shown. Mr. A. J. Green had 
charge of the fishing tackle department, and Mr. Dennis 
Singleton tennis and golf. 
Martin Automatic Beel Company. 
The Martin Automatic Reel Company, of llion, N. T., ex- 
hibited their automatic reel at space 71. The exhibit was in 
charge of Mr. G. W. Warren. Mr. H. W. Martin, the in- 
ventor and patentee, was also present. Various styles of 35 
and 50yd. reels, both plain and engraved, were shown. The 
finer reels were handsomely engraved and finished, and 
marked with monograms or special designs at the option of 
the purchaser. 
From the time of its invention, six years ago, this reel has 
been in the hands of experts, and as a result of practical tests 
it has been improved till to-day it is perfect in detail — a good, 
strong, serviceable reel of remarkable merits. In it the auto- 
matic principle is carried further than heretofore, while the 
best features of the ordinary reel are also embodied It can 
be made free-running for" casting, and has an adjustable 
brake which acta as a drag. 
As an a,utomatic reel the main spring can be wound or un- 
wound without touching the line, thereby producing any 
tension desired on a long or short line. This is accomplished 
by turning the main spring drum, which is provided with a 
milled edge. The spring may also be wound by drawing out 
the line in the usual way. Catching or entangling the line 
is entirely obviated by an ingenious device of housing the 
line spool. 
An entirely new and important feature in this reel is the 
friction clutch, which permits the line being drawn out after 
the main spring is wound up to its full tension, thus effectu- 
ally guarding against the danger of breaking. This feature 
practically gives command of an endless spring, as the line 
can be drawn out to any length whatever, and afterward re- 
turned automatically up to the extent of the spring; after 
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which, if more line is to be taken up, the main spring may 
instantly be wound by a few turns of the drum. 
The reel has received the highest recommendations from 
expert anglers, who have used it during the past two years. 
The parts are interchangeable, and each reel is fully guaran- 
teed. 
J. Stevens Arms and Tool Company. 
The J. Stevens Arms and Tool Co. occupies a space with the 
Baker Gun and Forging Co., a little to one side of the center 
of the Garden. They display nearly a full line of their pro- 
ducts—rifles in different calibers, weights, lengths, . designs 
and purposes. There are take-down models for; the con- 
venience of the traveler and for convenience in having differ- 
ent caliber barrels adjusted to one stock. There are light 
bicycle rifles, delicately slender, yet thoroughly effective for 
practical use. There are detachable skeleton stocks so made 
as to require no room for packing them; others of rare wood 
were of most pleasing design and rich elegance, of finish. , 
Among the lot are some Schuetzen rifles, elaborate of 
stock and butt plate, the heaviest rifle being about 141b8. in 
weight, and having a record of placing ten shots within a 
3^in. circle at 300yds. From that heavy weight are rifles of 
different weights down to 4jlbs., all, however, whether 
cheap or expensive, having in common the same quality of 
barrels, perfect rifling and accm-ate powers of shooting. 
Another rifle is neatly fitted with telescopic sights. The 
smaller models of pocket rifles, in 10, 13, 16 and 18in. bar- 
rels, weighed only S^lbs., and are in , 33, .35 and .,33cals. 
They are provided with light skeleton butts. The Favorite 
rifle, which retails for the small sum of $6, has the same 
quality of barrel and rifling as is furnished with their finest 
gun. 
GaUery pistols of the Gould, Lord and Conlin models also 
are in the exhibit. One, a Gould model, is elegantly fin- 
ished in gold and pearl, and exquisitely engi-aved. There 
are delicate, slender pistols, weighing but a few ounces, 
made for bicyclists and for target practice, and still smaller 
pistols of S^in. barrels and 7oz. in weight. 
The rifles are laid on inclined tables and make a most in- 
teresting display of the guns whose accuracy has a world- 
wide fame. All the details of shotgun and Schuetzen butt 
plates, palm rests, different kinds of sights, designs of stocks, 
styles of barrel, mechanism, etc., for target or field use, are 
in evidence. The exhibit is in charge of Mr. Charles Fol- 
som, who has charge of the company's New York olBce at 
89 Chambers street, New York. 
Heublein & Bro. 
Messrs. Heublein & Bro. show an assortment, in original 
packages, of creature comforts for home and woods con- 
sumptiou. 
New York Tacht, Iiaunch and Engine Company. 
This exhibit comprises a 21ft. mahogany-finished 
launch, with 2 horse-power Wing marine gas engines; 
16ft. mahogany-finished yacht, tender or rowboat;-4 horse- 
power Wing marine gas engine; 25 horse-power Otto marine 
gas engine; Foster reversing propeller wheel and three 
cases of outward thrust propeller wheels. 
The Wing marine gas engine is an innovation for power 
in small boats; while combining all the features of other 
gas engines, it has several points for which superiority is 
claimed. Bearings and working parts are all outside, and 
can be gotten at readily. Working parts of electro spark- 
ing device are also outside of engine, and, not coming in 
contact with heated gases, last longer. In gas engines this 
part of the mechanism is the one to give trouble, but with 
the arrangement of the Wing any complication from this 
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source is done away with. The impulse is taken on the 
upward stroke, thus avoiding the jar. There is no compli- 
cated noisy reversing gear, the Foster reversible screw 
being used. There is no odor from this engine. It is very 
small and compact, and gives great speed to a boat. With 
this engine the center of gravity can be very low down in 
the boat. 
The Case propeller wheels, here shown, have never 
failed to show greater speed on the steamers to which they 
were fitted than any propellers ever before tried. The 
Case wheel throws all theories to the winds, says that the 
rearward thrust is mechanically and scientifically unwise, 
in that it is not against solid, but against receding water, 
whereas with the outward thrust the resistance is always 
against solid water, and the cant of his propellers toward 
the hull instead of from it, or forward instead of abaft a 
perpendicular line, is so radical, and yet so successful, that 
the experts are completely nonplussed. 
The Daimler Motor Company. 
The commanding feature of the exhibit of the Daimler 
Motor Co., of Steinway, N. Y., is the launch Maud, which 
in model, workmanship and machinery is in all respects a 
beauty. The boat is 33ft. in length, 8ft. beam and of 2|^ft. 
draft. The propelling machinery is a 7 horse-power Daim- 
ler motor, burning gasoline, and giving a speed of nine 
knots an hour. 
There are also shown Daimler stationary kerosene 
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motors and a horseless carriage, after the model of those 
which were in the recent French horseless carriage com- 
petition. 
The Daimler motor for marine purposes has been proven 
not only to develop great steady power and speed, but also 
to be a safe, clean and economical medium for boat-pro- 
pulsion. It has no boiler or coil, does not carry high pres- 
sure, and therefore is not subject to Government inspec- 
tion, nor does it require a licensed engineer or pilot. Any- 
body, after a few hours' instruction, is able to operate it, as 
it requires very little attention, and its simplicity of con- 
struction enables everybody of ordinary intelligence to be 
his own engineer. 
MuUins's Boats. 
The showing made by W. H. MuUins, of Salem, O., com- 
prises a line of his patented stamped and embossed metal 
"get there" safety duck boats, "double-ender" pleasure row- 
boats and yacht tenders. There is a yacht tender of 
aluminum lift, long, 46in. beam and weighing SOlbs. The 
same boat is made in manganese bronze, weight 1451bs., 
and in galvanized steel, same weight. All of the Mullins 
boats are made each in the three metals, the manufacturer 
recommending the aluminum craft for inland waters, and 
the manganese bronze for salt water; this bronze is the 
same metal that was employe^ for sheathing the Defender 
up to the waterline. 
The Mullins boat which gets the most notice and awakens 
the keenest interest is a "get there" ducking boat, equipped 
with one of Frank Lawrence's grass boat blinds. This is a 
