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FOREST AiSfD STREAM, 
A DdEense. 
Bditor ForiMt ■and Stream: 
■As yon have kindly informed trapshooters of the contemplated 
action oi a member of the New Jersey Legislature against pigeon 
shooting by publishing on Jan. 24 an article taken from a New 
Jersey newspaper, which links an account of that action to sotae 
girlish remarks on the subject, I infer that j'ou will allow trap- 
sJiooters to learn through the same medium (your columns) that 
their friends are presenting to the same Legislature thousands of 
petitions in favor of pigeon shooting, and are backing them with 
statements of fact and with arguments, among the latter being 
several contained in the tract the newspaper aforesaid refers to, and 
Xvhich are as follows: 
"People who oppose pigeon shooting because they think pigeons, 
(or the reason that they are pigeons, should not be killed, are 
beyond tlit: reach of reason and ought to receive no attention. 
Those who oppose pigeon shooting because a few of the birds get 
awaj' from the shooters, wounded, and die of their wounds, should 
femernber that in field shooting tliis happens ten times oftener 
than in pigeon shooting, for the reason that the latter is done in 
•open places where the wounded birds can easily be found by those 
appointed to find them in the interests of the revenue of the gun 
jcJubs. Moreover, the bird, if only woUnded by the shooter, is 
Killed by the trapper's assistants before another shot is fired, and 
wounded birds which go beyond the club's groimds are immedi- 
lately put to death by other employes of the club; while in field 
•shooting not less than twenty out of a hundred birds shot at are 
wounded and not retrieved, and are left to die out of sight. The 
jjercentage of pigeons whicli, wounded, escape the retrievers, dogs 
und men, is exceedingly small — in properly conducted gun clubs 
not over ofle and one-half per cent."* 
"The claim that clay birds call for as much skill from the man 
\vith th<; gun as pigeons, is too absurd to discuss. Nothing arti- 
ficial has ever been devised to equal a flying pigeon in tlie uncer- 
tainly and irregularity of its movements, to follow and defeat 
which, with gun and within the boundary, makes pigeon shooting 
t:he most ditfictilt of all bird shooting, and the sport which best 
•prepares men to shoot in the field. 
"If it be cruel to shoot pigeons from traps, it is cruel to shoot 
decoyed wildfowl from blmds, deer in runways; in fact, to kill any 
innoxious animal -with the gun is, therefore, cruel." 
"The statements that pigeons are abused on the club grounds 
before being shot or on the way there carry their own refutation. 
Two things are insisted on by pigeon shooters: that the birds 
shall be of the most vigorous type, and that .they shall be care- 
fully handled to avoid injuring them. They are transported in 
crates of ample size, because all dead birds in crates are charged 
to the shipper. * * *" 
"In their hysterical zeal the opponents of pigeon shooting over- 
look other sports in which what they term cruelty is practiced. 
Why should they not attack the angler, the man who takes from 
its native element the fish, struggling, gasping, with a sharp 
hook piercing one of its eyes, its body dyed red by the blood 
flowing from its lacerated mouth, and throws it into his basket 
to throb and die in lingering agony. This is the sport of the 
'gentle angler.' He sometimes varies his sport. He hooks the 
vigorous tarpon and kills him after inflicting upon him hours and 
hours of acute pain and frightful torture. There seems to be more 
real cruelty in 'playing' one fish to death than in shooting a score 
of pigeons. 
"The pigeon shooter supplies the poor man's table witli a cheap 
wholesome food, shot pigeons costing 75 cents a dozen, as against 
$0 a dozen for pigeons slaughtered by hand." 
"The newspaper complaints when not furnished by that society 
which seems to have them on tap and of the most lugubrious and 
misleading kind, are written by office editors and office people, 
and are largely academic. The newspaper men who report the 
doings of sportsmen and who know all about pigeon shooting 
never published an article condemning it." 
"Let such societies (S. P. C. A.) direct their admirably trained 
men to suppress not the shooting of 'pot-pie' pigeons, but the 
abominable practice of destroying our pretty song birds, many 
of whom now find our guarded public parks their only place of 
safety on account of the prowling Italian gunners and their con- 
geners, who shoot in all seasons every feathered wild thing they 
find in the woods near our cities. These people lurk under the 
trees at daybreak and 'pot-hunt' without mercy. To them the 
robin, the bluebird, the beautiful oriole are simply meat. The 
game wardens are too few in number to cope with these men, 
but aided by the intelligent forces of the humane societies, they 
would surely catch and make deterrent examples of some of them." 
It is strange that users of the gun do not realize that tbis 
crusade against pigeon shooting is the opening wedge to the 
abolishment of game shooting. Inspired by the repeal of the law 
permitting pigeon shooting in New York, certam members of its 
Legislature have to-day bills pending there to impose such license 
fees on gunners as practicaUy to prohibit game shooting in that 
State, which is the real but concealed object of their introduction. 
Walter H. Mead. 
New York, Jan. 26. 
♦ See sworn testimoney used before Committee N. Y. Legisla- 
ture, February, 1902. 
Western Pennsylvania Trapshooters' League. 
' We arc indebted to Mr. Charles G. Grubb, of Tittsburg, for 
the following clipping, under date of July 29, taken from a daily: 
"The Western Pennsylvania Trapshooters* League Avas organized 
yesterday afternoon at a meeting held at 6"2 Smithfield street. 
The principal clubs of Western Pennsylvania had representatives 
at the meeting. The clubs admitted were Northside, Brownsville, 
Irwin, Beaver Falls, New Castle, Ruffsdale, Ligonier, Herron 
Hill, Kittanning and Millvale. Louis Flemmg represented the 
Northside club; J. Daugherty and .Samuel Thompson, Brownville; 
John VVilhrow and Edward Brown. Irwin; W. R. Keiier, Beaver 
Falls; James Atkinson. New Castle; Richard Dennicker, Ruffs- 
dale; James Denny, Lieonier; Harry Vandergrift. Herron Hill; 
Dr. J. R. Tessup, Kittanning, and Ed Ilickey, Millvale. 
"No prcs"ident was chosen vesterday, but an election will be held 
in the near future. Charles G. Grubb, secretary, was the only offi- 
cer elected. John Withrow, Richard Dennicker and Louis Flem- 
ing were chosen governors. , . , 
"The League will hold twelve tournaments during the season, 
and each club must be represented at all the shoots. The schedule 
adopted follows: Northside, April 8, 9 and Uct. 6, 7; Herron Hill, 
April 32, 2.3; Irwin, May 5, 6, Sept. 1, 2: Brownsville, May 26, 27; 
Ruffsdale, June 10, 11, Sept. 23, 24; New Castle, June 24 25; 
Ligonier, July 7, 8, Oct. 20, 21; Beaver I alls, July 21, 23 ; Mill- 
vale, Aug. 19, 20; Kittanning date has not yet been decided. 
"Each club at yesterday's meeting paid $5 as an entrance fee, 
and this money will be used in paying for a trophy, which goes to 
a team of four shooters that wins the League championship. The 
teams must compete in seven towns to qualify for the prize. The 
programme adopted, which governs all the shoots, calls for a $75 
general sweepstake shoot as the first event on the card. The third, 
fourth and fifth events are for the team men, and each man will 
shoot at 15, 20 and 15 targets, respectively. A club holding a 
shoot ha.s the option as to how many days it shall^ be held, the 
Rose sy.stem of dividing the moneys was adopted. 
Bramiiall— Holmer 
St Joseph Mo., Jan. 25.— Appended are the scores made in 
the match between J. W. Bramhall and Alex. Holmes, both 
nl Kansas City. The match was shot off on the grounds of the 
Metropolitan Gun Club, of this city, Jan. 22. Mr. Bramhall won 
hy one bird. The birds were good, strong farmer birds, and 
^"considering the birds, the scores were exceptionally good. Miss- 
and-out- matches, and one sweepstake event were shot off, with 
the result shown: 
•n 1, 1 1 20222122212222022i22201222— 22 
Hoimes 201*2212111*2111110122222—21 
Misss-and-outs, $1 entrance; ties divided: 
r.innineham 2222 2212222221 Bachellor 212 "^lllO 
Bramhal 1222 2221510 Zimm 22* 222220 
Consor 
Boston Gun Club. 
BosiON, Jan. 21.— The fitst shoot of the tle\V sjpirillg pHz'e setites 
of the Boston Gun Clpb for 1803 "^as held oil thbir grouiids at 
Wellihgtoh to-day, and although ohly fiirite shooters faced the 
decidedly inclement weather, it was as auspicious an opening as 
could be wished for. It wfts sut-ptising, to say the least, how much 
enthusiasm there was; bUt aftet all, the .trapshooter's enthusiasm 
has been bottled UJ) ih this section for the last few months, and 
this was his fitst good chance to give vent to a part of it. Every 
one had something new; one a new pump gun guaranteed to kill 
withjn a mile; another a new load, impossible to make a miss; 
another a single trigger warranted not to trip or balk, and to 
double with it, why, it is simply impossible. Well, so it was all 
around, and after all these had been talked over, it drifted to 
last fall's hunting, which was talked and re-talked, with the result 
that each had the best dog, best luck, and could not be bettered. 
It seemed kind of strange after looking over the crowd, not to 
find Leroy and WoodrulT, but it will be only a short time before 
they are with us again, the former being a little out of health at 
the present time, and the latter enjoying a three weeks' trip 
among the quail of North Carolina. 
From the scores, we all must have been out of gear, with the 
prize match, breaking his targets in Al style, and leaving no 
doubt as to scoring them; Kirkwood, second, with 26; Puck, third, 
23; J. Safford fourth, 22. Other scores as follows: 
Events: 123466789 10 11 12 13 
Targets : 10 15 10 10 10 15 10 15 15 16 15 10 15 
Prior, 16 6 11 785871189677 
Lee 4 9 8 2 2.. 7 6 6 10 7.. 7 
Frank, 18 8 9 7 8 G 12 6 0 12 12 10 8 S 
Andrews, 19 4 11 5 7 5 8 7 14 13 11 10 7 . . 
Kirkwood, IS 7 11 3 7 8 13 9 12 14 12 
Puck, Ifi 4 11 12 lU 12 .. 
Dickey, 21 10 8 .. 
J Safford, 16 ■. 7 .. 14 8 .. .. 
F Safford, 16... .. .. 7 4 .. .. .. 
Consecutive breaks: Kirkwood 17, Ffailk IS, Andrews l2, Saf- 
ford 12, Puck 9, Prior 7. 
Prize match, 30 singles, unknown, distance bartdicap: 
Andrews, 19 llllllllOlmiiliilliOlllOllU- 27 
Kirkwood, IS - .lOOllllOlllUllllllllllliOilll— 26 
Puck, 16 .llOllUlOlllDlOlmillllOOOlll— 23 
J Safford, 16 -. 111111111111011111110100100001—22 
Frank, 18 lOOllOllDOOlllllllUOlOOlOOOOi— 21 
Prior, 10 001111110111110111010010111000—19 
D i ckey , 21 lllOllODllllOimiOlOOllOlllOOO— 18 
Lee, 16 IIDODOOIOIOOIIOIIIOIODOOOOOIIO— 12 
F Saflfovd, 16 OlOlllOlOlOOOlOOOOlllOOOOOlOO-U 
SECREtARV. 
Interstate Ass:dation Matters. 
PiTrsBURG, Pa., Jan, 28. — Editor Forest and Stream: Mr. J. A. H. 
DresSel has requested me to send tire irtclosed communication to 
the sportsmen's press for publication. Will you please be kind 
enough to publish it in full, aiid obligee 
Elmer E. SHanEr, Secretary-Manager. 
PimUSMERS' DEt^ARTMENT. 
New York, N. Y., Jan. 21.— Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, Sec.-Mgr. 
Interstate Association, 111 Fourth avenue, Pittsburg, Pa.: Dear 
Sii' — Having severed my connection with the Union Metallic 
Cartridge Comp.iny, and with the ammunition trade or kindred 
interests, at least For the present, I feel it my duty to resign fts 
president of vour Association, and also as a director. 
It is well known that it was entirely through my efforts that the 
Interstate Association was saved from a disreputable wreck, artd 
I am pleased to say that my efforts, with those of my colleagues, 
have made it to-day the grandest and most authoritative body of 
its kind in the world. 
I hope it will continue so, and if at any time I can assist 
toward that end, I would be glad to do so. Yours respectfully, 
(Signed) J- A. H. Dressel. 
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 28. — Editor Forest and Stream: A special 
meetinsr of the stockholders of the Interstate Association will be 
held oil Wednesday, Feb. 4, at 2:30 P. M., in the office of the 
Laflin & Rand Powder Co., 99 Cedar street, new York city. 
• The election of a director to fill the vacancy caused by the 
resignation of Mr. J. A. H. Dressel, and other matters of im- 
portance will come before the meeting. 
Elmer E. Shaner, Secretary-Manager. 
HoTmes 120 2i22222'22 McGee 
Libbc 
.20 
.20 
.10 
Te^i birds, $5 entrance- 0222020200- 5 
S haU 2201220222- 8 Lihbe 2122212»22-9 
Richter : 222*221222- 8 Cunningham 2*1202*222-7 
fl^}," : : : : :222*022222- S McOee 0101022222- 7 
f^nsor .' 2122222222—10 ^ 
Chtcago Gun Club. 
Chicago, 111.— The Chicago Gun Club board of directors held 
their annual meeting Tuesday, Jan. 27, and elected the following 
officers for the ensuing year, viz.: President, G. V. Weart; Vice- 
President. Lem Willard; Secretary-Treasurer, A. A. W^alters. 
In addition to these, the board of directors includes A. W. Mor- 
ton and W. D. Stannard; all of these gentlemen being well known 
in local trapshooting circles. 
Inanimate target shooting will no doubt receive a lively impetus 
this season, owing to the fact that live-bird shooting has been 
stopped in Chicago. The club contemplates furnishing a very 
attractive programme for the coming season, and arrangements are 
now being made — full account of which will appear later in these 
columns. The grounds of the Chicago Gun Club are located at 
Seventy-ninth street and Vincennes road, Wentworth avenue cars 
touching the grounds, being easily accessible from the center of 
the city. , , , , ^, . 
Handsome merchandise prizes were awarded by the Chicago 
Gun Club to its members at the close of last season. Four cash 
prizes of $20 each for the three high guns with handicap, and high 
average without handicap, were also awarded. In addition to 
these prizes, the club also donated $2 each week in the 15-bird 
handicap sweeps and $6 in merchandise prizes, divided in three 
moneys, at the end of each month in the trophy shoot. Handicaps 
were based on the percentage of shooter's average, proving the 
most equitable and satisfactory plan that had ever been intro- 
duced in the club, giving all an equal chance. 
Blank applications for membership can be secured from A. A. 
Walters, secretary, Exchange building, Union Stockyards, Chicago, 
Til. 
C E. Black Tournament. 
Adel, la., Jan. 27. — C. E. Black's one-day tournament, held on 
the Fair Grounds, in this place, to-day, had seventeen entries. 
The weather was cold and chilly. The shooting was from one 
set of three traps. Targets were thrown about 50yds. 
John Burnham, of Linden, made high average and won the 
championship medal of Dallas and Guthrie counties. 
Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 
Targ-ets- 10 15 15 20 15 15 15 15 15 15 10 10 Broke. Av. 
C E Black S 12 12 17 13 11 11 12 10 9 7 6 128 . 752 
F Camnbell 10 14 15 16 15 15 12 14 14 12 7 6 150 . 882 
T W Burnham 10 14 14 20 14 13 14 14 14 10 9 8 156 .911 
W W Patty.. 9 11 14 17 13 .. 14 12 11 11 .. 6 
C W Budd 9 13 13 16 13 14 13 14 13 12 10 6 146 . 858 
C L Hoi den 10 13 14 16 15 14 14 14 13 14 8 6 151 .888 
Tos Corlells 10 17 15 14 14 .. 14 13 8 6 
te Cortells 8 17 9 9 .. 5 
C Stoner 5 
W E Campbell 9 5 .. 
T W Winfrey 14 .. 11 10 9 5 
T Shaffer g 1? I 
G E Cortells ^ 4-- 5 
R Goodwin 3 
R S Binns ■ 6 
O A Repen 6 4 
Chas Reinhardt 7 9 
Championship of Dallas and Guthrie counties, 25 targets, $2.50 
entrance three moneys: R. S. Binns 16, Robt. Goodwin 19, John 
Burnham 25. Tim Shopper 20, J. Cortells 22, T. M. Winfield 20, 
R. R. Patty 17. 
Qncinnati Gun Club, 
Cincinnati, O., Jan. 24. — The scores made in the fourteenth 
rniitest for "Troisdorf medals, at the shoot of the Cincinnati Gun 
Club are appended: Ahlers (21) 45, Van Ness (19) 44, Medico (IS) 
V Maynard (17) 41, Phil (21) 40, Day (16) 39, Coleman (20) 37, 
Randall (20) 37, Herman (16) 36, Falk (17) 35. Dw-er (16) 34. Jay 
Bee m) 33, McB. (17) 33, Corry (16) 33, Block (17) 32, Steinman 
a9) 3L Dreihs (18) 26 Ackley (15) 23. 
The scores of Van Ness and Medico were vem. They snot at 
16yds- = — • 
^fie Trusts Can't Hurt the" Southern Section>f thc'^Uoited 
States. 
Recently Mr. John T. Patrick, one of the officials of the popu- 
lar Seaboard Air Line Railway, of Pinebluff, North Carolina, the 
much-talked-of Yankee settlement in the South, was in New Eng- 
land to meet and address a colony of New Englanders who are 
forming in the city of Revere to go to North Carolina, and in 
part he said: "One great advantage the South has over any other 
section is, no matter how many trusts are formed; no matter how 
many people are thrown out of employment by the big combina- 
tions that are being organized all over the world, the farmer and 
Northern settler down South on a two to ten acre tract of land is 
as independent as the King of England. He can, if necessary, 
grow his own cotton and wool, and make his own clothing on his 
spinning wheel and loom; raise his own bread stuff and meat, 
grow his vegetables and fruits; cultivate sugar cane and make his 
syrup and sugar; grow his own tea, and if he will be contented 
to drink cereal coffee, which is the healthiest drink, he will not 
need to spend a dollar. He can grow two crops of white potatoes 
on the same ground from March 1 to Sept. 31, and then sow It 
down to turnips and have growing turnips the winter through. 
Sweet potatoes can be grown and then the land sowed dowh to 
rye for a winter grazing fot cattle ot poUltty. Cut the tye ifi 
May and plant to corn ot potatoes. These ate facts which the 
committee yolir society selit dowh to itlvestigatfe will beai: me otit 
in as being absolutely tfufe. Sotae of yout people, who wfeilt dowri 
last winter, have made ertough to pay for theiir lands and luiilbet 
to build houses and ate to-tlay livittg ih theii- own homfes payifig; 
no rents. They have eateh nifeloils arid vegbtables the fitst suttl- 
met froiii theiir owii fatms, arid to-day liavfe ihaily bushels of swtfet 
potatoes banked fot wintet usb artd fot salfe. If arty onfe has 
doubt of tav statbmehts wi-itt to Mi". Gfeo. R. Moirgatt, Mt. E. 
Pike, artd Mt. A. L. Alleh, Piiiebltiff, N. C, tnert you all kriotv 
as goirig dowri ftorn Revert as pioneets in the Inovemfent you navb 
irtauglii-at'ed of building Up a sinall farm colorty enterprise. These 
men have shown what can be done by mechanics wlio havfe had 
little or no expei-ience in fartrtirig. Like marty of yoti, they wetfe 
afraid they would be crowded out of their occupation up .Nottk 
as mechanics on account of the imptoved machines that takfc the 
place of human beings, and that are mariaged arid owried by the 
moneyed men of the country. I ain riot blowing moneyed men. 
(There is hardly a person here to-night but what would act just 
as thtey do it so sittiatfed), but I do blame the mechanic and the 
ll'.rifty laboring men who will not irtvestigate, as you are doing, by 
sending your committee arid your advance pioneer and thereby 
providing fot the conditions that will surely be brought about on 
account of labor-saving machines and the concentration of capi- 
tal in working the machines. You working people must plan to 
he more human than simply a part of machines, dependent upon 
a corporation. When I go into your factories I see you merely 
as a part of a machine. You call yourself a shoemaker, but you 
cannot make a shoe any more than I can. Fifty years ago shoe- 
makers could make shoes. To-day they can only cut out the 
uppers or manage a machine that puts ift the eyelets, ot sews 
the buttons on or pegs the sole. 1 invite you arid urgfe yoti to 
not only think of the futute and provide for yoursfelf and fanlily 
a home afld a support where you are only deperiderit ori your 
own exertiotts, but to tell to the thoiisartds of other mechariics what 
you have fouttd iri the South, and what success yout advance 
guard has had." — Adv. \ 
We have received frorti tti'e Roberts Safety Water Tulje Boiler 
Co. one of the latest pahiphlets issued by them, entitled "Illus- 
trated Opihions." This litle magazine contains about one hundred 
pages of rtothirig but photo-lithographs of yachts and steam vessels 
of various kinds which arc using Roberts Safety Water Tube 
Boilers successfully, and in conjunction with each cut, is re- 
produced a photo-lithographed letter, stating the success and sat- 
isfaction with which each boiler is being used. This firm has built 
up to date nearly fifteen hundred water tube boilers, and in a good 
many cases, have sold fifty to a hundred boilers to the same par- 
ties. On Jan. 1, 1900, their books showed that they had exceeded 
their best previous year by over 100 per cent., which is certainly 
another good proof of the reward their customers consider due the 
Roberts Water Tube Boiler Co. for the high merit of their product. 
We would suggest that all our readers interested in this subject 
send for a copy of "Illustrated Opinion." 
As two men were talking the other day about out-doot life, otle 
said, "I would never go into the woods without a pneumatic 
mattress." To which the other replied, "I have never used one, 
but I have seen the day when I warited one. Sleepirig on the 
glaciers in Alaska, it takes the ice just about half an hour to send 
the cold up through your blankets and into your very bones; and 
then you have to get up and take exercise to get warm for another 
half hour's sleep," This conversation is recalled by seeing the 
interesting pamphlet entitled "The Evolution of the Air Bed," 
which is issued by the Pneumatic Mattress and Cushion Co., of 
2 and 3 South street, New York. 
In this self-shaving generation there is nothing so essential to 
our comfort, either at home, afloat or ashore, as a good razor. 
In the "Centaur Razor," advertised in this issue, Sperry & 
Alexander Co. assure us that they have reached an enviable degree 
of perfection in razor building. The razors are made of Sheffield 
steel, honed in Germany, and each one is built here by an ex- 
perienced workman, All this should insure a good article. The 
razors come in %-inch blades, which the experience of the manu- 
facturers dictates is the best for individual use. 
The Lefever Arms Co., of Syracuse, N. Y., have issued a cata- 
logue, which thoroughly illustrates the different grades of guns 
which it manufactures. The fine half-tone illustrations and the 
minute particulars set forth in the text, present all the information 
concerning the different grades which any sportsman may require. 
There is also much valuable matter presented under the head of 
"General Instructions." 
Hazard powder has long been a household word among sports- 
men, and many of us can remember the old-fashioned screw top 
cans in which our rifle powder came thirty or forty years ago. 
But, like other energetic business concerns, the Hazard Powder 
Co. has moved on with the years, and tlie record for its smoke- 
less powder in the Grand American Handicap and numerous in- 
dividual matches is one to be proud of. 
The growth of the yachting interest in this country is seen in 
the constantly increasing number of yacht designers and brokers, 
and in the constant broadening of their field, which once seemed 
a narrpw one. Messrs. Gardner & Cox, naval architects, engineers 
and brokers, attend also to marine insurance, the supplying of 
crews, and the fitting out of yachts. Their advertisement is seen 
elsewhere. 
Among the various brews of beer consumed in this country, that 
of Schlitz, the beer that made Milwaukee famous, stands in the 
front rank. The reasons for this deserved pre-eminence are given 
in the advertisement of this concern, and in these days when we 
hear so much of adulterated beer, it is certainly worth while to 
be sure of obtaining a pure article. 
The Osgood Folding Boat, whose name has so long been familiar 
to sportsmen, is now manufactured by the Michigan Consolidated 
Boat Co., of Battle Creek, Mich. The same concern also manu- 
factures Bullard steel launches, row and pleasure boats, which, 
we are told, are always dry, and are everiasting. Their catalogue 
shows many improved designs of steel, wood, and canvas boats, 
and new engines. 
The careful angler is already looking over his fly-book and 
considering how he shall replenish it for the next spring s work. 
Mes.srs. J. Bernard & Son, of 45 Jermyn street, St. James, London, 
have been established for ninety years, and make a specialty of 
flies, leaders and casting lines. They will send catalogue on 
application. . 
To bring boat building materials within the reach of amateurs 
at a moderate cost is a praiseworthy ambition, in these days, when 
so many amateurs do their own construction. This is the object 
of Mr. Fred Medart, of St. Louis, whose catalogue will be sent 
on application. 
The Marlin Fire Arms Co., New Haven, Conn., have changed 
and improved the standard Rocky Mountain sight, concerning 
which they have circulars giving illustrations and full description, 
which will be sent to those who apply for it. 
The Peters Cartridge Co., Cincinnati, O., informs us that, not- 
withstanding the large supply of calendars for 1903. it ordered and 
received the edition has been exhausted, and the company will bQ 
unable to fill any more mail oiders—Adv, 
