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F O R E S 1' A N D STREAM 
February, I9lft 
ITHACA 
WON 
1« 
W. J. Weaver won 
IK 
1 
the 1918 amateur 
championship of 
Rhode Island. 
This was the 
third consecu- 
tive year he has 
won his State 
championship. 
He couldn't 
make this won- 
derful record 
‘with any gun 
but an ITHACA. 
Catalog free. 
Double hammerless 
guns, $32.50 up. 
Single trap guns 
$100 up. 
Address Box 25 
ITHACA GUN CO. 
k ITHACA, N. Y. 
Large Game Preserve 
For Sale 
Robinson Crusoe’s Island Outdone! 
St. Vincent Island, Fla., 
in the Gulf of Mexico, containing over 
13,000 acres of pine forest, fresh water 
lakes, grassy savannahs, wild boar, native 
Virginia and Osceola deer, also imported 
Indian deer, wild cattle, turkey, millions 
of ducks and all varieties of fish. The 
Island with bungalows, hunting lodges, 
yachts, boats and vehicles for sale to 
close an estate. Easily protected. Many 
thousands acres of finest pine trees. 
Booklet sent on request. For informa- 
tion inquire R. W. Pierce, 663 Main 
Street, Buffalo, New York. 
J. KANNOFSKY 
Practical 
Glass Blower 
o£ Yesterday 
I N the good old days be- 
fore the War, when men 
shot game instead of ene- 
mies, American sportsmen 
swore by the B.S-A. rifle. 
The unique B.SJV. “Lever 
cocked” air rifle and the 
B.S.A. .22 calibre target 
and sporting rifles, famed 
for their intense accuracy, 
were particularly favored 
by American rifle connoi- 
seurs. 
During the War one great Amer- 
ican munition maker usea 
B.S.A. .22 rifles exclusively in 
testing daily output. 
The War enhanced the already 
splendid reputation of theB.S. A. 
for reliability, accuracy and pow- 
er (when power was wanted). 
Millions of B.S.A. rifles were 
made for Allied land, sea and 
air forces. 
It was the amazing B.S.A. ex- 
perimental work and machining 
alrill which made the Lewis 
and manufacturer of artificial eyes for birds, ani- 
mals and manufacturing purposes a specialty. 
Send for prices. All kinds of heads and skulls 
for furriers and taxidermists. 
363 CANAL STREET NEW YORK 
Please mention “Forest and Stream” 
THOMAS 
The Thomas hand made split bamboo 
fishing rod has been perfected to meet 
both the all around and the various special 
requirements of the modern angling sport. 
Made of the finest bamboo, light, resilient, 
perfectly jointed and balanced. In the 
Thomas rod the acme of perfection has 
been obtained. Send for our interesting 
booklet. 
THOMAS BOD COMPANY, 
117 Exchange St., Bangor, Me. 
all lubrication and 
polishing around the 
house, in the tool shed 
or afield with gun or rod. 
NYOIL 
lo the New Perfectioo 
Pocket Package 
it a matchlesa combination. 
HporUmen l>Ave kuown it h>r 
yMin* Dealers sell NYOIL at 
15c. aiul35c. Send us the name 
of a live one who doesn’t sell 
NYOIL with other necessaries 
for sportsmen and we will send 
you a daiidy^ handy new can 
(screw top and screw tip) con- 
talnliiK 8>ii ooDcei postpaid 
for 35 cents. 
WBl f. NTE, New Mini. Mast.^ 
For 
35c 
Poatpaid 
I THE KILLING OF THE 
I OUANANICHE 
j (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 71) 
I cried Rhoda, throwing her arms around 
I her friend in the impetuosity of her con- 
gratulations. “How you have kept us on 
the anxious seat, and how we enjoy your 
triumph! What an avocation to make 
one forget herself!” 
“And I too most heartily congratulate 
you, my clever pupil. You do me proud- 
You have so adroitly outwitted the prince 
of finny diplomats. And I know you are 
committed to the spiritual interpretation 
of the sport. For who but a lover of the 
angle can conceive of the choking thrill 
which accompanies the rush of a ouana- 
niche — who else, that erethism, short- 
lived, unearthly, that electrifies every 
nerve in your frame as you twist the steel 
into his jaw and feel him fast — that con- 
centration of delight in the struggle that 
follows, wherein the noblest fish that God 
has made matches his brute intellect, per- 
haps his manifold experience, against 
your reason and art, wherein your wand- 
like split bamboo gracefully responds to 
his desperate leaps for life, and arches in 
perfection to his wild circles. Who but 
an angler knows of the sweet calm that 
follows victory, as you tenderly place 
1 your dying captive on the skiff bottom, 
and wearied by the excitement sit down 
to watch his brilliance fade, with the 
i feeling that if your life were forthwith to 
1 end, you have not altogether lived in 
I vain.” 
THE LEOPARD OF 
THE LAKE 
(continued from page 70) 
The pickerel has always been an ob- 
ject of eager pursuit to the angler and 
many methods are followed in taking 
them. “Skittering” with a bamboo pole 
and just enough line to handle nicely is 
one plan, either walking along the bank 
or casting from a boat, keeping it just 
far enough from the bank or lily-pads 
to make action easy and using a piece 
of pork rind or other lure to attract the 
fish. This is at all times laborious w'ork 
and does not partake of the finesse of 
still fishing, which is much more in vogue 
at the present time. The requirements 
are a good bait casting rod such as is 
used in black bass fishing, a small but 
free running multiplying reel and a ra- 
ther fine line, a 4-0 Carlisle hook of the 
best quality. The hook should have the 
gut snell wrapped with the finest of wire 
to prevent the ravages of the teeth, as 
they are needle like and most formidable, 
and just enough lead should be used to 
carry do\vn the bait, which should be a 
good sized live minnow. A small barrel- 
shape cork float is in order, as it offers 
less resistance to the water when the 
strike is made than is the case with 
the ordinary egg-shape float. In this 
manner of fishing the pickerel rarely 
takes the bait with a rush; more gen- 
erally toying with it as if in play and 
it is necessary to allow the fish full play 
with its whim, as to strike at once would 
be to permit the complete escape of the 
fish. Even when the float has entirely 
