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THE GUN FOR DUCKS 
as well as all other wild fowl is the Remington Autoloading Shot Gun. No “kick” means increased pleasure, the solid breech means absolute 
safety, the single barrel means ease in handling. You can afford this modern gun which secures comfort for the shooter because it lists at the 
moderate price of $40, subject to dealers’ discount. 
THE REMINGTON ARMS COMPANY, ILION, N. Y. Agency; 315 Broadway, New York City. 
ceased to live, his attitude did not differ sensi¬ 
bly from that of his companions in captivity. 
“ ‘It is related that Drake was gifted with a 
formidable appetite. He ate only the hearts of 
lettuce, but he devoured these in enormous 
quantities, eating as many of them, it is said, 
as an ox. * * * In spite of this, his death rep¬ 
resents a heavy loss to the garden. Giant tor¬ 
toises have become somewhat rare of late. Those 
of the Rodrigue and Maurice islands are com¬ 
pletely extinct, and under the protection of the 
English Government the Testuda elephantina of 
the Mascarines has also taken its place among 
the lost species. 
“ ‘We do not know whether the Galapagos 
Islands, abandoned by the Government of Ecua¬ 
dor to whalers and convicts who care little for 
natural history, still shelter in their deserted 
coves many of these marine giants. It is certain 
that a rich English naturalist, who sent several 
agents to these islands two years ago, instruct¬ 
ing them to bring back living specimens of all 
the varieties of tortoise, got no results.’ ”—Trans¬ 
lation made for The Literary Ligest. 
THE ARKANSAS “RAZORBACK.” 
A man who had watched the affair and claimed 
to know about hogs, razorbacks in particular, 
gave the following dissertation: “Arkansas has 
a greater variety of hogs and less pork and lard 
than any State in the Union. An average hog 
in Arkansas weighs about fourteen pounds when 
dressed with its head on and about six pounds 
and a half with its head off. It can outrun a 
greyhound, jump a rail fence, climb like a parrot 
and live on grass, roots and rabbit tracks. It 
hasn’t much tail nor bristle, but plenty of gall. 
It will lick a wolf or a bear in a fair fight. It 
is so called razorback because it is shaped like a 
sunfish. In hunting razorbacks they are always 
shot at sideways, for there is not a ghost of a 
show to hit them otherwise, any more than to 
shoot at a split shingle. It can drink milk out 
of a quart jar on account of its long, thin head. 
This type of razorback is known as the stone 
hog, because its head is so heavy and its nose 
so long that it balances up behind. The owner 
of this type of hogs usually ties a stone to its 
tail to keep it from overbalancing and breaking 
its neck while running. If the stone is too 
heavy it will pull the skin over its eyes and it 
will go blind.”—Mineral Wells Index. 
Have you heard of the wedding of S., one of 
Long Island’s best-known “sports” ? Devoted 
from infancy to dog and gun. A good fellow, 
but a bit wild; untamed, perhaps. He was 
married the other day; and for the first time 
since childhood entered a church. He tells the 
story himself: 
“Presently I saw the parson motioning to me 
with his book. I couldn’t understand it, and 
looked inquiringly at him. Again he raised it to 
his chin and brought it downward. Still I 
couldn’t make it out. At last he whispered, 
‘Down charge, close!’ Then I knelt; and that 
was what he wanted.” The Jedge. 
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Norwegian bearhounds, Irish wolfhounds, deer and cat 
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Four-cent stamp- for illustrated catalogue. 
ROOKWOOD KENNELS, Lexington, Ky. 
FOR SALE—Pointer dog, liver and white, five years old, 
well broken on quail, pheasantsand woodcock; backs, retrieves 
and obedient to whistle and command. Dam, Bell of Hessan; 
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For Sale.—Dogs, Hogs, Pigeons, Ferrets, Belgian Hares. 
8 cents for 40-page illustrated catalogue. 
C. G. LLOYDT, Dept. “M.,” Sayre, Pa. 
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AND 
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HORSE AND HOUND 
By Roger D. Williams, Master of Foxhounds, Iroquois 
Hunt Club; Keeper Foxhound Stud Book; Director 
National Foxhunters’ Association; Official Judge, 
Brunswick Hunt Club. 
“Horse and Hound” is encyclopedic in all that per¬ 
tains to foxhunting. It has chapters as follows: Hunt¬ 
ing. The Hunter. Schooling of Hunters. Cross- 
Country Riding and Origin of the American Hound. 
Breeding and Raising Horses. The Kennel. Scent. The 
Fox. Tricks and Habits of the Fox. In the Field. 
Hunt Clubs. The style is clear and crisp, and every 
chapter abounds with hunting information. The work is 
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WM. LYMAN’S 
RAPID FIRING TARGETS 
FOR RIFLES. 
25 Yards, price, 15c. per dozen. 
50 Yards, price, 25c. per dozen. 
Canoe Ridge, Pa. 
The Lyman Targets received. They are the best I ever 
saw. Charles King, Gunsmith 
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NURSING vs. DOSING. 
A Treatise on the Care of Dogs in Health and Disease. 
By S. T. Hammond (“Shadow”;, author of “Training 
vs. Breaking.” 161 pages. Cloth. Price, $1.00. 
Mr. Hammond believes that more dogs are killed by 
injudicious doctoring than by disease, and the present 
work is a protest against the too free use of medicine 
when dogs are sick. The author has given especial at¬ 
tention to many of the troubles which especially afflict 
small dogs kept in the house, and likely to suffer from 
lack of exercise, and from over-feeding; and boys and 
girls owning dogs—as well as children of larger growth— 
may profitably study and ponder this volume. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
HITTING vs. MISSING. 
By S. T. Hammond (“Shadow”). Cloth. Price, $1.00. 
Mr. Hammond enjoys among his field companions the 
repute of being an unusually good shot, and one who is 
particularly successful in that most difficult branch of 
upland shooting, the pursuit of the ruffed grouse or 
partridge. This -rompted the suggestion that he should 
write down for others an exposition of the methods by 
which his skill was acquired. The result is this original 
manual of “Hitting vs. Missing.” We term it original, 
because, as the chapters will show, the author was self- 
taught; the expedients and devices adopted and the forms 
of practice followed were his own. This then may 
be termed the Hammond system of shooting; and as it 
was successful in his own experience, being here set 
forth simply and intelligibly, it will prove not less effec¬ 
tive with others. 
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