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FOREST AND STREAM 
EXCELSIOR BELT SAFE--Absolutely Water-proof 
Indispensable to the BATHER to put your Eyeglasses, Jewelry, Bathouse Key in before going into the water. 
EVERY CANOEIST, FISHERMAN, HUNTER, ETC. 
should have one. Will keep your Matches, Cigarettes, Tobacco, Money, Jewelry Water-Proof, Dust-Proof, Burg 
lar-Proof. Small and compact, made of Brass, Nickel Plated, Gun Metal or Oxidized, and furnished complete with 
fancy canvas belt. Sent anywhere on receipt of $ 1 . 00 . 
HYFIELD MFG. CO., 48 FRANKLIN STREET, NEW YORK CITY 
Book on Dog Diseases 
AND HOW TO FEED. 
Mailed FREE to any address by the author. 
H. CLAY GLOVER, D.V.S. 
118 W. 31st Street New York 
WANT TO SWAP GUNS? 
I will pay cash for your gun. rifle, or pistol, or 
exchange with you for any other firearm you may 
want. Write me what you have, what you want, 
and I will make you an offer by return mail. 
S. J. Francis, 8 Cornhill, Boston, Mass. 
DOGS FOR SALE. 
Do you want to buy a dog or pup ot any kind ? If so 
send for list and prices of all varieties. Always on hand 
OXFORD KENNELS. 
35 North Ninth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
KEHWYH KOAT KURE 
Cores mange or eczema, and trills flees. $0.50 and )i.oo 
sizes sent to any address by parcels post. 
KENWYiN KURE KOMPANY, 
Point Pleasant, New Jersey. 
FOR SALE 
Setters, Pointers sd Hounds 
GEORGE W. LOVELL, Middleboro, Mass. 
Telephone 29-M 
ARTHUR BINNEY 
(Formerly STEWART & BINNEY) 
Naval Architect and Yacht Broker 
MASON BLDG., KILBY STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 
Cable Address: “Designer,” Boston 
PIT GAMES 
GLOVER’S BLACK DEVIL COCKS r Hens, Stags. Pullet:, Cocking 
Books, Gaffs, Muffs, Spur Saws, Dubbing Shears and Remedies. Cir¬ 
culars Free. F. R. GLOVER. Box W, Lisle, N. Y. 
IMPORTED NORWEGIAN BEARHOUNDS, Irish 
Wolfhounds, English Bloodhounds, American Foxhounds, 
Deer, Wolf and Cat Hounds. Illustrated catalogue for 
5C. stamp. 
ROOKWOOD KENNELS, Lexington, Ky. 
WANTED—Pointers and Setters to train; game plenty. Also 
two broken dogs for sale. 
H. H. SMITH, O. K. Kennels, Marydel, Md. 
THE GREAT LAKES. 
[By agreement between the United States and Great 
Britain, these waters are free from warships and other 
hostile activities by both nations.] 
No cannon-bristling squadrons rode at rest 
Within gun-sheltered harbors on these Lakes; 
Here but the urgency of Commerce wakes 
The cloven waves to song, with keels deep-prest 
Into their bosoms; hurrying east and west. 
Trade’s myriad-flagged Armada ne’er forsakes 
These seas at Desolation’s hest, but makes 
A fruitful highway of their neutral breast. 
O Shores and Oceans of the fort-stained Earth. 
What will the triumph of the Future be 
When birds build safely in your ev’ry gun! 
When all the ships innumerable that girth 
Your shining vasts shall share the ministry 
Of Peace and only her blest errands runl 
—By Charles H. Winke, in The Public. 
COLOR AS IT AFFECTS OUR CRAFT. 
There is a great deal of misconception with 
regard to the effect of color upon our various 
lures and baits, and it arises possibly from the 
fact that in thinking and talking of color we are 
apt to overlook the mere effect of light and dark, 
irrespective of the color of the object. 
My own observations for a matter of some 
thirty years all tend toward a disbelief in the 
fact that color, per se, has any effect on the 
piscine mental equilibrium. A valued Russian 
contributor to the Fishing Gazette some short 
while since asked for experiences from readers 
and anglers of the Fishing Gazette with regard 
to various colored spinning-baits, including other 
submerged lures. 
Now my own observations chiefly deal with 
surface lures, but twenty-five years ago, more 
or less, I paid yearly visits in the autumn to 
Ireland, where we employed all varieties of lures, 
both for spinning proper and trailing. It is, 
perhaps, fair that I should mention that our 
favorite spinning lure for trout was a 3 in. brown 
silk phantom, but we had success with blue (gold 
belly), and also small brook trout, mounted on 
Archer spinners. These baits were usually from 
2V2 in. to 4 in. in length, and as far as trout 
and salmon were concerned there was not much 
difference in their attractiveness, and the daily 
success or non-success cannot be attributed in 
my own mind to any special color. Our favorite 
Brown Phantom was probably the outcome of 
chance, possibly governed by the prevailing quali¬ 
ties of light and conditions of surface of the 
water, but most probably, as is often the case, 
we can attribute it to a fas'hion and fancy of 
our own, based on mere chance. 
All our perch, I believe, without exception, 
were taken on the then mueh-talked-of “Halcy¬ 
on” spinner, which was largely composed of a 
bunch of green peacock herl, with two small 
bright metal wings to make it spin. Small jack 
were also taken by this spinner. Pike formed 
a large share of our attention, both in Loughs 
Conn and Cullen, co. Mayo; the same condition 
as regards color existed, and I cannot remember 
that we had any preference for any special one, 
or that the pike evinced the same. Small jack 
from 1 lb. to 1V2 lbs., mounted on an extra large 
home-made Archer spinner, likewise perch from 
% lb. to 1 lb. in weight, were successful. The 
various phantoms I have mentioned above were 
taken by pike, but the most constantly employed 
lure was the ordinary silver spoon, from 2 in. 
to 6 in. in length.. This was occasionally taken 
by trout, and I remember one degenerate fish 
which grabbed at a 6 in. spoon, quite as long 
as its own head, its body being only about twice 
the length, certainly not more than 15 in. or 
16 in. A very successful spoon employed by 
one of our native gillies for pike was made out 
of an old English penny; he had beaten it up 
with hammer, and probably smooth stone for 
anvil, into a short egg-shaped rough spoon, and 
he carried it minus its triangle in his trousers’ 
pocket, so that it was used much about the 
WANTED —Pointers and Setters to train. Quail plen¬ 
tiful; first class kennels. References on application. 
JAMES L. PREVATT, Buies, North Carolina. 
HIGH CLASS SHOOTING DOGS. 
For Sale—Fifteen Pointers and Setters, guar¬ 
anteed thoroughly broken on Grouse and Wood¬ 
cock, by a professional handler. These dogs 
are all bred from the most fashionable strains 
of both bench show and field trial winners, and 
are all bench show winners themselves. 
Will be sold cheap to immediate buyers. For 
further particulars, address, 
THE MIDRIFF KENNELS, DALLAS, PA. 
OORANG AIREDALE PUPS for sale. Vigorous young¬ 
sters bred from true sporting stock that are unequaled 
as water dogs, retrievers and hunters of all kinds of 
game. They make trailers, tree barkers and stayers; 
will climb a tree or go to earth and fight anything from 
a ground hog to a grizzly bear. They are raised in the 
open and are the hardy, active and game kind with the 
hunting instinct bred in the bone. Having an iron con¬ 
stitution they withstand the hardest usage and make the 
ideal dog for both hunter and trapper. Stamp for reply. 
Oorang Kennels, La Rue, Ohio. 
DOGS BOARDED 
Conditioned for shows. Broken on game. 
Yard or house broken. Experienced atten¬ 
tion. Good kennels and food. 
PENATAQUIT KENNELS 
Bay Shore New York 
For shy feeders, or those 
recovering from illness or 
as a change of diet at any 
time for all dogs—feed 
Spratt’s Fibo 
Write for sample and send two 
cent stamp for “Dog Culture” 
Spratt’s Patent Limited 
NEWARK, N. J. 
RIFLES-AMMUNITION 
Sportsmen’s Supplies 
Honest Goods, Bottom Prices, Square Deal 
Send three stamps for Katalog 
POWELL & CLEMENT CO. 
410 Main St,, Cincinnati, 0. 
HUNTSM 
Keep), 
conditi 
52-P 
JOSEI 
JED DIXON’S GRAPHITE 
id lock mechanism in perfect 
Booklet 
JERSEY CITY, N. J. 
J. KANNOFSKY 
PRACTICAL GLASS BLOWER 
and manufacturer of artificial eyes or birds, animals 
and manufacturing purposes a specialty. Send for prices. 
All kinds of heads and skulls for furriers and taxi¬ 
dermists. 
363 Canal S't., New York. 
Please mention “Forest and Stream.” 
