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little guns. Just the thing for ladies’ use, and for those 
who wish the maximum of pleasure in shooting, coupled 
with the minimum weight to be carried afield. 
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MERIDEN, CONN. 
New York Sales Rooms: 
32 Warren Street 
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the North annually give exhibitions and partici¬ 
pate in contests of all kinds. Naturally on 
these occasions the newspapers devote consider¬ 
able space to skiing, and the belief has become 
pretty general that the ski has no useful pur¬ 
poses, when in reality it is a strong rival of 
the snow shoe. 
There is nothing new about the ski. It has 
been known for many centuries. You can read 
in the Norwegian history about skis being used 
in that country as a necessity as far back as 
the Twelfth Century. At that time history states 
they had civil war in Norway, and one of the 
factions called the “Birkdbeiner” had a young 
pjince named Haakon Haakonson, who was only 
two years of age, and whom some of the other 
factions threatened with assassination. In order 
to save this young prince, the “Birkebeiner” 
started out with him from “Oslo,” now Kristin- 
ana on New Year’s Day to take him to “Nidaras,” 
now Trondhjem, a distance of 400 miles for 
safe-keeping. There were no roads of any kind 
in Norway in those days, and to get to their 
destination they had to travel over rugged moun¬ 
tains, through endless stretches of spruce and 
pine timber and all sorts of wild country, and at 
that time of the year in that part of Norway 
the snow has always been all the way from four 
to 25 feet deep. According to history this trip 
was successfully made on skis and the future 
king landed in safety. 
Then hundreds of years pass and we do not 
■hear about skis again until 1676 when the first 
regiment of soldiers on skis was organized. This 
consisted of only three companies of 140 men 
each and was without question the first of its 
kind in the world. Odd as it seems, a young 
German by the name of Franz Wilhelm Von 
Flockersahm, \yho had come to Norway as a 
boy, was selected as commanding officer of this 
troop of skiers. Captain Flockersahm and his 
regiment of skiers are often mentioned during 
the following years for their heroic deeds, and 
it is stated that they covered territory over 
snowy mountain country, to the extent of from 
50 to 70 miles a day. Von Flockersahm died 
as a general in the Norwegian army. 
Not until about 40 years ago was skiing seri¬ 
ously considered as a sport when a party of 
young men from .a certain district in Norway 
called “Telemarken” started out to show the 
people how to jump on skis, make fancy turns, 
etc., and from then on the ski sport gained 
wonderful popularity—first in Norway and later 
in other European countries, and it is to-day by 
far the most popular winter sport in Europe. . 
As a"'conveyance for men who have to travel 
over deep snow in countries where there are no 
roads, skis have proven themselves indispen¬ 
sable. You can read about the various Arctic 
explorers making wonderful progress on skis. 
Roald Amundsen, the South Pole discoverer 
said: “Without our skis I do not believe we 
could have accomplished it.” In many of the Eu¬ 
ropeans armies there are maintained whole regi¬ 
ments of crack skiers trained to the minute. Not 
more than a year ago the Russian Government 
was getting bids from the different ski manu¬ 
facturers on a lot of 30,000 pairs of high-grade 
skis for its soldiers. The United State govern¬ 
ment is buying a quantity of skis every year with 
which to supply all the Forest Rangers through- 
KILLS BIG GAME BUT FINDS ONLY SMALL 
GAME. 
Virginia, Minn., Dec. 12.—Fred Koski went 
out in the woods near Pike River and shot a 
deer and -a moose, but when he returned to 
Virginia he brought along only two rabbits. 
After Koski shot the big game he attached li¬ 
cense tags to the game and then went off to 
secure a conveyance to bring it to town. 
When he got back he found the moose and 
the deer carcasses missing and in their place were 
two rabbits w.ith the license tags neatly tied to 
them. 
HAHATONKA FOR THE STATE. 
Jefferson City, Mo., Dec. 17. 
The special committee appointed to make 
recommendations to the next legislature for a 
suitable site for the establishment of a state 
park and game preserve, returned recently from 
a trip to Hahatonka, Camden County. It was 
favorably impressed with that locality and will 
doubtless recommend this tract. The land de¬ 
sired embraces about two thousand acres, and 
for the most part belongs to the R. M. Snyder 
estate of Kansas City. 
Seeiri things at night 
R. H. is the new peril that makes the game take 
notice—it makes their fears work overtime. 
If you are having trouble with the game—if they Jon t 
come when you call, take heart anew anJ loaJ up with 
M A D E BYATFWST 
AMMUNITION 
“KICK MINUS — SPEED PLUS” 
R. H. is loaded with Robin Hood progressive combustion 
smokeless powders. That means less kick because there is no 
sudden explosion. The force is gradual, and greatest as the 
load leaves the gun. 
Most dealers sell R. H. Shot Shells and Metallics. 
Send for new, free booklet, “Powder Puffs.” 
Robin Hood Shot Shells are also furnished loaded 
with any of the Standard Nitro Powders. 
ROBIN HOOD AMMUNITION CO. 
O Street, Swanton, Vt. 
