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FOREST AND STREAM 
The Leading Trap Gun 
is the 
Charles Daly Single Barrel 
More of these Guns in the hands of Amateur Sportsmen have 
made high scores in important events, than any other make. 
5choverling Daly & Qok$ 
302-304 Broadway NEW YORK 
imported makes, and they can be had at a price 
within the reach of everybody. 
It may sound a little strange, but it is a fact 
that the ash and hickory material used by Nor¬ 
wegian manufacturers has for years been im¬ 
ported from this country and Canada, the hick¬ 
ory from Florida and the ash from Canada. One 
of the most important points in the manufacture 
of skis is the selection and preparation of ma¬ 
terial. The proper material grows only in cer¬ 
tain parts of the country and under certain cli¬ 
matic conditions. The rough billets from which 
the skis are made must be cut from the log and 
seasoned with the same skill that afterward is 
necessary for making them up into skis. In the 
first place only second growth or young trees can 
be used and then every billet must be cut edge 
grain, meaning that the grain must stand on 
edge, that is vertically up and down through the 
plank and not slant beyond the extent of 40 de¬ 
grees. This is absolutely necessary to insure 
the skis against slivering or getting rough under¬ 
neath. The trees must be cut down in the fall of 
the year at a time when the sap is not running. 
Skis with curved sides are the ones most com¬ 
monly used both in this country and Europe, and 
are in fact the only ones adaptable to hilly coun¬ 
try. This type of ski originated in Telemarken. 
Norway, and is, therefore, known commonly as 
the “Telemark’’ type or model. 
Upon the skis depends to a great extent the 
success of the skier. The curves in the sides 
must be scientifically correct without as much as 
one-sixteenth of an inch variation, in order to 
make it possible for the skier to turn and make 
any curve desired by throwing his weight on the 
edge of the skis. The center part of the ski 
should be about 1 1-4 inches thick decreasing in 
stiffness in the right proportion. The front part 
as well as the rear should be flexible to the cor¬ 
rect extent. This will enable the skier to ride 
smoothly over rough surfaces without losing his 
balance. 
The length of one's skis should be such 'that 
when standing on end the point can be easily 
touched with the finger tips. The proper lengths 
for grown-up men are 7 1-2 and 8 feet, according 
to the size of the man, and for ladies the 6 1-2 
and 7 feet. The width of the 7 1-2 and 8 feet 
skis should be as follows: 4 inches in front where 
the bend begins, 3 inches in the middle where the 
foot rests and 3 1-2 inches on the extreme rear 
end, and the shorter lengths narrower in propor¬ 
tion. 
The Northland Ski Company, of St. Paul, 
Minn., owns one of the largest ski factories in 
America, and its output is increasing at the rate 
of from 50 to 100 per cent per annum. Formerly 
when all of the skis used in the United States 
Get Them 
Both 
with 
LEFEVER 
SINGLE TRIGGER 
Kill your doubles 
oftener. 
Don’t keep missing be¬ 
cause you have an ac¬ 
tion that can be balked 
or doubled. 
With the LEFEVER you can hurry all you 
like without danger of firing both barrels 
at once. 
You can fire left first or right first. 
No lost motion when finger touches the 
trigger. The movement of the trigger 
after release from first pull is only 1-32 of 
an inch, and it never balks—the second 
barrel always fires when the trigger is 
pulled the second time. 
You need that fraction of a second advan¬ 
tage and you can always count on having 
a second shot. 
Try the LEFEVER Single Trigger-20 
Gauge this Fall. 
$25?up 
WRITE TODAY FOR ART CATALOG 
Lefever Arms Company 
200 Maltbie St., SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
Sledding Game Out of Adirondacks. 
