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Pick Them Out 
of the Air 
Y OU can do fancy shooting 
with this rifle yourself. 
It’s not so wonderful if 
your rifle is built for it. 
Of course it’s easier to hit 
things in the air with a big 
load of shot 'than with a little 
rifle bullet—it means quick 
pointing, straight holding and 
clean, perfectly timed pulling. 
You’ll need the new extra long Savage slide 
handle, that doesn’t strain your wrist or cramp 
your elbow, but lets you get your arm well out 
so you can control and point the barrel naturally 
and perfectly. 
You’ll need the new Savage corrugated steel 
shotgun butt-plate—no sharp prongs or corners to 
catch or dig in—no smooth surface to slip, or hard 
rubber to chip and break—that jumps to the 
shoulder 'instantly and clings as though it grew 
there. 
And you’ll need the new sharply curved, extra 
full Savage pistol grip—curved so much that your 
hand holds the butt to the 
shoulder steady as a rock and 
leaves the trigger finger abso¬ 
lutely unhampered and free, as 
it must be for the delicate, per¬ 
fectly timed pulling that snap¬ 
shooting requires. 
And the outlines and propor¬ 
tions—the shape, balance and 
hang—so necessary for success¬ 
ful snap-shooting are just as important for the 
most accurate deliberate work. A man struggling 
with an awkward rifle simply cannot do his best. 
The new .22 Savage Tubular has all the original 
Savage .22 calibre features, hammerless trombone 
action, solid breach, solid top, side ejection—no 
exposed moving parts, simple takedown device, 
breech-bolt removable without tools—features every¬ 
one has imitated but no one has equalled. 
Tube magazine holds 20 shorts, 17 'longs, or 15 
long rifles, 24-in. octagon barrel. Weight 
pounds. Write us for particulars. 
with the New .22 
SAVAGE. 
Tubular Repeater 
SAVAGE ARMS COMPANY, 928 Savage Ave., UTICA, N.Y. 
THE 
SHOOTERS’ ALLIES 
SMOKELESS 
Shotgun Powders 
DUPONT 
BALLISTITE 
SCHULTZE 
For victories at the traps and 
full game sacks afield, insist 
on shells having these loads 
President Bippus as a Wood Chopper. 
Our President Mr. W. F. Bippus has been shooting 
so exceptionally good, winning gold watches, trophies 
and honors, that one of his brother officers of the N. 
C. R. Co. felt that it would be a good joke to frame 
one up on him, using wood targets in a match race with 
some other shooter, so that Mr. Bippus would be badly 
beaten. 
Acting under the orders of this Company officer, 
Mr. Frank Oswald, our Club’s Vice-President, Mr. 
Harvey Monbeck and his two sons, Ross and Russell, 
and the writer, finally succeeded in “Putting one over” 
on Mr. Bippus this Saturday afternoon. I arranged 
a match race between Mr. Oswald and Mr. Bippus, Mr. 
Oswald challenging him along the lines suggested. We 
placed the wood birds among the good ones, instruct¬ 
ing the trapper when to throw them out, so that Mr. 
Bippus would be sure to get the phonies. I called the 
visitors and shooters together, announcing the match, 
and it was shot about 3:30. Needless to say Mr. 
Oswald beat Mr. Bippus, although Mr. Bippus shot so 
accurately that he actually succeeded in breaking 2 of 
the wood targets, hitting them squarely in the middle, 
and so quickly that they broke in half. 
We had only planned to let him break 11 out of his 
25, but he partially turned the tables on us by break¬ 
ing two wooden ones in addition. It was really pain¬ 
ful to the writer to see how hard he worker trying 
to beat Frank. The sweat was rolling down his face, 
and he was keyed up so high that he trembled all over, 
hitting those wood targets so hard that they would 
bounce in the air. As soon as the 25 birds was over, 
he said that something must be wrong with those tar¬ 
gets, that he was sure they were full of shot holes, 
and going out into the field, began to gather them up. 
Our Woodworking Department had made such splendid 
imitations that he came very near not getting wise, he 
had some wooden ones in his hand and looking at the 
top (naturally) for shot holes. They had been so care¬ 
fully painted and weighted that he did not detect the 
difference untff he happened to turn one over. When 
he saw the white wood showing where the shot plowed 
through, the expression on his face was worth going a 
long way to see. In the meantime our visitors had 
been informed of the joke, and he received a good 
hearty laugh as applause. Although he was greatly sur¬ 
prised, he took the joke good naturedly, like the true 
sportsmen he is, laughing over it and then gave chase 
to Harvey, who was rescued from his clutches by the 
crowd. Mr. Bippus took some of the badly scarred 
wood birds and is going to send them to his brother 
officer, acknowledging that he was it for once, but dar¬ 
ing him to come down on the firing line and shoot it 
out. Believe me, the way Mr. Bippus has been shoot¬ 
ing, the only sure way to beat him is to give him wood 
Score on wooden and clay birds: 
_ _ Total 
Frank Oswald . 21 
W. F. Bippus . 13 
“MAC.” 
N. C. R. Gun Club. 
Dayton, Ohio, August 22, 1914. 
Shot At Broke 
C. A. Young, Springfield, Ohio ... 100 99 
L. J. Squier, Pittsburgh, Pa. 100 93 
A. B. Shobe, Springfield, Ohio . 100 92 
C. E. Winkler, Springfield, Ohio ... 100 92 
C. E. Hayes, Springfield, Ohio ... too 89 
R. R. Dickey, Springfield, Ohio _ 100 89 
F. C. Koch, Phillipsburg, Ohio ..100 88 
F. C. Dial, Franklin, Ohio . 100 87 
C. A. Sheets . 100 86 
Scott . iajo 83 
Frank Oswald . 100 83 
H. N. Kirby, Hutchinson, Kansas . 100 81 
F. G. Burdett . 100 80 
R. Davenport, Salem, Ohio . 100 80 
W. Poole, Springfield, Ohio . 100 72 
Robt. Kirby, Urbana, Ohio . 100 62 
T. II. Pumphrey, Salem, Ohio . 90 82 
IT. L. Monbeck . 50 45 
Fred Oswald . 50 40 
F. Blose . 50 33 
H. E. Nicholas, Salem, Ohio . 50 30 
Ed. Squier, Blue Ball, Ohio . 50 25 
H. W. Heikes . 40 35 
T. C. Rockey . 25 18 
12 PAIR-DOUBLES AT 24. 
C. A. Young . 21 
F C. Koch . 19 
J H. Pumphrey . 19 
Broke one 25 straight, Frank Oswald, Pumphrey. 
Broke four 20 straight, C. A. Young. 
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TRAPSHOOTING AND SMOKE¬ 
LESS AND BLACK SPORTING 
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Established 1802 
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DEL. 
SAFETY FIRST 
You hear it everywhere. The 
Safety is one of the superior 
points of the “Gun that Blocks 
the Sears.” The Safety which 
makes accidental discharge 
impossible. 
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ESTABLISHED 1853 
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