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[March i6, 1907. 
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L. C. SMITH GUNS-HUNTER ONE-TRIGGER 
Why Does the Smith Hold the World's Record? 
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Zettler Championship. 
The annual gallery championship and prize shoot, 
under the auspices' of the Zettler Rifle Club, began on j 
March 9 with every indication that it will be a record- 
breaker in the matter of attendance. The gallery is 
crowded to its full capacity most of the time. Up to 
Tuesday morning, only five had finished their scores in 
the 100-shot gallery championship match, and of these, 
Mr. II. M. Thomas, of New Haven, was in the lead 
with a total of 2460. This is an excellent score, by the 
way, but as there are a number of experts on his trail, 
it is quite possible that the successful score will be 
higher. Mr. W. Keim was second with 2450, and Mr. 
M. Baal was third with 2448 on Tuesday morning. 
On the ring target, a re-entry match, best three targets 
to count, for the first five prizes, Messrs. Hubalek, of 
Brooklyn, and Laudensack, of New Haven, had each 
scored three 75s. 
The conclusion of the matches will not be reached till 
Saturday evening, March 16. 
A Remarkable Journey. 
It is not often that we have the opportunity 
of reading about so remarkable a journey as tha 
described by Mr. David T. Hanbury in “Sport, 
and Travel in the Northland of Canada.” 
Starting from Winnipeg in May, 1901, In 
reached Edmonton by rail and thence proceedeo 
by wagon (ninety miles) over a rough road to 
Athabasca Landing. Here he took to the water 
and ran down to Fort McMurray. From the 
latter point he paddled to Fort Mackay and 
thence to Fort Chippewyan at the northwest enc 
of Lake Athabasca, arriving July 1. From Lak 
Athabasca he descended Slave River (90 miles 
to Smith Landing—crossed Smith Lake to FoU 
Resolution (180 miles), arriving July 7 . Here 
he found a large encampment of Indians (Dog 
Ribs and Yellow Knives), gathered to receive 
treaty money and allowances from the Govern- | 
ment. He also fell in with a young English¬ 
man named Darrell, whom he engaged to ac¬ 
company him, as also a halfbreed. 
On July 13 they started for Great Slave 
Lake; thence they proceeded to Artillery Lake, 
which they reached on July 20. The Barren I 
Ground hereabouts looked very picturesque and 
charming. By the way, Mr. Hanbury says that 
“Barren Ground” is a misnomer, for potatoes 
and vegetables will grow there. 
On July 26 the first musk ox was shot on 
the shore of a river flowing into Artillery Lake. 
On the same date the voyagers camped on the 
waters of Mackenzie River basin, and on July 
27 on Campbell Lake on the headwaters of the 
Ark-i-linik River. From there their journey 
would be down stream all the way to Hudson 
Bay. 
It need hardly be stated that during the stages 
referred to several portages had to be made, 
some of them involving tough work. 
On Abbott Lake (which is an extension of 
the Ark-i-linik River) they saw a good many 
bull caribou. They were racing about in every 
direction at full gallop, driven half crazy by the 
warble or bot-fly. This pest resembles a yellow- 
striped bumble bee. It deposits its eggs beneath 
the hide of the caribou. These develop into 
large maggots, which eat through the hide, 
rendering it worthless. The flesh of the animal, 
however, is not affecthd. ! 
On Aug. 6 they commenced the descent of 
the Ark-i-linik. This river, though so far north, J 
is wooded and in places even heavily timbered. 
On Aug. 15 they fell in with the first Huskies 
(Eskimo). They were a small party from the 
I Doobaunt River country and were spending 
the summer fishing and wa f he deer. 
The reception accorded Mr. 
was very friendly. Cont. 
Tibielik Lake and got ip ; tf 
which discharges into A . 
they met with some Dad 
obliged to lay by till Aug. 
Renewing their journey, they paddled through 
Shultz and Baker lakes and on the evening of 
Sept. 3 reached the foot of the latter, where 
they found an encampment of Huskies. These 
supplied the travelers with long boots, meat- 
fat and deerskin robes and clothes, for the 
weather was already turning cold. It need 
hardly be said that there was a quid pro quo in 
the shape of articles of trade. 
On Sept. 5 Mr. Hanbury, accompanied by 
some Husky guides, proceeded down Chesterfield 
Inlet, his object being to search for the Francis 
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