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books will never allow so charming a sport 
to wane. 
In the meantime the rest of us will ever 
keep a lamp trimmed in the window against 
the time ‘when my ship comes in” and 
also have a look at the other extreme of 
the powder burning game, the smallest 
cartridge, the .22 cal. As soon as we are 
forced to lay aside the trap gun tempo¬ 
rarily, then just so soon may the morning 
mail of the United States Revolver Asso¬ 
ciation become augmented. Many for the 
first time may become aware of the charm 
of pistol shooting, of a certain match be¬ 
tween a certain F. E. Bennett and a 
Chevalier Ira Paine; in short, many may 
decide to conquer the world’s most difficult 
arm. A look at the thing in passing will 
not be inopportune. 
T WELVE gauge shot gun shells have 
gone up about 40 per cent. In March, 
1915 , they cost $11.37 per case and 
twenty months later the same thing cost 
$16.14. Twenty-two caliber ammunition 
has gone up 100 per cent, (notice the dis¬ 
parity in the rise). If someone gave a 
shooter a clay target and threw it up in 
his back yard for him to shoot at it would 
cost the shooter .034 cts. 
If he shot at it at a gun club it would 
cost him .044 cts. and if at a tournament 
.054 cts.—all of which is at the bottom 
figure, leaving out car fare, hotel bills, 
entrance, membership fees, etc. This same 
shooter could buy a paper target and 
shoot a .22 cal. long rifle cartridge at it 
once for .0068 cts. It will be found that 
the .22 cal. artist will not care to explode 
more ammunition at a “sitting” than the 
12 gauge enthusiast. It is now time for 
some one to get up and say: “It’s worth 
the seven times more it costs to shoot 
clay targets rather than pop .22’s.” This 
is exactly not the question. The point may 
be had from inference: it is worth seven 
times more to enjoy what $14,000 brings 
as contrasted to that which a $2,000 salary 
commands. 
B ECAUSE small arms ammunition 
manufacturers do not sell their prod¬ 
uct at a price which twenty months 
ago was a very real and man-sized item 
in the trapshooters’ cash account, it is to 
be inferred that they can not do so, that 
they in turn have to pay just so much 
more for the elements entering into the 
manufacture of their wares. All of which 
is immediately unfortunate for the trap- 
shooter and it is reasonable to believe will 
become so to the manufacturer in the 
near future. 
However these things may be, only the 
very exhaustion of the elements necessary 
for the manufacture of powder and missile 
can keep the price of the very smallest 
cartridge out of the hands of the work-a- 
day man in whose veins may course the 
blood of a true sportsman, every drop 
analyzing as high a per cent, of enthusi¬ 
asm as that of his more fortunate fellow 
whose means meet every desire. 
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clusion of its experimental laborato¬ 
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be a unit in favor of each detail. 
That s why the 
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Talk it over with him-or send to us for full details and prices 
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STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MAN 
AGEMENT, CIRCULATION, ETC., RE¬ 
QUIRED BY THE ACT OF CON- 
GRESS OF AUGUST 24, 1912, 
of Forest and Stream, published monthly, at 
New York, N. Y., for October 1, 1916. 
State of New York, 
County of New York, ss. 
Before me, a Notary Public, in and for the 
and count y aforesaid, personally appeared 
William Bruette, who, having been duly sworn 
according to law, deposes and says that he is 
the Editor of the Forest and Stream, and that 
the following is, to the .best of his knowledge 
and belief, a true statement of the ownership 
management, etc., of _ the aforesaid publication 
tor the date shown in the above caption, re- 
quired by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied 
in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations 
to wit: 
1. That the names and addresses of the pub¬ 
lisher, editor, managing editor, and business 
managers are: 
Ilf E. HS 28 th St.^N Y ld Stream PubHshing Co " 
Editor,. William Bruette, 118 E. 28th St., N. Y. 
o Managing Editor, William Bruette, 118 E. 28th 
St., N. Y. n. 
Business Manager, J. T. Wood, 118 E. 28th 
St., JN. Y. 
2. That the owners are: (Give names and ad¬ 
dresses of. individual owners, or, if a corpora¬ 
tion, give its name and the names and addresses 
ot stockholders owning or holding 1 per cent or 
more of the total amount of stock.) Forest and 
i^eam Publishing Co.. 118 E. 28th St.. N. Y C. • 
William Bruette, 118 E. 28th St. N. Y C' • Fred 
M. _ Stephenson, 118 E. 28th St., N. Y. C. • C. L. 
Wise, 128 Broadway, N. Y. C.; Norwood John¬ 
son, 118 E 28th St., N. Y. C.; C. A. Hazen, 128 
Broadway, N. Y. C.; George Bird Grinnell, 238 
E 15th St., N. Y. C.; Jay Hall, 118 E. 28th St., 
N. Y. C.; H. C Mallory, 118 E. 28th St., N. Y. C. 
3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, 
and other security holders owning or holding 1 
per cent, or more of total amount of bonds, mort- 
gages, or other securities are: 
None. 
4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving 
the names of the owners, stockholders, and se¬ 
curity holders, if any, contain not only the list 
of stockholders and security holders as they ap¬ 
pear upon the books of the company but also, 
in cases where the stockholder or security holder 
appears upon the books of the company as trustee 
or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of 
the person or corporation for whom such trustee 
is acting, is given; also that the said two para¬ 
graphs contain statements embracing affiant’s 
full knowledge and belief as to the circum¬ 
stances and conditions under which stockholders 
and security holders who do not appear upon 
the books of the company as trustees, hold stock 
and securities in a capacity other than that of a 
bone fide owner; and this affiant has no reason 
to believe that any other person, association, or 
corporation has any interest direct or indirect 
in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than 
as so stated by him. 
WILLIAM BRUETTE, Editor. 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17th 
day of October, 1916. 
FREDERICK PFISTER, 
(My commission expires March 30, 1917.) 
ASHAWAL LINES are record lines 
They have taken many rec¬ 
ord fish. They were recognized 
as record lines at San Fran¬ 
cisco last year when the inter¬ 
national Jury of Award gave 
them the Gold Medal, the high¬ 
est possible award. 
Their quality is dependable. 
Over ninety years of consistent 
the 
good 
good 
REG.U-S.PAT. OFF. 
effort have put them in 
“tried and proven” class. 
Ashaway Lines are 
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yours for the asking. 
ASHAWAY LINE & TWINE MFG. CO., ashaway, r. i„ u.s.a. 
Established 1824 
