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Better Aim at 
Target or Game 
No. 48 Micrometer Windgauge Re¬ 
ceiver Sight 
Used by winners of the recent International 
Matches. Adjustable to minutes of angle 
for elevation and to quarter points for 
windage. A wonderful saver of ammunition 
in sighting in and a great aid to accurate 
holding under any condition of light or wind. 
Suitable for both target and game. For 
Springfield 1903, 1906; Newton; Ross Model 
10 .280; Remington Model 30; Lee-Enfield: 
No. 48B, Government Springfield, 1922 .22; 
No. 48M, for all rifles having Mauser Re¬ 
ceiver. Prices: $11.00 without Disc, $11.50 
with Disc. Tap and Drill for mounting, 50c. 
Send for special folder. 
No. 103 Micrometer 
Rear Sight 
For small bore target rifles: 
Stevens Favorite, Ideal; Win¬ 
chester 90, 52, 06, Single 
Shot, 92 and 94 all cali¬ 
bers; Savage 1919 .22. 
Remington Model 12. En¬ 
ables you to bring your 
second shot into the 
bull from any point on 
the target by just counting the “clicks. 
Price, $9.00. Send for special folder. 
No. 6 Folding Leaf Sight 
Folding Crotch and Bar re¬ 
places regular factory front 
sight. Price, $1.75. (Special 
for Remington Model 8, $2.50.) 
Carbine Front Sights 
Ivory, Gold or Red Bead. Three 
diameters. No. 26, 1/16"; No. 
32, 3/32"; No. 24, Vs". Price, 
$ 1 . 00 . 
Rifle Front Sights 
Ivory, Gold or Red Bead. Three 
diameters. No. 3, 1/16"; No. 
28, 3/32"; No. 20, Price, 
$ 1 . 00 . 
Combination Front Sight 
No. 5 B 
For both target or hunting. Re- 
versible Globe and Ivory Bead. 
Price, $1.75. 
No. 17 Target Front Sight 
Reversible Peep and Globe pro¬ 
tected by large hood. Price, $2.50. 
Send for complete catalog of Lyman Sights 
for every purpose and every gun. 
LYMAN GUN SIGHT CORPORATION 
110 West Street, Middlefield, Conn. 
Look for This 
MARK 
Or the Name 
LYMAN 
“Dam’ fine morning,” said the guide, 
as he poured the steaming coffee into 
our mugs. “De vin’ she stay quiet.” 
We stood on the border of the lake and 
watched the day break over the further 
rim’ of the earth, a wondrous sight 
which man sees too seldom for his own 
spiritual good. Gradually the blackness 
became less opaque, and slowly a narrow 
arch of dull light appeared in the eastern 
sky. The mirrored reflection of the 
stars in the water became dimmer. 
Before the first rays of the sun had 
had time to show themselves we were 
seated in the canoe with a supply of 
blankets and headed once more for the 
cove. Arrived there we put the blankets 
about us and huddled up in the craft. 
The forest was yet deeply shrouded in 
the cloak of night but every minute 
(Continued on page 146) 
A JACK RABBIT DRIVE 
IN UTAH 
(Continued from page 107) 
expensive, the method has been discon¬ 
tinued. 
The ranchers scattered along the old 
line of the Union Pacific Railroad which 
skirts the shores of Great Salt Lake for 
over a hundred miles, through sage brush 
and desert, suffer the greatest loss from 
the jack rabbit pest, and, in the winter 
months, soon after the first snows, they 
generally get together and have a series 
of round-ups, which results in a great 
number of the animals being killed. 
And it is at this time when the sports¬ 
men of Salt Lake City, Ogden and Brig¬ 
ham receive their annual appeal from the 
ranchmen to come to their rescue. Great 
preparations are made for their coming, 
as they spare no pains to help them in 
every possible manner. To begin with, 
the sportsmen of the above-named cities 
charter a special train, known as the 
“Rabbit Hunter’s Special,” to take them 
to whatever point the ranchers have 
designated. On their arrival, they are 
met with horses and bobsleds, the horses 
being for the use of the “pickers,” those 
who pick up the rabbits as fast as they 
are shot, and load them on the sleds 
which follow close behind the hunters. 
The hunt generally starts from the point 
where the train stops, but quite some 
time is lost by the captains of each squad 
organizing their men. Each captain has 
from 25 to 50 men to look after and keep 
in line during the drive. The train some¬ 
times makes two stops, half the hunters 
getting off, while the others go farther 
on, say from two to five miles, when each 
body starts toward the other, gradually 
forming a great circle, which grows 
smaller as they advance. Hundreds of 
rabbits are shot as the circle decreases, 
all of which are gathered up by the 
“pickers” and carried to the sleds which 
take them to the waiting train where they 
are loaded and taken back to the city 
and are distributed among the poor. 
Imagine a great circle composed of 
from three to four hundred hunters 
whose guns are constantly cracking at 
thousands of rabbits, running hither and 
thither, vainly seeking a place to escape 
Forest and Stream 
those deadly guns. The sharp com¬ 
mands of the captains of each squad 
who are trying to hold their excited men 
in line rise above the din. Many of the 
hunters fall out of line on account of 
their guns becoming so hot from con¬ 
stant shooting that they could no longer 
hold them. After swinging them several 
minutes they are ready for action again, 
and rejoin the line, which, by this time, 
has drawn closer together. Crack, crack, 
bang, bang, and high above the boom of 
the guns comes the command to “Shoot 
Down,” which means that the circle has 
become to small that shooting from the 
shoulder would endanger each other. 
During all this time the rabbits are 
actually piling on top of each other, the 
circle being so small that many of them 
make their escape through the lines, in 
spite of the fact that all the hunters are 
now shooting from their hips, which is 
kept up until the word “Turn” comes 
from the captains. At this command all 
turn their backs to the rabbits, while the 
horsemen ride into the bunch, scatter¬ 
ing them in all directions, which makes 
shooting safer as each hunter then shoots 
straight away from the others, reducing 
accidents to a minimum. 
The shooting gradually ceases as the 
rabbits scamper away, and by the time 
the last gun is fired several thousand are 
lying around. After they are loaded on 
the train, if ano her round-up is to be 
had, the hunters climb into the sleds 
which drive in a circle of a mile or two, 
the hunters getting out in pairs every 
twenty-five or fifty yards, depending 
upon the number taking part. After the 
last man has left the sleds, a signal is 
given and the drive begins. 
'“THESE round-ups are so arranged 
that the last one brings the hunters 
near the place where the Moves of the 
ranchers have prepared an elaborate 
feast. They are generally held on the 
open prairie where a huge tank of cof¬ 
fee, containing from twenty-five to fifty 
gallons, is in readiness, not to speak of 
mountains of pies, cakes and doughnuts 
which are dealt out with a lavish hand. 
After the feast is over, the engineer 
of the train which stands nearby, gives 
several long blasts from the whistle 
which causes all the stragglers to hurry 
in, and, in a few minutes, the train is 
homeward bound, going at a very slow 
rate of speed, as the hunt is not over yet. 
Each wfindow on the train, which gen¬ 
erally contains five coaches and two bag¬ 
gage cars, is thrown up and the guns 
keep up a constant fusilade for twenty- 
five miles, leaving hundreds of rabbits 
scattered along the way. 
The last round-up in which the writer 
participated was held at Promontory 
Summit where the Union Pacific and the 
Southern Pacific railroads met in the 
course of construction, and which joined 
the East with the West. The spot is 
now marked by a monument, as it was 
the place w'here the golden spike was 
driven. The spike used in the ceremony 
was the gift of David H. Herves, of San 
Francisco, and w'as seven inches long, 
being made out of twenty-three tw^enty- 
dollar gold pieces. As a matter of fact, 
the spike did not go into the road. Like 
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