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You can outfit 
for a day’s rab¬ 
bit shooting or 
for a trip to the 
wilds of Africa 
at 
Philadelphia’s 
Sporting Goods 
Headquarters 
Write for Catalog “C” and tell us 
what you're interested in. 
SHANNON 
816 Chestnut St.. Philade'phia 
'Rifle 'Range and Gallery 
Providence (R. I.) Revolver Club. 
Providence, R. 1. —Scores made Aug. 27, with the 
Smith and Wesson R. C., at 50yds., in the U. S. R. A. 
Outdoor League, follow: 
W H Freeman. 81 86 76—243 
Wm Almy . 75 82 77—234 
W H Willard. 71 78 79—228 
T J Biesel. 74 61 77—212 
H C Miller. 72 65 72—209 
Geo E Joslin. 61 66 67—194—1320 
Conditions were good all around. H. C. Miller. 
Rifle Note. 
The program of the thirty-sixth annual shooting fes¬ 
tival of the Zettler Rifle Club can be obtained of Secre¬ 
tary F. Flecking, 159 West Twenty-third street, New 
York. The competition will be held at Union Hill 
Schuetzen Park, Union Hill, N. j.. Sept. 27. 
TEXAS COAST FISHERIES. 
More than five and a half million pounds of 
fish are caught in Texas coast fisheries in a 
year. This does not include the hundreds of 
fish taken from the Gulf by private fishing 
parties for sport, of which no report is made 
to the State Fish and Oyster Commissioner, 
but merely includes the fisheries conducted by 
private companies for pfofit. The report for 
the last fiscal year (1909) shows that 5,542,840 
pounds of fish was the total catch of the 
registered fishing boats on the Texas coast in 
the Gulf waters. Of this, 3,262,840 pounds were 
caught in Texas coast waters and 2,280,000 
pounds was the catch reported by the Gulf Fish¬ 
eries Company, which means that this amount 
of red snapper was taken from the Gulf. This 
fish will average 6 cents the pound, which 
means that the value of the catch for the last 
fiscal wear was $332,570.40. There are 371 
registered fishing boats in the Gulf fisheries in¬ 
dustry, of which eighteen are the “mosquito 
fleet” of the Gulf Fisheries Company engaged 
in red snapper fishing. This fishing industry 
gives employment to 1,164 men. 
These fish come principally from Galveston 
Bay, Port Lavaca, Matagorda Bay, Spirito 
Santa, Rockport and the various other bays 
and Sounds along the coast. The red snapper 
fish are brought from a distance, largely from 
the Campeche banks, and the principal operator 
in this red snapper industry is the Gulf Fish¬ 
eries Company of Galveston. This company 
has a large plant in Galveston, where it packs 
and ships out fish, having a trade in many parts 
of the North and East. The Gulf Fisheries 
Company also maintains its fleet of fishing 
vessels. Each of these boats make an average 
of nine trips in a year to the Campeche banks, 
and if fishing is good each will bring in an 
average load of 12,000 pounds of fish on each 
of these trips. 
The great and pressing need of the fish in¬ 
dustry in Texas, according to the word of ex¬ 
perts, is the installation of a system of hatch¬ 
eries. More than five million pounds of fish 
seems a big year’s catch, but it is nevertheless 
true that the amount is hardly suffcient to sup¬ 
ply home consumption, and if no shipments 
were made outside of the State and all this 
amount of sea food were distributed among the 
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HITTING vs. MISSING. 
By S. T. Hammond (“Shadow”). Cloth. Price, $1.00. 
Mr. Hammond enjoys among his field companions the 
repute of being an unusually good shot, and one who is 
particularly successful in that most difficult branch of 
upland shooting, the pursuit of the ruffed grouse, or 
partridge. This prompted the suggestion that he should 
write down for others an exposition of the methods by 
which his skill was acquired. The result is this original 
manual of “Hitting vs. Missing.” We term it original, 
because, as the chapters will show, the author was self- 
taught; the expedients and devices adopted and the 
forms of practice followed were his own. This then may 
be termed the Hammond system of shooting; and as it 
was successful in his own experience, being here set 
forth simply and intelligently, it will prove not less 
effective with others. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
TO SPORTSMEN 
HOW. WHEN AND WHERE 
TO COMPLETE YOUR BAG 
The number of distinguished visitors, including Royalty, bears 
ample testimony to the advantages of the 
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The most fascinating and instructive playground in the world. 
A veritable mecca for 8porlsmen in Search of Big Game. 
For reliable information address Publicity Department, 
Uganda Railway. Dewar House, Haymarket, S, W.—D. G. 
LONGWORTH, London Representative. 
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THE ANGLER’S WORKSHOP 
Rodmaking for Beginners 
By PERRY D. FRAZER 
A UNIQUE work, bringing the science of rodmaking up to the very moment and 
epitomizing the knowledge and experience of experts for the guidance of the 
average man. The evolution of bait-casting principles has made Mr. Frazer’s 
book supersede all previous publications on the subject. 
Every angler—young or old—who is fond of adapting his rods and tackle to his own 
ideas of what they should be, will find in this book a large fund of information gathered 
by ‘lie author in years of study, experiment and practical experience in fishing, tourna¬ 
ment casting and at the work bench. He theorizes and speculates not at all. He tells 
“the how” of everything connected with rodmaking in a way that makes results certain. 
All explanations are simple and easily followed. 
Separate chapters are devoted to each of a half dozen types of bait-casting rods; to 
tarpon, surf and light salt water rod''; bass and trout, salmon and tournament fly-rods. 
Complete specifications of well-known types are given, and the chapter on split bamboo 
rodmaking is the most comprehensive treatise on the subject ever published. Indis¬ 
pensable in the angler’s library. 
Cloth, 180 pages, four full-page illustrations, 60 working drawings, making plain 
every feature of the text. Postpaid, $1.00. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., 127 Franklin St., New York 
