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breast, 1 match and 
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ITHACA GUNS 
For Christmas 
SHELDON, 11 year 
old son of the Ithaca 
Gun Man, had a 16 
gauge 26” Ithaca for 
Christmas. 
Here’s the first 
tabbit Sheldon faa. 
shot at. An 
Ithaca Gun for 
Christmas will 
make your wife, 
kiddie, sister or 
sweetheart as 
healthy and happy as 
Sheldon’s Ithaca made 
him. 
Catalogue Free 
Double guns for 
game $37.50 up. 
Single barrel trap 
guns $90 up. 
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Ithaca, N. Y. 
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In writing to Advertisers mention Forest and Stream. 
Stisntiy and tnen noiding the hnandie 
still. The more one winds, the stronger 
the drag becomes. The spool is made 
free for casting simply by a slight 
backward turn of the handle. It also 
has a special drag, put in use by means 
of a rim lug, which drag can be used 
or not, as one chooses. 
Syst fishing may be enjoyed from 
January to May, but by far the 
best fishing is during February and 
March. The light tarpon outfit is very 
suitable for these fish, say a rod 6 or 
6% feet over all with a tip weighing 
from 6 to 8 ounces. The tip length 
should be about 5 feet or a trifle over. 
The regulation 3/0 reel with adjustable 
drag and free spool is best suited for 
this work and it will carry easily the 
necessary 200 yards of 12 thread line. 
Cut bait, of course, is the best pos- 
sible for these acrobats of the sea, but 
of late years a great many have come 
to use the large size wooden plugs, 
with fairly decent results. These plugs 
are trolled, the old method being to go 
slowly, but the new method (and by 
far the most successful) is to troll at 
the rate of 6 to 7 miles an hour. The 
only disadvantage of plug fishing for 
sailfish is the habit he has of tapping 
the bait first to kill it. One should be 
prepared to stop the plug efter it has 
been tapped a time or two and so simu- 
late the killed bait. 
ARPON, the “silver king” and the 
most sought after of all the Florida 
fishes, does not afford much sport to 
the winter angler. A few are some- 
times caught during the month of Jan- 
uary; it is a little better during Feb- 
ruary. If conditions are right, March 
will bring some pretty good fishing. 
April is a pretty safe month to go for 
these fish, but the king months of them 
all are May, June and July. 
In fishing for tarpon the recom- 
mending of a suitable rod requires con- 
siderable thought and judgment. Of 
course, everyone is anxious to try as 
light tackle as possible to land the spec- 
tacular fighters, but one must not err 
in getting tackle too light with which 
to play a fish properly. If the water 
to be fished has many hazards like 
piles, trestles, etc., it is the height of 
folly to use tackle too light to turn 
them away from the dangerous spot. 
Probably the most sensible rod is 
what is known as the regulation tar- 
pon and tuna rod. This rod is about 
7 feet over all, weight about 26 ounces. 
‘|Handle should be 20 inches long, tip 
about 5% feet long, weight from 14 
to 15 ounces. The reel to be used with 
this rod should be the regulation 6/0 
free spool with adjustable drag and 
should be filled with either 21 or 24 
thread line. 
For the light tackle equipment the 
same as recommended for sailfish will 
be quite Sultable and comes under tne 
tarpon and tuna clubs light tackle 
rules. 
The best bait for tarpon is probably 
cut mullet, but a great many anglers 
prefer the large wooden plugs used for 
this purpose and which are very effec- 
tive and sporty. 
The Hunting Cocker Spaniel 
pee breed of dog of intrinsic worth 
is bound sooner or later to come 
into its own. The Cocker Spaniel in 
our country has, with rare exceptions, 
been a home pal rather than the up- 
land hunting dog he really is. As a 
show dog he has always been one of 
the popular breeds, and, fortunately, 
those who prefer the bench to the field 
have improved the Cocker without 
hurting his hunting ability. 
A concerted move by the hunting 
Cocker enthusiasts is now under way 
to show the hunting fraternity that 
here is a hunting dog worthy of serious 
consideration. Reluctantly but surely 
the hunter is turning from the pointer 
and setter in favor of the lighter 
spaniels. 
The Cocker at work is a merry, ani- 
mated picture, and the flashing of his 
tail as he flushes his game then comes 
to a perfect drop, brings a glow of 
enthusiastic pride to his owner. 
One advantage of the Cocker and his 
larger cousin, the Springer, is that the 
one-dog man has a dog which will hunt 
either feathers or fur and do each 
equally well. After the upland bird 
season is over, then let’s get out in the 
fields with our merry Cocker and have 
a day with the cottontails. 
The Hunting Cocker Spaniel Club 
of America is working to bring the 
Cocker back to his rightful place as a 
hunting dog of real ability and con- 
venient size. The first field trials ever 
held in America for American or Cana- 
dian-bred Cocker spaniels will be run 
Sunday, December 6th, over the estate 
of Dr. A. R. Moffit, at Poughkeepsie, 
N. Y. The cover is ideal and the game 
will be plentiful. Horace J. Lytle, of 
Smada Byrd fame, E. Tauskey and 
A. Clinton Wilmerding have been in- 
vited to judge these trials. 
For more particulars regarding the 
Hunting Cocker Spaniel Club, or in- 
formation about the field trials, write 
to the secretary of the club, Harry H. 
Kingston, Jr., 155 Main Street W., 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Stalking Big Game with a Camera 
By MARIUS MAXWELL 
[XN making photographic records of big 
game animals in Equatorial Africa, 
the author has given science a contribu- 
tion of inestimable value. 
As civilization closes in on the Afri- 
It will identify you. 
