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Nov. 30, 1997.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 

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was a sorrel and that he was lame. He showed 
where the horse had rubbed against a tree and 
had left some sorrel hairs. He pointed to where 
the animal had crossed a muddy place and showed 
that the impressions made by the right hind foot 
were not so heavy as those left by the other 
feet. He showed another place where the man 
had got down off the horse, leaving the mark 
of his heavy army boot on the soil, and showed 
limb of a tree at a height which could have been 
The soldiers were 
unconvinced and the boy offered to trail the 
man and find him if he were released and paid 
his services. This was agreed to and he 
led them to the deserter, who had been compelled 
to stop and rest on account of the lameness of 
horse. 
In the West every ranchman must be a trailer 
io a certain extent if he expects to keep his 
stock. He must be able to pick out the tracks 
left by his own straying animals among the hun- 
over the country. The result that follows is 
that the ranchman learns to do what the Indian 
has been compelled to do from his childhood 
and watch for imprints on the earth, changed 
positions of stones and broken and bent sticks 
THE ADVANTAGES OF ENTOMOLOGY. 
“No one can hope to be a successful dry-fly 
fisherman unless he is also an entomologist,” 
was the theme on which the riverside naturalist 
held forth as we wended our way toward a small 
but well-stocked chalk stream about the time of 
the evening rise, says H. D. T. in the Field. It 
was this remark and others of a like nature that 
first led me seriously to consider the advisability ' 
of studying this branch of the contemplative 
man’s pastime. Previously I had been_accus- 
tomed to present the contents of my fly box 
seriatim to any supper-seeking trout of sizeable 
dimension, but after listening to my companion’s 
polvsyllabic remarks on trout and_ their food 
while waiting for the rise to begin (my own 
under similar circumstances usually consisting of 
one syllable only), I determined to lose no time 
in acquiring the rudiments of this science, so 
necessary to success. I listened, therefore, with 
LEFEVER 
“OPTIMUS” 
——.—§ 400 
We do not compete, and never have, with machine 
made shot guns which are machined out in large 
quantities and sold at low prices and big discounts. 
Nor do we care for the trade that panders to low price. 
For nearly half a century Lefever Shot Guns have 
catered only to the crack marksman and the genuine 
sportsman who realize that shooting is a luxury 
and that without a luxurious shot gun it is a dull 
business. By luxury we mean not only beautiful 
design and handsome finish, but a gun that is a real 
luxury to use. 
In this limited space we cannot prove to you that 
no foreign or American gunsmith has ever built a shot 


man behind the gun; 

interest while he recounted the life history of 



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Pick out the men who are shooting 
PARKER GUNS and you will 
have a list of the best shots on the 
grounds—Try it and see. 
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The Oldest Builders of Shotguns in America 


SCORES MADE SHOOTING 
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