2 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 1 ESTABLISHED |. 1831 G. Gaudig & Blum 34 East 12th Street, New York (Corner University Place) Leipzig London Paris Berlin | Importers and Exporters of RAW FURS Highest Prices Prompt Returns Fair Assortments — All shipments kept separate until remittance is found satisfactory. REFERENCES—Mercantile Agencies and Banks. is a menance to the life of its owner ; its vital parts break or wear out quickly. It can never be depended upon for accuracy or good results. The owner of a PARKER GUN is insured against ALL of these evils. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. N. Y. Salesrooms, | PARKER BROS. 32 Warren St. Meriden, Conn. The Oldest Gun Builders in America. When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. ROSS CANOES THE ACME OF PERFECTION. Safe, Staunch and Reliable. The Canoe for the long trip. Our 1908 models of prospecting and pleasure canoes are now ready for delivery. -A large stock to choose from which will satisfy the purchaser under all conditions. Don’t fail to send for catalogue. The J. H. Ross Canoe Co. ORILLIA, ONT. Electric Pocket Lights. sphat the thing for use in the Camp, Motor Boat, Automcbile. Instantaneous light, no danger of fire around gasoline. Simple— any child can use them. Vest Pocket Flashlights New Wonder Flashlights. Especially de- signed for poc- ket or ladies hand bag, very = hand any- = where for light, 7 when required but a few minu- tes. Size4x 2% Best suited for general use around house or camp, long life of x1. Price $1.00. Renewal Battery 35c. battery, good light. Size 6in. x 1%in. Price complete $1.25. Postage 15c. Renewal Battery 25c. Postage 15c. Don’t go to spend your summer vacation without one, you will wantit. Send for our No. 1 Flashlights. Especially adapted for v rc motor boats,auto,night circulars. Ignition watchmen, policeman == Batteries for Autos, or anywhere where a ‘Lauuches, Coils, Plugs, long lig ghe is sere. etc. F : Size8 in. x1 Discount to Price pes etl $1. 50. Renewal battery 35c. Postage 20c. Dealers. THE CANADIAN ELECTRIC NOVELTY CO. ; Phone Coll. 1786. 334 Spadina Ave., TORONTO, ONT. 1 \ ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA CLOTHING Keeps you dry, clean and comfort- ablein the heaviest driving storm. Plenty of materials are SAID to be water- proof. RAINO has PROVEN so by the severest tests. Raino garments are soft and pliable and will not stick, gum, rot or peel. Is the only satisfac- tory material for hunt- ers, fishermen, yachts- men, automobilists, etc. Color Olive Drab. Write for sample and free book of styles. Dealers can also be supplied. RAINO CO. 737-761 S. Halsted Street, CHICAGO, U.S.A WATERPROOF Sta-Rite PLUGS Trade Mark Reg, U.S, Pat, Office WERE RIGHTLY NAMED IN {902 Double Porcelains do not break because inner heat- ed Porcelain Tube and out- er PorcelainCap have their own contraction and ex- pansion. Single Porcelain Plugs are handicapped be- cause contraction and expansion is not uniform and tube either breaks or leaks. Sta-Rite Joints do not leak Tension Springs prevent parts loosening No broken Bolt Heads; they are turned from Solid Bessemer Steel Rods Sta-Rite air spaces and glazed insulating surfaces permit perfect ignition in oil and soot. Latest circulars and 25¢c six inch rule sent free on request. Sta-Rite Mica Plugs $1.50 each. THE R.E.HARDY CO. 25 WEST 42np ST-.; NEW YORK John Forman, Montreal Rice Lewis & Co., Toronto A. W. LePage, General Agent for British Columbia, Vancouver, B. C. No. 4 Separable Double Porcelain Price Net, F.O.B. N.Y. $1.25 o ee %eo° & TACKLE wee? SiTcH, ENO The Largest Manufacturers in the World in our Line Our Goods stand the Test The Patent Unbreakable Silk Bound Rod === THE GREATEST NOVELTY IN FISHING RODS. Silk bound, waterproof, Split Cane Rodin Trout and Bass. Strongest rod in the world. Every dealer and fisherman should see this rod. Price is most reasonable and within the reach of all. Made only by us in our factory at Toronto The Allcock, Laight G- Westwood Co., Limited 78 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. t ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA Don’t be selfish. If you have smoked the 10c Cigar and like it tell yourfriends about it. It is for sale wherever Good Cigars are sold and smoked by the best judges of cigars. Harris, Harkness & Co., Makers, Montreal. Nothing Useless Put In Nothing Useful Left Out This accounts for our success. Buffalo Marine Motors are designed and built to give satisfaction and do it. Write for 1908 catalogue and get 2 to100 H. P. posted as to new sizes and styles. Our New Slow Speed Engine fills a long felt want. BUFFALO GASOLINE MOTOR CO. 1218-30 Niagara St. B.0 F FAL O: aN: When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. _ ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 5 n le € evel) Ssbopvaly F . ssyand anon E 7ee on the Ballard system for greatest pos- — “sible accuracy and killing power. 5 @) The simplicity, strength and perfect adjustment of Cpeaune i parts insure quick, easy. operation. 4 y/. The Marlin solid top is always a protection between 7 your head and the cartridge, and prevents powder and gases 4 Yi, See ing back. The-side ejector never throws a shell‘into your 2 “face or eyes, never disturbs your aim, and allows instant repeat = : “shots. The closed-in breech keeps out rain, snow and all foreign © matter—keeps your Wlarfin clean and serviceable at all times. : every big game hunter should know these “special HZzr/zz features. Send for our The Marlin Firearms Ce, “436-page'catalog. Free for 3 stamps. | 67| Willow St. NEW HAVEN. CONN. — SUPERIOR WORKMANSHIP | _ MATERIAL—STYLE — Are three of the leading features of every LAKEFIELD CANOE. If you are contemplating buying a Canoe next season, before doing so find out all about our models, and we feel satisfied we can PLEASE you in EVERY DETAIL and also as to PRICE. SEND FOR CATALOGUE, Lakefield Canoe Building -& Manufacturing Co., Limited LAKEFIELD, ONTARIO. A Matchless Cigar Lighter Will be sent FREE to anyone sending us One Subscription to Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. Address, W. J. TAYLOR, publisher, Woodstock, Ont. When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada: ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. Folding Tonneau on the MITCHELL RUNABOUT Opened or closed in 5 seconds without the use of any tools. As firm, strong and comfortable as a standing tonneau. Also made for Fords, Cadillacs, Buicks and many others. Write for full description and prices to DAYTON FOLDING TONNEAU COMPANY DAYTON, OHIO, U.S.A. . This 5 H.P. Twin os Cylinder Motor $120 Complete with upright gear driven commutator, Schebeler carburetor, and all electrical and boat equipment including shaft, bronze propellor and stuffing box. Fully Guaranteed. Immediate Deliveries. Ask for 1908 catologue. Lockwood-Ash Motor Go. JACKSON, MICH., U.S.A. 10-12 H.P. Agents Wanted. 18--20 H.P. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Four Cycle Send for Prices and Double Cylinder Circulars. THE BEILFUSS MOTOR CO., LANSING, MICH,, U.S.A. ——— When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada.. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 7 COMPARISON COMPARE THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE OLDSMOBILE WITH ANY OTHER CAR AT THE PRICE $3000.00 OLDSMOBILE, MODEL ‘“‘M” SPECIFICATIONS Wheel Base 11zinches Springs Tread 5s6inches —Front Type Semi-elliptical Seating Capacity Five- passenger — Dimensions 36 x 24% inches Motor 4-cylinder —Rear Type Full-elliptical —Cylinder 434 x 4% inches —Dimensions 38 x 24% inches —Bearings Parson’s white brass —Shock Absorbers Foster all around —Crank shaft Drop forged Steering Gear —Valves Cast iron head steel —Type Worm and nut —Horse Power 36 (A.L.A.M. rating) —Bearings Phosphorus bronze Transmission —Wheel 17 inches —Speeds 3 forward Starting Gear ‘ —Bearings I reverse —Clut-h Hook and pin Annular (Hess Bright) — Crank Extended —Clutch Cone, with leather and cerk insert lining eae Cooling System eye —Front 1-beam section \single piece —Radiator Vertical tube —Bearings Timken (drop forged —Pump « : = Gear —Rear Timken —Water Capacity 3% gallons _¥Bearings Timken semi-floating ignition Jump spark —Batteries torage d dry cell Wheels nt —Coil pes Saba Nene a —Front Ten 1 5-8 inch spokes —Commutator La Coste Rear Twelve 15 Sinch spokes —Magneto Special equiptment Bosch Tires : Carburetor Venturi with air valve —Front 34%:3% inches —Gasoline Capacity isgallons —R*ar 34 x 4 iuches —Gasoline System Gravity Frame 3 —Reserve Tank 2 gallons —Type Sub frame Brakes . —Material Open hearth steel —Foot Lever External on hubs —Section 314 x 1% inches —Hand Lever Internal on hubs : 5-32 inches thick Would you buy an automobile without first having so famous a car as the Oldsmobile demonstrated to you e Frederick The Oldsmobile Company Sager, Manager OF CANADA, LTD. 80 Hing St., East Toronto, Canada When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. 8 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. id Gun Cabinet FOR $12.50 Antique Oak Height 70 in. Width, 28 in. Depth 12in. If you desire to make a reputation as an expert cocktail mixer, buy the “Club” brand, follow directions, and your friends will wonder where you gained the art. Many a cocktail you have drunk and complimented your host for his art of mixing—the truth is you had a “Club Cocktail.” it merely required a little ice to cool it. You can do it just as well. G. F. HEUBLEIN & BRO., Sole Proprietors 29 Broapway, NEw YORK, N. Y. HARTFORD, CONN. Lo Jackets With or Without Collar My THREE GRADES 3, °4.50 *6 Guaranteed all wool, seamless, elastic, close fitting, comf Made only in three colors—Dead Grass, Oxford, Gray and Scarlet. Send us your address for one of our Gun Catal S. ° aloes HH. Kiffe CoS 2ryda A Absolutely reliable and dur- WIZARD M GNET able. Make and break or ' Jump Spark for Marine and Stationary Engines. Special Magneto for Ford and Max- well Runabouts. Try a ‘‘WIZARD’” on your Engine. Thousands in successful operation. Canadian Agents: CANADIAN FAIRBANKS CO. MONTREAL VANCOUVER WINNIPEG TORONTO 15 ft. Launch with 1 1-2 H.P. motor. OUR $150 GASOLINE LAUNCH is a handsome little craft, strongly built, of light draught and most suitable for Sportsmen, Read what a Cleveland gentleman says in reference to the one he purchased from us:— “JT have been using the little launch for the past four weeks, and wish to say to you that it is the neatest, best built and most practical small boat in our sec- McKeough & Trotter Ltd., Chatham,'Ont. tion of Georgian Bay.” Send for catalogue. When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS | FOX MOTORS | HIGH SPEED- HEAVY DUTY a8 —-—______._f We sell on the bore and stroke of a \ our cylinders and their capacity sin cubic inches. To realize the import- § ance Ses this matter, send for our catalog. THE FOX REVERSIBLE GASOLINE ENGINE co. 208 Front St., South Cincinnati, Newport, Ky. Fox MOTORS | } i] HIGH SPEED- HEAVY DUTY aie a8 ee —t Our 15 sizes of High Speed and bo-eeeat Heavy Duty Motors are fully described " - in our catalog. The sanest, most direct and most convincing motor catalog ever issued. : Write for it. ! THE FOX REVERSIBLE GASOLINE ENGINE CGO. _ 208 Front St., South Cincinnati, Newport, Ky. FREE _ An Unbreakable Rod .For particulars write premium de- partment, Rod and Gnn and Motor Sports in Canada, Woodstock, Ont. Dovercourt Kennels Successful breeders and exhibitors of High-class Cocker Spaniels, Toy Yorkshires, Poodles and Pmeranians Puppies and full grown dogs always for sale. Can get you any kind of sporting dog desired. Apply °* R. WORR, 149 Dovercourt Road, or P. HERD, Bay Street Fire Hall, TORONTO Phone Park 2429, Marine and Stationary Gas and Gasoline Engines. -IN CANADA. 9 Ss ese eeBe4esees : : : , Best Results from Best Material “ Wellington” Photographic Plates, Papers and Films. Ask your dealer or write for booklet WARD & CO. 13 ST. JOHN STREET, MONTREAL, P. Q. B222202422320 THE CELEBRATED HUNGARIAN and ENGLISH Partridges and Pheasants Capercailzies, Black Game, Wild Turkeys, Quails, Rabbits, Deer. etc., for stocking pur- poses. Fancy Pheasants, Peafowl, Cranes, Storks, Ornamental Geese and Ducks, Foxes Squirrels, Ferrets,etc. All kinds of birds and animals bought and sold, WENZ & MACKENSEN DEPT. K. PHEASANTRY & GAME PARK, YARDLEY. PA. Hamilton Motor Works, timitea Hamilton, Ont. 10 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. WHEN IN DETROIT STOP AT CHE: TULLESe Absotutely Fireproof Cor. Adams Avenue and Park Street tt Bb | >| | | | | “l Marvel Carbureters Best on 2 Cycle Engines Best on 2 Cylinder, 4 Cycle Engines Best on Boats Best on everything You can returnitin 1o days and get your meney back if it does not suit you. Nothing likeit. Try it and see. In the centre of the Theatre, Shopping and Business District. A la Carte Cafe. Grille Room. Service Unexcelled. Every Room With Bath. European Plan. Rates $1.50 per day and up. M. A. SHAW, MANAGER: Marvel Manufacturing Co. Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A. | | Palmer’s Moosehead Brand | Waterproof The Cooley Motor New Model 1908 Fourteen years in S ® lee Thous- High - Grade ang ar porting Motors at a operat on throughout Reasonable the world } Boots Sizes 3% to 25 H.P. Used extensively by and Exclusive designed to meet the views features of sportsmen, prospectors, found on surveyors and others who are outdoors. Noother boot could be made more water- proof and better adapted to keep its wearer comfortable ! in allsorts of weather. Noth- ing better for railway con- struction work. Made with or without sole and heel. no other Write for “R” Catalogue show- ing different styles. COOLEY MFG. CO. MAIN OFFICE AND FACTORY: Waterbury, Vermont, U.S.A. BOSTON OFFICE: 127 Federal St., Boston, Mass. JOHN PALMER CO., Limited Fredericton, N. B., Canada. Largest manufacturers of Oil Tan Waterproof Footwear in the world. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA, STOP ASTHMA ATTACKS Asthma Cured by a Simple Home Treatment It will be joyful news to thousands of Asthma sufferers to learn that this malady, which causes so much distress at this season of the year, can be cured by a simple home treat- ment. Written testimony of the wonder- ful results obtained by tnis method reach the Toxico Laboratory, 1123 Broadway, New York City, every day, and in order that every one may test Toxico’s merits, a demon- stration of the method, also a treat- ment, will be mailed free of cost to any request. MALARIA CONQUERED Expert Medical Scientists Announce Startling Results Obtained by Malaxo From the latest advices of ‘a co- terie of medical experts, it is evident that malaria has at last met its master. Quinine and its associated Pallatives have been superseded by Malaxo, the new compound, which acts quickly and with better results. This compound will prove a great boon to sufferers, and in order. to hasten its introduction, The Inter- national Remedy Company, 1123 Broadway, New York City, has of- fered to send a free trial by mail on receipt of a written request. USE MENNEN’S BORATED TALCUM TOILET POWDER and insist that your barber use it also. It is Antiseptic, and will prevent any of the skin dis- eases often contracted. A positive relief for Sunburn, Chafing, Prickly Heat and all afflictions of the skin. Removes odor of perspiration, Get Mennen’s—the original. Put up in non-refillable boxes— the “Box that Lox.’? Sold every- where or mailed for 25 cents, Sample free. Try Mennen's Violet (Borated) Talcum Toilet Powder. Sample free. Guaranteed under the Food and Drugs Act, June 30, 1906. Serial No. 1542. GERHARD MENNEN, Newark, N. J. First-Class Fishing Tackle C. FARLOW & CO,, Ltd. ESTABLISHED OVER 60 YEARS. Salmon and Trout Rods Reels Lines Casts Flies and all other requisites. Catalogue with 12 beautiful and true colour- ed plates of salmon and trout flies and 250 other illustrations will be sent to any address post free. Franco-British Exhibition, London. Anglers who visit this exhibition should not fail tosee our stand. It is in the Palace of Equipment of Sporting Goods and Fisheries. Building No. 3A. 10 Charles Street, St. James Square, 8S. W. and 191 Strand W. C. LONDON, ENGLAND. Telegrams—Greenheart, London. : ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. NO NEED TO WORRY if you send your family out in a CHESTNUT SPONSON CANOE Is especially fitted with air chambers from bow to stern. Under the worst conditions of weather or water there is no danger of the canoe upsetting or sinking. WiLL NOT SINK if filled with water. Three peoplesitting on the gunwale will not upset it. Canoe cannot leak as it is covered with a seamless sheet of specially woven canvas which is not affected by the action of salt or fresh water or heat or cold. Write for illustrated catalogue and prices. THE CHESTNUT CANOE CO., Limited YORK STREET, Fredericton, N. B. F fl OYALc.. Dependable (ft 3 N G | N E Serviceable : Satisfactory Built for hard work and does it, too. Positive in action and easy to operate. Has no useless weight, but every ounce of material means strength and power. 23-5-7 h.p. Single Cylinder. 5-10-15 h.p. Double Cylinder. ROYAL EQUIPNENT CO. 154 Housatonic Ave., BRIDGEPORT, CONN. PALMER MOTORS 25 THOUSAND RUNNING 25 STYLES AND SIZES 25 MOTORS PER DAY 1 1-2 to 25 Horsepower; One, Two and Four Cylinder; Two or Three Port; Jump or Snap Spark Ignition; Two or Four Cycle. Send for New 1908 Catalog (R & G) PALMER BROTHERS COS COBB, CONN. NEW YORE, 242 Fourth Avenue PHILADELPHIA The Bourse BOSTON 85 Union Street PORTLAND, ME., 48 Portland Pier ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA 13 Another Sterling Victory Sterling Engine Co., Buffalo, N.Y. Gentlemen:—The launch ‘Konocti’? won the Pacific Coast championship at Sacramento at 26 og miles per hour. Equipped with STERLING 6 cylinder 45-65. Have done better than 28 miles with boat. (Signed) PRENTISS N. GRAY Merchants’ Exchange, San Francisco, Cal. This is one of the many letters that we are getting from different parts of the country where STERLING ENGINES have proved themselves to be “all to the good.” The Sterling Fisherman 12 H.P., Two Cylinder—Four Cycle. An Endurance Engine built for heavy continuous service in working boats. Diameter of crank shaft 21 in.—all other working parts correspondingly heavy. This engine was especially designed for the fisherman and may be relied upon under all conditions and in any weather. Write for new 48 page catalog showing complete Sterling line. Sterling Engine Co., Buffalo, N.Y. Member National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers. “Looks like a Steam Engine and Runs like one” that’s what one user says of the Moore Open Crank Case ||| 2ets, Pttiss reauiting Canoes should send for our catalogue. Two - Cycle Motors = eee PALMER-MOGRE Co. "ie, ||| The William English: Canoe Co. * Syracuse, Greater New York Representatives; Terry Engine PETERBOROUGH, ONT. Co., Bryant Park-Bldg., New York City. canner nnn n erence reer When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. l4 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. This Canadian Engine has been in use in all parts of the British Empire for the past five years, and is a reliable, seagoing machine. This reliability ; is no accident, but is se- (@@ cured by thorough con- gh struction and equipment. Made in five sizes from 2 h. p. to 10 h. p. Large stock always on hand for prompt shipment. ~The Adams catalog fully de- scribes our goods, and is sent freeon request. Cor- respondence solicited. THE ADAMS LAUNCH AND ENGINE IP1FG. CO. PENETANGUISHENE, ONT. AND VANCOUVER, B. C. CANADA. WHY? Because the Never Miss No. 8 is Guaranteed for I year’s wear No Trouble No Sooting No Short Circuits No Broken Porcelains JUST Real Spark Plug satisfaction and at the price you ought to pay. $1.00 each Mica $1.50 Don’t Wait ullivan Hook & Reel Guard. Keeps the Reel on the Rod and Holds the Hook. : Attaches to any size rod, either above or below the reel band. Absolutely prevents the reel from slipping. Holds any sort of hook, single, or one _ of a series, and does not injure the fly or other artificial lure. Simple, and always sure and safe. After a first use it will be found indis- pensable. Nickel plated and polished. Price 35c in Canada 25c in United States Sold by all dealers, or et Do it To-day CHARLES L. SULLIVAN, Seu: 617 Railway Exchange Bldg., CHICAGO, ILL. Your Dealer or Jobber or Sold by following leading Canadian dealers :— Bisect, Eeceae Trunk & Leather Goods Co., 97 King St. E., Toronto Warren, & Ellis, 302 Yonge Street, Toronto NEVER MISS SPARK PLUG CO. Gilmour & Co., St. Catherines, Ont. Wm. Gurd & Co., London, Ont. LANSING, MICH., U. 8. A, When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports. in Canada. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 15 mE LEFEVER GUN WON WORLD’S HIGHEST SHOOTING HONORS AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES, UXENDON, ENGLAND in competition with guns of the greatest American and Foreign manufacturers. Mr. Walter Ewing of Montreal, Canada, shooting his: Lefever Gun is awarded the gold cup for premier honor in this great event shooting 90 per cent. under most adverse conditions. The load of shot in this coveted CHAMPIONSHIP contest was limited to 1 1-8 ounce, which even more conclusively proves the efficiency of our wonderful system of taper boring guns. This system was originated by this company. There were three stages governing this contest including birds thrown from known and unknown traps all at unknown angles. Extract from foreign sporting paper: ‘*To see this worlds champion break clay birds at 70 yards, witha gun con- taining a game charge, emphasizes the wonderful system of boring this American gun.’’ MORE LEFEVER VICTORIES THE LEFVER GUN tied for PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP OF UNITED STATES at GRAND AMERICAN HANDI7CAP—June 26, 1908, Columbus, hio. Mr. H. E. Buckwalter shooting a LEFEVER. WON : PRELIMINARY HANDICAP at Boston July 15,1908 Lefever Gun also won SECOND HIGH PROFESSIONAL. Mr. Geo. B. Buchanan shooting a Lefever at Winnipeg Canada, July 14th,’08. WON CHAMPIONSHIP OF WESTERN CANADA and also Won : INTERNATIONAL CAAMPIONSHIP Shoot a LEFEVER and improve YOUR score. Send for catalog (free) containing valuable information. LEFEVER GUNS ARE SOLD BY ALL The Lefever A rms Go. SPORTING GOODS DEALERS 20 MALTBIE ST., SYRACUSE, N.Y. The “Kawartha” Special The R.M. Beal Leather Co., Limited LINDSAY, ONTARIO The “NIFTY” LARRIGAN and Sporting Boot Makers of Canada the casraea JOHN Bull” Brand The “Forest King.” These goods are made with SOLES & HEELS or WHOLE SOLES and guaranteed to be superior to anything on the market. If your dealer does not keep them in stock, write us direct. Send and get one of our illustrated booklets. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. What You Need For we Yachting Motoring Camping Fishing Ganoeing or any other Outdoor RSA 7: | RN EH) i NS ON De NN A 2 il i mE th i LINING Oe IM Sa ||) i ¥ Il ’, 4 0) : is y gteaal (aT A Good, Strong, Well-made Reliable Sweater or Sweater Coat And the best should be only good enough for you IF YOU SEE THIS LABEL ny REGISTERED & PATENTED on a Sweater, BUY IT. You are getting the very best that money can procure. No danger that your Sweater is worn through before half you holiday is over ; they will stand almost any kind of rough handling. That is why we say ‘‘satisfaction guaranteed or money back.” Made in any color or combination of colors. Our regular Standing Collar Sweaters at $2.25, $2.75, $3.50, $4.00, $4.25 and EXTRA HEAVY, 3 shades of greys only $6.00. Our Wescut Sweater, open neck, 5 buttons, at $2.75, $3.00, $4.00, $4.50, $5.00. Our open front Sweater Coats, V neck or Wescut neck at $3.75, $5.00, $6.00. V neck with 2 pockets, Wescut with 4 pockets. Jersey Coat, light weight, V neck only, no pockets, at $1.75. Send for our Catalog No. 7. Mail Orders receive Special Attention. THE KNIT-TO-FIT MFG. CO’Y 597 St. Catherine Street, West MONTREAL, P. Q. When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA 17 Do You Want Good Sport This Fall ?-- THEN ASK FOR English Schultze Smokeless Gunpowder The MOST RELIABLE, CLEANEST and MOST UNIFORM powder on the Canadian market ; unrivalled for PATTERN, PENETRATION and VELOCITY. The following List of Championships won with EnglishSchultze powder is another absolute record: Triennial Championship, Monte Carlo (hel1 nine The Gun Club £100 Challenge Cup (won outright), years continuously), Viz: International Meeting The Amateur Championship of America The Professional Championship of America The Championship at Spa The Championship at Aix-les-Bains 8 The Members’ Challenge, Gun Club (won out- Sa. i , 1898 The Championship at Bosnia : C ; . aac The Championship at Spa c The Championship at Ostend The Champion Medal Rome C The Championship of New South Wales The Champion Sweepstakes (Hurlingham). The Champion Stakes (Gun Club), divided The Ee omship of America, won at Lachmont, U.S -» 1897 The ee a at Ostend oe The Championship of New South Wales........... The Championship at Cannes The One Man Championship of Canada.......19 The Challenge Cup, Melbourne The Grand Prix du Casino, Monte Carlo The Championship at Florence .................. The Triennial Championship, Monte Carlo (ist and 2nd used ‘*English Schultze’’) English Schultze is to be had of all dealers, or write ‘The London and Toronto Trading Co. 14 Front Street East, Toronto, Ont. for special assorted case of 25 lbs. When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. 18 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. Did You Ever Stop To Think that a two-cycle motor built without some means to pre- vent leakage around the crank shaft will soon wear and lose more gas at this point than the price of the motor in a short time. THE CUSHMAN is the only two-cycle motor having adjustable bearing that cannot leak under any conditions. .Made in single and double cylinder. Made for the man who wants the best. If interested write for Catalogue Cushman Motor Co. 2010 N. St., LINCOLN, NEBR. GENERAL SALES AGENCIES. Seattle Hardware Co., Seattle, Wash. L. S. Cushman, Los Angeles, Calif. Denver Gas Engine & Appliance Co., 1814 Arapahoe St., Denver, Colo. J. N. Limeburner, 84 Chambers St., New York City, N. Y. Ee ee 1 Bea ver Meters WORK LIKE BEAVERS. . 28 H.P. four cylinder vertical. SIZES: 12 h.p.and 18 h.p. horizontal opposed Normal speed 1000 revolutions per minute. HIGH SPEED. HIGH GRADE. LOW PRICE. Beaver Mfg. Co. 241 Oregen St. Milwaukee, Wis. NEUMATIC COLLAP- SIBLE CANVAS DE- COYS and ACME Folding Canvas Decoys are in re- ality the only Coilapsible decoys made LIFELIKE and CONVENIENT. Cir- culars of each kind mailed on request. Canvas Decoy Co., Union City, Tenn., U.S.A a é gels Catch ’em and Hold ’em. THE NEWHOUSE TRAP is absolutely reliable. Never fails to hold the game. Positive in action, easy to set, will not % get out of order. Made in all sizes to catch any- thing from a rat to a bear. Send for Catalogue ONEIDA COMMUNITY, Ltd. it Niagara Falls, Ontario i k SINISE, ema we i ) Me C 4 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA 19 Camp there is nothing goes quite so well as a bit of good fat bacon. Ifyou have not been used to fat bacon — try it — the | doctors say itis good and after you have tried it you will say so too. Ask your grocer to get you ‘Star Brand’ THIS BOAT FOLDS English Breakfast INTO A PACKAGE. It’s Solid and Stiff when in use—collapsible : A oO Py and quickly made portable. Carried by hand or ina buggy. Tempered, galvanized, light steel ribs give both strength and lightness. Is a revelation in boat construction. Non- Made by sinkable. Puncture proof. Norepairs. No cost for storage. Wears longer than a wooden boat. We make all sizes and styles for every | W. FEARMAN Co., Ltd. purpose. Our catalogue—ioo engravings — sent on receipt of 6 cts. Hamilton, Ont. KING FOLDING CANVAS BOAT CO. All Fearman’s goods are Government 465 Lake,St., Muskegon, Mich., inspected. formerly Kalamazoo. Be Sirong—Well-Handsome-Successful I have an entire building in Chicago. I have treated 50,000 run-down business men. You don’t need to pay me $1000 as many individual business men have done. Simply send for my new book, which tells all about my methods. I have restored more tired, depressed, nervously-exhausted business men to health than any other living man. For 15 years I have been doing this one thing. I have 150 em- ployes in a big 8-story building eugaged in this work. My patients have numbered thous- ands of the biggest men in Chicago's business and professional life—millionaires, manu- fucturers, bankers, club-men, clergymen, judges and professional men I have the signed statements of thousands of them—men at the heads of the biggest concerns in America— that I restored them to vigorous, bounding health—put them in the very pink of physical condition. I have their statements that I doubled their working capacity, freed them from the need of taking vacations and restored to them the chief joy in life—robust health—and all this without apparatus, without medicine. Let me send you printed matter concerning the method taught them. You cando what they have done right in yourown home by this simple method. Your request for their statements and for printed matter puts you under no obligation to me. Tear out this ad, write name and address on margin, mail to Sylvester J, Simon, 14 Quincy Street, Chicago. SIMPLE---ECONOMICAL---RELIABLE The ‘‘AJAX** Marine Motor is designed on the two-stroke principle—th+ crank shaft receives an impulse at every revolution. This gives the “‘AJAX” a distinct advantage over four-stroke motors and results in more power and greater efficiency. cé aX” SOFIE: BRITISH MADE are so simple and reliable that they can be run continuously for a week or longer by anyone with the minimum of attention. Before deciding on a motor, WRITE FOR OUR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND FULL INFORMATION TO Agents Wanted Dept. R. G.. BROWN BROTHERS, LTD. THE ‘‘AJAX’* TWO-CYLINDER MOTOR : These Motors are made in various sizes from 2% Gt. Eastern Street, London, England. b. h. p. to 21 b. h. p. with one, two or three cylinders EE ELLE IE MIS, EATERY 9 DELS EMG GE EE EI ES PRR, VERTIS EEN US EU EOD 20 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 1909 MODEL, AA SIZE Patents Applied for The New “Baby Breeze” A Real Motorcycle Carbureter for $10 CUT SHOWS HALF ACTUAL SIZE. HANDSOME APPEARANCE. WEIGHT, TEN OUNCES. A HUSTLER FOR RESULTS. Considerate attention should be given by prospective purchasers of Carbureters to the Breeze product. No extravagant claims are published for sensational purposes, but the goods speak for themselves through their wide adaptability and the success attending their use. In the following events of the last few weeks, the Breeze was the Carbureter equipment of the winner and helped win : Jackson Car—Skippack Hill Climb Kissel Kar—Pasadena-Altadena Hill Climb Allen-Kingston—Readville, St. Paul, Long Branch Races Bradley Motorcycle—Point Breeze Races Thomas Auto-Bi—Wilkesbarre Races Christie Racer—St. Paul Meet Kiblinger Motor Bu : . Bendie Motor Bigee } Perry Hill Climb Cameron Car—Economy and Speed Race with Ford and Overland at Baltimore. Send for our Text Book on ‘‘Carbureters and Engine Troubles” 36 pages of good common sense. This booklet evidences that after selling a Carbureter we do not leave the purchaser to find out himself how to get resultsn—WE TELL HIM. Breeze Carbureter Co., 268 Halsey St Newark, N.J., U.S.A. Builders of Carbureters, Strainers and Check Valves. When writing advertisers kindly mention’ Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 21 3 Simplex Guns | October, 1908. A special price-duty paid, delivered, for the first order from your locality for a Tobin Trap Gun with either Single Trigger or Automatic Ejector or both. Write for this quotation. TOBIN ARMS MFG. CO. eee oo Gun Bult to quality. Norwich, Conn. If a combination of the Most Simple Action, the Best Kind of Material and The Know How will make the article, we have it. Weare making a specialty of GOOD GUNS FOR GOOD SHOOTERS made the way you want them. The Tobin Positive Single Trigger does what it is intended to do, you cannot double it. This is the kind that you have been waiting for. SEND FOR CATALOGUE _ TOBIN ARMS MFG. CO. NORWICH, CONNECTICUT When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA HIGH-GRADE GasolineL aunches From $175.00 up. Rowboats and Canoes. H. E. GIDLEY @ CO. : DEPT. R : '_| PENETANGUISHENE, ONT., CANADA > a LL consistencies of A : M grease can be filled ILLER’S QUICK: OPERATING GREASE GUN. and ejected from the gun, with the exception of soap, in 30 seconds. Greese can- not back upin the gun bar- rel. Every gun is fully guaranteed. Write for price at once. MILLER & STARR, Freeport, L. I., N.Y. MULLERITE THE PERFECT BULK SMOKELESS POWDER. li \RDEST GRAIN. HIGHEST: VELOGITIES DEEPEST ‘(PENETRATION GUARANIEED SUPERIOR to ANY SMOKELESS POWDER TRY IT LOAD FOR LOAD WITH ANY SMOKELESS YOU WILL BE CONVINCED SCHOVERLING BROS., Sole Agents 6 Read Street, New York City. Your local dealer can supply any load you wish; if not let us hear from you. A trial is our best argument ROD AND GUN A Strelinger in your Launch is like gold in your pocket, Mighty ie Satisfactory mE: Safe Simple, Durable Reliable Powerful The Strelinger Always Goes 4 Gyc.--STRELINGER--1 to 4 Cyl. (seam ~ “Good as Ever after 10 Years of Service” Thats the way we build them. GOOD when you buy them, GOOD ALWAYS. TROUBLE LEAVES when the 'STRELINGER comes aboard. Wecarry in stock engines from11-2to50H.P, $25 to $2500. aand 4 Cycle Marine and Stationary. Send for catalogue. Special bargain'on a few sample motors. Write now while the opportunity lasts. The Strelinger Marine Engine Co. Dept. x 46 CONGRESS ST. E. DETROIT, MICH. THE Queens Hotel TORONTO, CANADA One of the largest and most comfortable hotels in the Dominion of Canada, and, being adjacent to the Lake, commands a splendid view of Toronto Bay and Lake Ontario. It is well knownas one of the coolest houses in summer in Canada, and is elegantly furnished throughout. Rooms en-suite, with bath rooms attached. THE QUEEN'S has been iiberally patronized by royality and nobility during their visits to Toronto, and among those who have honored it with their patronage are: His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia; their Royal Highnesses, Prince Leopold, Prince George, Princess Louise, and the Duke and Duchess of Connaught; the Marquis of Lorne; the Earl and Countess of Dufferin; the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne; Lord and Lady Stanley, of Preston ; Earl and Countess of Aberdeen. THE QUEEN'S is furnished with all the latest modern improvements. Long Distance Telephone in Every Room. TicGaw & Winnett, Proprietors. AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA eee award at St. Louis World’s Fair. ACME FOLDING BOAT CO., THE 20'4# CENTURY GUN OIL ae Cleans o cially good wt is used. Oils 1 haem polishes the stock, and positively prevents rust on the metal im any climate and any ki sie ye weather, Use before and’after shooting. 3-IN-ONE OIL CO. < 55 New Street, New York f 20 Adopted by governments 15 models to select from. Catalogue Free. Miamisburg, Ohio. , Canada and England. = Geek rable Ne ae Korona Caineras always represent the highest standard of camera quality. If carefully. ex- amined they will win your approbation by their perfection in every detail and the many little features which give them their individuality. _Koronas are famous for their lens equipments and they are sold at very reasonable prices fitted with our TURNER-REICH Convertible Anastigmat f. 6. 8. The perfect American lens. Send for Catalogue Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. 798 Clinton Ave. So., Rochester, N. Y. FS CHSOBRRARRRRORCHOMERORERGRESCRAC ORR oReee i PTT EEE TT EL EE Te sa anyone sending in five subscrip- tions to Rod and Gun we will send Free one of Betzler & Wilson’s high grade fountain pens. When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA ‘Empire’ and ‘Ballistite™ Smokeless Powders Leaders in the best class of Nitro Explosives Grand American Handicap, 1908, Columbus, Ohio, June 23 - 26 BALLISTITE WINS PRELIMINARY HANDICAP SCORE 95x 100 AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP” - 222 x 240 HICH SCORE INSTATE TEAMEVENT “ 97 x 100 EMPIRE WINS HIGH PROFESSIONAL IN PRELIMINARY HANDICAP SCORE 95x 100 SECOND HIGH SCORE in STATE TEAM EVENT SCORE 96x 100 AGENTS IN CANADA Hamilton Powder Co. Montreal. P. Q. Toronto, Ont. Victoria, B. C. "DASH TYPE. National Coil Co., Kenora, Ont- “No Fleas on Me” I AM WASHED WITH ‘Standard’ Oil of Tar which is a Non-Poisonous Disinfectant, has a fine odor, perfect in itsaction, and is the best General Disinfectant on the market. 1f your dealer cannot supply you send his name and one dollar for trial gallon tin to The West Chemical Co. 125 Queen St. East - Toronte. AN EVER READY SAFETY RAZOR AND 12 BLADES MANUFACTURED BY THE AMERICAN SAFETY RAZOR COMPANY 299 BROADWAY, NEW YORE. Will be given FREE to anyone sending 3 sub- scriptions to Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada This razor valued at $1.25 is guaranteed as ood a shaver as any $5.00 razor made. Only a imited number are being offered. See adver- tisement of American Safety Razor Company for full description of the razor we are offering. Insure Efficiency, - Reliability, Economy and Quality The COIL that holds the world’s record for non-stop runs, 4,492 miles on Reo Car. Alsoon the Pilot Car in the New York to Paris race. Question: Why was the NATIONAL COIL used ? Answer: RELIABILITY. We are the Makers of the Reliable National Box Coil. Incorporated Lansing, Mich., U. S. A. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA 25 A MADE IN CANADA. Established 1898 66 9 SPARKING BATTERIES PBulcan | YACHT LIGHTING and SPARKING SYSTEMS Are standard equipment on all high grade Automobiles and Motor Boats “Bulcan Sparker” Over 300 Outfits in use in Canada. “GUARANTEED FOR TWO YEAR The CROFTAN STORAGE BATTERY CO. Tononro, ‘Ganapa Montreal and Hast, John Forman. Winnipeg, Cooper Engine Ca, Vancouver, Vancouver Shipyard, Ltd. No. 305 Six Volt 70 Ampere genre. HANGAS Ep | GOOD HEALTH! | DRINK re =» {Bromo Mineral THE ART OF SHOOTING” Seventh and Revised Popular Edition, 2/6; Postage Gq extra. The well known morning bracer. eee > PRICK LIST FREE | Sweetens a sour stomach. 11, PANTON STREET, HAYMARKET, LONDON, S. W. | (Opposite The Comedy Theatre. Sold at all Hotels in Canada. ALSO DEALERS A King Air Rifle IN ALLKINDS OF ars HOTEL GLASSWARE 3 SUBSCRIPTIONS to L PPLIES. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA HOTEL SU The King Air Rifleis a winner. Every boy who is anxious to become proficient in shooting should take advantage of e this opportunity to own one. No diffi- Hened in securing the 3 subscriptions. 86 Church Street, Toronto, Ont. Send for sample copy to show prospec- tive subscribers. DO IT NOW. $ ‘ is the title of a book by Thomas Practical Dog Education C. Abbott recently eabhahad’ containing some new and thoroughly practical ideas on dog training, or rather dog education. The methods recommended by Mr. Abbot represent the experience of the best trainers throughout the country. The man who masters the rrinciples will be able to train any dog. The book is handsomely bound in cloth and a copy will be sent, post repaid on receipt of Rodi ‘andG d Mot Tait, $1.00. files, W. ap TAYLOR ; Sports ie Cotade: *r Woodstock, Ont. When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. 26 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. BY w — € pas B ROYAL APPOINTMENT HARDY BROS. THE GREAT PRACTICAL ENGLISH FISHING ROD, REEL AND TACKLE MAKERS produce the best in the world. If you want the greatest satisfaction you must have A “HARDY” Cane Built Rod A “HARDY” Perfect Reel and Tackle 4@ THE ENGLISH FIELD Says: ‘‘It is to Messrs Hardy of Alnwick we owe our supremacy as rod ‘makers. Hardy Bros. International Tourna- ment, Crystal Palace, won 16 cham- pionships. Hardy Bros. have been awarded forty-one Gold and other awards. fa We publish the finest and most extensive Catalogue which is sent free to any address. HARDY BROS. ALNWICK, ENGLAND: *:. GLOVER’S IMPERIAL DOG REMEDIES The result of twenty-five years’ experience in the treatment of Sick DOGS. FOR SALE BY DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS IN SPORTING GOODS IN CANADA. FREE BOOK ON DOG DISHEASHS AND HOW TO FEED On application to H. CLAY GLOVER, V.S., 118 W. 3lst St., New York Never-Lose Key Tag. Unusually novel and practical. Only Key Tag which makes it easy for the finder to return lost keys with- out cost or inconvenience. Two parta hinged together. Name, address and postage on inside. Finder simply reverses and drops in nearest mail A§ box. Avoids necessity of offering re- ward for return. German Silver handsomely made, 25¢ postpaid CE. LOCKE MFG.CO,, 159:2™°° KENSFTT, OWA, OROP In ASP Any er Mai BOX ORL SD THE Kent Double Spinner Bass Baits and Kent Champion Floater are the best baits for bass that can be obtained. Sent Postpaid 75 cents Manufactured exclusively by Samuel H. Friend, Kent, 0., U S.A. A Greenhart Trout Rod will be sent FREE to anyone sending 10 subscriptions to ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA Address W. J. TAYLOR, Publisher, Woodstock, Ont When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports 1 Canada. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 27 gee V1. World's, aS aa “i owStandard The Pilea Boots are the oldest and best known line of high-cut boots and shoes on the market. Ask your dealer for them. If he cannot supply you, send for measurement blanks and free catalogue describing over forty styles,and we will deliver direct to you, express prepaid, a pair of the Genuine Hand Sewed, Water- proofed, made-to-measure Put- man Boots. ILLUSTRATION SHOWS No. 725 § 12 inches high. Made of Brown or Black Leather. 4 J, PUTMAN & CO., 16 HENNEPIN AVE., MINNEAPOLIS, U. S.A. > ie oss er i When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. c \ ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. HY , @ ; —V \ Ni) 75 FEDERAL ST. \. BOSTON, MASS. 7 aa Uy, na rn —=-- | The NEW EDITION of our Pocket Size Encyclopedia of Sporting! Goods, carefully revised, is now ready for distribution. It contains 320 PAGES of information and illus- trations of Shot Guns, Rifles, Revolvers and Accessories ; Tents. Camp Outfits. Cooking Recipes, Boats, Canoes and Canoe Fittings ; Fishing Tackle, Dog Goods, Treatment of Dog Diseases, etc., etc. In fact, everything of interest to sportsmen. This book and a copy of this month’s number of the National Sportsman Magazine (160 pages) will be sent to any address on receipt of 10c in stamps or coin to cover cost of mailing. National Sportsman, Inc., 71 Federal St., Boston Mass. When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada, ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA 29 TheLENOX HOTEL IN BUFFALO MODERN~ HIGH GRADE FIREPROOF UNEXCELLED SERVICE THROUGHOUT OUR OWN RAPID MOTOR CARRIAGES, EXCLUSIVELY FOR PATRONS, operate continuously every few minutes from Hotel through Business District and to all Depots and Wharves for principal trains and steamers : EUROPEAN PLAN Ample Garage Facilities and Excellent Golfing Nearby George Duchscherer, - - Proprietor. SOMETHING NEW AND PRACTICAL Frost's Improved Kelso AutomaticReel Capacity 100 yards. Case of aluminum, satin finished, steel bearings, only 7% ounces. It is both lightand strong. With ordinary care it should last a lifetime. Can use on rod either above or below hand. Guaranteed. Price $5.00. If your dealer cannot supply you, send his name and address to us, and we will fill your order through hin, The “KELSO” brand LINES, REELS, RODS, LEADERS, FLIES and HOOKS are as good as can be made. Manufacturing and Jobbing. Fishing Tackle is Our Business Exclusively. Headquarters for Everything Required by Anglers. Catalogues to the trade only. | ge KELSO PEARL BAIT Something New in Artificial Lures. This bait is made from pearland the right shape is selected to make the pearl spin perfectly. This is one of the most killing lures ever puton the market, and there is something about the glitter of the pearlin the water that is much more attractive to game fish than any metal. If you have not seen them send for samples and prices. We have all sizes from the smallest bass spinner to the 3 inch Muskalonge size. ~ 90 Chambers Street, NEW YORK. 23 H.P., $ 70.00 4 H.P., 90.00 6 H.P., 110.00 Complete Outfits. Send for Catalogue GUARANTEE MOTOR CO. 67 Bay N., Hamilton, Can. When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada, ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA De One re One et Oe One oe ee Oe Oo Oe OSes Oo We Wes See Oe Oe Oe Oe -@- 9B Oe+ Bor @e O +O ++ @ 0+ O-@+- OO CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY This Line Covers More Game Country Than Any Other Line in the World.”9 of game. Tell us what game you want, and we will tell you where to get it. $ ? © We know the best places in each Province,for every kind We continually receive private advices of new hunting grounds. If you wish to benefit thereby write L. O. ARMSTRONG, Tourist Agent, C. P. 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Ontario— Missisuaga District, French River District, Sudbury to Soo, and points on the main C.P.R. line, Ft. William to Kenora. We can direct you to places in the Prairie Provinces which teem with waterfowl. BRITISH COLUMBIA BIGHORN, GOAT, GRIZZLY, WAPITI. We have published a special report on the game of B. C. giving very full information. WEELE-O.R--ET. Or tr fy et et ee mtr tr ty tt tt i to te oy fe to Ve9W or Wer @er@re@er@ee@er Wer OrrGerOr o@or Ger @rr Gre @rrOrrOeo Ore Bee Ber Genk £90 99O 091 O 0000 Wor Ger O oe Wer @or@e @or Ger @or Ger @or Gor @er Seo Gor Ooo Goe Gee Ger Ger Fe ee eee eee et ee eee ey tee tet er ey were ver yer oY YY Trt try Tit Tht fh ©] 0000 O50 00 0000 G 0+ Ooo Wee Ge O29 O9o GoW 90 Oo B90 Bo O90 OG 90 WoW Doo 0 O40 @ mo Oo 0 Go Ooo Go Gee GoW One Soa Gee Gar Ger Orr Ooo eo See O-+ Wes Gor Oa @-. 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Price, cloth bound, postpaid, $1.00, or _ SENT FREE to anyone sending Two Subscriptions to Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. W. J. TAYLOR, Publisher, Woodstock, Ont. PGINSEN Land Cruising and Prospecting Is a valuable book for homesteaders, hunters, trappers, pros- pectors, guides, etc. The writer, Mr. A. F. Wallace, an experienced surveyor, land cruiser and prospector in his introduction says: ‘‘To the-men who follow the compass, the trap and the trail this work is inscribed. It is not intended for the ‘‘Professors” who can tell you all about things after they are done (by somebody else). This book contains about 200 pages, 5x7 inches, is printed on good quality heavy paper with nearly 40 illustrations and contains 20 chapters. Price, cloth bound, postpaid, 70c, or SENT FREE To anyone sending Two Subscriptions to Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. W.J. TAYLOR, Publisher, Woodstock, Ont. When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. VOL. X No. 5 Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada The contents of this magazine are copyrighted and must not be reprinted without permission. Contents for October, 1908. A Successful Sporting Trip in the North: Fishing on Manitoulin Island and Hunting on the Mainland. Dr./. Wycliffe Marshall 401 The Most Beautiful Canoe Trip in the World. Dr. NV. A. Powell 414 Fate on a ak Ao i Spe te Oe a Wiss Florence ig Bowte A415 Provincial Ministers in New Brunswick Woods: An Exciting Peder ees nas Sa as ae eee oe re eS 416 Shooting the Rapids.......... . Ser Rees eae Dennis Whitfield 418 How Hunters Might Help the Deer..........----- C. H. King 419 How We Secured Our Breakfast........-.---++--++---- Roxie 420 How a Pioneer Outwitted the Wolves.. ....-.-. James E. Orr 421 Peeorical Sketch of the Toronto Canoe Club........°........ 422 A Fine Collection of Sporting Trophies...........+--+---+-- 431 A Deer Hunt on Deer River. ....---+.--->- George Boadway 432 Meiomin idleness. ...--...---------- Isabel Ecclestone Mackay 436 The Red Deer or Wapiti and the Virginian or Common Red Deer of North America....... ---+--- John Arthur Hope 437 A First Night in a Wilderness Camp...... Ernest J. McVeigh 439 Mr. Cowan’s Hunting Trips in British Columbia. 2... se ese 241 A Curious Moose...........----+--++:: Sek A Le SR ApeHers Alpine Club of Canada: The Third Annual Camp-Fire Meeting 444 Meiouble Travedy..... .....-+--+02-2- 22+: R. Manley Orr 454 Salmon in the North Land............--- eh te ee as 456 My First Fox Hunt......-..-------- +++ +00? H. B. Becker 457 A Few Days’ Fishing at a Game Preserve on Lake St. Clair rece Soa nie pS enema ee 2 Captain Gordon Boles 458 Our Vanishing Deer .........+--++eeee-+-: Dr. V. A. Hart 460 Shotguns and Their Loads......-.--..--: . Forest H. Conover 462 Big Game Queries......-.------- + eect eee W. /. Bignell 464 Our Medicine Bag........---- ys Exteel eee ee 465 Automobiles and Automobiling...........---++s+esreteeeee 471 EMS AEs nen = ee ee ee eee 480 The Trap: The Dominion Tournament.....------+-+++-+++7* 484 ee ne Issued Monthly, Subscription Price: Canada $1.00 per annum, postpaid. Sin gle Copies 15c. United States $1.50 per annum, postpaid Communications on all topics pertaining to fishing, shooting, canoeing, yachting, automobiling, the kennel, amateur photography and trapshooting will be welcomed and published if possible. All commun- BRANCH OFFICES: 414 Huron Street, Toronto, Ont. 13 St. John St., Montreal, Que. Outer Temple, 223-225 Strand,London, W.C., Eng. 5 Beekman St., Temple Court, New York, N.Y. Entered Feb. 17, 1908, at the Post Office at Buffalo, N.Y., as second-class matter under act of March 3, 1908 ‘SHIHMOUL ONILNOdS AO NOILOATIOON ANIA V ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA VOL. 10 OCTOBER 1908 eee of rk Of 0 cam co came 0) amo co ann «> aD 4 ERED > ce « A Successful Sporting Trip in the North. Fishing on Manitoulin Island and Hunting on the Mainland- BY DR. J. B PAVING made up my mind to take H a few month’s holidays I considered quite a time before finally deciding to go to New Ontario. On May twenty- eight 1907, my wife and I took passage on the S. S. Caribou (Capt. Baxter) leav- ing Owen Sound at nine in the evening. As I stated, I intended remaining a few months and accordingly took with me my fishing outfit, consisting of all the paraphenalia necessary to tussle with both speckled trout and bass. I also took along my Winchester rifle (32 special) and a doubled barrelled shot gun. Every one on board the boat con- sidered me a little previous with fire- arms at that season of the year,not know- ing that I did not intend to return until November. However I said nothing but chewed gum. We arrived at Manitowaning about noon on May twenty-ninth without incid- ent and found the hotel accommodation bad as mine host Bob McGregor was building a new hotel right over the old one, so we had to look up private lodg- ings and take our meals inside the ‘double old building. Mr. McGregor, who had been notified of our coming had spoken to Mrs. B. who kindly took us under her mater- nal roof, and very comfortable we were during our stay at Manitowaning. Regarding Mrs. B. I have not time to dilate on her many excellencies. Suffice to say that her bright and warm disposi- WYCLIFFE MARSHALL. tion coupled with her entertaining and descriptive talent, when applied to early pioneer life ina place like Manitoulin was thirty years ago, and down to the present, made our stay there most pleas- ant and we were sorry when the time came when we had to go, as wehad other fields to visit. We remained at Manitowaning about three weeks when we moved out into the centre ofthe Island about twenty miles from Manitowaning in the township of ‘Tehkummah, where we were told speck- led trout abounded. We got board and lodgings with a farmer named David Pyette (since deceas- ed) and a comical old stick he was. He could tell all that happened along the northern lakes from Parry Sound to Duluth ever since white men first passed through the unbroken wilderness down to the present time. But it was speckled trout we were after, and it was speckled trout we got. Through Tehkummah township run two streams, the Blue Jay Creek and Manitou River. The former rises about one mile north of the Pyette homestead and flows through the farm, emptying into Lake Huron near Michael’s Bay, about ten miles distant. It crosses the lane about two hundred yards from the house. While I was down in the swamp fishing my wife would go to the bridge in the lane and was generally rewarded 402 for her trouble by catching a dozen fine trout. The Blue Jay Creek isa small stream running fairly swift from its source, about three miles, when it gradually widens and is somewhat still from that to its mouth. Every day I took a stroll down about halfa mile andmy basket was always pretty well filled in an hour. The family consisted of six, we two making eight. We had trout for breakfast, trout for dinner, and trout for supper, and cold fried trout before retiring, and lots of them, as many as all could put out of sight and always some left. These fish were not large, probably averaging one quarter of apound with a few half poundersand occasionally one reaching the pound, but the water being icy cold, and no sun striking it they were very pretty. The back and sides were red, -Eut they were the gamiest little fellows I ever caught. Some days the bite was not very good and while I generally used worm bait it failed on such occasions, and as the trees were so close all over the stream, fly fishing was out of the question. At such times my_ greatest trouble was to get the first one after which I had no trouble. Most people think that trout will not bite at trout bait,but it is a great mistake. There is a part of a trout which if pro- perly manipulated, is a most excellent bait. An instance :—Two Americans arrived there one day to fish. They had the most costly outfit | ever saw. I went with them and as it happened that day the trout appeared to be not hungry. I sent them to the good holes. They work- ed hard about two hours with no results. I asked them to sit down while I would try. I only had worm and it was quite a while before I got a small trout, after which the rest was easy. I returned to them in an hour and a half withten pounds. They were simply amazed. We went to the house, had dinner, and the afternoon being hot we did not go out till after tea. I started them along the stream ahead of me, I following, fish- ing the holes where théy had just failed to find anything, and brought out a fish or had a good bite every cast. I did not ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA tell them the cause. They, were so dis- satisfied that they were going away early the next morning. I offered them my fish, but they would not accept as they had not caught them. That night they along with my wife andI played whist until about twelve o’clock and we found them very fine chaps sol unfolded to them. They re- mained the next forenoon and _ both filled their baskets. . The Blue Jay is a miserably hard stream to fish. It runs through cedar swamps which have had fire through them and the trees are lying in all directions on the ground and across the stream. Weeds grow up above your head, so high that you can’t see three yards in front when moving along the stream. It is then that the legs suffer. You stumble and get stuck fast in the jungle, often times mak- ing it very difficult to extricate yourself or to know which way to go fora few yards from the stream when you cannot see it. This of course is worse to one not used to the place, so I found it necessary to blaze the trees after which I had no bother. Talk about mosquitoes, the biggest, hungriest, sharpest billed—(what noun will I use? deviis is the best word) I ever saw. Oh! they are right after a tender toot. They make him jump ‘‘Jim Crow.” I soon became used to them, becoming naturalized I suppose. Bears also are quite plentiful along the Blue Jay, although I saw none but heard several moving through the bush at my approach, and otten I could smell them. At times 1 felt alarmed for fear of sur- prising one at which time I was told they would attack, but if you made plenty of noise they will get out of the way. Often I heard them thump with their paw on their breast, Thump—came the sound, the same as the first flap a partridge gives when starting to drum. I did not see this but was assured by the settlers there that that is what makes a loud thump at intervals. One night while we were there a neigh- bor’s boy was driving up the cows. He surprised an old she bear with cubs. The bear attacked the boy. He climbed a tree. She followed and the shrieks of the boy brought his father with a rifle. CAUGHT BY DR. J. W\CLIFFE MARSHALL, IN SYDENHAM RIVER, OWEN SOUND, ONT., MAY 4TH 1908. Photo by Jams. He shot the bear but not before the boy’s boot was torn off his foot. The last day I was there was an ideal day. Awarm heavy atmosphere with threatening rain. 1 went straight to where I considéred was the best hole I knew. It was just about sundown when I started. I counted my casts. The reader will consider this over drawn but it isa fact, nevertheless, thirty-two casts and thirty-two trout, not a miss! These thirty-two nicely-filled my fifteen pound basket, average half a pound. We remained at the Pyette home just one month. Occasionally during this time I would walk overto the Manitou River for a change, not because I could not have all the sport in the Blue Jay I wanted but one place becomes monotonous, . The Manitou isa beautiful river. It flows out of Lake Manitou through the townships of Sandfield and Tehkummah, emptying into Lake Huron at Michael’s Bay, probably three-quarters of a mile from where the Blue Jay empties. It is about fifty yards wide all the way and very swift. The shores are so densely wooded that it is impossible to follow the banks at any place, so wading is the order of the day here. The water is so swift that it is quite difficult most of the time to keep your feet. In some places it is impossible to wade, the water is so swift. Then you have to keep near the shore and hang on to the limbs of trees. Fly fishing does fine here, although I had no flies neither am I an expert with the fly. But Isaw a man using three flies on one line and he cer- tainly could use them. It was an ideal evening and he was catching fish all around me. Often I saw him _ take two at onceand once he took three, a thing I never saw done betore. He was satisfied then as his basket was tull. He 404 said that was what he was trying to do before he quit. When I went tothe Manitou I was always accompanied by David Pyette. The accompanying photo shows our com- bined catch one day. The smallest trout in the picture is seven and a half inches long. The largest would easily weigh two pounds although I had no way to weigh them. I think one or two would go two and ahalf. There are larger fish in the Manitou than I caught inthe Blue Jay this trip, but wait till I come back in the later season. These Manitou trout are not so solid nor tasty as the fish in the cold waters of the Blue Jay. There are some _ places along the Mani- tou where the river widens out into small lake- lets with a deep, slow and muddy bottom. I am told that these places along the Manitou are ' full of very large trout but I failed to get any bait that would tempt them. I occas- ionally got a very large fish in these waters. but not very payin Ts src tasrbake I have Photo by Dr. Marskall. Owen Sound. taken trout in one place, sometimes three anda _ half pounds but no larger and only four in all, so I do not think they are very plenti- ful. There are many interesting inci- dents I could mention but I am afraid of making my narrative too long. Before leaving I promised Mr. Pyette to return in September for another week’s fishing when (as he informed me) the large trout would come up out of Lake Huron to spawn. I will mention this trip later. We now moved to Gore Bay, the capital of Manitoulin Island. There is no fishing in the immediate vicinity but ONE DAY’S CATCH ON THE MANITOU, MANITOULIN, ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA at Tobacco Lake, about three miles in- land, we had splendid bass fishing. We remained at Gore Bay two weeks when we went to Kagawong. Here is the ideal for tourists ; splendid hotel ac- comodation at the ‘‘Havelock,’”’ kept by John Hilliard who with Mrs. Hilliard are known far and wide. We found the hotel full, principally from Memphis and Knoxville, Tennesee, anda right jolly good crowd they were. These people come every year to Kagawong to spend a month or six weeks. The hotel is situated on the lake shore about one hun- dred_ yards from where all steamers along the Manitoulin and North Shore ‘call. Directly behind the hotel the bank rises over one_ hundred feet high where you find Lake Kagawong, a large inland laké drained by a short river also named Kagawong which tumbles over the preci- pice quite close to. the hotel. Mine hostkeeps a free bus for his guests to drive them up hill to the lake. There are also boats and guides for any-_ one who is too lazy to row ; of course, these require extra pay. The first morning Mrs. M. and I went out on the lake,she holding a trolling line. In one hour she landed into the boat twenty-three fine black bass. We remain- ed at Kagawong about two weeks bass fishing, using principally live frog for bait. These fish are not large, averaging two and a half or three pounds, although I had the good fortune to land a six and a quarter pounder. In speaking of fish eaters it was at A SUCCESSFUL SPORTING TRIP IN THE NORTH. Kagawong that I met the champion of the art. He would fairly stuff himself with fish, bones andall. He would stuff bones, fish and all into one side of his mouth, separate the bones while in that cavity, drop the bones out at one side and swallow the meat. This was a con- tinuous stream and reminded me of a cream separater, the whey running out of the spout and the cream going down his throat. Our next move was to Thessalon on the north shore, a great saw-mill town with goodhotels but no fishing except after a ‘long drive. One_ good place I struck was Basswood Lake = about twelve miles in the country. It was a splendid place but I had had enough bass fishing. I heard of a lake twelve miles farther on named Burrows’ Lake, and there Iwent. I had excellent trout fishing _ there, camping on the shore. A pecul- iar thing I dis- covered at this lake that I never knew before was that the trout would not bite in the day time. We built a large fire on the rocks close to the water in the even- ing and caught very fine trout, averaging two pounds, but the mosquitoes were fearful so we did not stay long but went back to Thessalon fora week’s rest. It was here that I got the first inkling of deer and from that time on I kept my €ars Open so as to know where to squat when that most interesting season open- ed. It was now getting on towards September and as I wanted to again visit Photo by; Dr. Marshall. THE GUIDE IN 405 the Blue Jay we turned our course south- ward and again called at Gore Bay, and after a week’s stay, hired a team and driver who took us to Providence Bay on the south shore of Manitoulin Island twenty-five miles. From this point a stage crosses the Island to Manitowaning and passes the Pyette place. We arrived here about September twelfth, only a couple of days closed. David Pyette took me down the stream ina buggy about before trout fishing seven miles where there are deep holes and talk about large trout ! I never saw the like of them. We only fished at inter- vals for we had no use fcr the trout but only tried to see how large a fish we could get. We could see them but they were slow to bite. I caught one measuring over all twenty-one inchesin length; the girth I have forgotten. I. remained until some time in October part- ridge and duck shooting. Ducks were more plentiful than partridges although [ kill- ed a good many of the latter. I come across a flock of gray ducks on the stream. I emptied one barrel into the flock while sitting and the other when they rose, and got six. They were very fine specimens. Hares are very plentiful, also foxes. The settlers will not allow hounds on this part of the Island for fear of their sheep, and consequently the foxes are not wild. One day while walking along the edge of a swamp I.saw a tox sitting out in the THE TENT. 406 field about three hundred yards away. I did not think it worth while to try and shoot him as I expected he would make off. I walked straight towards Reynard who kept looking at me, I suppose won- dering what kind of an animal I was. I got about a hundred yards from him but knew it would be no use shooting at him with No. 6in the gun, so I had all in readiness and kept right on—another twenty-five yards closer—I was nowquite hopeful—still another twenty-five yards —I knew he was mine—] was now not more than forty yards distant so I decided to give him the contents of one barrel. He just dropped as flat as a pan cake. This was the only fox | saw, though from signs | knew them to be very plentiful. The same day on the Blue Jay I shot a mink, the skin of which I brought home and sold _ for three dollars and a half. I do not think mink are very plentiful there as I did not see many signs;—a_trap- per will know what I mean. I almost 1tor- got to mention one thing I saw on this _ trip which is a disgrace to any community. I said before that the Blue Jay at this sea- _son is full of large trout up from the lake to spawn. As David Pyette and I were down in the swamp partridge shoot- ing we found a net stretched three times across the stream just gorged with trout. There was one was fully two feet long, such a trout I never saw before. We promply removed the net from the stream and destroyed it. The fish would not be Photo by Dr. Marshall. THE MOOSE WHEN FIRST DOWN. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA worth anything, as trout in the spawning season are absolutely worthless. We tore the net to pieces and covered net and fish with brush, and left them there. Wenow left Tehkummah for Blind River for a few days but the whole place was in consternation owing to a series of incendiarisms. There had been several suspicious fires but on August fourteenth occurred a fearful fire and nearly a whole lumber yard full of lumber belonging to a large mill of the place was licked up. We did not feel easy so we left after a _, couple of days. But now, as I- heard the country due northtrom Blind River was alive with deer, we went back. We found that the fires were still in order and while we were there two: large blocks were burned. The place was pat- rolled by hun- © dreds of special constables or. watchmen. Every one who had_ property was out every night, still the fires took place. 77 Everyone __car- ried a revolver at night and if you were met on the street in a dark place you were promptly told to halt at the point ofa revolver. Still the fires took - place, and suspicion began to point to one Raymond, chief of the fire brigade. I saw him arrested, he was tried, proved guilty and is now serving a long term at Kingston. They have had no fires since, From this out I was all alert to find out where I would pitch my tent for the hunt. One Sunday, about a week before the season opened, I took a quiet walk A SUCCESSFUL SPORTING TRIP IN THE NORTH. into the woods to see if I could see any signs of deer. | had pretty well made up my mind that this. was my place. I saw in- numerable fresh tracks and about three hun- dred yards distant saw a man kneeling on the ground. This was a small sta- tion, and some dis- tance from Blind Riv- er. I ap- proached carefull y but could not make out what he was do- ing. He appeared to be working at something very earnestly. J] got right up to him before he saw me and the surprised look I will never forget. He was skinning a large buck. ‘‘Well, you have got me !” hesaid. I replied ‘‘Yes.” ‘‘I heard some of you fellers were around but did not think it much harm to kill a buck seein’ I have nine kids and meat scarce” he added as he kept skinning away. I seated myself on a log, said little, only listened to his innocent talk about ‘‘killin” a buck out ofseason ‘‘I’ll have to make the best of a badjob,” hesaid, ‘‘I’ll die game just like the buck did !” The skinning process over, he straight- ened himself up and said : ‘‘Where are you puttin’ up?’ I replied, ‘‘We are THE GUIDE AND THE MOOSE. ” staying with Mrs. G—.”’ You ought to have seen the beam that came over his face. The smile I will never forget. He could not speak. He walked over, extended his hand and stammered as well as I could make out ; ‘‘You are Dr. M—!” In a small place everyone notices a stranger and everyone knew Dr. and Mrs. M— were staying at Mrs. G’s—. I said: ‘‘Yes Iam, my goodman. You need have nothing to fear from me. May I give you a lift with your meat ?” ‘‘No, I expect the ole woman and my son Hugh in a few minutes. They know when they hear the crack of my rifle that something had gone down, and after they give me time to skin and cut thecritter up they will come.” ‘‘But,” said I, ‘‘ supposing 408 you had missed, would you give them the walk out here for nothing ?” **Me miss !” “Yes, you might miss as _ well as any- one else.” ‘Not I. I take no chances. I do not shoot untill have asure thing. That rifle has never missed.” At this I examined the gun. It was a comparatively new Marlin 32 high power. I said ‘‘This has not been used long. How many bucks has it laid low ?” About three. This is the fourth. I got her last fall.” ‘‘How did you let them know not to come when you had the old gun ?” “If I shot and missed. I always gave two shots quick right after, then they knew not to come. If one of these other two killed, in about five minutes I would fire a salute which they understood.” Here was just the chap I wanted to meet, so l asked him were there many deer around here? ‘‘Oh slathers of them and much big moose about ten miles north.” Iasked him would he like to accompany me on a week’s hunt. Like to, boss, awful good. But one of the childer, girl of sixteen, has fever awful bad; doctor thinks she ~can’t live ” At this his countenance fell and he stood looking at the ground without speaking for fully a minute. ‘Like to oblige ye, boss, but I can’t. Ye look like a real decent chap.” And then he again stoodthinking. ‘‘I’ll tell you what I’lldo, boss. I'll tell ye of a man—he’s better than me. You go to S—, ask for A— an he'll go and a good’un is he.” I took the address, and _ seeing the old woman and boy coming, offered him a cigar and some tobacco, extended my hand and said ‘‘Au revoir” which seemed to please him immensely, for he was French, but so far we have never met. That night there was left at Mrs. G’s. door a fine haunch of venison which we enjoyed greatly. I then proceeded to look up the man A. whom my chance acquaintance had told me about. I found him to be a fine, unassuming man. His house was all in nice order and onthe walls hung guns ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. galore and also decorations of deer horns of every variety. I immediately intro- duced myself and my business, His first question : ‘‘Were you ever in the bush before ?” I looked. ‘‘They are breaking down trees with their chins.” Breaking down limbs with their chins! I knew now why he had used the word “‘nigger.”’ They looked as black as coals. ‘‘Another reason is, you could not hit a barn now.” At this_he ran his hand to my left breast under my coat. ‘‘Why your heart is going ‘‘pitty pat” _ like a chicken’s fist against a barn door.” We watched them for about half an hour when he said ‘‘Well it is about time doin’s begin !” [ forgot to say that the three consisted of one monstrous brute without horns. and two others, large too but not so large as the one that had no horns. ‘‘Which will you pick on ?” he asked. ‘‘The biggest one.”” I replied. ‘‘No, my boy, don’t you know that it is not lawful to shoot a cow moose.” I answsred him that I did not know it before. ‘Well I’lltake the one to the right, it looks bigger than the other.” ‘‘All right, make A SUCCESSFUL SPORTING TRIP IN THE NORTH. a sure job for you will not get another chance !” IT lay flat on my face resting over the summit, took careful aim and fired. As quickly as lightning he jerked the rifle from my grasp and again it roared. My moose went down like a bullock ina slaughter house under the hammer while his reared up on his_ hind legs and tum- bled over backwards. The old cow slowly waddled away. I forgot to watch her so greatly interested was I in the two struggl ng animals, neither of which ever again got upon its feet. He would not consent for us to ap- proach close, but I wanted to get the camera to work. We could plainly see that they were getting weaker every minute so I got within about thirty yards and took a snapshot of the first. I took about halt a dozen to be sure to havea good one, but when! developed they all proved good. I then explained to Mr. ‘‘A” the way I wanted him to photo me as if in the act of dispatching the brute, which proves an uninteresting picture as everybody asks if it was a tame moose to allow one person on one side with the camera and the other opposite with a gun. At last they bled and lay flat down about twenty-five yards apart though in such a position that I could not photo- graph both at once, and after they were dead we could not budge them to try and ‘roll them close enough to photo. Mr. ‘‘A” stuck them but not a drop ot blood could he get. We found out why when we opened them up. Both had been shot quite close to the heart. The heart of the one! shot had been torn very badly, not by the bullet but by ‘a splinter of bone. They were chuckfull of blood and when he started to disembowell them a tub full of blood rushed away. . * * ¥ ~ * * I forgot to mention that in taking a snap of me on the other side of the moose 413 he held the camera wrong and cut the nose off. When we had taken the insides out and had what he called the ‘‘pluck” in one hand and a knife in the other hand I took a snapshot of him. He knew noth- ing of this, so when I got home and had developed the negatives I placed a mat on the negative apd printed his photo without the moose and mailed that te him with the other pictures. He wrote me as ifhe were not very well pleased with it, saying that he looked more like a fellow selling cat and dog meat thana sportsman, Having killed two deer and a moose my job was over so | had nothing now to do but to get my game out and go home. Next morning we were up bright and early. It was Sunday, November third, and we spent all day trying toblazea road where we could geta team to the game. Having found one satisfactory we started for the front arriving about ten p. m. very tired. Monday morning we had the team, wagon, jumper, block and tackle all ready but could not get a man to go with us as it was the season when every man, Indian or white, was earning forty cents an hour loading lumber on the boats; so we lost two days. Wednesday morning we got a man and started to the woods. We got back Friday morning. An accompanying photo shows the two moose and two deer when we arrived at the front in a settler’s yard. We then proceceded to load them in the ‘‘City of Midland,” the Northern Navigation Company’s steamer, which - happened to be in Port, arriving in Owen Sound Monday, November eleventh, long before any of the sportsmen got home. I felt pretty well satisfied, having got my full limit, the only one I knew who did, although others whom I did not hear of may have done the same. ‘“CFROM ONE SEE ALL.” The Most Beautiful Canoe Trip in the World. BY DR. N. A. indicates a belief that his wife is the me best in the world, few are so critical as to ask if he has seen all the others, I trust that simila, courtesy will be ex- tended to me when I claim for the Missis- sagua trip an absol- ute pre-eminence in all that delights a canoeist. It begins at Bis- cotasing on the main’ line of the Canadian Pacific Railway west of Sudbury and cur- ves and wanders through a chain of lakes, bays and riv- ers till the height of land is reached. The portages here are just long enough to make luxurious the rest and smoke after each portage when the last back-load has been stowed in its waiting canoe. The trail over the height of Wie aman, by words or otherwise, SOME OF US. POWELL. land is said to be only half a mile long. Measured by the strain on the tumplines it seems to be in addition about a mile skyward. Now -ve enter the head waters of the Mississauga and for the next one hundred and _ fifty miles the river and lake scenery varies | like the changes in a kaleidoscope. Moose and deer watch from _ the banks as we ap- proach and quite often are only frightened back in- to the forest when the camera, at short range, has fixed its memory of the inter- view. The shores are fringed to the water’s edge with birch or spruce or alder. _Be- hind these rise pine forests which have THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CANOE TRIP IN THE WORLD. never known axe orfire. Granite masses tower to the height of three to four hund- red feet and show on certain aspects erosion due to glacial action. Quiet stretches of river are few in number, for the most part swift water and rapids alternate with falls around which the portage paths, worn smooth by centuries of use by moccasined feet, wind and twist in search of the easiest grades. The highest and most beautiful of all— Aubrey Falls—in a series of broken cas- cades has a total drop of one hundred and sixty-five feet. The rapids we try to divide into two classes :—those which can be run and those which cannot. That mistakes are made in relegating certain of these to their proper class, is demon- strated by wrecks of canoes to be seen in a number of places. Two years ago the rock shown onthe left of one of the photos here produced gored the side of an Oldtown canoe and gave to its occu- pants a swim not on the day’s agenda. My fellow voyageurs were ideal camp- ers and comrades and our Ojibway guides were marvelously expert. By processes which I could not follow the Indians seemed to pick the safest channels, often passing close to sunken rocks and cross- ing and recrossing the river in doing so. Having the bow paddle I could not watch for the gutteral admonition ‘‘pull in” or ‘pull out,” and return thanks after it was all over—after we had taken the mad plunge and come through the white water and rounded up in the eddy—that my part had been to follow and not to select the course. For many years when the wander lust 415» had come upon me, the. music of the hounds and the voices of the November woods have haunted my dreams. Now the roar of the rapids, the splash of _ OVER THE HEIGHT OF LAND, Waves against my canoe and the infinite restfullness of a life in the open north country battle for first place. Fate. BY MISS FLORENCE E A maid, a book, A man, a hook, Here something might be gained ; A heart quite small, But big with all The love therein contained. BOWIE. A quarrel, a sigh, A cool good-bye, A look says, ‘‘All is o’er;” Cruel words are said, And love has fled, He woos the maid no more. SURVEYOR-GENERAL GRIMMER, OF NEW BRUNSWICK, CANOEING ON THE TOBIQUE. Provincial Ministers in New Brunswick Woods. An With the advent to power of a new government the New Brunswick guides thought they saw their chance of making some impression on the powers that be. Accordingly they invited the Premier, the Hon. J. D. Hazen, andthe Surveyor General, the Hon. W.C. H. Grimmer, to spend ten days in the woods with them and obtain for themselves some first hand information of the real condition of things, in order that they might better judge what steps, if any, are needed to further safe guard the big game of the Province. The invitations were accepted | in the same hearty spirit as they were proferred and arrangements were made for taking the party to the Tobique, Nepisiquit and Miramichi. Included in the party in addition to the Premier and Surveyor - General were Miss Katie Hazen, Miss Lois Grimmer, Mr. D. K. Hazen, and Mr. Arthur P. Hazen, local manager of the Bank of British North America. The guides were Adam Moore and Charlie Cremin for the Tobique and Nepisiquit and Arthur Pringle for the Miramichi. Exciting Adventure. It may be added that Adam Moore acted as canoeman for Miss Hazen, Charlie Cremin for Miss Grimmer, Paul Dillingham for the Premier and Jim Black, for the Surveyor-General. On the outward journey the party went to Plaster Rock by train and drove through to the Forks, thirty five miles, where they stopped for dinner. On the way up they met Dr. and Mrs. Gifford, who had ridden in their auto from Provi- dence (R. I.), and at their invitation the Surveyor General, Arthur. P. Hazen and himself entered the car and rode to the Forks. On arriving there they were made the guests of Col. Parker, of Washing- ton, and Messers. Emmett, Townsend and Weeks, of New York, who, as men- bers of the Tobique Salmon club, enter- tained the party most hospitably, extend- ing to them every kindness and placing the salmon pools of the club at their dis- posal. A like courtesy was also extended on the return trip. From the Forks, canoes were taken up the left branch to Nictau Lake, where the home camp of Mr. Moore is situated PROVINCIAL MINISTERS IN amid beautiful surroundings. In addition Mr. Moore owns ten other camps in the district in which he hunts. The camps consist of three buildings—one a dining room and a kitchen, another a large gen- eral room with sleeping apartments for men anda third with apartments for ladies. Both this camp and that of Mr. Cremin on Bathurst Lake are most comfortably fitted up. From this point a carry of three miles brought the party to Bathurst Lake, at head of the Nepisiquit. It had been ar- ranged to go down this river to Bathurst, but finally it was decided to return by the NEW BRUNSWICK WOODS. 417 a fishing river and be disastrous to the salmon industry on the St. John. The Tobique, it was pointed out, was now the only river entering the St. John to which the salmon resort for the purpose of spawning. Referring to the abundance of game met with on the trip, Mr Hazen said from The Forks up to the lakes the coun- try abounds in moose and deer. Six moose were On one occasion seen together and in all between 40 and 50 must have been sighted. The party spent a most enjoyable and healthful time in the woods and were PREMIER HAZEN, OF NEW BRUNSWICK, HEAD OF NEPISIQUIT. THE PREMIER HAZEN SURVEYOR: GENERAL ON ADAM MOORE, Tobique incanoes all the way to St. John in order to give an opportunity to see the river from The Forks to its mouth. Mr. Hazen explained that both the Surveyor-General and himself were anxi- ous to see The Narrows, as for some time there had been an agitation to build a dam at that spot. The proposal had been strenuously opposed by the fisheries department at Ottawa and by the lumber interests on the Tobique on the ground that the dam would destroy the stream as AND PARTY AT BATHURST LAKE CAMP, AT THE IS IN THE CENTRE OF THE PICTURE WITH HIS’. LEFT. THE BIG MAN TO HIS RIGHT. IS THE VETERAN GUIDE. much impressed with all they saw. Only one untoward incident occured which the guides agreed was without parallel in their experience. One evening while at Nictau Lake the Surveyor-General, accompanied by Miss Hazen and Miss Grimmer with Messrs Moore and Cremin as canoemen, went out after dark with a jack lantern to.look for moose. With a light in the canoe the latter is invisible to moose and it is pos- sible to get very close to the animals as they stand in the water. In this way a 418 considerable number of moose were seen on the occasion in question. Finally a big bull was thus located,and, in passing, the light from the lantern was turned full upon him. At the time the party were in a narrow stream or bogan at the head of the lake and the shadows on the trees alarmed the moose. He started ina terrible hurry for the opposite bank and bounded with his fore feet right into the canoe, passing over it and sinking it with his weight. In his hurried flight the animal struck the Surveyor-General bruising him considerably. There were only a few feet of water at the place where the incident happened and with the exception of the Surveyor-General all escaped with nothiag worsethan aducking. The guides are strongly of the opinion that the moose was not attacking the canoe or its occupants but was alarmed by the shadows cast by thelight of thelantern. On the way down stream the party saw a young caribou and had great fun photographing him. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA Each man in the party hooked a sal- mon but the Surveyor- General’s got away. Mr. Hazen said he had never previously been up the Tobique and was delighted at the prosperous condition of the settle- ments as far as The Forks. The land from that point to the lakes seemed to be of excellent quality and well suited for settlement. The crops seen gave pro- mise of an abundant harvest. He added that he found good hotel accommodation at Plaster Rock and at The Forks, where Mr. Miller is building a large hotel, at which the party stayed on the way down and were very comfortable. ‘‘Nothing,’’ said the Premier in con- clusion, ‘‘could have exceeded the kind- ness and attention of our hosts, the guides, and, in addition to a delightful holiday, the Surveyor-General and I have acquired a knowledge of the game conditions which we could not have obtained in any other way. It will be of great value to us in dealing with such matters in the future,” Shooting The Rapids. BY DENNIS WHITFIELD. Tis the sound of swift waters, That falls on the ear, Shall we now make a portage? The rapids are near. Said the Guide to his party, I will leave it to you, Dare you shoot yonder rapids ? In a loaded canoe ? We looked at the river, We sized up the pack, We knew if once started, There’d be no turning back. No cowards are we, Then why the delay ? One stroke of the paddle, She leaps to the fray. On the brink of the dark rollers, Smooth flowing like oil, Farther down, and amid stream, The white waters boil, Over black shining rocks, The white torrents pour, And the foam from the eddies Is hurled on the shore. Now the ears are benumbed, And our voices are drowned By the roar of the waters, That thunder around. Foam leaped o’er the gunwale,. While downward we flew, Like a wild duck affrighted. Sped on the canoe. Oh, the pleasure we find, In a bounding canoe, With muscles like steel, And an eye that is true. We love the wide waters, And the wild wooded shore, We risk every danger, New scenes to explore. When the long cruise is ended, No dangers appall, At last we shall follow, The Great Guide of all. That stream with its rapids, Our Guide takes us through, When we make our last portage, And launch our canoe. How Hunters Might Help the Deer. BY C. H KING DEER LOADED UP FOR A SIXTEEN MILE SLEIGH RIDE TO SUNDRIDGE, ONT. WS a deer hunter I have followed with the deepest interest the controversy = on dogs versus deer hunting and should like to be allowed to give the re- sults of my own experience. It would be useless for me to argue that sportsmen hunting with dogs do not drive deer away from those parts of the country they frequent. Is that, however, always the case? I do not think so. One of the main reasons for the decrease of the deer issurely the increasing num- ber of settlers with the consequent de- crease of the forest sheltering. To this must be added the vastly increasing num- pers of hunters. If the latter conduct their hunts care- fully they should do nothing to contri- bute tothe driving of the deer out of the district. In our Camp last November we made careful arrangements with this end in view. Before there was any at- tempt at making arun every man was given ample time to reach his station. At a certain time previously agreed upon the manor men started with the dogs, and if at all possible the deer were driven towards the men stationed on the differ- ent runways. After the deer had been shot or had passed by (if indeed we were fortunate enough to make a start at all) it was understood to be the duty of all to stop the dogs. We all know that our old hunt- ing dog iskeen to follow on, driv- ing the deer for miles on a more than useless chase. For a party of six hunters I believe three dogs are quite sufficient to make a good run. A larger number makes it very hard to stop the dogs. If they are stopped after running the deer a short distance, the latter will not leave the immediate neighborhood. As a proof of this assertion I may mention that on one occasion we made several runs on one bunch of half a dozen deer. Amongst them was a stubb legged buck which was seen at different times and his unmistakable track was proof of his identity. At the latter end of the season this buck was shot and clearly, although run On several occasions, he had not left the district. TAKING A REST AFTER TRAILING DEER THROUGH THE BUSH. 430 With adequate protection I believe there is no good reason why the moose and deer of the Province of Ontario should not survive. It was my privilege in the year 1904 to accompany a township survey party to the Abitibbi district via the old canoe route from Metagami stat- ion on the Canadian Pacific Railw ay, to Moose River, a distance exceeding two hundred miles and passing through the famous Temagami Forest Reserve. I believe the Government were wise in set- ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. ting apart sucha large tract of non arable land where forest and game preservation can be carried on and where the wild and the things of the wild can remain unmolest- ed for at least the greater part of the year. In this preserve I have seen moose, caribou and red deer in close proximity. However the red deer does not frequent the great clay belt laying beyond the reserve. With efficient enforcement of the game laws I am persuaded that the big game of the Province will survive. How We Secured Our Breakfast. BY ROXIE. FR@EAVING Port Arthur.on a fine iL morning in May we took the Cana- dian Pacific train for Pearl River, a station some distance east intending to do alittle prospecting and incidentally some fishing and hunting. As we must have something in addi- tion to speckled trout (a delicate food) to sustain the hard work of camp life, one ot our number, Mr. A. H. Wright, a fearless hunter where large game is concerned, was told off for this hazardous duty. The task proved an easy one for him and he speedily returned with a nice tender lamb which he had selected as sufficient for a few days. When camp was reached, the meat disposed of and more required he was the man to produce it—he can scent beara long way off. Three of these animals have fallen to his unerring aim, our illustration representing number two. Of course if he had been instructed to have brought ina large one he would have done it. Some of the party thought of request- ing him to bring ina lion or tiger but were afraid to do sofor fear that he would produce some wonderful wild animal to their discomfort. While writing 1 remember seeing an offic- ial paper posted up proclaiming a close time for partridge this year. Well, I have always contended and do so still, that for every bird-a man gets the foxes, weasels, skunks, hawks, etc. get fifty, taking as they do birds, chicks and eggs. As a proof of this we always find less birds, the farther we go from civilization, and the same with rabbits. Of course I do not mean this to apply rightup toa city’slimits but to take hunting grounds generally. SHOOTING A BEAR NEAR PORT ARTHUR. Our ideas out here with regard to ‘‘Our Vanishing Deer” is that if we could Once get rid of the wolves our deer would not vanish so fast as they are doing at present. How a Pioneer Outwitted the Wolves. BY JAMES E, ORR. is more than three quarters of a | ee ago since one of our pion- eers living north of Talbotville went to the little town of St. Thomas, Ont., with a grist consisting of wheat and buck- wheat. The time was the fallof the year and ‘the load was placed on a home made wooden sleigh drawn by a yoke of oxen named Duke and Dime. The oxen were big roan fellows thoroughly broken to go by the swing of a gad or whip in the hands of the driver. In those days the greater part of the road was little more than blazed trail, while in others it was only newly chopped and obstructed by many. stumps, being flanked on either side by heavy timber. The settlers were making inroads in these woods and clearing small fields around their new homes. On approaching St. Thomas the road wound romantically ronnd the hills and crossed two creeks on old fashioned log bridges. The mill was high up on a hill and wind driven like the old Dutch mills still to be seen in Holland. The hill was too steep for the oxen to climb and the only thing to be done was for the pioneer to carry up_his grist bag by bag, have it ground and carry it down in the same way to his sleigh. When all was ready for his homeward journey the shades of evening were fast gathering around but he decided tomake an effort to reach home that same night. Securing the grist and some goods he had purchased in St. Thomas under quilts brought for the purpose he setoff slowly on the journey for home. When the crest of the hill north of St. Thomas was reached half an hour later darkness gathered around them quite suddenly. The steady, patient plodding was continued witha little extra care toshun the stumps and other obstructions in the road. Home _was still in the far distance when driver and team became awestruck as through the woods came that terrible sound which has made many a brave heart quake with fear—the howling of a pack of wolves. The pioneer had had some experience with wolves—he knew their suspicions and cowardly nature and their utter ab- horrence of approaching anything in the nature of atrap. Quietly he made pre- parations to attempt to save his life and the lives of his oxen by tearing to pieces the quilts his careful wife had lent him in order to secure their goods. Nearer and nearer came the baying and as soon as the settler saw the animals in the road he threw out a long strip of quilt and had it dragging behind the sleigh. At this time he had reached the point where the railroad crosses the old road south of Talbotville. . When the wolves came near enough to see the quilt dragging inthe road they evidently thought it was a trap and stop- ped to consider how to proceed. In the meantime the farmer had secured a hand- spike in case it came toa hand to hand contest. As the animals pressed closer he threw out about a square yard of the other quilt. Instantly the woives pounced upon it and with snarls and growls tore it to pieces, their jaws coming together with clashes similar to steel traps. By and by one wolf more daring than the rest made a running jump over the strip of quilt and landed fairly on the sleigh. . A well aimed blow from the handspike catching him on the head sent him back to his mates with many howls. Every now and then as the wolves pres- sed closer, another piece of quilt was thrown to them and each time some dis- tance was gained as the animals remain- ed snarling, snapping and tearing the in- offensive material. Finally home was reached in safety though not before several of the wolves had felt the effects of the handspike which did good work in the hands of the stalwart pioneer. Though the good wife lost her quilts she retained her husband for without a doubt, by delaying the wolves, these quilts saved his life. “SO6I ‘ASNOH ANTO AONVO OLNOUNOL scr asm WL he See ’ ~ etissite? aie SONA Pees Mars . ei La a eS Dipaae haeeeed. Bess o/x>? ib GT) ee 513 i 4 i THE FLEET OF DINGHYS. - Historical Sketch of the Toronto Canoe Club. SHE Toronto Canoe Club was organized on the evening of December fourteenth, 1880, when nine men met and started the Club upon what has proved to be an = almost continuous success. The membership increased to twenty-four by the end of the first year, in spite of the want of a suitable club house. That want_was not supplied until 1884 when a club house was built at the foot of Lorne Sti jek ‘was a modest building, affording accommodation for the members and eighteen canoes. The Club entered into possession of this house in the spring of 1885. The first home of the Club was situated some distance north of the present Cobban factory on Lake Street. __ The membership grew steadily until in 1887 it had out grown its quarters and the Club remov- ed to anew and much larger building on the water front, a little east of Simcoe Street, which was pro- _wided for it by the Toronto Association of Canoeists. This building afforded acco- mmodation for forty-eight can- oes, and club - roomsand bath, ‘locker and dressing rooms _ for members. GUNWALE RACE. + yo. la Se : sa ee, hs Peg eo ths, 424 ROD AND GUN AND AND MCNICHOL. BLACKBURN MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA The Club continued its prosperous career in these premises until in 1893 it be- came necessary to remove its building to make way for Esplanade improve- ments by the City of Toron- to. - In 1900 the Club pur- chased from the Canada Permament and Western Canada Loan Company the leasehold water lot upon which is situated the club house and other buildings. This was held in trust by three members _ until Octo- ber 1902, when the Club having procured a special | Act of Incorporation from the Ontario Legislature they were enabled to hold the property. Since 1900, when the Club bought the property, they have found it neces- Sary,owing to the continued growth of membership, to ‘make several alterationsand additions to the Club build- ings. In 1900 the old club house, that was used by the Club from 1887 to 1893, was renovated, remodelled and added to the Club buildings ; and again in 1903 it was necessary to still farther increase the accommodation for members and their craft by occupying the two buildings to the north. The growth of the Club has steadily continued and year by year more space has been occupied until at the present time all of the property exceptthetwonorth buildings is used for Club purposes. The Club, at this writing, (May 1908,)had a member- ship of upwards of six hundred. Its success has been continuous and progressive throughits twenty-eight years of existence, until at the present time, it leads i in numbers and prosperity any canoe club known. The Club owns seven buildings on the water front, five of which are held for the HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE TORONTO CANOE CLUB. 425 uses of the Club mem- bers, The other two are rented to manu- facturers of water craft. The Ciub has accom- modation for the stor age of sixty dinghys and three hundred can- oes, and there are four hundred and fifty lock- ers. Itis needless to add that all of this equipment, and more,is needed to supply the requirements of so large a body of members as constitute the active portion of the Club. The Toronto Canoe Club prides itself on the fact that no intoxicating drink has ever been permitted on its prem- ises. The manage- ment determined, at the outset, that every- thing connected with the Club should be of the most temperate and wholesome character : and in consequence, its sports have been clean, and its various rami- fications conducted with a purpose, looking to the moral as well as the physical advantage of the members. In the matter of literature, the Club provides periodi- COMMODORE W. A. MCNAB 1907-08. cals of the highest order of merit, both English and American ; not however, req lating exclusively to sports, but dealing, as well with the artsand sciences. The young athlete while developing his body, has at hand the means to also nourish his mind. Musical recreation is also much in evidence, and many an evening the Club piano is kept busy to the accompaniment of Club songs. Several societies are yearly A FINE SIGHT. 426 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA organized from the membership, such as the ‘‘The To- ronto Canoe Club Hockey Associa- tion” —the Dinghy Association under Captain Tyrell ; theAmateurPhoto- graphic Club ; and the Toronto Motor Boat Club, organ- ized by Mr. S. A. Sylvester; the war canoe racing sec- tion : etc. Perhaps the most arduous and persistent ef- fort required in acquatic sports, is in the training of the war-canoe pad- dlers. There are five war canoes owned by theClub, and the _ several crews are under the care and man- agement of the vice - commodore, Mr. Arthur Mc- Nichol. A profes- sional trainerisem- ployed and much practise is neces- sary in order that physical _—_excell- ence may be at- tained. How thoroughly it is done is attested by the long string of victories to the credit of the Club in past contests. An important annual feature in the line of contests, is what is known as the Baillie Life Membership Prize. Briefly stated, Mr. Frank W. Baillie in 1902 donated the interest on a thousand dollars at six and a half per cent annually, to the winner of the greatest number of points at the annual summer regatta of the Club. Said interest (amounting to sixty-five dollars yearly) to be used in the purchase of a life membership to be awarded to the winning member. The rivalry is naturally of a most stimulating character, the developement of which is closely watched by the entire membership of the Club. . Although the Toronto Canoe Club is devoted chiefly to acquat icsports, in season, yet there is something doing at Club quarters at all seasons. _In the fall, a program of winter pastimes is issued by the House Committee. These consist of 1907. OLD MEMBERS DINNER, . HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE TORONTO CANOE CLUB. 4° bo =~I prize contests in whist, euchre and chess, in- terspersed with musical even- ings, smokers, etc. A night in each month is set apart and called ‘‘ladies night” on which occasion the lady friends of the members are present in large numbers, and dancing to the strain of the finest orchestra in the city is indulged in up to the midnight VICE COMMODORE ARTHUR MCNICHOL hour. Every Saturday night in the winter seasonisa gala night ; and after the games and contests of the evening are over, those present (often to the number of one hundred and fifty) line up to the freelunch offerings which have become an attractive feature of the winter program. There is much musical talent in this Club, and the members are often regaled by concerts furnished entirely by Club talent. A banquet at McCon- key’s has hecome an annual feature and no effort is spared to make these occasions memorable, and marked by bright speeches and a general ‘‘feast of reason and flow HON. SEC'Y W. H. PLANT, 1907-08 SENIOR WAR CANOE, 1907. 428 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. of song.” Add to all this, several impromptu af - airs such astheat- re parties, infor- mal luncheons, ice sports and the like, and it is not a matter for won- der that the old members who are now living in other __localties, never forget the good times pass- ed with the boys HAND PADDLING FOURS. f of the Red Ring. There has been organized, lately, an Old Members’ Association, the object of which is to foster and maintain in a social way, the friendships and intimacies started in the old days. There are nearly two hundred and fifty members who joined . the Club prior to 1903, and this association extends to all such a cordial invita- tion to join its ranks. Many of the active men of the Club previous to five years ago, have naturally re- tired from active A FINE RACE. participation in sports,and their places are taken by newer, and for the most part, younger members. And this desire-among the old members to meet together at stated intervals, means the revival in re- mininisces, of mem- orable events in the history of the Club. A number of the oldest members have passed away, but there still re- main many who aden Ae: have been connect- |f ed with the Club for upwards of fif- teen years. Of the nine or- ganizers, in 1880, there remain but two who are now members’ of the AN EXCITING FINISH. mii. >. NNASMITH, MCNICHOL, LIVINGSTONE, KIPP—-SENIOR FOURS, 1907-08. Club—Mr. Frank M. Nicholson and Mr. Hugh Neilson. Both of these gentlemen are still hale and hearty. Every summer, Mr. Neilson paddles his canoe in Muskoka waters, and doubtless, Mr. Nicholson is still able to maintain his equilibrium in the frailest craft, when occasion requires. The executive of the Toronto Canoe Club is, and always has been, composed ot business men. Nearly every member of the present executive has held the office for years ; and to this fact must largely be attributed the excellent financial showing of the Club. A glance at the an- nual statement of the Club for 1907 shows receipts of upwards of ten thousand dollars, and expenditure of nine thousand dollars. It goes without saying, that up to date methods and un- ceasing care are necessary to the proper handling of the multiplicity of detail occasion- STANDING TANDEM. 430 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA ed, and to essential requirements of the membership. Perhaps the most enjoyable functicn of the year, in the an- nals of the Club Sports, is the summer regatta. No expense or pains are ever spared by the various committees to make these occasions memorable. The extensive balconies of the Club- House are crcwded with mem- bers and their friends, and the scene at the climax of a hotly contested race is always inspir- ing. Whether the contest be among the ‘‘white wings,’ the war canoes, the tandems or the R. C. BLACKBURN, WINNER, 1907. singles, the enthusiasm is contagious, the hi-yah, hj-yah, hi-yah calls of the men, the gloved plaudits of the fair sex, the cries of encouragement proceeding from hundreds BLOMFIELD DOING THE FLIP IN ONE AND A QUARTER SECONDS. of throats altogether make a scene sufficient to arouse the most indifferent spectator. One of the most memorable of these occasions was the summer re- gatta of 1906. Many of those who read these lines will recall that delightful. occasion. The day was one of the loveliest in the June month and the water was mirror-like in its stillness and reflection. There was scar- cely a ripple on its surface. The spacious balconiés of the Club- House were filled with a joyous crowd, numbering hundreds of enthusiasts, while out on the the bay, on an improvised raft, was stationed the Highlanders’ Band discoursing excellent har- mony. The races on that afternoon were all most exciting, and closely contested. But it was the war canoe contest that was the great sensation of the day. As the crews neared the home stretch, it was observed that the two leaders were neck to neck. The great boats each manned by fifteen paddlers, came to the line amid the wild- est acclaim, each man straining every muscle, while so nearly did they keep together at the finish that few could tell which crew had won the victory. Tor- onto Bay is always interesting, but its charm was never dis- played to better advantage than on that twenty-third day of June. The water was dotted here and here, by scores of sails, floating RIDPATH DOING YHE FLIP. —— XN = 2 as x ee a = ~——< “THE CANADIAN HENLEY” 1907-08 finish at St. Caianes— 1st, b. C.-C." 9nd PY C. C.3"3rd_ 1. vA: A. A: lazily without purpose except to lend romance to the scene. Twilight settled on the waters, and one romatically inclined, could conjure up visions of the lagoons of Venice, so full of warmth and color was the picture. had served refreshments and the dance was on. And so the day closed ; the caterers Nothing marred the occasion and it was voted on all sides that it was a day of delight long to be remembered. The above is reproduced by permission, and the cuts are loaned by Messrs. Dyas, Colthurst and Mackenzie, publishers, Toronto, who publish the Toronto Canoe Club Annual. A Fine Collection of Sharing Trophies. E publish as a frontispiece an inter- | esting collection of big game heads obtained by Mr. Wm. Irwin, of Shelburne, Ont. Mr. Irwin is now over sixty years of age and he has settled down quietly. In his younger days he had some western experiences, including some fine hunting expeditions in British Columbia, and secured some splendid game heads as our illustration shows. The sheep heads are those of the Big Horn (Rocky Mountain). ‘The older they grow the bigger become the horns as they are never shed. The deer heads are those of the mule deer, which reach large proportions, a four year old buck weighing about three hundred pounds. These deer which shed their horns in February get very fat in the fall and Mr. Irwin says he has taken twenty pounds of tallow out of one buck. Mule deer were found in Mr. Irwin’s time two hundred miles east of Vancouver and seventy miles northeast of Ashcroft. The following are the particulars of the heads : No. l ram. Length of horns twenty- four inches, size of horn close to head sixteen inches. No.2 head. Length of horns twenty-two inches, round horn close to head fifteen inches. No.1 deer. Length of horns thirty inch- es. Spread of horns twenty-four inches. No. 2. Length of horn thirty inches. Spread of horn twenty-four inches. No.3. Length of horn twenty-five inch- es. Spread of horn twenty-four inches. A Deer Hunt on Deer River. BY GEORGE BOADWAY. SW party of us had made up our minds A to enjoy a deer hunt in Muskoka = inthe open season of 1906. As we lived at varying distances apart including Sarnia, Brampton, Breslau and Toronto it was agreed to meet in the latter city and proceed with united forces to our days’ destination. I had two start of the rest of the party and went through. from Wood- stock to Hunts- ville on a visit to a friend who lives at that delightful spot. Later on J joined the rest at Burks Falls where, af- ter breakfast at the hotel, we got ourbaggage and dogs nicely stowed away in the steamer at the Magneta- awan dock. All was ready by eight o'clock in the morning when we cast off our moorings and started for Ahnic Harbor, a distance of forty miles. We are agreed that this is one of the loveliest trips in Ontario. For twenty miles the river appeared as though it had been made artificially. It meanders through a low lying country with trees overhanging on each side. At times the river would almost seem to heave out of its bed as the steamer passed through. There are several remarkable things about the river. In one place we came to a small lake but instead of the river running into the lake it turns within ten MY FIRST DEER, feet of it and follows the lake fully half way round with nothing more than ten feet of land dividing them. Finally the river turns abruptly away from the lake at a point where a small neck of land runs into the lake. It was two in the afternoon before we arrived at Ahnic Harbour. Here we found two teams awaiting us, and ,.after “wa hurry up dinner we started on the last stage of our journey —a distance of sixteen miles to Deer River. Here we had ar- ranged to stay with Mr. Harris, a settler who combines farm- ing with lum- bering andhunt- ing and is doing well. The roads were so rough and hilly that walking proved more comfort- able than riding and long before those _ sixteen miles were over we wished our- selves at our journey’s end. {t was not until seven in the evening, when everything is black and dark in those weary woods, that we reached the house, tired and hungry as bears. After supper we all made up our beds, having to sleep in one large room, which was good enough for camp life, and speedily tum- bled in, sleeping sound, after our hard day’s toil. The first thing getting into bed was I remember after “Bill” Harris, A DEER HUNT ON DEER RIVER. 433 shouting in his loud backwoods voice ‘*Hurrah, boys, sunlight on the door, pork and beans on the table and every son of a gun in bed.” alf past five was early for all of us, and the last fact was by no means re- markable. It was no use trying to sleep after this intimation. Far better was it to get up of your own free will than be pulled out of bed with no gentle hands. Our hunting rules were to be up early and no one shirked the ordeal. Our camp was on the shore of a small lake with Deer River running in one end and out at the other. A short way up the river is Waby Creek and itis in this neigh- bourhood that we hunted the. first day. Robert Fletcher, or ‘‘Big Bob” as we called him, was chosen for our leader. He himself said he was boss of the ratt and station- ed us along the creek. I was placed on the excitement I got turned round or as most people would say ‘‘lost.” # jn 4. Having been born and raised in Mus- koka, and used to the woods all my life, this was a new experience. As a rule] am at home in the woods though I know enough about them to be careful and always take my compass with me. I had noticed the direction of the hunt and fol- lowing the needle for half a mile was brought out directly to the camp. In the afternoon I was placed to watch the same run- way and as I re- membered my morning’s ex- perience I took | to the woods again. This time I had not gone far when | heard the dogs coming and hur- ried back. Be- fore] couldreach my position | saw the dogs on my _ side of the creek and coming straight towards me. Now 1 knew that as a rule the deer are a good way ahead of the dogs and therefore felt Dam runway — that the deer a place where an must be close to old dam_ had me. As the been built, with woods were the steep sloping quite open I hills on each knew that the peak LANDING WITH TWO DEER. HOSE RRL ae Patiently I re- have_ passed: mained there till ten o’clock and thought by the looks of things that I should never see a deer in that rough place. Further on I thought the place much better for a runway and strolled in that direction. In _the woods I found deer tracks as thick as sheep tracks in a barnyard (of course the number of tracks would depend on how many sheep the farmer possessed) and even saw two deer. They were too far off for me to shoot but in my rambling and without my hearing or seeing him and | stopped to consider where he could pos- sibly have gone. While I was standing the dogs came withina hundred yards of me and scattered. From this I knew the deer had either seen me or caught my smell. Betore 1 could think of anything further the deer came down tle hil straight for me so quick and so close that it took me by surprise and | remained as if glued to the ground. 434 Recovering a little I fired my .35 automatic and attempted to reload. I had been used to a 44.40 Winchester and forgetting my rifle was a_ self loader fol- lowed my usual custom. By the time I recovered my Senses, the deer was one hundred yards away and I could see only a white streak bobbing up and down. 1 fired again, but the deer did not stop to see if he was hurt. When the dogs came up they stopped and looked at me inquiringly, as though to ask ‘‘Where is the deer?” Then they scampered off again and I was left to de- cide whether it had been a dream or a reality. I was ready to knock myself down with the gun and would have done so had I not thought it would hurt me. This proved the first, last and only run for the day. We decided to return to camp,and Mr. Allen, or ‘‘Dad” as we called him, a man of seventy, a grand old hunter who had hunted every fall for the last twenty-two years, agreed to accompany me. We took a short cut through the woods and thought it best to goon parallel lines. We had not proceeded far, and I was in the midst of athick growth of young pines when | hearda snort and the break- ing of twigs. These noises told mea deer was close by, anda minute later I heard a shot. Next Dad called me over and I found sure enough that he had shot atwo year old buck. We dressed it, drew it out toa lumber road, and when oneof the boys came along and assisted us,we took it to camp on arrival at which we felt tired and hungry enough to eat everything in sight. At the same time we felt good to ‘think that after all our disappointments we had experienced the good fortune of securing a deer ona the first day of our camp life. Next morning Dad was lucky enough to get his second deer. In the afternoon [ was back on the dam runway again. As I sat there I heard rustling amongst the leaves and light snow up in the woods above me and on the opposite side of the creek. Ina short time a fawn came trotting through the thick willows until it reached a big pine log. _ At that point it stopped and jumped over when it was hidden from my view, remaining there for about ten minutes, though this period ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA seemed an hour to meas I sat there waiting anxiously and expectantly for the dogs to come. Apparently the deer had come down to the creek of its own free will. All at once it jumped out of its hiding place and came to the creek about one hundred and fifty yards from me, standing in the open. I fired, but instead of falling or making a jump back into the woods as I expected, it simply started and then fell to nibbling at the grass. I fired again, and with the same result. On a third attempt it simply shook its tail and trotted into the woods a short away. I could see it and fired a fourth time. Then I had the ‘‘pleasure”’ of seeing it trot away in the direction from which it came seeming to say ‘‘I had better not take any more chances or I might accidentally be hit !” By this time I began to feel pretty well disappointed with myself. I thought my rifle too light, or I was too light (‘‘light headed”) to do any good. My adven- tures did not make a good story that night. : Another deer, a fine large doe, was shot next morning but not by me. Joe Degeer was the lucky man. In the after- noon I was stationed at the same old place and waited patiently till I] heard the dogs. Then I saw a yearling coming as though nothing could stop it. In two jumps it was down the hill, landing in the creek, and the next bound was on the other side and into the willows. This time, how- ever, I was too quick for him. I fired three shots, putting one through its shoulder and dropped it about fifty yards~ from the creek. ‘Next day was Sunday,and Will Merrill and I arranged to go by boat to the place where two deer were left and bring them to camp. It was more for the row than anything else that we under- took the journey, which was across Harris Lake out into Deer River and up Waby Creek, a distance of about three miles, After landing, and seeing our deer safe we indulged in a little rifle practice and rested on a rock, The afternoon was lovely and we were enjoying the peace and quietness On every hand as well as the fine scenery when we saw a fawn come down to the creek. After drinking, it stood there, making a A DEER HUNT ON DEER RIVER. fine shot. I took aim but to my surprise found I could not pull the gun off. Before “I could unload my rifle, or my friend could get his rifle ready, the deer had plunged into the creek. Both fired, and one ball (as we learned later) tore part of its lower jaw off. At the time, we did not think either of us had touched it, but Will went over the hill to see if he could find traces of blood. To his surprise he came upon the deer and fired again, but . without success. On the runway where it had been stand- ing we found a pool of blood, and follow- ed the traces. There was much blood, making the trail easy, and we judged that from its condition it could not go very far. Fora mile and a half, we saw that every jump was followed by splashes of blood on the snow. At the end ot the run way, the deer took to the water but as ‘some of the boy-~ were engaged ir target practice on the other side it returned and took to the woods. Soon we were again on itstracks,and found that about half a mile down the lake shore the deer had again taken to the water. There was a thin scum of ice on the lake, and by the time we reached the place the animal had broken its way through,nearly to the middle where it was plunging and trying to go farther while all the time it - was getting into stronger ice, Its exer- tions tired it out, and it would rest its chin (or what it had left for a chin) on the ice,and after a time plunge forward again. Some of the boys went out ina row boat and when’ they found the poor animal's condition they speedily put an end to its misery. Will and I returned to where we had left our boat, and rowed back to camp, feeling very tired as a result of our double exertions. A | #¢ me yrie ee Bs a4 IN THE 0-43 ae Care ‘) Deg oo HUNTERS AND DEER WITH SIX MORE HANGING 435 Notwithstanding our Sunday exertions we were out on our runways at half past seven on Monday morning. __ Before half an hour had passed,I saw a fawn running down the hill with considerable speed. Before it had made two jumps into the open, I put a couple of shots through its shoulder, causing the deer to fall in-its - tracks. Although it could not get up, it held its head high and looked back to see if the dogs were coming. I thought it peculiar that it could lay there with its head up and looking so sharp, at a time when it was injured so much that it could not get up. As I had heard of deer play- ing tricks on dogsI thought this one might be attempting something of the kind, and sent a third bullet through its neck finishing my job completely. By this time I was gettingused to my rifle and could make nearlyevery shot count. In tact I began to brag that I was not going to allow any more deer to slip past me without putting a hole or two in them, and as is usually the case under such cir- cumstances, my luck changed and I did not get another shot un- til a few days " F* if WOODS. before we came out. Bob Fletcher shot a fine two hundred pound buck a short way up the creek from where I was stationed, and we all felt that we were in good luck—seven deer in two days and a half. Tuesday was our unlucky day. In the morning two deer crossed my runway just before I got there, the dogs having been started too early. In the afternoon, the deer instead of crossing the creek as usual, took to the lake and no men were stationed there. On Wednesday five deer were secured, two in the morning and three in the after- noon. Will Merrill and I were the ‘‘dog 436 punchers” and the rest thought we were doing so fine that we were selected for the same task next day. That day how- ever proved a blank, nota single shot being fired at a deer. On Friday we did very little hunting as it rained all day and was most depress- ing. Three more deer were shot.on Satur- day, two of them by Dad, who was stationed on my old runway at the dam. A very exciting chase was witnessed on Monday. A fawn started near the lake, and was shot at by the dog puncher, as it made a couple of circles as though not knowing where to go or what to do. Finally it struck out directly away from the lake and made for the creek wherea number of men were stationed. After being shot by two more of our party, I thought the dogs had taken’ it away completely. Later on I heard them coming again, and another shot was fired. Soon the deer passed me, but too far off to shoot. At the lake Joha Boyd shot it in the side, but it kept on swimming until a shot in the head terminated its existence. _ Fawns seem to run with all the strength ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. \ of old ones, and this one must have run fully fifteen miles. There was not much more excitement for the rest of the trip, and on Friday morning we left camp on our homeward journey, with twenty-three deer to our credit, nearly two each, althongh four of our party were not fortunate enough to get a single one. When we reached Ahnic harbor we all thought we would have to walk the rest of the way to Burke’s Falls, as the bay was frozen over and the boys were skat- ing onit. After dinner, and a couple of hours’ rest, we were pleased to hear the joyful whistle of the steamer as she plow- ed through the ice and reached the wharf. At Burke’s Falls it was one o’clock in the morning before the hunter’s special came in. Then it was so crowded that I had to stand or sit in the aisle nearly all the way to Toronto. Although we had the best of luck, and a good outing, we were glad to reach our homes again, and once more face the problems of life with renewed vigor for the interval we had enjoyed. Autumn Idleness. . BY ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY, = ml HE lazy clouds lie basking on the blue, T Foam circled islands in a peaceful sea pen Scarce ruffled by the breeze, which carelessly Weamilers the arch of autumn heaven through. Beneath, the quiet ocean stretches wide, Out and beyond the end of everything ; The sunlight flashes from the gull’s white wing Soaring and dipping seaward with the tide. Above me, where the painted maples spread A screen all wrought and interlaid with gold, The shining gloom a silence seems to hold, A hush that tells of Summer lately dead ! I lie and hear the muffled monotone Of the great working world that calls to me Claiming my freedom—but I am not free, Th’ enchantress, Autumn, chains me to her throne ! The Red Deer or Wapiti and the Virginian or Common ‘‘Red Deer” of North America. BY JOHN ARTHUR HOPE, ti Red Deer or Wapiti (Cervius Elaphus) is foundin North America, Persia, Cashmere, Barbary* and Europe, including the Bricish Isles, those in the two first named countries be- ing considerably the larger. They re- semble each other in almost every detail except size. Their antlers (Elaphine) all branch in the same manner. I have seen the various superb heads in Britain with their brow beams and white burnished tips. The Habitat of the North American Red Deer or Wapiti (incorrectly called ““Elk’’) extends from the edge of the Eas- tern prairie to the Pacific Coast and south to Colorado. A well-grown European stag stands over four feet at the withers, with a thick- ly coated neck of a grayish tint, a rich brown body-colour and uniformly curved symmetrical antlers. In winter its coat is longer and of a greyer tint. The tail is short orclubbed. The hair of the underbody is a dirty white colour, with a coloured patch on the buttocks. The stag carries its head high and is one of the most magnificent looking of any of the deer species. The new born calves are brilliantly spotted with white. The pairing season occupies the early part of October, the calves are born about the end of May or the beginning of June, whilst the stags drop their antlers in March and first part of April; the youngest the latest. They continue to increase in bulk and strength up to their twelfth year. The venison is excellent and is said to _ be more nutritious than any other meat. It is still found wild in England, in the Exmoor Forest (no trees); in Scotland north of the Firth of Clyde, andin Ireland about Killarney and Connemara. Many hundreds of private enclosed parks have a pair or more living peacefully with Fal- low deer, Japanese and Blacktail from the Rockies. Northern specimens are much the smaller and carry far inferior antlers to those of south Germany and Hungary which possess much the finest sets. In some of the forest of Germany heads have been obtained with as many as sixty-six points. Lord Powerscourt, county Wicklow, Ireland, has in his pos- session a pair with forty-five tynes. In the southern counties of England and one county in Ireland the hunting of the stag has degenerated into chasing them with hounds after they have been deprived of their antlers, and let out of boxes shortly before the sportsmen put in an appearance; while in the forests of north Scotland— (strange forests; the mountain sides are bare of trees) the ‘stalker’ uses a long range rifle and the more skillfully he uses this weapon when his ‘‘gillie’” has placed him within range of a ‘‘good head”’ the better his chance of obtaining it, as a stag rarely gives a sec- ond shot. The farther the range the “trophy” is killed at, the higher the hon- our, that is tosay a ‘‘royal head” secur- ed at long range is considered the acme of sport in deer-stalking. In great Britain the conditions of life and the food are not of the quality that develope first rate antlers—as in Scotland for instance it is the habit to shoot those with the finest heads (a twelve pointer is not necessarily a ‘‘royal” as the royal tyne may be absent) and so leave the indifferent specimens to perpetuate their species. To counteract this and to keep them from degenerating, as far as possible fresh blood of the same species is continually imported from Southern ~ Europe. In the spring of the year following its birth the antlers are nothing more than straight, conical and unbranched ‘‘beams”’, the animal then being known as a “Brocket’”’. In the following spring the antler has, besides the ‘‘beam”’ a *It is interesting to note that the Red Deer of Barbary—according to Professor P.Martin Duncan, London England—is the only number of the Cervine group which is found in Africa. 7 438 small branch from its base, directed for- wards, known as the ‘‘brow antler,” it is then called a ‘‘Spayad.” In the third year an extra front branch\is formed, known as the ‘‘tres’”’ and the whole ant- ler is larger. In the fourth year the brow antler is doubled to form the ‘‘brow” and ‘“*bez tyne” at the same time that the top of the main beam divides into the ‘‘sur- royals” of the ‘‘staggard” or fourth year old male. In the fifth year the surroyals become more numerous, the whole antler of the stag being heavier than previously only to be exceeded in weight by those of the fully adult stag with ten or more points, each being larger and longer than the year before. At all times a full grown stag is dangerous when brought to bay, particularly in the rutting season when it fears not man nor dog. ‘‘Beware of the deer” is a common notice to be seen nail- ed to a tree in a deer park through which a public path runs. I have had a dog’s back broken with a blow from the front hoof of a stag so quickly that the eye could hardly follow the movement and have found other dogs in a park killed outright by the same means. Many ‘“‘gil- lies” (game keepers) have lost their lives by trying to separate a pair of fighting stags, while many more have been killed by wounded stags. Only a short time ago a gillie lost his life in a Scotch deer forest. The stag fell to his shot and lay, apparently, quite dead, on his going up to it. In attempting to bleed it however, it regained its feet and disem- bowled him with its last strength, falling dead across the man’s body. They fight savagely for possession of the hinds, one or both rarely coming off without being badly or fatally wounded. Like all of the deer tribe they fight be- tween themselves with the antlers only, A correspondent writes : With respect to the discussion on trout and charr while I am not an authority I can distinguish a true trout from acharr at the first glance. The only feature they share in common is that both are salmonoids. In all other respects they are distinct—in shape, in scales, in habits, in the number of teeth ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. using their front feet on their natural en emies, striking quickly and with great force to a distance of ten feet. Except in the pairing season the stags herd alone. The Virginian or ‘‘Red Deer” is the ‘‘common’”’ deer of the United States south to Mexico and a strip through the southern part of Canada. It received the name ‘‘red deer’ from the early settlers from the color of its summer coat, and correctly so as regards this colour as it is a much more yellowish red than the Wa- piti or true red deer, but there all resem- blance ends between these two branches of the Cervidae. The Virginian or com- mon red deer is smaller than the Europe- an red deer and lacks several things to be found in the latter species: the white pat- ches on the buttocks; the tail is from _fif- teen to sixteen inches long and not short or clubbed; the covering of the under- body is much whiter; the thick shaggy covering of the neck is also lacking. But itis in the antlers that we find the most marked difference. Those of the red deer are of the extreme recurvine type, their beams turning outwards and forwards, with several points directed upwards from their convex border. The brow tyne is short and pointed upwards instead of forwards and the antlers are very much smaller in size and the amount of tynes grown. Also unlike the, red deer of Europe wherein the largest specimens are found in the south and the smallest in the north, the smallest here are found in the south, Mexico, and the largest in the north. This, however, may be due to climatic conditions. They are also not gregarious like the Red Deer or Wapiti. However the ‘‘common” and pretty red deer of America is too Well known to describe it further to readers of ‘‘Rod & Gun.”’ in the upper and Jower jaws, in shape of head, in color of skin, in having no speckles, in softness of flesh one hour after death in comparison to the firmness of speckled trout etc. These differences are surely sufficient to enable a fisher- man to know the distinction between a charr and a trout. : A First Night in a Wilderness Camp. BY ERNEST J. MCVEIGH. BVOW unfit for roughing it in the H wilderness does the life in the city make us! Wedream of days in the canoe, and nights beside the fire, in our little tent, orin some long unused shack and it isall a delight, in our dreams. But we don’t take properly into account the black fly that follows us all day, or the ubiquitous mosquito that sings his little song by night. How can such things make us afraid as we lay in ourcomfortable bed in our happy home where the fly pursueth not, and the song of the mosquito is not heard’? How many of us have sat in the chair car on the rear end of the fast express as it stood for a few minutes at the small station or water tank in the Ontario Highlands, and watched the bush ranger embark in his canoe to go we don’t know where, with his bundle of grub, blankets and gun, and felt awild impulse to run out and shout after him to wait and we would go with him. But suppose you did get into that canoe and start off into that great mysterious wilderness, how far would you go before you found how unfitted you were for the undertaking ? The flies and mosquitoes would feast on your soft white skin, your back and legs would ache from your cramped position in the canoe, and your arms, so unaccus- tomed to the work, would be numb with weariness long before the ranger would think of asking you to change sides, or if you were getting tired. And then the first night out beside that little fire as you lay and listen to the snore of your seasoned companion, and start into more nerveworn wakefulness as some small animal, or crawling thing, comes into contact with your body. Of course if you have the right stuff in you all these discomforts will fade away in a short time, and you will enjoy it all, but not before your hide is well tanned and your muscles hard.. If you are not built right for the wilderness the first day and night will, likely, be a big plenty for you until you forget the terrible hard- ships you think you have gone through. What looks so easy for the other fellow may not be even possible for you. In the latter part of June this year I happened to be at the head of little Opeongo Lake, ata farm house, had arrived there at twelve noon from the _ direction of civilization, and at one o’clock two government fire rangers drifted in from the opposite, or wilderness side. They were tanned and weatherbeaten, wet to the knees, and apparently in no hurry to go any where in particular, but they asked ina quiet way if there had been a fire near us lately No, there had been no bush fire, but the owner of the farm had set fire to and burned up a big pile of stumps the day before—‘‘So that was it, eh—we saw the smoke from the head of Great Opeongo and thought we would come down and see what it was.” Now that was all simple enough, and easy. Oh! sure, but could you or I have made that little run of thirty miles by lake, river and portage, and come in so fresh and unconcerned after it ? And, by the way, | wonder how many of us know what the Ontario Government fire rangers are doing, and how well most of them cover the territory allotted tothem. I was interested and amazed in talking to one of these men to find how much he knew of what was going on in a district fifty miles square, where there was neither telegraph, telephone lines, or even roads. I was telling him about two gentlemen who had come up from Ottawa on the train with me, and mentioned the name of one of them, but could not name the second. The fire ranger asked me in his quiet way if they had been up last year, and'I told them I understood they had, and he said ‘‘Then fHiis name is—and he is a photographer. They were fishing last year on such and sucha stream, come in by and went out by——and could even giveme the dates. That struckme as pretty good, and i went further into the matter with him, and others, and I want to say to all and sundry who go fishing, hunting and camping in the Highlands of Ontario that ‘‘There’s a chile among ye 440 taking notes and by the powers he'll re- port it !" to misquote the immortal Ro- bert, so it behooves you to be careful and > leave no smouldering camp fires behind you as you go, or you will lay up trouble for yourself that may find you out even in your happy home in the distant city. How slowly we learn, or ‘‘if our fore- sight was only as good as our hindsight” what a great country and people we would be. Had the Province of Ontario given ‘this matter of forest preservation the at- tention fifty years ago that she is giving it today, and it can still be improved on, how many millions of dollars would have been saved? The only way to get an answer to, that question would be to get the figures for all lumber and timber cut in the province for fifty years, and double that, (as all lumbermen estimate that there has been twice the amount destroy- ed by fire than there has been taken out) then knock off a fair percentage for fires that a well organized staff of rangers could not prevent, and the balance would represent the saving that would have been effected. Rather a tidy sum | guess. But to come back to our subject. I am not such a tenderfoot in the wilderness as some who are more so, but my trips are not so numerous as | could wish, and I find each spring that I have muchto re- learn, or get accustomed to. My first trip in the Spring of 1908 was when my friend George and J went up to prepare a lodge on one of the Madawaska Lakes, for a family party that was to follow in a few days. As we did not arrive at the lodge until six p. m. we had not much time to put in on the building itself, and with the windows all broken, and no screens up, our first night promised to be troubled more or less. However, the wind had been blowing hard all day, and we had hopes that it might keep up during the night and keep the mosquitoes away from us. But no such luck, it fell calm about bed time, and we found them coming in pretty bad, but I think we would have managed to get to sleep all right if just about when we were getting used to the mosquitoes the field mice had not begun running over the roof and up and down the walls. Now the mosquitoes were not so very bad, in fact after being withthem a week ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. we would not have noticed them, and as for the mice ina few nights we woud have paid no attention to them whatever, but on our first trip after eight months of home, without a break, our nerves were out of tune and to some extent be- yond our control. My camp bed was about six inches from the outside wall, up and down which the mice were running every moment, but I determined to pay no attention to them, and persuade my- self that they were on the outside. I had about succeeded in this when! felt one of them light on the blanket over my body and I reached down to brush him off, as I brought my hand back it came in con- tact with him close to my chin, and to save myself I could not avoid jumping up and clawing around wildly in the dark to dislodge him. I couldn’t tell where he was or how many there was of him, sol got out of bed and lit the lamp. George was awake, though he had only the mosquitoes to contend with and he asked me what my trouble was, and after I told him I got back under the blankets leaving the lamp burning and we watched for mice while we swotted mosquitoes. We did not have long to wait as they seemed to care for neither us nor the light, and were soon running around as lively as usual, but they were on the inside instead of the outside as 1 had tried to make myself believe, andas they would go up the studding beside me George would yell *‘catch him, hit him with your hand etc.” but do you think I could? No sir, the spirit-may have been willing but the flesh was weak, and I could not force my unwilling hand to either strike or grasp the nimble little devils, so I got up and found a stick while George got a fishing rod in a bundle and we went after them horse and foot. After half an hour’s hard - work we killed one and then went out and sat on the verandah to admire the moonlight on the water. It was fine indeed, but the mosquitoes became most curious as to what we were wearing under our night shirts and we found that our bear-skin pants were no _ protec- tion against them, so we once more re- turned to the blankets. During my absence some enterprising pair of our friends, the field mice, had A FIRST NIGHT IN THE WILDERNESS. 441 been moving house, and when | got into bed I found at least part of their family there ahead of me. Did you ever find a family of young mice, without any hair on them, in your bed, making the discov- ery bythe sense of touch with a bare leg? If you have not, you may have one more sensation to enjoy in this world. This was a little too much for me and after disposing of the cold andclammy offspring of our enemies I gave in and proceeded to move my bed across the living room to another bedroom, leaving George to play with those mice by his lonesome. I now placed my bed in the bottom bunk of a pair in one corner of this room, and got between the blankets once more, de- termined to pay no more attention to mice, mosquitoes, or other disturbing elements, and such is the power of mind over matter that I was just going off to sleep when a mouse came spat down on my pillow about two inches from the end of my nose. Iguess I must have been pretty well rattled by this time, for I made a spring that brought my head i in contact witn the bottom of the bunk over me, this sent me back into bed on top of the mouse, but I didn’t stay there long, for I[ was out on the floor within a short time, a very short time, leaving lots of room in the bed for that small gentleman in the fur coat. It beats all how much room one small mouse cantake up ina bed. I did not seem to feel that there was any room in that bed for meat all, and I guess it ‘would be a mean man anyway who would crowd a poor little mouse, particularly when he had nothing on but a loose night shirt, and the moose was fully dressed and wide awake. By the time I got the lamp going again, the mosquitoes were doing their utmost to solve the problem of what was inside my night shirt, and I must say their in- vestigations were thorough and complete, and while I can’t say that I was sleepy I did yearn for my bed and_ blankets. The spring cot had legs to it so I pulled it out of the bunk and set it up on the floor as far as possible from the walls, and once more lay me down with small faith, less hope, and no charity at all for mice. But it was of no use, I don’t hon- estly think there was a single mouse got into the bed for the remainder of the night, but just the same I could see them run over the blankets, and drop on my pillow, if I somuch as closed an eye, until daylight came with its fresh horde of mosquitoes to drive away all further thoughts of sleep, and sent me out fully -dressed to build a fire or ‘‘smudge’’ and watch the sun rise over the hills. Such was our first night in camp, but you would not have known us for the same men the next night when with screens on the windows, the lodge well smoked out, and paying no attention whatever to mice, we lay down with ner- ves soothed by the glorious air and slept the night through in comfort and peace. Mr. Cowan's Hunting Trips in British Columbia. are aware of the reputation made for himself by Mr. C. G. Cowan as an explorer in out-of-the-way corners of Canada and also as a big game hunter. Many will remember with interest his articles on Two Thousand Miles Down the Yukon River in a Small Boat publish- ed in our pages. With the exception of the Mackenzie, Mr. Cowan has hunted on every northern river east and west of Ag readers of the ‘‘Rod and Gun” the Rockies. For the last twenty-six years he has visited Canada annually for for the purpose of shooting big game and few men know more about the northern portions of British Colum- bia and the Yukon than Mr. Cowan. Last year, accompanied by Mr. E. C. Penrose, of Kamloops, Mr. Cowan made a trip after big game up the Pelly and McMillan rivers. While hunting on the upper Skeena —— 442 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA his guide, Max Leclare, was fatally shot by Simon or Gun-a-noot, an Indian who is still atlarge. Mr. Cowan was only a quarter of a mile away at the time of this fatal affray. On coming down from the north he learnt that two expeditions sent out by the Provincial Government are now on a still hunt for the Indian mur- derer at the headwaters of Stikin and Skeena rivers. ‘“‘We enjoyed excellent sport, but had no thrilling adventures,” said Mr. Cowan in describing the trip. ‘‘After outfitting we sailed for Skagway on July 22, and made a start up the Pelly River from Selkirkon August 19. Our destination was the Kalsas Mountains on the McMillan River. We chartered the small steamer Quick, but soon abandoned her owing to a de- tect in the machinery. Then we hired Indians and tracked up the Pelly River about seventy miles. Leaving that stream we ascending its tributary, the McMillan, for about thirty-eight miles. ‘“My main object was to get a large moose, and I am glad I succeeded,”’ modestly continued the big game hunter. *‘In all we shot eight caribou, four moose and four bears, including a_ grizzly. These trophies will be mounted entire and forwarded to my Irish home. We were also fortunate enough to secure ex- cellent snapshot pictures of live caribou and other animals. ‘After shooting a big moose we started out for a three days’ hunt in the moun- tains Imagine our anger and disap- pointment on returning home to find thata visitor in our absence had eaten the hind legs of the moose. From the manner in which things had been turned upside down we realized our visitor was a bear. Our tent had been thrown down and vari- ous articles of camp equipment and our supplies lay on the ground scattered about for a distance of sixty feet. Not satisfied with wreaking his displeasure the bear also located our cache of meat and left our larder empty. ‘“‘Well, we did not sleep much that night as we expected our visitor to re- turn. And sure enough he did. It was after midnight on a clear moonlight night when we heard an animal cautiously ap- proaching thecamp. Presently fromathick- had fallen. “met one et emerged a grizzly monster who sniffed and listened attentively asthough suspici- ous of our presence. The next moment I fired and Mr.Grizzly,for such he proved to be, fell mortally wounded. The bullet had pierced his heart, and his death struggles were soon over. Theanimal was a male and measured eight feet from the tip of his nose to the root of his tail. I was just as glad that we did not meet him at close quarters. ‘‘T had rather a novel experience when out alone hunting moose. At the end of -a two days’ trip I found myself reduced to ten cartridges. Late in the afternoon I espied a bull moose four hundred yards distant and blazed away. The first shot hit the mark as the animal fell prostrate and was unable to rise. The next mom- ent another moose came into view around the corner of a rock near the first animal. I fired a succession of shots and was de- lighted to see the second moose fall to the ground. I had now exhausted my cartridges and cautiously approached only to find that both animals although wounded in several places attempted to regain their feet and showed every desire of putting up afight. Under the circum- stances I withdrew and returned to camp. Taking our Indian guides back with me we re-visited the scene of the previous day’s encounter, only to find both moose cold in death at the places where they I learned that my first shot had penetrated both of the front knees of the bull moose, thus rendering him hors de combat. ‘*The lateness of the season prevented me from visiting the headwaters of the Pelly, to have a try at the black sheep, a new species of which I was lucky enough to buy a pelt from the Hudson’s Bay Co. at Hazleton last year. The sheep in question had been shot by an Indian near the headwaters, of the Skeena and from other Indians who lived farther north the hunter had learned that the home of the black sheep—hitherto unknown by sports- men—was at the headwaters of the Pelly. If all goes well I shall go inthere next year as i want to shoot one for my collection.” Throughout his trip Mr. Cowan only individual, a solitary pros- pector. A Curious Moose. BY A. L. N the 20th of November, 1904, I @ was hunting in the Oak Mountain Range, the great watershed be- tween the Becaguimac and Nackawick rivers in New Brunswick. About one o’clock in the afternoon of that day, I came upon the tracks of four _ large moose in the damp leaves on a large hardwood ridge. As moose would be lying down at that time of the day and therefore the chance of getting a shot would be slight, it seemed best to wait until near sundown. About four o’clock I began to work cautiously along on their trail, and presently heard them feeding on the white wood saplings. But at this point the wind suddenly shifted, and the rumbling of hoofs on the frozen ground, and the smashing of undergrowth told that a hurried retreat was in _ pro- gress. Ascertaining the general direction of their course, | made a detour ot about a mile, and came up against the wind to a steep hardwood knoll on which! hoped to find them. Standing still and looking care- fully ahead, at length I made out a moose behind a large maple tree, bull or cow I could not determine just then. Cock- ing my Winchester I waited. Soon the snaky head of a cow moose appeared. Lowering the rifle I looked and listened intently. The sound of clicking horns could be heard on the farther end of the knoll, and not wishing to route Miss Moose for fear she would take the rest of the bunch with her, I started to go round on the side that would not give her _the scent. Judge of my surprise, when she walk- ed upin mydirection and cut me off. Dodg- ing the other way the moese cut me off that way. Then tacking the way I started to go first she cut me off again. Manoeuvering this way a half a dozen times she had reduced the original dis- SLIPP. tance between us of 100 yards to about 20 feet. Up to this point I imagined that the queer actions of this moose were due to curiosity, and a desire to get my scent. But now she surely had smelled me, and began to raise the hairon her mane and along her spine, at the same time dis- tending her nostrils, and giving vent to warning gurgles, Never before had I seen a larger or finer specimen of moose than this one. Arrayed in her glossy fall coat, and as fat as a seal, she towered far above me. At the distance of twenty feet she paused an instant. Then gathering courage ap- parently, she made arush at me.: I rais- ed my rifle and holding it in readiness, ran around a large beech tree. After following me around four times she side- stepped and came close upon me. Draw- ing back my right foot I kicked her on the nose as: it came low when she step- ped into a hollow. This caused her to jump back about ten yards, where she stood grumbling to herself. Leaving her there I went over the ridge to find the bull that had made the racket with his horns, but he had gone to parts unknown; saw another moose cow, how- ever. She fled with great precipitation. Did not get a moose out of this herd, but was fortunate enough to kill a fine one two days later at a point a mile fur- . thersouth. In four dayshunting I sawsev- enteen moose,(mostly cows) and forty-one deer; havebeen bornand brought upamong big game, and since the age of nine have seen some hundreds of moose, but never before saw one act the same as this one. Perhaps it was the animal’s curiosity. Perhaps my avoidance of it caused the moose to think that I was afraid of Her Highness. The time was just at twilight. Many animals are less shy at this period of the day. Photo, Julia W. Henshaw. GREAT FLOWERED GAILLARDIA (GAILLARDIA ARISTATOR) The Third Annual Camp-Fire Meeting. Amid romantic surroundings, which eould not fail to deeply impress the mem- ‘bers in attendance, the third annual meeting of the Clnb was held at Rogers Pass, B. C., during the week of the the camp. The president (Mr. A. O. Wheeler, F. R. G. S.) gave the opening address, in the course of which he said:—Ladies and Gentlemen of the Alpine Club of Canada: I give you welcome to this our third Annual Meeting, held upon a spot that must be always regarded by us with the deepest veneration. A quarter of a century ago, on the fifth of Sept. next, the first Alpine Club of Canada was formed within a few hundred yards of where we are now standing. Our patron, Sir Sandford Fleming, was the founder and was elected Presi- dent; while the late Principal Grant of Queen’s University, Kingston, was elect- ed Secretary. It is true that its numbers were few, and its life fleeting; but the in- spiration was there, and the seed was sown to bear abundant fruit twenty-three years later. I would that Sir Sandford Fleming could stand here with us today, and realize, as we all must, in the midst of these most appropriate surroundings, that the passing inspiration of a mom- ent’s leisure has led to a climax with in- fluences reaching not only through the length of Canada, but beyond the seas. Our growth has been phenomenal. We are now in our fifth hundred of member- ship, and 1 fervently pray that we may be given wisdom to lead this healthy in- fant of ours to youth, manhood and old age; and, contrary to the laws of nature, to greater strength and fuller vigor as its years increase. This, our third Annual Meeting, is the most important one for two weighty reasons (1) your first Executive Commit- tee has now to render an account of its stewardship and to submit to you the names of its newly-elected officers of the Club for the second official term of its life, the years 1908 and 1909. The re- port of the scrutineers of the ballots will be read at the close of this address and the new officials announced. . (2) There are matters of serious import that will be brought before you for your consideration which are of almost vital importance to our future successful existence. With regard to our stewardship:—We have had two successful Annual Camps. We have published the first number of the Canadian Alpine Journal, and the second will be presented to you after this meeting. We have acquired a magnifi- cent site for a permanent home at Banff. Our library has attained to the consider- able dimensions of some fifty-odd books and publications; we have no debts and there is a balance in the treasury. Ifyou will read the official section of the first and second numbers of the said Journal SS ee and, when I have finished this address, will listen carefully to the reports of the Secretary, Treasurer, and Librarian, you will be in possession of full details of our existence to date, with one exception, viz :—a full list of members. It was originally intended to publish this with the second edition of the Journal, but members have been coming in so rapidly that it was thought better to publish a separate list when the present camp was MT, BIDDLE AND LAKE M’ARTHUR Photo, Mary M. Vaux. over, so that the names of those gradu- ating could be enrolled as Active Mem- bers. It is my sad duty to record the death, since our last annual gathering, of one of our Honorary members, the distinguished scientist, Monsier le Colonel Laussedat, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. Dr. E. Deville, another of our Honorary members, has kindly written a biographi- cal sketch for the Journal. Itis of the y - Lucknow. deepest interest, by reason of the insight given into the lovable personality of the man, in addition to his exceptionally dis- tinguished scientific attainments. I have also to record the election to Honorary Membership of the Rev. Jas. Outram, nephew of the celebrated Sir James Outram, a hero of the Siege of This gentleman holds the premier record for mountaineering in Canada, having made first ascents of a large number of high peaks as yet little known: Mts. Columbia, Bryce, Lyell, Forbes, Assiniboine and others. His charm ingly written book ‘In the heart ot the Cana- dian Rockies” has done muchtobring . Canadian Al- pine tracts and moun- taineering _ possibilities before the world, and to emulate other climbers to follow his ex- ample. As the in- stigator ofthe Annual Camp I have recent- ly been held responsible for a certain diplomatic al- liance that has been entered into by two of our prominent members, one of whom bears the distinguished order of ‘‘O.M.” I reter to the engagement of Mr. Frank Yeigh of Toronto to Miss A. L. Laird, of Kingston, which I have been given per- mission to announce to the Club. The High Contracting parties, in a most bra- zen manner, calmly throw all the blame for their actions upon my hoary head and bent shoulders. If blame there be, I glory in my shame, for I feel all such unions, brought about amidst the healthful and beautiful surroundings of the moun- tains, will be blest, and I am sure the Alpine Club joins with me in placing its FRANK YEIGH, TORONTO, AN ADVISOR OF THE CLUB. ALPINE CLUB OF CANADA. 447 hands upon these young people’s heads and saying ‘‘Bless you my children.” We have here with us: representatives of the following kindred organizations: From the English Alpine Club, Mr. G. E. Howard of Manchester ; from the American Alpine Club; from the Appa- lachian Mountaineering Club, Mr. H.W. Gleason, of Boston; from the Mazamas Mountaineering Club; Mr. A. F. Flegel of Portland, Oregon, etc., etc. Continuing,the President expressed the acknowledgements of the club to the Dominion Goot the Provincial Goot of Alberta and to the Cana- dian Pacific Ry. Co. for very substan- tialassistance towards the success of the past and pre- sent camps. Among the officials of the CoP; -R. whe. were specially mentioned were Mr. Whyte, Mr. McPherson and Mr. Us- sher of Win- nipeg, Mr. Kerr and Mr. Robson of Montreal, and Mr... Hayter Reed, mana- ger-in-chief of hotels, to whom for three. camps the Club has been indebted for the loan of Swiss guides. Three amendments to the constitution, which at the meeting at Calgary on June second became club law,were referred to. (1) charging the qualification for active membership from an arbitrary al- titude of 10,000 feet above sea level to an ascent of a truly alpine, glacier-hung peak rising at least 2500 feet above the timber line of its region. (2) providing for an Executive Secre- tary. The President referred to the ob- jects and work of the Club as outlined by the constitution, and made it very clear Ee that a permanent salaried Executive Sec- retary was an absolute necessity. He stated that Mr. S. H. Mitchell had ex- pressed his willingness to undertake the work, and referred to the qualifications that fitted him for such an office. 3) providing that any applicant for election who receives five adverse votes THE IKEFALL OF THE ZOTHO GLACIER. Photo, Byron H. Harmon, Banff, Alta. will not be accepted. Mr. Wheeler then dealt with proposed plans for the erection of a permanent Club House at Banff. A grant of three and a half acres of land at Banff has been made by the Dominion Government for the purpose. The President also dealt with the ques- ALPINE CLUB OF CANADA tion of incorporation which would become -a necessity for the issuing of debentures in connection with the Club House. In concluding his address, the Presi- dent referred to some remarkable achieve- ments of the past year in mountaineering in the Canadian Rockies, viz., the at- tempt ot Pro- fessor Cole- man and party to climb Mt . Robson, in- volving a journey of over 180 miles from the base of supplies, the attem pte d ascent of Mt. Douglas by Mr. L. M. Earle of the English Al- pine Club,the three unsuc- cessful at - tems on Mt. Pinnacle and the first as- cent of Sir Donald by a Canadian lady, Miss Jean Parker. Reference was also made to the first ascent of the virgin peak, Mt. Garibaldi at the head of Howe Sound by a party of SIR ALEX. 149 Mrs. A. O. Wheeler, Mr. H. G. Wheeler and Mr. M. P. Bridgland. Their work had entailed much self-sacrifice for the good of the cause and he hoped their labors had not been in vain. BY MRS, ELIZABETH PARKER. The Al- pine Club of Canada pass- ed its second birthday on March 28th. The original members hip of 79 has in- creased to 403 of whom eight are honorary and eleven are associate } members. In maddition, mm there are 63 S applications waiting for the next bal- lot. Some of these ap- plicants are qualifying during this meet;thenew honorary members are the Rt. Hon. James Bryce, His British Majesty’s Ambassador at Washing- ton, andRev. James Out- ram, author re aes Es i 0 MACKAZENIE. Vancouve r WHO FIRST PENETRATED TO THE PACIFIC THROUGH CANADA. Peart of the mountaineers In conclusion, the President expressed his sincere thanks for the effective and hearty co-operation given him in the work of the Executive by the Secretary, Mrs. H. J. Parker, the Executive Secre- tary, Mr. S. H. Mitchell and the Librari- an,. Miss Jean Parker; also to the follow- ing members outside the Executive :— Canadian Rockies.” One new associate member, Mr. Schiller Flindt, was added. The only loss by death came to the honorary list in the decease of Col. Laussedat, the eminent and venerable French scientist. The constituency of the Club has ex- tended to the Orient and Antipodes: In- dia, Australia, South Africa, Holland and Switzerland and a dozen of the United States, are represented in itsmembership, as well as Britain and all Canada. The second annual meet was held dur- ing the first week of July in Paradise Valley, with one hundred and fifty mem- bers and guests in attendance. Owing to the heavy snowfalls of the previous win- ter and an unusually late spring, the meadow at the head of the valley was too wet for an encampment, and it was neces- | ICE ARCH IN THE ZOTHO GLACIER, Photo, Geo, Vause jr., and Mary M. vance. sary to hew out a place in the unbroken forest at the foot of Mt. Aberdeen. This involved very considerable though speedy labour: but the trees were felled, the ground prepared, the tents erected and everything made comfortable by the open- ing day. In spite of bad weather—snow and rain and thunder—climbing began on the day appointed, and there was not one beginner who tailed to accomplish one of the official climbs,Mts. Temple and Aber- ing was greatly in year. ascents were made in less time; physi- - more deen, The total number qualifying for active member- ship was 66; also a large number | of active members climbed these or other peaks every bday: The Presi- dent and his staff of mountaineers considered that the character of climb- , advance of that done the previous The round cal hardiness was in evidence; and the camp-fire, that supreme test of good-fellowship, if not of moun- taineering -s t u ff, witnessed no damp- ened bouyancy in those of the com- pany who had spent the day on glacier and neve and rock. This was the _ general rule. The excur- sions, too, over the difficult snow-pass- es, notably Abbot Pass, were much more _ strenuous than the excursions from Yoho Pass, and, on the whole, the achievements of Paradise Valley Camp showed marked progress in amateur mountaineering. The photographic exhibition, at which sixty pictures were shown by nine exhibi- tors, was an interesting feature of the meet. The prizes of a gentleman’s and a lady’s ice axes were awarded to the Pres- ident and to Mr. Bridgland, but all the exhibits reached a high standard of ex- cellence. REPORT OF SECRETARY The annual meeting was held around ALPINE CLUB OF CANADA. SIR SANDFORD FLEMING, C. E. K. C. PATRON OF THE CLUB. the camp-fire on the evening of July 9th. The chief business of the meeting was a resolve to build in the near future a Club House at Banff, where the Club’s head- quarters ought to be. Some fifty mem- bers promised to contribute: $10.00 each to the scheme. A suitable site of three and a half acres on the side of Sulphur Mountain has been generously leased us by. the Dominion government; and we expect soon to have there a building worthy ot the Club, which will give us 452 new visibility and a home to our growing library. Such a Club House will be the headquarters at which to rally our mem- bers for alpine work in the mountains, and from which to organize camps at ad- vantageous points so that members may make up parties and go from one to the other at timesconvenient for them, finding good accommodation at each. The Presi- dent at the last annual meeting threw out a suggestion which is likely to take tangible shape at no remote day, namely: that a series of camps in different climb- ing-centres be established each summer, for the better convenience of the whole Club, which is growing too large for a single annual session of only one week’s climbing. This isa matter of develop- ment, and is dependent upon the erec- tion of a Club House. A happy and hearty transaction of the meeting was the standing vote, bestow- ing honorary membership upon the Rt. Hon. James Bryce, a past President of the English Alpine Club, and veteran mountaineer, who has been honored by having one of the loftiest mountains in the Rockies named for him. Resolutions of thanks were cordially passed to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, the Alberta Government and the Federal Government for generous as- sistance to the Camp, without which it had not been possible to provide so ex- cellent a school of mountaineering. There is no doubt about the interest such gifts yield in something more than money to the nation. I quote Milton’s words ap- plied by Tyndall to mountaineering: ‘‘Such exercises constitute a good means of making them healthy, nimble, and well in breath, and of inspiring them with a gallant and fearless courage, which being tempered with seasonable precepts of true fortitude and patience, shall turn into a native and heroic valour, and make them hate the cowardice of wrong-doing.” A kindly feature of the meeting which was adjourned to the following evening, were two resolutions of appreciation pre- sented to the Secretary and Mrs. Wheel- er, wife of the President, who in addition was presented with the perpetual freedom of the Camp and Club House. These resolutions were afterwards beautifully il- luminated on vellum, Mrs. Wheeler’s ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA being placed ina silver casket accompan- ied by a silver key. The President, also, received a gold watch-chain and compass in token of the Club’s appreciation of his arduous toil in the interest of organized mountaineering in Canada. - After the Camp in Paradise Valley had dispersed, the President received an invi- tation from the Alpine Club of England to be its guest for three days at its Jubilee on the 16th, 17th, and 18th of December, 1907,and though greatly pressed for time, Mr. Wheeler was able to accept the in- vitation and make a hasty visit to the Club in London, where he ‘was received with warm hospitality, and in spite of the limitations of time, managed to get a day or two in Switzerland to see with Cana- dian eyes the Swiss Alps. Cordial rela- tions with British mountaineers have been established through this visit, the first fruits of which will appear when the British Association meets in Canada next year. A party of Alpinists are already arranging to climb in the Rockies’ under the auspices of the Alpine Club of Canada before or after the great meetings to be held in Winnipeg. Upon his return to Canada the Presi- dent received the distinction of honorary ‘membership from this Club, mother of organized mountaineering and first of the one hundred and sixty-eight alpine clubs in the world. By this courtesy, Mr. Wheeler is adopted into a distinguished alpine fraternity comprising men eminent in science, letters, law, the Church, and every intellectual realm in Britain. The honor is also to the Club over which he so devotedly presides, and is the more marked that it is the first of its kind that has been bestowed upon a represéntative from any of the British dominions beyond the seas. Local meetings of the Club have been held as follows : one in Calgary and two in Winnipeg,where also meetings of the Executive Committee were held. At all of these the President was present. Tak- ing advantage of Mr. Wheeler’s visit to London, the Executive appropriated $50 of the Club’s funds to the purchase of rare volumes, now cut of print, dealing with the early history of the Canadian Mountains. The recent changes in the Constitution were considered, each / ALPINE CLUB OF CANADA 453 chan ge having its birth n ot in the Ex- ecutive, but in the Clubitself, and taking shape in the form of an amend- ment by sugges- tion from members; these have been voted upon and are now Club law. A mend- ments two and three are too obviously ne c essary in this so large and dem ocra- tic organi- zation, for any com- ment;num- ber one requires exp lana- tion, When a glacier region was discovered in the Cas- cade range on the Pa- cific Coast, where elim bing began al- most at sea-level, it was evident that the ascent of a glacier-hung peak, whose al- titude was below the 10,000 limit, was ample justification for active membership. It will be seen at a glance that the new clause impartially meets the requirements, and is thus an improvement in the Con- stitution. The report would be incomplete with- MT. ASSINIBOINE SHOWING NORTH AND EAST FACES. out reterence to tne Club’s modest social functions. Functions necessarily local by reason of its widely scattered constituen- cy. On the President’s return from Eng- land he was the guest of the Winnipeg members at a delightful little dinner at Tea Kettle Inn, when some thirty guests were present. The occasion was made the opportunity for an address, giving an 454 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA account of his visit to attend the Jubilee Celebration aud subsequent trip to Swit- zerland. A day later, he lectured on the Canadian Mountains as a_ recreation ground at the Collegiate Institute of Por- tage la Prairie. The lecture was very well attended, and half of the net pro- ceeds were turned in to the Club House Fund.- Several small reunions were held during the year by the Winnipeg members. Calgary was not behind in matters of social amenities. Last February the sec- ond of the Annual Alpine Club Dinners was held atHorchover’s Restaurant, sixty- five members and guests being present. On this occasion, also, an account was given ofAlpine Club’s Jubilee Celebration. In April the President lectured to the A. Y.P.A. on the ‘‘Wonderland of Canada.” The house was crowded to the doors and many turned away. The result has been an addition to the membership of a num- ber of fine, atheletic young men who give promise of ‘‘doing things” in the near future. The Journal has met with a cordial re- ception. Orders for Volume 1 are still received from various parts of Canada and the United States. We are not un- aware that it might be better, and we are not without hope that soon it will rank with any alpine journal in the world. The second volume will be placed in your hands at the Camp, and we may be par- doned if we congratulate ourselves on the excellence of its scientific articles. We would be grateful for any suggestion concerning the best means of discovering the literary talent undoubtedly existing among the members of the Club. TheAlpine Club of Canada: it is a good name and a significant, one to quicken patriotism and to inspire a desire for ex- perience in the hardships and delights of climbing mountains. There is much, very much, in a name—and the soul of Shakespeare would agree. We do not suppose that this Club will be the only one ever in Canada. No doubt in the next hundred or two hundred years, a great many mountaineering clubs will flourish in numerical strength and in esprit de corps: for mountaineering is going to be more and more a Canadian sport, and when Canada is as populous as the motherland, the Rockies of Cana- da will be as popular as the Swiss Alps. But the Alpine Club of Canada will still be the national mountaineering club, and will have gathered to itself a noble suc- cession of Canada’s good men in every high and useful vocation of life; will have added a worthy somewhat to Canadian literature, art and science. ° A Double Tragedy BY R. MANLEY ORR. | as being all prairie thinks amiss, for * in one of Manitoba’s timber belts was enacted the tragedy. Take a Canadian Pacific Railway westbound mainline train out of Winni- peg, ride it till you have passed through a dozen or so staticns and then when you hear the brakeman come through calling out ‘‘Austin, next station’ prepare to get off. After the train has gone and you have had a look about the little place you will discover that a small snake-like stream coming wiggling into town from the south, passes through, and goes wiggling off to the north. The name ot this little stream is Squirrel Creek, and when you have secured a good saddle horse and armed yourself with a short HE who thinks of the Prairie Province following double barrelled Winchester rifle, take to the old trail which snake-like wiggles off to northward, keeping within from ten to one hundred yards of the little stream and on the east side of it. As you ride along you. are to remember that ten miles west of you flows Pine Creek similar in size and direction of flow to its twin sister which you are following and re- member also that the heavy oak,ash, elm and poplar on your left extends in an un- broken forest over all this ten mile-wide- belt of land lying between these paralled streams. The ride will not be, without interest, be- cause you might see a bear, you wl likely see a deer and you'll be sure to see _ a coyote, but you'll zo¢ see a lynx though several may see yOu. When you have travelled about twelve ] . ; A DOUBLE TRAGEDY. miles as the crow flies and above twenty according to the wiggling old trail, you will come to a spot where a well beaten road from the east joins you, also one, not quite so well beaten, from the north and together in one splendid trail the three cross Squirrel Creek and plunge westward like a crooked tunnel through the ten miles of timber to Pine Creek and the open on the other side. After you have ridden about three quarters of a mile into this forest, dismount and tie your horse toa tree. Then turn to your left, and on foot work your way south till a mile of heavy timber and dense under- brush separate you from your horse. You are now standing on the ground where occurred the double tragedy. On the afternoon of my story, Father and I were working ina little hay mea- dow exactly one mile east of the tragic spot and within a few hundred yards of the crooked old Squirrel Creek Trail. It was a calm afternoon in the early fall, and about three o’clock we heard coming from the woods across the creek a sound which though familiar enough was so vehement that it at once took our attention. It was the bellowing of one of the thousands or so head of cattle which roamed the woods at this season and were the property of the stock men living like ourselves along the creek. At first the bellowing was spasmodic, but after about fifteen minutes it became continuous and so awful than one could associate it with nothing less that a beast suffering the most mortal agony. Per- haps ten minutes of this continuous bel- lowing passed and then a rifle shot rang out over the woods. After a second or two the report died away but the bellowing continued and just as we were commen- cing to wonder what was going on a second shot rang out. This time the bellowing ceased. For over half an hour the old woods were silent and thena third rifle shot rang out, but when 2zrs echoes died away complete silence reign- ed again and was _ unbroken for the re- mainder of the day. Next morning as Father and I were again at the meadow a familiar figure astride his favorite ‘‘cow pony” came cantering up the Squirrel Creek trail and turned in to where we were working. Old Donald Ross carried as usual his ‘rifle spoke and tHe mouthful 455 44 caliber ‘‘Winchester’’ but I am not sure that I ever saw him carry it with more pride than on this particular morning. He was not only proud of the rifle but proud also of the man who car- ried it and as he told us the story of the rifle shots and the bellowing in the woods we could not help but enjoy noting the satisfaction that came to him from the telling of it. Old Donald had, on the previous after- noon, been riding over from Pine Creek and was just near the Squirrel Creek edge ot the woods when heheard the bellow- ing. On dismounting he made his way south till he came almost to the spot, and then he moved quietly, but not quietly enough, for the first sight which caught his eyes, was that of a young steer lying on the ground anda big black bear shuffling off through the woods. Instantly Donald’s rifle went up, and a shot rang out but the trees were too thick and the bear too far gone. Coming up to where the steer lay he found him to be a fine two-year-old still alive and bellowing, but with a large torn spot on his rump where Bruin had commenced to dig out a hole in the hot flesh in the pro- cess of getting a meal of raw warm beef steak. A second rifle shot ended the suffering of the poor steer and then going back about fifty yards Donald lay down on his stomach behind an old log to await developements. In about half an hour the taste of warm blood and flesh overcame the fear in Bruin and stealthily he came back to see if he could now finish his meal. Old Donald saw his black fur as he came through the trees, but, he did nothing except wait patiently and watch. Bruin would come a little distance and then raise his snout in the air and sniff suspiciously then he would advance a little and sniff again. At last he was standing once more at the side of the steer but just as he lowered his head to resume his meal Old Donald’s was not taken. Without even a growl he lurch- ed forward awkwardly and lay quite still, his muzzle plunged into the warm steam- ing flesh where he had left off eating : but he ate not, for his world had suddenly gone dark and apiece of 44 calibre lead had passed through his heart destroying all its appetites. Salmon in the North Land. ERE is a sort of lament of the sal- H mon lover:—‘‘In former days, be- =* fore civilization had substituted man and his dwellings for the broad mea- dows and their furred and feathered in- mates, the salmon was found in many an English river. Now, however, there are but few streams where this splendid fish can be seen; for in the greater number of British rivers the water has been so de- filed by human agency that the fastidious salmon will not suffer itself to be poisoned by such hateful mixtures of evil odours and polluted waters, and in the few streams where the water is still sufficiently pure for the salmon to venture into them, the array of nets, weirs, and all kinds of salmon traps is so tremenduous, that not one tithe of the normal number is now found in them.” The writer of the above should go to the rivers, and brooks, and leaping, foaming and dashing streams that every- where empty their turbulent waters into the Hudson Strait. There the salmon has taken up its abode; there, far away from the haunts of civilized man; there, where the cataracts roar and rapids foam; and where is only the spear of the wily Eskimo to avoid, and the jaws of the porpoise, the walrus and the seal, the otter and the agile polar bear to shun, dwells the salmon in its virgin beauty. The salmon is of course a migratory fish, annually leaving the sea, its really permanent home, and travelling up the rivers and into all sorts of streams to meet the tresh water for the purpose of depositing its spawn. The perseverance and skill of this fish in working its way up the streams is wonderful. It pene- trates the swiftest currents and scales the swiftest rapids, nor even is it always checked by falls. It will sometimes spring out of the water, leaping several feet above the surface, and scaling the falls in a manner that is altogether incredible. In this way it often ascends a series of falls in a river, some fifteen or twenty feet, and having gotten above them it there burrows into the gravelly bottom and there deposits its spawn. The salmon abound in the streams run- ning into the Hudson Strait so plentifully that a ship can be loaded with them in a few days. Already, at Ungava Bay, the Hudson’s Bay Company have opened a salmon fishery, and ship a refrigerator steamship load to the Old country annual- ly. These salmon are pronounced the finest in the world—much better in quali- ty than those caught on the Pacific slope or in the more southern waters of the Dominion. They abound in such im- mense quantities, in such a vast stretch of country, that the possibilities of de- velopment of the industry are unlimited, and we may expect that in the near future fresh salmon will not only be sent in a frozen state trom the MHudson’s Bay country to all the principal parts of the world where there is a demand for these fish, but that large salmon canneries will make their appearance on the shores of our northern waters, reaping good profits to those who invest capital and labour in the enterprise. Pretty much all I have said of the sal- mon may be saidof the sea trout which fill the streams of the north in certain seasons in ‘‘countless legions”. They are like the salmon, beautiful, fastidious, sportive and delicious for the table. Their number, if possible, is even greater than the salmon, in the north. They are near- ly as large as the salmon, being a little longer but not quite so stout. The Es- kimos spear them and feed upon their sweet luscious flesh in the spring and early summer, and consider them, as well they may, a great luxury. They brought numbers of them to the Neptune during our stay in the Strait, and traded them for powder and shot, and of course we were ready purchasers. In many places the fisheries by means of simple traps, which they set in the shallow streams when the tide rises some ten or twelve feet. At ebb-tide they often find thousands of these excellent fish secured in these nets. They are salted in casks or barrels, and shipped to England. If a Canadian company were organized with even a limited capital, and equipped Hudson’s Bay Company are carrying on extensive trout SALMON IN THE NORTH LAND. ‘ or cod, salmon, and trout fishing, with stations at suitable places on Hudson Strait, these fish might be annually ex- ported to the value of hundreds of thous- ands of dollars. It would require a much greater outlay of capital, as also more ex- perience and skill, to deal successfully with the oil-bearing animals; but I have no doubt the returns reaped would be cor- respondingly greater. In either case it would require but the space of a few years 457 to amass an extensive fortune. The wealth is there in an inexhaustible sup- ply awaiting skill, labour and capital to develop it. Who will be the first ? There is a variety of smaller fish in those waters, but they are not of so much importance, and I had no opportunity of learning anything concerning them. From ‘‘Our Northland” being a narra- tive of the experiences of the Hudson’s Bay Expedition of 1884, by Charles R. Tuttle. My First Fox Hunt. BY H. B. BECKER. fifteen miles south west of Lesser Slave Lake and four miles from ‘OF removing from Ontario I located Hart River, in the midst of a splendid game section. In this part the prairie has many deep winding ravines and up- on theirslopes grow poplar and willow trees. These break the monotony of great stretches of prairie and give grate- ful rest to the eyes. In this region November is a_beauti- ful month. The nights are frosty but the sun shines warmly throughout the day. At this particular season of the year the trees are covered with hoar frost and resemble snow clad trees, only they are much more beautiful, the frost spark- ling brilliantly in the sunshine and ap- pearing like myriads of diamonds. On one of these beautiful mornings, when the air is so exhilarating that it seems good to be alive, I was busily en- gaged putting aroofona granary. Oc- casionally I paused in my work, looking over the vast prairies and admiring the tops of the diamond clad trees as they appeared above the ravines. While mak- ing one of these observations I noticed a dark object in an oat stubble field about five hundred yards away. As coyotes are very numerous in the neighborhood — so numberous indeed that I have shot twenty-two since my arrival in the coun- try a year ago—my first thought was that another of these visitors was about. I decided to try and pop him over. With that object in view I got off the building and fetched my Winchester. When within two hundred yards of the \ animal I saw it was a fox and a very dark one too. He was busily engaged digging for mice. When I fired he ran off but I got in a second shot and he fell, as I thought dead. To my surprise he got up and went down one of the ravines. I set off in hot pursuit and my son, with a collie dog, followed in the rear. Soon we came to the ravine down which the fox had disappeared and found the tracking easy as there had been a light fall of snow. Blood was also drop- ped here and there along the trail. We knew that he was wounded and therefore kept up the chase. Occassionally we caught a glimpse of him as he dodged in and out amongst the trees. The farther he ran the darker he seem- ed to get to me and I had visions of a valuable black fox running in my head. I therefore determined to get him at all hazards. The dog took tothe track and after a long chase came upon him, seizing him and engaging in a fierce struggle. By this time a ‘‘breed’”’, known by the name of Nutch, who was working on the farm, took in the situation and ran like a deer to head off the fox. When he came upon the scene of the struggle he yelled in Cree ‘‘Watch Begoch”’ which means ‘*Goodness Gracious!” The dog released his hold and the fox dashed right straight down towards me. I again fired and the fox dropped dead. We then tound that he had run for three miles upon a broken hip with the bone protruding through the flesh. The fox proved to be a nice cross between silver and black. A PORTION OF THE CARP PONDS AT ST.° LUKE'S CLUB HOUSE a LAKE. \ST..' CLAIR. A Few Days’ Fishing at a Game Preserve on Lake St. Clair. BY CAPTAIN GORDON BOLES. : Wee sport has enlisted so many } eloquent tongues, and able writers in its praise as angling? I will not say that all that is written or said of it is not at times overdrawn, especially as re- gards the size of the bag or the individu- al fish; but a certain license in this re- spect is allowable taking into considera- tion the excitement that prevail with the man who ‘‘fishes for sport”; it is not fair to suppose him, when telling his fish stor- ies, to be a—well, a mythomaniac! There is almost as much fascination about fish- ing as there is for the gambler when he puts his ‘‘pile’’ on, but the results are harmless if you are not in luck. I mention it in this way because no one can tell what deep hole in a stream, what ditch or what stretch of water in our big lakes, may hide, in the shape of fish, from the tiny minnow to the fiery tempered bass, the speckled trout or the monster maskinonge. Then even honest Isaac was averse to weighing his fish with a steel yard, pre- ferring to reckon their‘‘heft’’ by their out- lines and the eyes of love. The only re- marks derogatory to fishing | have heard is ‘‘O, E. Nutmegs’” when he writes ‘‘Fishin’ isn’t all it is cracked up to be ”’ Few lovers of angling will be found in the Police Court or other such places, be- cause they are as a rule patient men with level heads. Having just returned from a few days’ fishing on Lake St. Clair, where fishing is — sufficiently good to satisfy even a ‘‘Game Hog”, though of course | have had better sport in other parts of our fair Dominion, I thought I would describe a few circum- stances that happened to me while on this - trip without being taken for a mytho- maniac. There is no ‘‘weighing it” in either fishing or shooting at this particular place, St. Lukes Bay (Lake St. Clair) as I belong to a sporting club which 1s fitted up with every comfort and sporting ap- — pliances such as canoes, decoys, etc. for shooting, and rods, etc. for fishing. Of Oe ee 4 \ . ee a —— ee — —= Pa . , ; A FEW DAYS’ FISHING AT A GAME PRESERVE ON LAKE ST. CLAIR. 459 late years the fishing in the lake and the Thames River has not been so good as it was formerly, owing to too much netting by the fishermen,and the quantity of carp which since their importation have become so numerous as almost to rival the rab- bit pest in Australia. The Government have, however, cur- tailed the netting, and carp have had every one’s hand against them until I think their numbers are being depleted and the sportsman with the rod is getting his innings again. We found the carp so nunerous at St. Luke’s and doing so - much damage to the spawning grounds and even affecting the shooting by eating the wild rice and the grain with which we feedthe ducks in the ponds that we netted fish could not or would not sink and be- ing equally certain that if they remained on the surface their struggling would cause a commotion on the water, I made up my mind that some old ‘‘Moss Back” had pulled them under and possibly might take them to the bank of the stream I was fishing in to feed on them. Therefore I cast my eyes on both sides of the stream and as luck would have it, saw the water disturbed about fifty feet from me. I paddled over and there they were, with, a spapping turtle tearing away at them with mouth and claws. I seized the string and lifted them into the canae, also the turtle, who would not let go. Out of theturtle’s mouth was hang- I caught * ing a line about five feet long. THE CATFISH DESCRIBED them and placed them in a pond and periodically shipped them by thousands to New York, where they are ot commercial value. One day when I was having particularly good sport with the bass a rather curi- ous thing happened. The day was very warm and the thermometer standing at ninety degrees in the shade and the flies extremely troublesome. I strung my fish on a line and hung them over the boat so as to keep them as fresh as pos- sible, when having another to add I look- _ ed-for the rest and found them gone and the line broken. Knowing that such a large quantity of IN THE ARTICLE. hold of this and what was my astonish- ment to find a catfish about four pounds in weight attached to the other end; both the turtle and the catfish having hooks embedded far down in their throats. How long these two had been tied together no one could tell, perhaps days. I am of the idea that they both took the bait on a nightline and by some accident this piece gave way on either side of them. I send you a photograph of the catfish. Another thing that I learnt while on this trip was that banana peel was an ex- cellent bait for carp, and the way I found it out was as follows: In the evening, while smoking I rigged up four lines and 460 betook myself to the carp pond and baited each line with a different bait, viz. a half cooked potato, a piece of dough, a piece of raw meat and a banana peeling. I caught a number which I threw back but the banana peeling was the most success- ful bait, being as five to one. This may be worth knowing, as it is an easy bait to fasten on the hook and is not so liable to work off in the water. The bag I made was a remarkably good one on this trip, but there were no ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA fish of extraordinary size, though at this particular place on two former occasions I killed a maskinonge weighing forty- three and a half pounds, and a black bass weighing six and three quarter pounds, twelve hours after he was caught . therefore as a fish usually shrinks when kept I consider he must have been over seven pounds when freshly taken. Both were on exhibition in the city of Chat- ham, Ont. Our Vanishing Deer. BY ‘DR: V. ‘A. HART. | URING the last year in the discus- D sions on ‘‘Our Vanishing Deer” and incidentally on still-hunting, versus dog-hunting, many of the writers in favor of still-hunting refer to some of the different States to the south of us, particularly Maine and Michigan. I know nothing of the State of Maine, but I want to show that the prohibition of dogs in the State of Michigan below the Straits of Mackinac did not allow the deer to in- crease ; and that north of the said Straits the deer have decreased or changed their ground, without practically, ever having been hunted by dogs. I lived in Michigan for six years, mov- ing there in 1896. As readers know Michigan is divided somewhat unequally into twoparts by the Straits of Mackinac. Natives of the State call the parts the “Upper” and ‘‘Lower”’ Peninsulars, and being used to that description, I will use the same terms. The Lower Peninsular, or that part of the State south of the Mackinac Straits, was practically the only part where dogs were used, and they have been prohibited for years. Now, if the argument of my still-hunting friends should be true, the whole of the Lower Peninsular should be well supplied with deer. Isit? Most of your readers will say that I donot know, because I have not had the opportunity of being there. Those who know will at once admit that the number of deer below the Straits are few. Whyisthis? The law has been in favor ot the still-hunters’ argument. The facts are, as I tried to show in the October ‘‘Rod and Gun” last year, that the destruction of cover in what is now a good agricultural country has been the means of driving the deer back and will continue doing so, and that the dogs are not to blame. Therefore, the banishing of the dogs in Michigan did not prevent the deer from vanishing. Now, the Upper Peninsularis not well settled, and being well treed, has large tracts of land particularly well suited to make homes for the deer. Probably the - best settled County is that of Chippewa, and even there, there are large tracts of solid woods,unbroken by any settlement exceptin spots along thetwo railroad lines. The pine is gone, but hardwood, hem- lock and cedar are there in abundance. As a matter of fact it is only a compara- tively short time since deer hunting was taken up asasport by any number of men ; although trappers have been wor- king along the different branches of the Tahquamenon and Pine Rivers for, pro- bably, over two hundred years. Hounding has never been indulged in ~ to any extent at any time in the Upper Peninsular. Twelve years ago I located OUR VANISHING DEER. there,and about that time the residents of the State were first charged a license fee, said fee” being seventy-five cents, and was paid to the County-Clerk, who issued you a license having five coupons attach- ed, which allowed each licensee the taking of five deer—if he could get them. season commenced on November the eighth,and closed the thirtieth of the same month, both days inclusive. This was a snap for pot hunters who came, many of them, from the Lower Peninsular load- ed with two or more licenses, and they could hunt the whole season, shipping out enough deer to make big wages and have the sport beside. The experience of four or five years showed that the deer were being depleted rapidly, and strange to say, without dogs. The licenses were then changed so that only three deer were allowed to each license. This went on for twoor three years, when, I understand, a further reduction was found necessary, and I believe only two deer have been allowed the last couple of years,and the license fee raised to a dollar and a half, license being good for the County in which it was issued. Hence, we see that prohibition of dogs did not increase the deer in Lower Michi- gan ; as we also see that there is appar- ently a decrease of deer on the Upper Peninsular where practically dogs have never been allowed to run, and where the still hunter has had a free hand. There are sections in the Upper Peninsular where deer are still plentiful, but where the land is worth clearing, and being cleared, the deer are certainly not so numerous as proved by the restrictions in the game laws during the last ten years. Hence, you see that the inferences of certain still-hunters are not correct as far as Michigar is concerned. There are other sides to this question which I do not intend taking up at length, and some not at all at this time. There are one or two- points to which I would like to refer. The first is the increased danger to the hunter in still-hunting as The ~ 461 compared with the use ef dogs. I have a friend living in Sault Ste. Marie who was shot in mistake for a deer and lost a leg, while a number of others each and every year lose their lives, which would have been impossible under our laws. About the only accidents we have, is when some of our fellows go still-hunt- ing, as Mr. Clarke on the Magnetawan a few years ago. This has gone so far, that in the State of Michigan a law has been placed on the statute book punishing by fine and imprisonment any man shoot- ing another in mistake for a deer. We have never needed any such law, but do away with dogs and the necessity will be ours. Still, a fine of ten thousand dollars or imprisonment for a hundred years will not restore the life accidentally taken. In conclusion, I would say that as far as I can see, the only harm dogs can do is that by chasing the deer into the water they permit the lazy sportsman to get his complement without much trouble. Such a sportsman is easily satisfied, for I cannot see where there is any fun in row- ing or paddling alongside a deer in the water.and at the distance of a few feet, or it may be inches, shoot it. This is easily corrected by passing a law some- thing like this :—No deer to be killed by any person while in a boat, canoe, or any other floating device whatever. The man who stands on the shore of a lake and shoots at a deer’s head in the water deserves his game if he can get it. Then, allow only one deer to each licence, and should it appear that the game is still reducing in numbers, make a close season of from three to five years, not forgetting, of course, the points so well expressed by Mr. Cy Warman : ‘First of all you must save the shelter. The forest is the natural home of big game. Destroy your forests and your game will go, your rivers will dry up, your fish will die, and desolation will brood over this land that God made most fair.” Shot Guns and Their Loads. BY FOREST H. SHE August number of Rod and Gun @ publishes an article on the above = subject under the signature of G. B. Smith giving to the public and amateurs throughout the Country his best formula of Shot Gun loads for nearly all kinds of game. It is not the intention of the writer to upset his opponent’s theory or experience but there aré some objections to his for- mulas which may be misleading to begin- nersand amateurs inthis line of recreation. While the majorityof experts and profes- sionals have received experienced tuition. The snipe load given by Mr. Smith in my opinion is somewhat misleading as the author does not mention weight or guage ofthe gun in question. The amount in load would serve for a light weight gun from five and three quarters to seven pounds. Then again why use a two and three quarter inch shell when a two and five-eighths inch would be more suitable for this formula, and would mean less in expense for wadding. It would appear that about three variations would fill the requirements in the majority of shooting for featherweight guns. As above mentioned the two and three-quar- ter drams bulk smokeless and three- quarter ounce chilled shot would be suit- able for the majority of guns and not effective for many others. For the cylinder barrel the full ounce would be in order and for the full choke the three-quarters to seven-eighths. A good formula for the average twelve gauge gun from seven to eight pounds for snipe, plover, woodcock, quail and all game of this classis a three dram load one and one-eighth ounce No. 8 to No. 9 chilled shot in a two. and five-eighths inch shell good black edge wadding eleven or twelve gauge. The former wadding may be slightly beneficial in ine heavier guns. For ruffed grouse, squirrels, prairie chickens, rabbits, etc. the three and a quarter bv one and one-eighth ounce No. 6 to No. 7, the No. 6 more suitable for squirrel. This load works well in a two CONOVER. and five-eighth shell and may be used to some advantage in a two and three-quar- ter shell the latter permitting of increased wadding. I make some objection. to Mr. Smith’s duck load, the three and a half by one | and a quarter ounce shot for long range work and a hard killer. When you in- crease the shot charge you lessen the velocity of the load, for example as per scientific tests made, a three dram load of bulk smokeless with one and one-eighth ounce No. 7 chilled shot gives a velocity of eight hundred and sixty feet persecond; a three and a quarter load, same shot charge nine hundred and ten feet; a. three and a quarter by one and a quarter load, two and three quarter shell eight _ hundred and thirty-five feet per second ; a three and a half dram load bulk smoke- less one ounce No. 6 chilled shot nine hundred and ninety nine feet. It willbe eas- ily seen that the long range killing load is. decidedly in favor of the lesser amount of shot charge to a minimum and the powder increased to the limit of three anda half drams. This combination includes a two and three-quarter inch twelve gauge shell with allowance of five-eighths to three quarters inch for wadding with about twenty-five pounds pressure on the powder, three-quarters of an inch of good wadding will confine all the gasses of the load i.e. after the seating has been finished, in the shell,and considering the gun barrels true to the bore or calibre. - The above load is more suitable for the average gun of seven and a _ half to eight pounds. The writer has made a specialty of duck shooting from boyhood to the pres- ent time and during that period, years of experience in the Canadian marshes have © shown him many useful lessons with game guns and suitable ammunition. The sportsman who follows duck shooting in- cessantly, requires the very best ammuni- tion the market affords—a load that is effective in high velocity with unformity of shot pattern, I have noted remarkable success with - ~ SHOT GUNS AND THEIR LOADS. high flying ducks late inthe season withthe three and a half dr. load smokeless one ounce to one and one-sixteenth No. 5 chilled shot using two and three quarters in shells. This load applies best to full choke barrels—guns that are uniform in results of shot patterns. A trial to one who has never used this load will un- doubtedly be satisfactory. The line should be drawn at the three and a half drs. for standard twelve bores. The size of the game may govern the load and the average sportsman may easily select a formula satisfactory and suitable. The load for one particular gun may not be adapted for another. The variations of chokes result in all kinds of patterns. The average spread of only a medium choke, for the general demand of game shooting is preferable to the ex- treme constricted choke. At the traps, a shooter points nearly dead on at a quartering target, while an- other may lead fifteen to twenty-four in- ches. The former pulls the trigger in the swing of the gun; the latter stops the gun at the end of the lead; the last mentioned would have better results with the one and a quarter ounce load while the former may do as well with the one and one-eighth load. The man behind the gun isthe main factor. A poor shot performs badly as a rule with most any combination while an expert may succeed fairly well with any ordinary load. It would be advisable for the beginner in starting out to commence with a medium load. Thislessens recoil and in- Sures confidence in a manner that over- comes flinching (a serious fault). After a series of trials he may settle down to the Standard load. With reference to guns, a gun that is properly bored should give good results _ for pattern and penetration with the average factory load. Some gun manu- facturers will tell you to target your gun (the one you ordered so particularly con- structed) and find ‘out the load most _ suitable—when, if perfectly bored, would with care, perform well with any good factory or hand loaded shell. The following will be found effective for special work in a two and three-quar- ter inch shell:—threeand a half drs, bulk 463 smokeless, forty-three grs. one and one- eighth ounce chilled shot—one trap wad one three-eighths white felt and one and one quarter inch black edge, size of shot to suit the purpose. Fora target load, reduce the powder charge three-eighths and increase the shot One-eight ounce No. 7% (three hundred and forty-five pelts to the ounce, Dixon measure. The writer fails to note any beneficial results in the use of a three and a quar- ter inch shell over atwo and seven- eighths. The latter accepts the extreme combination and retains the gasses of the powder. The two and three-quarters inch shells may be found at all dealers in sporting goods, and the variety of loads as given by Mr. Smith can scarcely be obtained from the cartridge companies, and the three and a quarter length of shell is not suitable for the average gun of the sportsman. The sportsmen at the present time when game is becoming scare, cannot afford to carry around for a day’s shoot- ing the varieties specified by him, and when loaded for plover, extract that load and search fora three anda half drs. shell when having jumped a mallard or larger game. This is similar to a story related of two ministers who were out sailing. One was a Presbyterian and the other an Episcopal- ian. During the trip something serious happened to the boat and it began to sink. The Episcopalian began to look for his particular prayer for ‘‘the drown- ing one” and before it was found, the boat went down. The other clergyman just prayed and was saved. ‘‘Moral :” If you have ahalfdozen loads with you in the woods your game is away before you can slip the particular length of shell wadded just right and with the ‘‘proper powder” load and charge of shot, in the gun’s chamber. No one should say the identical powder you may select; this is for your better judgment. The high av- erages made at the shooting tourneys clearly demonstrate the brands that are popular and in evidence ot excellence. If there was to be only one size of shot made and used for all classes of shooting I would say give me No. 7.. Mr. Smith’s article is gorgeously colored with a par- . 464 ticular make of shell as the only one, and leaves out several of the standard brands that bear equal reputations. I would infer possibly he has not given them all a show in the race, or not the opportunity of a trial. The Dominion Cartridge. Com- pany of Montreal are now making and Big Game Quenes J. BIGNELL, BY. Wi. have read with much pleasure the i interesting and instructive article by Mr. Adam Moore in your Aug- ust number. While Mr. Moore’s article stamps him at once as a man thoroughly conversant with his subject and of a long and varied experience in woodcratt and in big game, and though my experience with moose only covers a period of some six years, I must beg to differ with him on one point. He says, ‘‘I dont believe a moose will charge a man anyway, wounded or not, and! have no fear of them whatever.” Now for an incident that happened to me in April, 1907 near the headwaters of the Jacquet River in Mr. Moore’s home Province of New Brunswick, where I was looking over some limits. My man and I were constantly putting up moose from their yards but naturally did not follow or molest them in any way ; consequently all we had seen during five or six weeks of cruising were evidences of yards where the moose had decamped on hearing us approach till finally one day we stumbled almost on top oftwo young females, one not fully grown and the other one, I should say, three years old. The temptation to study them at closer quarters than I had hitherto done, except in captivity, was too much for me,and we gave them a good sharp run of perhaps halfa mile, where the larger specimen which had been doing most of the road making, stopped, evidently played out, the younger one right behind simply lay- ing her head down on the back of the older and apparently resigning herself to fate. My man approached to within ten feet or so of the moose while I stopped some twenty teet behind and to one side, cautioning him not to go too closeasI be- gan to see evidences of fight in the larger moose raising the long bristles on her ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. have upon the market their new ‘‘Imper- ial’’ shell especially adapted for the sev- al bulk Nitro Compounds. The com- position is the very best in Brass paper, and primer force. I have used a good number and find them equal to the best on the market. back. He paid no attention to me, how- ever, till the moose suddenly laid her ears back in exactly the same manner as an angry horse, and made a vicious run at him. Fortunately he was agile and the snow was deep and he made a run for it before the moose reached him. As he had nothing more than a small axe for blazing and I. had nothing but a pen knife I expect it would have gone hard with him had he tripped and fallen. The eyes of the moose fairly blazed with unmistakable anger, and she charged some thirty or forty feet, not paying any attention to me at all. she stopped, then made off at a slower pace with the younger onein her wake. We did not molest them further. ; All other moose that I have run across have only made efforts to get away. I had never run them in the deep snow before, although I had often seen them making off. The two we chased were After charging, apparently without young sol had no- fear of harming them on this score by our exertion. T wo friends of mine, one at least wiipek veracity I have never had any reason to doubt, have told me of separate instances ofthushaving totake toa treein self-defence One instance occurred during the rut- tling season and the others on the tail end of the drive in May, both animals being bulls and the one seen in the spring, so my friend swears, white color of a caribou. 1 have always believed that my friend wastrying to put it all over me in this respect, but would very much like to know just the same if there are some- times freaks of color in moose or other big game. Perhaps some of you readers can inform me. stood stilla moment and — being the greyish, — = Oe) OUR MEDICINE 2 a a BAG Dr. Sisley writes: In answer to **Hibernian” I would say that the differ- ences between the trout and thecharr are not so much those of color as of ato- mical formation. In a charr there are teeth on the upper and lower jaw. The roof of the mouth or palate is high and smooth. Ina trout there are teeth on the upper and lower jaw as well as tongue. The roof of the mouth is flat, and covered more or less with teeth right back to the throat. The ‘‘Salmo Mykiss’ of Al- berta, as far as I know, is the only trout in Canada. If there are any other varieties I shall be pleased to hear of them. Judge Fraleck has been elected Presi- dent of the newly formed Sportsmen’s Gun Club at Belleville, Ont. Visitors to Vancouver [sland in order - to take part in the fishing for big (Tyee) salmon on the Campbell River have in- cluded Sir John Rogers K.C.M.G.; Mr. J. G. Millais, the well known author and big game hunter ; Mr. Powell and Mr. Stern all hailing from Great Britain; with Mr. Wrigley, director of the U.S.S. Co. of Vancouver and Mr. Garswell from the States. The latter gentleman caught three fish, one of forty-one pounds, a second forty-nine pounds and a third fifty- six pounds—all three in one morning’s fishing—a truly fine catch. It is most gratifying to note the good work that is being done in the matter of game and fish protection by the New Brunswick Fish, Forest, and Game Pro- tective Association, whose _ energetic secretary Mr. Douglas W. Clinch (92 Prince William Street, St. John N. B.) is not only a thorough sportsman himself but one who believes in seeing other sportsmen get full value for their money. This association has adopted a plan whereby they keep a complete register of the guides of the province, and a letter addreseed to this association will bring immediate reply giving the name of guides, prices they charge and all particulars by return of post. The Canadian Pacific Railway is working in with this Associa- tion and will give every assistance pos- sible to further its good efforts. A combination of the Rallway and As- sociation ought to insure game and good sport for future generations. On behalt of the fishermen the association has in- troduced salmon into several rivers and streams and Mr. Clinch reports that the outlook is extremely promising. What a blessing this will be to the salmon fisherman whose opportunities to indulge in his favorite sport are few and far be- tween, now that the best waters are in the hands of private individuals and clubs! It is the intention of the associa- tion that these newsalmon waters be kept open to all comers,subject to the payment ofalicense. Itis not yet definitely de- cided what the license isto be and of course to a certain extent it depends on the class of sport afforded, but any profit that may be derived from this source will be used in restocking and in the interest of fishermen in general. A correspondent describes the excite-— ment in Pleasant Valley near Desbarats, Ont., caused by the advent ofa bear. There are only six houses in the village and about four o’clock on a recent after- noon a big black bear was seen making his way through the settlement straight forthe lake. Instantly, the men were alive and had their firearms out. William Hatton ran after it with a Snider, Joseph King with a Winchester, and George Halton with ashot gun. Dave King took a fishing rod. The man with the shot gun was going to blind it while the {66 others killed it. | The man with the fish- ing roddeclared that he would bore it through with that weapon. It certainly was a fine chase and as might have been expected with so many cooks to spoit the broth the bear got safely away. The surveys of the proposed railway to Hudson Bay have commenced. The ar- rangements are for four parties to under- take the work and then reports will prob- ably decide the route to be chosen. If this work, which itis anticipated will last six months, be completed in time to be laid before parliament in the next ses- sion, authority may then be given for the laying of the rails to proceed and an undertaking which has been discussed for years may become an actual fact. While the primarary idea is for the new line to act asarelief outlet for the ever increasing western crop there is no doubt it will bring within comparatively easy access new fishing and hunting ter- ritory and carry forward the work of ex- ploration to and beyond the Arctic circle, Big game by wholesale is the record of C. A. V. Peel, a student at Oxford, who has returned from a shooting trip in the Arctic regions where he and his party bagged twenty-one polar bears and thirty seals. Mr. Peel, who is a com- paratively young man, has hunted big game in Africa, Canada and the Western States. In 1906 a museum ot his troph- ies was opened at Oxford and these in- cluded lions, leopards, an elephant ten feet tall, zebras, grizzly bears, rhinocer- oses, hippopotamus’ and several py- thuos, The ‘‘Fishing Gazette’? of London, England, contains particulars of an ex- periment for taking salmon from Labra- dor to Scotland. The steamShip Cornelia, formerly a yacht has been fitted up for the transport of salmon. Her tank has a capacity of two hundred and fifty tons of water and the powerful circulating pumps which have been installed are cap- able of dealing with twelve hundred tons of water per day. By arrangement with ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA the Canadian Government the fish are to — be taken from Hamilton Inlet. The editor of the Gazette thinks the chances are against success but if it succeeds he asks ‘‘Why not cross our salmon by liberating thirty tons of live Labrador fish on our coasts? I believe the sal- mon of Labrador and Canada is the same as ours—Salmo salmon—so there would not seem to be any danger in the experi- ment. Perhaps the Labrador fish would try to get back to their native rivers, though it is more likely they would taste fresh water and run up our streams.”’ The Fourth International Fishery Con- gress will be held in Washington, D. C. from September 22nd to 26th. The mem- bers will,as a result of their deliberations, submit propositions for the benefit of fisheries to Government, Provincia ‘tate and local authorities. : Mr. Harold Weld, of London, Ont., while fishing in the Thames early in August, caught amongst other fish a silver bass weighing four pounds. This is considered a large fish of its kind as the species generally weigh from one half to a pound. For fear of a wrong impression which may have been conveyed by the follow ing paragraph:—‘‘McDonald’s express had not been along for a week so we did not know how long we would have to wait,” which paragraph appeared in an article entitled ‘‘A Northern Moose Hunt” published in the September issue, we beg to draw the attention of our read- ers to the fact that the incidents related in this story took place before the com- pletion of the Temiscaming and Northern Railway. Where previously there was only one train a week into this district the service now includes three or four trains a day. An international meeting for the con- sideration of questions relating to ang- ling in the St. Lawrence, was held at ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 467 > S ee ee* The profits the best. manent success be established. in the world. 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Kelly Evans, Sacretary of the Ontario Forest, Fish and Game Protective Asso- ciation ; Messrs Derbyshire, Dargavel, and Charles Britton of Gananoque and representatives of New York State. It was agreed to make efforts to abolish the license fee for fishing on both sides of the St. Lawrence, to have the sale of bass prohibited in New York State (last year 10,000 pounds of black bass were shipped from Gananoque) and to recommend a _ uniform open system on both sides of the river. It was decided to hold a further conference on these questions at Toronto in the fall when New York State will be represented by Col. Staples, R. P. Grant, William Thompson and the Assistant Fishery Protector. It is hoped that with representation having been made to both Governments some definite steps may then be decided upon and recommended for the force of law. Every fishermen will welcome the Col- ler Attachable Grip for fishing rods—a grip which, in the words of one of the fishermen who had used it, ‘“‘gives, with- out tiresome clutching of the rod, an easy yet firm and accurate control of the line under all circumstances.’’ Like ail effec- tive devices itis exceedingly simple, is attached aimost instantly, and gives both pleasure and comfort tothe fisherman using it. With the bait casting rod it is specially recommended. As another ex- perienced fisherman putsit: ‘‘No more loss of big fish on account of rod slipping in the hand.” Those who have used the grip are enthusiastic in its favour and their recommendations should result in its wide use next season. The grip is manufactured by the Coller Rubber Grip Co., Coldwater, Mich. and if inquirers will mention ‘‘Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada” they may be assured the best of treatment. 468 Nova Scotia came well to the front during the visit of the Prince of Wales to the Dominion. A mink coat made from the skins of one hundred and fifty mink, averaging from twelve to fifteen inches in length was presented to the Prince for the Princess. The coat showed that the stripes of the mink about an inch and a half apart were turned at the bottom to make a deep border with pérfect unbroken continuity in the strips. Deep reversible cuffson the sleeves were finished with mink tails. On the collar a finish was made with the pretty heads of the mink. The lining was made of elaborately brocaded gold colored satin. The effect of the whole received a fine addition by buttons of Nova Scotia gold. The coat was packed in a cedar box finisned in burnish- ed steel, and embellished with nuggets of. Nova Scotia quantz and gold. All were products of the Province and the work was performed by the Nova Scotians. The President of the Alpine Club of Canada might well describe the Euro- pean Alps in our May number, asa ‘“‘vigantic graveyard,” the death roll for July last standing at. fourteen persons killed and two seriously injured. Nova Scotia fishermen have captured a tuna measuring ten feet in length and six hundred pounds in weight. The fish put up a spirited fight and was only killed after a terrific battle lasting an hour and a half. Dr. Cadegan and party on board alaunch took part in this exciting con- test and towed the fish to Glace Bay. A Danish exploration party has been suc- cessful in mapping out the north eastern coasts ofGreenland. The expedition which was supported financially by the Danish Government, has been away two years and ahalf and on its return announ- cedthe death of Mylins Erichsen, the leader. Itis believed that the tragedy took place in an attempt to cross what is known as the Eternal Ice Gap where itis believed to be so cold that it is doubtful if man can live there during the coldest period of the year. Mr. Erichsen had, distinguished himself in previous exploration trips and believed with his knowledge and experience that he would be able to cross the Gap. Unfortunately ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. not only himself, but also the members of his party perished in a terrible snow- storm which raged for days, and the men, weakened by exposure and want of food, had not sufficient strength to return tothe s tation. Probably the majority of readers know from his writings that the popular Hoo- Sier poet, James Whitcomb Riley, is an ardent angler and lover of other open air recreations. His brief experience in field shooting, hitherto an unwritten page in his life history—is thus humorously recorded by Mr. James B. Morrow, the information having been gleaned ina per- sonal interview: ‘‘How do you spend your time when you are not writing ?” ‘*Oh, I don’t know. I read almost every- thing that is new in literature. Golf I have never attempted. I can fish, if conditions are favorable—sit on a bank, the hook baited with an angleworm, on which I spit nowand then, and catch sunfish. I wouln’t waste my time on bass or brook trout. My father, a good shot himself, tried to teach me how to hunt. Boughtmea gun of my own. I had bad eyes but didn’t know it. We went into the woods for squirrels. He killed several, and then, with considerable im- patience, he asked : ‘Why don’t you try it?’ ‘I would,’ was my reply, ‘but they won’t stand still.’ ‘Shoot them as they run,’ he shouted. ‘‘He was on one side — of a big tree andI was on the other. Just then he sawa squirrel high up among the branches. He fired and it fell. Another, perhaps its wife or its husband, or, may- be, its grandfather, started down the tree in long, scratchy spirals. I follow- ed it with the barrel of my gun until it was on aline with father’s head, and then I pulled the trigger. Some of the bark flew into father’s eyes and some of the shot went into father’s hat. Right there, under the tree, he whaled me with his ramrod. He didn’t tell, nor could I understand, the reason why. I figured it out for myself the next day. That was my first hunt. And it shall be my last.’ The fishing season is reported as have ing been extremely good on Lake Winni- peg and it is denied that the supply is be- ing depleted as some critics have alleged. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA Champion Must have Clear Brains, Sound Sleep, Steady Nerves, and Healthy Digestion. POSTUM HELPS when coffee has weakened the heart and impaired the digestion. : When boiled according to directions on pkg., Postum is a most palatable beverage. 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Eventually the badly scared animal took refuge in an old burying ground and_ fell exhausted in an endeavour to mount a hill. in a frantic endeavour to gain its feet, it fell over and died. In the course of its flight it ran into a woman but caused no injury. A few days previously a driving party, when three miles from the city encountered a full grown moose. Five hundred children from Sheffield, England, members of the Rechabite lod- ges and Bands of Hope, have had their annual outing and fishing competitions at Eckington, Derbyshire. This is the six- teenth year of the competition, which be- gan with thirty-two children. The chil- dren pay three-halfpence a week, and each child received a prize worth eight shillings and three pence, while the thir- teen who caught fish received extra prizes proportionate to their catch. The catches ranged in weight from a quarter of an ounce to two ounces.—London Standard. The latest appointment for Mr. S. T. Bastedo, the ex-deputy Minister of Fish- eries is acurious one. It was believed that he would do the country the best of service as the representative of the Do- minion on the International Fisheries Commission buthe has nowbeen appoint- ed Superintendent of the Departmeut for Old Age Annuitie s. Judging from his re- cord Mr. Bastedoknows more about fish than annuties. 1\KAMP KOOK’S KIT 54 Pieces—Komplete—Kompact—20 pounds Cures Commissary Cares, Captures C ampers Completely, Query Commands Catalog Ask your Live Dealer F. CORTEZ WILSON & CO., M’frs. Established 1869. 249 Lake St., Chicago, Ills. AND AUTOMOBILES. AUTOMOBILING Travelling in Canada. With his Haynes runabout and his ven- triloquistic powers, Ed. F. Reynaud is travelling through the Canadian country and extracting all sorts of fun from his experiences. The great ventriloquil won- der makes all trips from city to city in his car and in every town manages to find an opportunity to mystify the people by giving his Teddy Bear a conversation- al outing. ‘‘Teddy” always makes a hit and his powers of speech are considered most remarkable. Mr. Reynaud has driven many thouand of miles while mak- ing the circuit and has travelled through all sorts of weather and apparently be- lieves in his car, as he states unequivoc- ally that during his journeys he has never experienced the slightest trouble with the outfit. The Auto Engine. During the recent A.A.A. tour a think- ing man who watched details carefully .commented upon the fact that very seldom if ever during a trip of two hundred miles made the final day of the tour, was a car seen at the road side with other than tire trouble. The engines were never under inspection. The men were invariably working on tires and the thinking man said: ‘‘I believe that just as many cars would have successfully made the journey with perfect scores had the hoods been sealed down.” The thinker was right. Engine trouble has ceased to be a bug bear with a great touring car well made. The makers have so perfected the engine and in addition test it so thoroughly be- fore it goes into a car that it will go day in and day out with little other trouble than oiling. W. B. Hurlbut of the Gar- ford Motor Car Co. of New York, who drove a Garford 40 on ‘the tour, said in regard to the matter: ‘‘In our factory at Elyria we place our engines on the blocks and run them continuously at high speed for one hundred honrs night and day, and watch them carefully. They then receive three severe tests to determine the horse power, and these tests are over a minute each. An engine which has gone through such a test safely can be depended upon to stand alli that is requir- ed of it in the ordinary season’s running, for it will never get as severe usage on . the road as we give it.” Tires the Only Trouble. ‘Years ago,” says Col. Chas. Clifton of the Geo. N. Pierce Co., ‘‘we conducted a department for the dissemination of springs, and our cars go on month in and springs, and we supplied our cus- tomers regularly with replacements. Today we have no trouble at all from month out touring, as our customers generally are tourists, andthey have no complaint to make regarding the springs. It is really a fact that never trouble about the springs on a Pierce Arrow car after it leaves the factory. No amount of hard work seems to break springs for us, and we are well pleased with the springs being used today. The trouble from this source seems to have been eliminated as it has been from engine trouble and other of our troubles in the past. When the tire propositions has been altogether settled, and we are only troubled by punc- tures and no blow-outs, we shall be on Easy street from any possible source of trouble. Today we only suffer from tire punctures and not from blow-outs, and some day I hope to be able to say that Pierce Arrow cars go through great tours without punctures as they go through today without blow-outs. Whether the milennium is going to come I cannot say, but I sincerely hope so. A European Tour. Dr. A. H. Heaton, of Sedalia, Mo. af- ter a seven thousand mile tour through Europe in a Ford runabout has a most shipping. Can you shoot a string of 25 and smash every target? you hold right—ten chances to one your shoot is off. Before purchasing a gun be sure that you select one that is Guaranteed to shoot as ordered. It is a known fact that some gun manufacturers have no shooting gallery, and do not target their guns at all before Ithaca Guns 5, quipped l are carefully targetted in our shooting gallery, which is e especially for this purpose, and Uncle ‘‘Bob” Edwards, picture is shown herewith, has bored Ithaca Guns for a quarter of a century and has instructions to make them shoot as ordered, regard- less of time, ammunition or money expended. The result is that we expend thousands of dollars and burn tons of ammunition yearly— but we please customers and we figure it pays. ; Send for Art Catalog and Special Prices * 18 grades = $17.75 net to $300 00 list. ke Address Dept. 13. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. If not—and whose . ¥ interesting tale to tell of his experiences of the past four months. Leaving New York late in April, Dr. Heaton started his tour from Paris on May 15th. ‘‘Before leaving Paris I had to undergo a severe examination as to my ability co drive. Having successfully passed those requirements relating to mental equip- ment, habits, etc., the examiner went out with me for the final test on the boule: vard. ‘‘Take every vehicle of every nature in Detroit, mass them on Woodward Ave., and you know how the boulevards are crowded at all hours. There are no speed laws in Paris—go as fast as you can—if a pedestrian is run down, he, not the driver, is arrested. The laws are very strict in regard to signals—there is no indiscriminate tooting of horns allow- ed. Every sonnd means something de- finite. A horn blown behind you means the car behind is speedier and desires to pass. You must immediately pull to the side and allow the approaching car to pass. The use of rear lights is enforced. Ill smelling exhausts forbidden and vio- lations severely punished. “There are fewer auto accidents in Paris than in Detroit despite the enor- mous number of cars there. My examin- er gave me a command suddenly to stop. With one foot on the emergency, the other on the reverse, I pulled up so short that he went over the dash board and would have fallen out, had I not caught him. I passed. ‘‘With me on the tour was Mr. Emil Bichsel, a fellow townsman, and we tra- velled in a Model N 15-h.p. Ford runa- bout. The route lay southwest of Paris ~ over the Cevennes Mountains through— Moulin, Monte Carlo and Lyons, and from Paris to Genoa, Italy, we made the © entire distance on high speed. On June 5th we rested above the clouds several inches of snow covering the top of the mountains. The next day in the valley we found it 80 degrees in the shade. ‘‘The trip through France was delight- ful. 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The pass is open to automobiles only between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., being too riskyat other hours. ‘“‘We had no trouble going over the mountains of Switzerland, making excel- lent time, and up to the time we entered Germany had had no repairs of any kind to make. “Entering Germany}we visited Strass- burg and Berlin, then crossed the country through the netherlands, south through Belgum and back to Paris. From Paris we crossed the English Channel to Lon- don and visited the chief cities of Eng- land, Scotland and Ireland. , ‘*We saw more of Europe than the av- erage tourist ever sees. We had no in- convenience waiting for trains, hunting | up baggage, securing tickets—no stuffy railway coaches, no sticking to circum- scribed roads bound by steel rails. We travelled on no set schedule, went as fast or as slowly as desired, saw the country that the railroads never touch, crossed the mountains and visited the lakes, all exactly as we pleased. ‘For the entire trip, our expenses av- eraged not $3.75 per day, and the car is as good as ever—the riders better. We started out to prove that automobile touring need not be expensive. We proved it to be even less costly than we anticipated. ‘Gasoline cost us from 60c to $1 per gallon. At the United States prices the cost of the trip wonld have been much lower. I see no reason why a party of° two or three persons could not tour the entire United States at a cost urder $3 per day. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA After Effect of the Race. It is indeed easily noticeable after a big automobile race of any sort in which the particular winning make of machine gets a great dealof attention, that owners of _ cars of this certain make are apt to look a little bit more proud than usual. Take for instance, directly after the Grand Prix _race at Dieppe, where a German car was first. There have been folks driving this make of car in subdued manner about the streets of the city for some years when the German machine was not showing up at all well in races. But the moment that the news of Lautenchlager’s victory was read abroad they began to look a little more conscious as they drove about. It was asif each one felt that he had the handling ofa car that might turn out any day and win just such a race. When the Isotta-Fraschini finished first at Savannah and at Briarcliff, that sent the heads of a whole lot of owners of these cars away up. It is the same with every little thing—a road race or ahill climb or some unusual feat ; they make the driver or owner of one of these trium phant cars a bit more cocky. When the Pierce Great Arrow, the Haynes, and Garford were tied inthe Glidden tour owners of these makes of cars, whether they were handling 1901 or 1908 models, apparently all had mental pictures of what they could do tosome other makes if they wanted to. It isa sure thing that each of these races has such a result and sometimes the drivers are surpised and hurt when ina road brush they get left by some car that never won a blue ribbon as a racer. A Sportsmanlike Action. The Glidden trophy is in the hands of the Touring Board of the American Automobile Association for one year for the George N. Pierce Company promptly surrendered it to lhe Board at Saratoga rather than win it ona fluke. The vice- president of the George N. Pierce Com- pany, Mr. Henry May, was in Saratoga at the close of the run and on learning of the disallowed protest of the Peerless Company with their decision to withdraw, told Captain Dey of the Great Arrow 475 team to drive to the starting line the last day and retuse to cross the line. Mr. May then wrote to Chairman Hower, stating that in as muchas no competitors had appeared for the run-off, he had or- dered his team to refuse to cross the line, as it was not the wish of the George N. Pierce Co to win the trophy on a fluke. The Great Arrow team then drove their cars to Buffalo in excellent shape,and the Peerless cars were shipped to Cleveland by frieght for some reason or other. This fact excited general comment, as the protest against the Great Arrow amounted to little or nothing and asa result the Touring Committee promptly disallowed it. The fact that J W. Maguire took off chains in less than a minute and that the time was not charg- ed up until after the tape was crossed at the finish amounted to nothing, as Mr. Maguire was at Saratoga over an hour ahead. He had not been notified by the observer that three minutes had been taken and asa matter of fact three minu- tes had not ensued, asR. M. Owen, starting one minute later, did not see Maguire on the road. Each car hada two-minute leeway and Mr. Maguire made his change within this. He chneck- ed in without a word from the observer and was then asked to sign acard show- ing three minutes for the removal of the chains. He signed under protest only, while in the garage. It developed after the incident that a majority ot the cars removed chains within the time and that no observer entered the fact, thinking it too short, inasmuch as a minute or less only was requirred. To the Great Arrow will always go the credit for the victory inthe tour of 1908, although, through good sportsmanship, the George N. Pierce Company refused to accept the cup. Farmers Purchasing Autos. F,.L. K. Holmes, manager of the Jack- son Automobile Co., who is in New York as the guest of Eastern Sales Manager C. W. Oathout, when asked to what he attributed the wonderful success and prosperity of the automobile industry in the past year, said: ‘‘It is due to the farmer of thiscountry, who has loomed up as an automobile buyer. The Jack- L76 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA A Dependable Companion Wherever you go or whenever you go, whether on business or pleasure, be sure to take along a Conklin Pen, and you’ll always be ready for any writing emergency. You’ll never be held up through lack of ink. When last drop is exhausted fill ) CONKLIN’S Self-Filling Fountain Pen again at nearest ink-well by simply dipping in pen and pressing Crescent- Filler. No bothersome dropper, no fuss, no muss, no cleaning up to do. Self-filling, self-cleaning. Won’t scratch, blot, balk or skip. There is no other pen in the world like it. Leading dealers handle the Conklin. If yours don’t, order direct. Prices, $3.00, $4.00, $5.00 to $15.00. Send for hand- some new catalogue. son Company attribute their large busi- ness this year that conception of manu- facturing which believes in finding out what can be sold and where it can be sold, and then making it to be sold there, rather than to confine production to some arbitrary fixed ideal. The following up of that idea has certain opportunities in automobile manufacture at the present time which are not to be overlooked. These arise from the fact that this year no small portion of the money of the country seems likely to lie for quitea. period to the credit and’at the disposition of that portion of the populace which has devoted itself to the coaxing of products from the ground and which this spring has been rewarded with promises of ex- tremely abundant and fruitful returns. This alone would not be sufficient were it not that coupled with the affluence now in prospect there is an itching tor motor Car possession and a conviction that the automobile has practical benefits from a business and economical standpoint. ‘To strip the proposition of all its euphemism, that neglected and in some THE CONKLIN PEN MFG. CO. 315 Manhattan Bldg. TOLEDO, OHIO ... U.S.A. quarters despised customer, the farmer, has spent money for automobiles this season to an extent that is unbelievable to those who have not given the matter study. The business that has already been done in motor vehicles designed with particular regard to his purse and fancy has reached astonishing propor- tions, its volume being such as to attract the commercial sense of at least two of the largest organizations that have re- lations with him. I refer to the makers of agricultural implements. For the manufacturers who can adapt themselves to conditions and markets, without sac- rificing any tenets of sound business, the assured prosperity of the Western farmer is a call to action.” s How to Improve the Running. ‘It is really remarkable howa complete clearout of old lubricant will sometimes change a sluggish engine and car into a lively and reponsive affair,” said C. M. Hamilton, of the Isotta Import Company referring tothe fact that many owners ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. are always complaining of their car when itisthe fault of the owner or driver. ‘Some manufacturers give explicit in- structions on this point, but the majority do not, and inany event they are more honored in the breach than in the obser- vance. We test the Isotta cars ina very simple way. When the engine is going well we can take certain hills at a cer- tain speed on top with open throttle, starting, say, ac twenty-five and dropping to twenty by the speedometer. If sus- pected of sluggishness the car is set at one of these, and if its behaviour is not quite satisfactory, we assume that it is time to clear out the base chamber, with untailingly good results. In cars of small power like town cars once a week is agoodplan if they are in use every day. Incars with positive feed lubri- cation the exhaust will become smoky if the lubricant is old and carbonized by the cylinder heat. Proper lubrication and lubricant ensures immunity from fouled cylinders and plugs anda_ hundred minor annoyances.”’ The Wonders of Machinery. ‘*Talking of the quickness of the human mind” said President E. P. Warner, of the Warner Instrument Company, ‘‘what do you think of a machine that we have just gotten out and called the Tachometer, which will register thirty thousand re- volutions a minute, and the dial at that is steady asarock. The Tachometer is an instrument used by mechanical engin- eers and heads of large power houses for assuring the velocity ofa shaft in revolutions, and surpasses the human brain in action by several thousand de- grees. This is not the only instrument which is more than human in its work, for we manufacture the Cut-Meter, which gives you the velocity of a shaft or wheel but gives it in feet traveled per minute, instead of revolutions. The Anemometer, a machine for measuring the velocity of the wind, has been adopted by the Unit- ed States Government for the use of their riflemen and by means of which they gauge the velocity of wind currents and how much allowance to make for ‘‘wind- age,” thus greatly raising the standard of marksmanship inthe regular Army and the different branches of the State Militia. 477 SHOT The reason our shot has such a large sale (more than that of all other makers combined) is owing to its high grade and uniformity. It is made to suit the requirements of those who are particular about what they use. It is round, true to size and can always be depended upon to be the same. Specify “M. R. M.” and see this trade mark is on every bag. ) THE MONTREAL ROLLING MILLS co. It is not generally known but an ordinary twelve milesan hour wind, at right an- gles, will cause a deflection of a rifle bul- let of eighteen feet lower than the target in one thousand yards, so that absolutely accurate work without this machine can- not be secured except ona calm day. The United States Government bought two tons of these machines in one order. The machine is also used in the Weather Bureaus and the Marine branches of the Government. 5,000 Boats Built By One Man. Andy Linton, of Vancouver, B.C. has built up-to-date 5,000 boats and though referred to as the oldest boat-builder in Canada, he will likely add another thous- and to his record before he makes his final cruise. He does not build ocean liners, but gold prospectors’ boats and fishing smacks. He has built about one boat a day for the last twenty-five years. He has a little sawmill and a few workmen, but does himself a large share of the work of getting each craft ready for active service. t78 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA For Hunters, Campers, Motorists, etc. PURE Jaeger woo. Wear THE MOST DURABLE, HEALTHFUL, COM- FORTABLE AND ECONOMICAL CLOTHING FOR ALL SPORTSMEN Experienced hunters have proved that one garment of Jaeger Pure Wooljis more serviceable more adaptable and more durable than three garments of any other material. Follow the trail of their experience and take Jaeger Pure Wool Day and Night Wear in your hunting kit. Jaeger Pure Wool is a most valuable safeguard against exposure to the changes of weather and temperature. It is a sure protection against chill. With Jaeger day and night wear you can be hot or cold and you run no risk—you can be wet or dry and you run no risk. Your clothes may get wet, anddry on your body yet you run no risk. With anything else but pure wool you run the greatest risk. The Jaeger sleeping bag, illustrated below is the simplest and most thoroughly comfortable device to use when hunting, camping, etc. It is made of three layers of Camelhair Fleece of which two or only one serves as covering according to temperature. Camp Sweaters, Knitted Coat Sp ecial for Hunters: Sweaters, Flannel Shirts, Fleece ti Tartan Rugs, Stockings, Caps, Sleeping Bags, Motor Ulsters, natural undyed underwear, etc. JAEGER Sleeping Bag. Sold at fixed moderate prices in all chief cities. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOG — 9 316 St. Catherine St. W., Montreal. Dr. Jaeger Ss Co., Ltd. Bee ae eee Ave., Winnipeg. W.., Toronto. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA The Motor Vehicle in Cities. - “Owners and drivers of horse-driven eabs have come toa realization at last,” said W.B. Hurlbut of the Garford Motor Car Co. of New York City, ‘‘That the motor-driven town car or cab has come to stay and in some towns and cities there is talk of the horse owners trying to petition the municipal authoritlse to refuse motor cab licenses unless it can be shown that the addition of the motor cab to the service now given is necessary forthe good of the public. Of course, this brings into consideration two ele- ments that must necessarily be antagon- istic, and which will not hesitate to bring all manner of influence to bear in opposi- tion to each other. It isnot assumed that this is to benefit the industry of the pub- lic and it is not improbable that there will be some effects that will be unpleas- ant, simply through the motor cab being prefered to the horse cab, and the en- deavour of theowner of the latter form of conveyance to continue his ovation as long as this can be done.” The Needs of the Trade. One of most surprising developements in the motor industry,” said Sales Mana- ger Van Horne of the Jackson Automo- bile Co., ‘‘is the steady and rapidly growing call for the small car and the demand for the machines that are limited in power, in capacity, in equipment and cost, because those of limited means are those who have created this call, and who will not, with rare exceptions, be willing to make larger investment. It is a perfectly natural result. It has been experienced in every other industry. One may spend lavishly for pleasure or for amusement, but once the utility stage is realized then the economic side only is insight, and this must be considered more than any other aspect.’’ Continu- ing said Mr. Van Horne: ‘‘The manu- facturer who cannot minimize the expense of upkeep, penses for operation, who cannot insure against depreciation by the use of im- proved materials or methods, who cannot es Hiei hale through bettered design, who who cannot lessen the ex--~ = 688 we @e HERMAN REEL, Milwaukee, Wis. SO SEES RAT SRS SL 28 eS a a + ee ee se eT Send address of two fur trappers and we will send you free a mink stretching pattern. Write for price list of raw furs and fur coats. 479 cannot give the greater simplicity, acces- sibility and efficiency with each succeed- ing model, will find that he is losing ground and that this is due to his un- willingness to provide the public with what is wanted rather than endeavoring to place in themarket what is not wanted. And it should be remembered that while price is a very potent factor, is it not the deciding influence with all men. To meet the demand of the public, then, there must be constant improvement and if possible a lower purchase price named and a greater economy of operation in- sured.” Jobs in thn Air ‘‘Many aspirants for positions in the automobile manufacturing or selling field have of late been advised not to go inte motoring on land but to make every effort to secure connections with the manufacturing end of the field of aero work,’ C. M. Hamilton, of the Isotta Import Co. who has just returned trom a quick trip abroad, where he had been visiting the factory of the Isotta Frascheni at Milan, Italy, in order to hurry up ship- ments of the popular Briarcliff model, which Strang drove to victory at Savan- nah and Briarcliff.” Continuing, said Mr. Hamilton : ‘In Paris they are fairly airship crazy, and it behooves every good automobile driver to get ready to make connections with aeronautical work of some kind.”’ The advice has been received with a creduluous smile but that it is good is demonstrated by the reports coming from all over the country of orders placed for air ships. The inventors are at work on special engines for air ships and those who have ships that have been demon- strated successful in flights are rushed with orders from private individuals and governments. Several companies have been formed to manufacture aero con- trivances and the present year will see the air ship out of the experimental field and safely placed among the well-established necessities of the times. The air ship has come to stay. SPORTS AFLOAT Edited by LOU, E. MARSH A section devoted to those who brave wind and wave. aa | The two days’ rowing at St. Catharines on August seventh and eighth produced some fine racing and the prizes were scat- tered in a manner that added materially to the wide interest taken in the meeting. One of the best of the series was the eight oared race between Winnipeg and the Argos, of Toronto. From the start to the finish the two boats kept well to- gether and at the end only half a length separated the contestants, the westerners gaining a well fought victory. In the Senior Fours Winnipeg as first and second with Detroit third , and a margin of only two feet separated the first and second boats, thus maintain- ing the interest of the spectators to the finish. The Junior Fours was won by the Ar- gonauts, Toronto, Junior Fours Working Boats by St. Catharines Rowing and Ca- noeing Club. Intermediate Fours, Argo- nauts; Senior Doubles, Dons, Toronto; Intermediate Doubles, Dons;Senior Sing- les, H. Jacobs, Dons; Intermediate Sing- les, Chas.J. Shean, Mutual Rowing Club, Buffalo. ~ =} The.Canadian Henley. A Good Suggestion In the course of the annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Amateur Oarsmen a suggestion was made to the effect that the Association purchase a number of four and eight oar shells to be kept at the regatta course at St. Cathar- ines for the use of crews coming from a distance. It was alleged that many clubs are at present unable to attend this annu- al event, which it is desired to make thoroughly representative of all Canada, owing to the heavy freight rates charged on their boats. After some discussion it was decided to take up the matter in earnest later on. The newly-elected off- cers of the Association are as follows:— President, A. Claude Macdonell, M.P.; First Vice-President, Geo. F. Galt, Winni- peg; Second Vice-President, Ed. Mack; Hon. Treasurer, Alex. Boyd; Hon. Sec- retary, L. C. Hoskins; new members for the Executive for three-year term—P. J. Mulqueen; J.W. McAllister and Major O. Heron; to fill vacant term till 1910, Mr. C. F. Mason, Grand Trunk R. C., Mon- Ireal. The treasurer’s report showed a substantial balance. / An international Win. There was a fine international race across the Pacific recently which was won by a Canadian boat. The object of the race was to decide the best route by means of which to send silk from Japan to Europe. A large consignment was divided into three parcels one being for- warded by the Canadian Pacific steamer Monteagle;the second on the Nippon Yu- sen Kaisha with the steamer Tosa Maru; and the third by the steamer China, the property of the America PacificMail Com- pany. All three steamers left Zoko-Lama within an hour, of each other on July twenty-first last. The Mounteagle reach- ed Vancouver on August fourth, theTosa Maru was at Seattle on August sixth and the China did not reach San Francisco till the following day. The Canadian boat was a good two days ahead and the silk was delivered in New York on Au- gust tenth. The Good Work of Genesee. At the Watertown Regatta, Genesee, of Rochester, the boat that won the Can- ada Cup from Beaver in 1899 carried off the honours in the largest race ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA 481 CRUISING AND RACING GASOLINE LAUNCHES FULLY EQUIPPED Scat se a a. pa a) eo aS tae Z » - A VARIETY OF STYLES IN STOCK FROM 16 to 35 ft. IN LENGTH. Special Light Motor Boats FOR HUNTING AND FISHING Hulls furnished, caulked, puttied and painted ready for interior fittings. Knock Down Frames, Frame and Plank Patterns. Second Hand Launches. Send for Catalog Robertson Bros. Yards and Launch Works Foot of Bay St., HAMILTON, CANADA. PREP PPEEP PD, 482 ever Sailed on the lake. At the time she captured Canada’s Cup she was consider- ed a freak but from experience has given her owners more satisfaction than any other craft built for these cup races. The race was from Hamilton to Chaumont and occupied over thirty-seven hours. Light winds and smooth seas prevailed throughout and were exactly to Genesee’s liking. The" American Cup. “The ambition of my life is to bring the cup to Great Britain”: These are the words of Sir Thomas Lipton who is credited wtth the determination to chal- lenge again this year for the American Cup. He has now a new Shamrock which has won twenty-four out of twen- ty seven contests in which she was enter- ed. Hewishes to be allowed to chal- lenge under two conditions: that he be allowed to build two boats and select the taster of the two as challenger and to challenge under the now universal rules that govern all yacht racing in America. Such conditions might not be hard to meet. A Good Showing* In the second day of the Eastern Lake Yacht Racing circuit at Chaumont, Cana- dianYachts won four out of the five races in which they participated. They were Kathleen of Kingston, which won the George Cup; Petrol, Hamilton; Cheriyia, Kingston; and Little Nell, Trenton, while the fifth event was won by the Iroquois, Rochester. A Win For Halifax. At the Springfield (Mass.) Regatta on August fourteenth the senior internation- al four oared race. was won by the St. Mary’s(Halifax) crew from the Minnesota Boat Club. The race was a game one and fought throughout the entire course. For the first one hundred yards the Min- nesota crew had a slight lead but St. Mary’s forged ahead and despite the most desperate efforts of their opponents man- aged to maintain their lead, although not by much. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA A Good Contest. At the National Regatta at Springfield, Mass., John O’Neill of the St. _Mary’s Club, Halifax, was second in the cham- pionship single sculls. There was a stiff contest for the position. A Win Outright. _ In the middle ot August, the Togo won | the Ethel Cnp for seventeen foot sail boats on the Ottawa For twelve years the cup has been battled for but this time time the Togo won it for the third time in succession and in accordance with the deed of gift it now becomes the property of the winner. The same class of boat will next year compete for a shield which has been offered by Mr. J. E. Wilmot, Sparks St., Ottawa. The race was twice round a three mile triangular course and the time one hour thirty-eight minutes. Speedy Motors. The Chateauguay Basin probably never saw so many motor boats at one time as on a recent Saturday to witness and take partin the fifth annual regatta of the Chateauguay Boat Club. ‘The motor races were a grand success, and the hon- ors of the day were carried off by Messrs. Rudel, Shea, and Stanford with their Fairbanks—Morse two and three cylinder engines. Mr. Rudel was an easy winner in the fifteen mile handicap race, and Mr, Shea a close second. The boats these gentlemen have are equipped with 1908 | Fairbanks-Morse three cylinder twelve horsepower three port engines, and the steadiness with which they run is remark- able. Mr. Shea states that his boat de- veloped niore than eighteen horse power during the race. In the two cylinder race Mr. Stanford took the first prize, with his Fairbanks-Morse eight horse power three port engine. Quite a crowd was gathered around Canadian Fairbanks head-quarters for the announcement of the results and during the distribution of prizes, all three of the winning boats being equipped with the celebrated Fairbanks- Morse Marine Engines which are winning in all the big races throughout Canada. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. OVRIL Extraordinary Triumph At the Olympic Games, 1908 Out of the 28 Arrivals in the Marathon Race, 26 took Bovril during therun writes to Bovril Ltd.:— “I beg to thank you for the benefit I have derived from using your Bovril during the short time I have been over in this country, and especially for the : : great staying power it gave me during First to arrive and winner of the memorable Marathon Race in the ‘she Queen’s Cup Olympic Games, 1908. Bovril was the only thing ordered and allowed by the tor attended me after the race, and it very soon revived me.” mee tien (Signed) DORANDO. July 25. 08 Dorando’s Trainer writes: ‘I beg to say Dorando was trained on Bovril only, while in this country. Bovril was also administered after the race by the Doctor’s orders. I can vouch for the truth of this on his behalf.” (Signed) GIUSEPPE BROCCA, July 28, ’08 (Signed) W1i1LLIAM MORISETTI. Trainer of Dorando. writes :—‘“‘I had touched nothing up to 15 miles, when I asked my trainer for something as I start- rf ed to feel tired. My man f h M th R got some Bovril and it icl i er of the arathon Kace gave me ease and The Official Winn strength before I had 7 2 ‘mile. He gave me it at different points along the road, and I kept ee pe nor ear Caile T travelled until I entered the Stad. I cannot give the eredit for my strong finish to anything but your kindness in supplying your strength- iving Bovril. I have given no other testimonials and will not do so for any _prepara- Fan om this character.” (Signed) JOHN J. HAYES. July 29, ’08. Witness: GEo. G. CAMERON, His Assistant and Trainer. RE AD THIS: Dorando, the Popular Winner, Hayes, the Official Winner, and Hefferon, the Official Second—all three trained on Bovril and partook of it during the race. 483 Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada is the Official Organ of the Dominion of Canada Trap-Shooting Association. All communications should be addressed to W. A. Smith, Editor ““The Trap” Kingsville, Ont. Stray Pellets There will be a fruit shoot at Jordan Sta- tion on Saturday, September 19th. The pri- zes will -consist of peaches, pears, grapes, etc., and it is confidently expected that numbers of baskets of the choicest fruit will be offered for every event. It is proposed to charge only a nominal price for the targets, and to avd the fruit prizes, without extra charge, to. eVv- ery event. Rigs will meet all shooters~arriving on the 9.52 a.m. train and convey them direct to the grounds. While’ everything except the price of targets will be free to the shooters, the local men promise to give all who attend ‘‘a jolly good time.’’ Mr. JOHN STOCKER We publish this month the portrait of Mr. John Stocker of Harrow, Ont. Mr. Stocker, who is in his 75th year, is the father of trap shooting in that locality. He has been a shooter for the last 40 years andi is still able to hold his own at the traps withany of his younger competitors, generally making an 80 per cent. score or better. He is, also, a splen- did rifle shot and annually renews his youth by a trip into the great deer country in Nor- thern Ontario. A shooting companion reports that, on ome occasion, he knocked over two out of three running deer without moving from his tracks, g splendid exhibition of his skill with the rifle. Mr. Stocker says he keeps young by associating with the boys. He seems to be good for another quarter of a century and we heartily wish him many years of health- ful recreation at the traps and in the woods. P. E. Island Scores The Charlottetown (P.E.I.) Gun Club have finished their first series of shooting for the season and the following are some of the best scores. Total shot at 60 birds each: Capt. D. A. McKinnon 47, Sec. J. D. Jenk Cc ins 47° —V: < Gay 41, J. K. Ross 88, Dr. Smallwood 388, H. Jenkins 31, M. McLeod 30. Ayton Doings An interestinz match took place between Walkerton and Ayton . Gun Club on Friday, August 15th. Clifford also gave Ayton a call and held a match the same day. The after- noon was more than enjoyed by all. The wea- ther was fine, with jarring winds at times, which mada some wonder why the, bird kept ¢o- ing after they pulled the trigger. The following are the scores: Ayton vs Walkerton, 25 birds each mam: Walkerton —Jacob Steinmiller 9, Clarenz Smith 11, B. Russel 14, O. Steinmiller 16, J. Froelich 17, J. Hamson 4, J. White 21, J. Hartman 18, Frank Smith 18, Miller 17, John Smith 16. Total 161. Ayton—G. B. Smith 25, Fred Smith 23, P. G. Doersam 16, V. Glebe 12, Ed. Koester 14, J. Werner 13, A.Schank 6, M. B. Flynn : Henry Koenig 14, Johnston 11, Fred Schause 12. Total 155. : Clifford, Ayton and Walkerton indulged ina five men event, shooting at 15 birds each. The following scores were made:— Ayton—G. B. Smith 14, Fred Smiith 15, P. G. Doersam 9, Ed. Koester 12, Johnston 7. Total 57. Walkerton—J. Hartman 8, J. White 12, F. Smith 10, Miller 11, J. Smith 14. Total 55. _ Clifford—C. Willets 11, Beachie 14, Dr. Per- due 15, J. Werner 10, Eckinswiller 13. Total Clifford winning out. ; G. B. Smith and Fred Smith shooting a total score of 50 birds each that day, scored as follows:— Shot At Broke G. Bu Smith cap cdeceye se daotta tacensene 50 49 Fred Smifith...........8, ss... cose! 50 47 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. A Popular Professional We present a cut of Court Thomson, the new representative for Ontario, Quebec and the Mar- itime Provinces, of Messrs. M. Hartley Co. of New York, the selling azents of the Union Me- tallic Cartridge Co. and Remington Arms. Court is a very well known and enthusiastic trap shooter, and previous to his engagement with the above company, was the travelling representative of a large stove and hardware concern of Hamilton, Ont., and as anyone who knows him can testify, the M. Hartley Co. made no mistake in their selection. He is a brother of W. P. Thomson, a winner of the Grand Canadian Hamdicap, and of Charles E. and George J., all enthusiastic and splendid trap shots. The four brothers have won many Championships and prizes as qa team of bowl- ers on the alleys and green, curlers, bicycle riders and oarsmen, and in fact have excelled in nearly every branch of sport. They are jolly good fellows to meet anywhere, and are seen at the traps throughout Canada and around the border at all of the tournaments. Riverdale Matinee The tournament held on the grounds of the Riverdale Gun Cluh was one of the most suc- cessful half day shoots held in Toronto for some time. The day was alittle windy, which caused the flimht of the targets to he some- what irresular, but this did not seem to hind- er or confuse the shooters very much, for dur- ing the afternoon several straight scores were made throuchout the different events. ' Mr. P. Wakefield, of the Stanley Gun Club carried off the honors for the day by winning the high average prize, a heautiful ener, ved medal, presented by Mr. J. E. Jennings, with a score of 88 out of a nossible 100. Mr. W. Joselin_ heing second with 86. The consolation prize, Gillett Safety Razor, was Won by George Vivian, with , straight score of “95, but he was pretty hand pressed, however, as the runners up, C. Wilson of Brampton, and W. Roberts of Parkdale Gun Club, were close upon his heels with the creditable scores of 24 each. Followin. are the scores in events:— 2 3 4 eee bs P. Wakefield 18 14 19 18—88 We whose: 25.305 15.5 .v.. 18 16 17 19—86 J. E. Jennings 19 17 17 16—86 Geo. Mason 16 16 19 17—85 T. Houghton 19 16 16 16—85 G. gan 7: Saves Uy (las Ky Ain Geet) L. Hazelwood 7 19 16 16—84 VES = 35g hel OER TSR RO i 16.18 T 16—81 Cc. P. Wilson 16 17 15 13—8s0 S. hi 12 20 20 14—80 Cc. 15 16 18 .14=— : 15 16 13 17—78 W. Roberts...... 16.43 7 15—77 E. Marsh 15 17 #14 #15—76 Ee. 16 19 14—76 16 15 16—76 16 16 12—72 14 13° 19—70 17 13 10—69 7 17 —63 18 12 12-—55 15 17 19-52 11 12 12 ..—48 . 16 18—34 14 720 24 Ee ect Pee F. B. ‘Averill Bees iose loka desdew neat tee ee tarcets—G.L. _ Consolation event of 25 fan 25. C. Wilson 24, W. Roberts 24. S. A. Dunk 22, C. Packham 21, T; ‘Bennett 21, E. Marsh a1, T. Logan 21, Hooey 21, ’R. Fletcher 19, G. McGill 14, J. ti gan 13, J. S. Beck 12. *Professionals, representing the Dominion Cartridge Co. of Montreal. 485 COURT THOMSON The high average for the entire tournament of the Dominion of Canada Trap Shootins As- sociation’s Contest held at Sherbrooke August 5th to 7th, was awarded to H. H. Stevens. The high amateur average was won by Geon the Beattie of Hamilton, Ontario. 5 Both of t wimners used ‘‘Du Pont Smokeless.’ M H. Ewing of Montreal, who won th- Sie Individual Championship in England, added two more honors to his name by. winning the Amateur Championship of Canadg with 49 out of50 and the Grand Canadian Handicap with 49 out of 50 and 24 out of 25 in the shoot off. The Two Man Team Championship of Canada was won by A. W. Westover of Sutton Junc- tion, and Dr. Stockwell of Sherbrooke, witha score of 38 out of 48, both shooting ‘‘ New Schultze.’’ The Next Time Your Gun Requires Doctoring THINK OF ALEX. JOHNSTON 494 Eastern Ave., TORONTO, ONT. Who has every facility for choke boring, restocking, browing and repairing guns. You can make no mistake in bringing or sending your gun to him. Dominion Tournament at Sherbrooke Phe Bighth Annual Tournament of the Dom- inion of Camada Trapshooting Association held at Sherbrooke, Que., under the management of the local cun club, was one of the most success- ful in the history of the Association. At _ the annual meeting at Toronto last year the Sher- brooke representatives accepted the responsibili- ty of pulling off this big shoot,. with a good deal of reluctance. The Sherbrooke Gun Club is composed of prominent and wealthy business and professional men who, admittedly, could spare little time for the work, Sut what they could not do personally they delegated to oth- ers and the result was eminently satisfactory from the trapshooters’ point of view. This was the first opportunity many East- ern shooters had had of visiting the prosper- ous city of Sherbrooke. It is the _principal city in the Eastern townships and is in the centre of qa very rich agricultural country. It is a very picturesquely situated place and the numerous handsome residences give conclusive evidence of the prosperity of its citizens. The C.P.R. and G.T.R. furnish ample railway accommodation. Sherbrooke Gun Club grounds are conven- iently situated on the banks of the St. Fran- cis River, not far from the centre of the town, and within easv distance of the electric rail- way. For this tournament three Dickey Bird Traps were used and Dickey Bird targets thrown. These traps and targets gave great satisfaction to the shooters. The traps work- ed perfectly and the targets were good flyers and »reakers. The only drawback was a Very dark backeround, which made it difficult at times to locate the bird with certainty. Complete preparations had ‘been made for comfort and convenience of the shooters. Am- ple tent accommodation had been provided for the different clubs. The luncheon on the rounds provided by the local caterers, Bonner & Pov- GEO. BEATTIE. WALTER H. EWING, Montreal Olympic Champion Winner Canadian Individual Championship and Grand Canadian Handicap. ey, was very tasteful and appetizing and far ae the average furnished at affairs of this <1nd. \ The tournament was well patronized by the trade, the following representatives being on the grounds: Winchester R. Arms Co., J. A. R. Elliott. J. R. Taylor, J. H. Cameron, G. R. Ginn; Union Metallic Cartridge Co., H. H. Stevens, Court Thomson and Thos. A. Mar- shall; Dupont Powder Co., L: J. Squier, E. G. White, J. T. Skelly, E. A. W. Everett and Ed. Banks; Dominion Cartriuge Co., C. Edward Wood and Johonnot Marlin Firearms Co., W. B. Darton; American Powder Miils, A. E. Sib- ley; Parker Gun Co., Col. A. W. Lu Bray. The office was in charge of Luther Squier, assisted by: Geo. Ginn and J. A. Cook. Mr. J. Siguier, as the originator of the Squier Meaney- back System, had special charge of this feature of the tournament and the results were very satisfactory in every way. The shoot practically commenced on Tues- day afternoon, when 33 professionals and am- ateurs indulged in an eye-opener at 100 tar- gets. The weather was ideal and some good scores were made. The following were the Professionals:—H. H. Stevens 96, W. B. Dar- ton 95, J. R. Taylor 95, A. E. Sibley 85. scores:— Amateurs—W. H. BEwing 92, Geo. Vivian 92, W. P. Thomson 92, Geo. McGill 91, F. W. Mitchell 90, T. M. Craig 90, G. Beattie 89, Thos. Upton 88, Geo. Dunk 87, D. Bray 87, d. BE. Jennings 85, W. A. Smith 85, J. B. Good- hue 84, Dr. Wilson 83, H. A. Horning 80, E. J. Marsh 79, M. E. Fletcher 78, F. A. Henoey 77, C. G. Thompson 77, W. Fenton 77, W. Slaney 77, J. A. McLaughlin 75, G. Easdale 73, Dr. Hilker 73, H. E. Hawkins 70, H. D.- va a" ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA 487 ans 67, P. Wakefield 64, G. M. Howard iO) 49, A. E. Ross (40) 36. FIRST DAY. The battle proper commenced this morning. morming was overcast and rain commenced to fall soon after the shooting commenced. ‘his added to the discomfort of the skooters an a bearish effect on many scores. Notwithstand- ing, some very good scores were made. George Beattie, Hamilton, covered himself with glo by beating the whole field of professionals and amateurs with gq 95 per cent. score. He bri 190 out of 200 and annexed the Parser pin given by Parker Bros., Meriden, Conn., as. the prize for high averages. The second average prize, a beautiful cup donated bv Thomas A. Duff, Toronto, went to J. E. Jennines, Toron- to, who broke 185. Of the professionals, H. H. Stevens of the U.M.C. Co. and J. R. Tay- kor of the Winchester Arms Co., tied for first place with 188. F The scores, 10 events at 20 targets were as follows:— RAW FURS shipped to us bring prices that will satisfy you. 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Fwine...... .. en eae ire 18 17 17°15 18 17 16 20 17°18 19 — i7a PW MARCHED dicdies Las (seteee seshes be 18 14 15 16 15 18 16 19 14 20 15 — 169 P. Wakefield......... oie RE ates Ceara £ 16 16°17 16 15 19 17,16 17 18 14 — 465 MMe Mee MASR oe cilen sencvdlns | scdon | Sodbachadeadsesbes 16.17 14 17 16 14 12°11 18 16 1g — 453 W. R. Fenton......... Bers eid asatensase OF salts 16 14 14 17 17 18 17 19 16 18 1g — 47} RR De RR TAG ooo ho dicg, Ladin tencancendee des 16 15 15 16 17 13 18 16 15 138 16 — 154 2s Se 0 ES Eo 0b 16) 195,17 177-17 11) 18 11 15-14 04g) 2) 457 PROFESSIONALS » pene 18 17 19 20 20 19 18 19 19 14 ~— 1483 J. R. 20 17 20 18 14 20 17 20 20 19 ~— {gg Ww. B. 19 19 17 18 19 20 18 16 20 18 — ig4 H.-H: 20 18 18 20 18 18 20 18 18 20 — igg E. c. 15 18 19 19 19 16 20 17.18 19 — igo T A 19 16 19° 19 18 19 16 19 18°19 — 489 LT. : 19 18 20 18 17 17 20 20 18 20 ~~ 181 Professionals shot sliding handicap 16to 20 yards. we SECOND DAY. this day and Ideal ‘‘G’’ grade Lefever gun presented by the Lefever Arms Co. of Syra- The second day of the shoot was free from rain and was favorable for good seores. Geo. Beattie again demonstrated his superiority by headine the list of amateurs with 183 out of 200. He received the high average prize for cuse, N.Y. G. M. Howard and W. H. Ewing, tied for second averace prize, a handsome tro- phy presented by Geo. W. McGill, Toronto and in the shnot off Howard won out. H. H. Ste- vens and L. J. Squier tied for first place a- 488 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. mong the professionals with 185 each The scores:— AMATEURS H’dcep. 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 — 200 Craw. CGD. eek aue Scctkhr es Uceqcseauteteaye 18 15 15 19 16 19 15 19 18 18 10 — 164 TWA, a cny chee mmatehve se lan smendces aeeeeene nae 19 18 19 3:25) 25. 75> DSS 1S YLT oes ’ Jennings. ........ +. Wn abd Spe Cebit tae ctadttie Rea eaeie Sina’ 19 20,17. 17 18°19 17°18:.18 14.-18"%—— 7G POW kd Seat 19 18. 16) 18.18 19 120° -20 18) 16°28 25, 780 Dunk....... a?! Pree ; 19.417. 18,2018 ‘16°17 44715 18 18" see ’ Cc. G. Thompson Sa eal wonis 19 15 6517 (15> 1B 27 86 AT Os. Ea Onno. 5. eo A 19 15-18-27, £7 017-18 19°14 16 [15s Westover ........ a 19 L7) LA) 15.18.17 > 18 27-18 18" 14 So Stockwell..c..5 ~ ..8:. 5 19 16.16: 16°30 19> 247. 15416. 18506=—sso Ho ward)..c..i. cys. 19 18. 20. 19. 17, 19 19 27518), 18 tere ; F. A. Hleney........ Oe aarae 16 13-18 <- 9 1d. 14 10 4813 (1 16s——7ase Geo. Easdale...... : 16: “25-16. 15 160.17,.138.. 24... 8°12 Sse W. Slaney ......... 16 V7. 15° 14-16. .55 (15 69) A816 iS eos Eh. Viau...d..us 17 13° 15°18) 27 7 L7~ 18.05 AG ea Dr. Smith .....0..... , 17 48 27 W717 4 ADT TO A616 SS Dra, Mualson: 2k. oer otan 3 17) 15013 207 22 18 515-15, Lee Tom Upton......... is 1& 47 027 185 44 12-518 > 2S 2134 eae Wie. homson 19 18° 17 1A 16 “19°19 '1E> 20.17 eae x Beattie... 19 19°17 20°27.) 17 LY. (20) 19 19 aS ae Bray 19 19° 14-48. 20-16. 18 047-49) 2% ie ees J. le 14 1616-16 18 16°17 12:99) joe ee 2 H. Desrivieres ......... Ta As 18" 19°-18~18 17° L7--18 “4 27 eae M: E. . Fletcher.......::.:. \ 18 16 E718) 15 19 27 17 1716. Tae oe =i Carruthers ..3..2.0. 0 sade 17 12 13° 18°17 17° 43 18, 18 16 J85—toovaes FLOTNIND), 25. .cc.) ptdancees , 17 17. 19 17 15.15 18.17.1819 ae 4 P. Wakefield........ ; 16 15 15 16 16 18 12 15 17 17 14 — 155 By Sc Marsh (Tul. he cased iiss be ed oe 16 25) 12. 18212-2123 14 1b» 14 ae \ Fenton........ Bey DeRose cca Ay, 16° 15. 20° 16°16 28) 18295" 20 ieee Y H. D. Romans.,........ 16 18 16 15.°19 -17-19-217 18: 17710 f JA.” Mebauphhn. + 27.2i%- a isas ee cs Soe Aes 16 13°18 14 14 18,°10 -12° 12 “WS Kearney......... aS Sacro Ab cdtes Pyaceeensee ee ops 17 17°16 14°16 21517) 17) 1619 316" tas Dr. Ag ce | Hal Ker ethan Jcktie sees | leestestwees sank 16 17 10 14 16 12 14 14 14 18 15 — 1389 BG. PI WEIN Se aieke eecaie avast cdopmaemudeten 16 14°14 15:14 15 15 16-17 18°98 e——s156 P : i 17 20.15.) 15) L327 15" 47-19 (Shas eee 17 90. 17. VA 16916516 17 22) iS ie aie 16 15 16 18 16 14 14 15 14 18 15 — 155 16 15..16°28 16°28 /17 26-15 £5727) 6s fe 16 15 18 16 18 16 18 17 15 14 18 — 165 Penn Te GROGS) Woccise see ho dep acctabas Wicecunds ncvaneseste 16 16°18" 29) 19°14. 75 2518's 45.68 - Wi. Gal Dravbhy, cies.) vos ecedient kon Losestpsenesins 16 15 138.17 18 16,18 15.19 16 17°— 462 JC.” MeGonneiy, 314, aie dices beleas ee 16 WA 17 17°18" 7) 17 19-15) AS Bee Bit De Perrys: SE FARE ee oe rahe oan padtu ase» 16 9. 11-17 18 16 1644-41 10s ‘4 JK. sBoswella cnt. ts-f..- ce gt te ees 16 15 16 15 138 15 18 11 18 14 16 — 745 C.. P- Keeler......... Sodjeahtaas péncketeecdeensavine 16 12. °12'°16 15° 15 43 (27-15 dete as FP. A. Bricg@sics is! ed ASat poeacussaveed iaatdeetive 16 17 17-20 14 18 19 18 15 18 14 — 170 Bi eH. Balle aR Aes) sicccetscscvel niteatecns dedeee 16 10) 16. 16.21.01 5-6) 28.5 1 Sea ee . PROFESSIONALS. J. Aw R. Eliiott.ic..... Fade ce, esdearn con inden AiaeONt onetane pidekes’ 16, 200 19727-1817 16 71S Sa a ee 7 BoE s Day lor., tose eae sens ioe alte e aiee oe seen otek seeiass one endene, 17 19 17 16 19 19 18 — 183 W..'B.) Dartom 25). 5s one 14 18 17 18 19 20 20 — 183 J. T. Skelly 15 16 19 18.16 16 10; — 7958 3 et HA Stheverts,. 4. s.7, ae eee Rone Pee a3 19 19 18 18 19- 17 18. — 285 ~ Edw. Banks............ Jed , 18 18°19 18: 19 18 /187 = ges T. A. Marshall..... ... , 19 20 19 18° 18° 18° 16, ——9s81 L. J. Squier......... poets eodesacadent” edthedecinedetdbelbodisdiedsede LT oj LOL EO: | UT LON OOO fe OO aie nn . BG. Witte: 22... nc aeie. ow fest, eodeaal ietcs toes eget Redeee (LB LT L7--18° 18 -19) 90" 19° 18 ee B.A. W. Eiverett.. 17.0004... 224 adda aeweetaaste sed Asdidebedes “LS 16%18),16) 18 915 220" 13) Te roe eae ; Bs Ee. Sibley ort ee sebiddy Met cedsobedbsbesses, LLO-, LO ALTo 19) 18. 18) ae 7 oe eas ee ae we DuBNAY...s cases secene saceessesconccsccdscdscceecposboases® 15 13 14 13 11 , — 66 - Professionals shot sliding handicap 16 to 20 yards. Annual Meeting flicers f th s 3 officers for the ensuing year: President, F. A. The annual meeting af the Association was Heney, Ottawa: ist vices President, Thos, Up. held at the New Sherbrooke House intheeven- ton, Hamilton; 2nd vice-president, George W. ing. T. M. Craig, president, presided. Minutes McGill, Toronto; secretary, Geo. le, Ot — of the last meeting were read by the secretary, tawa; executive committee, A. W. Throop, Ot- C. G. Thompson, and approved. The question tawa; Dr. Smith, Ottawa; W. P. Thompson a of incorporating the Association was discussed Hamilton; Geo. L. Vivian, Toronto; H. DesRic _ and the secretary reported that the operations ieres, Quebec; E. J. Marsh, Torontog Ww. of the Association not being confined to any Bwing, Montreal; T. A. Duff, Toronto; W. A. one Province, he had been advised that a char- Smith, Kingsville. ; ter would cost $250 sand the executive had not At the close of the meeting, a hearty vote felt like incurring this expense without the of thanks to the retiring officers was Passed sanction of the general meeting. It was de- particularly to the local officials, who had done cided that the new executive should proceed So much to make the tournament a success. with incorporation. The financial statement was presented showing balance on hand of ie - RD DAy. x p 2 i is was e day of championships and was $508.19. Ottawa was unanimously selected as in many respects, the most, GRpOnbant day of next place of mrregg 3 and the Squier Money tournament. The Individual Championship, the Back System with andicap as at: Sherbrooke . Grand Canadian Handicap, the two-man decided upon. The following were selected as five-man team and eight man . races, as ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA well as the 20-tazget event for the Brewers and Malsters Cup _were all on the schedule, every one of great interest to the contestants.’ Un- fortunately, it raimed hard all day. Walter wing, Iilontreal, was the hero of the day. won the Individual Championship and M.R.M. cup, and, also, Winchester Repeating Trap gun, with 49 out of 50, having as an appetiz- er won the Brewers’ and Malsters’ Straight score. Thus he broke 69 out of his first 0. Subsequently he landeu the much coveted Grand Canadian Handicap with 47 out of 50, aiter shooting off a tie with T. M. Craig, G. M. Howard and P. Wakefield. He was on the elght man Montreal team, which won the Mail Trophy and tied for first place in the two-man race. Surely enough glory for ome day. Dr. Stockwell and A. W. Westover, Sherbrooke, won the two man team championship, with 38 out of 40, after shooting off . tie with W. H. Bwing and D. J. Kearney, Montreal. Sher- brooke won the Mail Trophy, emblematic of the five-man team championship, with 228 out of 250. Hamilton was but one bird behind and the finish between N. G. Bray and M. E. Flet- eher, of the respective teams, proved very ex- citing,: the result being in doubt until the last shot had been fired. Montreal won the eight man team championship with 140 out of 160 and received the Hamilton Gun Club Trophy. The Vivian Cup for the longest™ run during _the tournament went to George Beattie, who scored qa straight 69 the first day. TDhe professionals shot a regular program of 200 targets, the high man for 1he day ‘wing J-A.R. Elliott, who made the phenomenal score of 195 amd almost broke the record with iis straight from 20 yards. For the three days H. H. Stevens won high avera with 562 with W. B. Darton second with 553. Both received handsome gold watch fobs, donated by the Sherbrooke Gun Club. These were very hand- Some and will be highly prized by the recipi- ents. George Beattie won high average for the tournament with 373 out of 400 and received cup witha 489 Tom Uptonmute. .e j Be. se Wilson sts on it a 45 M. EE. Fletcher ........;..0.4 15 47 45 W. Carruthers....... 2 17 38 38 H. A. Horning ....,.. 17 39 41 P. Wakefield......... 19 44 47 BE. J. Warsh........ 14 33 J. A. McLauchlin 14 42 40 Bs yD ROMS; A ols ce ee 19 40 45 D. J. Kearney ..2...... 18 41 41 W. A. Smith...... ea 1é 43 Gs Durhiosiit..2 24 Vee eee) ee 16 19 47 42 G. J. Masom....0.3. ..- has Ut deicdsosede 17 13 x14 x18 pA. EB _ROSS.....4.. ' 16 18 39 Dr. 16 15 34 F. 1G. 18 47 42 WwW. 17 18.42 37 N. Candlish 17 11 38 40 Rr LOWiby pet te ee ee 17 17 45 x19 Wit Kooy att co ats deaf stood eee 18 14 42 46 15 OARS OPED & iT) oh « s Geeta lpeah nly. See 18 45 Jn +B GOadhulie. oy iy Acts. ss 15 39 Fir Cia Gon na) see 7 16 42 42 xWithdrew. Event No. 1—Brewers’ & Malsters’ Cup, by W. H. Ewing. ; Mis: Event No. 2—Amateur Championship of Camada, won by W. H. Ewing. Event No. 3—Grand Canadian Handicap. — Howard, Ewing, Craic amd Wakefield were ties at 47 each. In shoot-off at 25 tarvets Ewing won with 24. Howard 23, Wakefield 23. Craig at Handicap for Grand Canadian Handicap only. CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM EVENTS. Two Man Teams— Stockwell 20;: Westover 18.0... .400..... BDwing 20. Keagrmme@y 18.42.02... .c.ciee. refed Kenyon 18, Lewis 19 ee Howard 19, Bray 18........ Dunk 18, Jennings 19...... ... bse pee McGill 18, Vivian 19...... Upton 1% Homing 19......... =e W. P. Thomson 18, Beattie 17. Romans 16, Mclaughlin 18............. the Grey Cup ard gold medal and Remington C. G?. Thompson 15; Craig’ 19 2.5 i. B4 Trap Grade Repeating shot gun. The gold Wakefield 16, Fenton 17..-..,...:.. Ac. 33 watch donated by the Canadian Indians for Paton 17. Carruthers 15.0006 (10 “uck-. 32 second high average went to G. M. Howard, Dr. Smith’ 16) Slamey 16... i. .5 02h 32 who scored 363. Hilker (14, Hawkins 17 ..0.. ..s..ukoteees 31 The leaders of the amateurs for the two Shoot-off: — | days were: Geo. Beattie 373, G. M. Howard Stockwell 19.- Westover’ 18....5.° ....0.01.2.5 37 363, J. E. Jennings 361, W. H. Ewing 355, Bwing 19 Kearmey, L722... licnccessscces 36 N. Gx Brav 353. Five-Man Teams:— INDIVIDUAL EVENTS—AMATEURS. Sherbrooke—C. G. Thompson 41. Craig 46, Event — 1, 2 38 Westover 47, Howard 49, Bray 45. Total 288. No. Targets 20 5 Hamilton—Beattie 48, W. P. Thomson 48, Name. H’cap. Upton 41, Hornins 4* Fletcher 45. Total 227. Heo) Ai ins 20 20 47 40 Toronto-McGill 438, Dunk 46, Vivian 45, Gee EtO Wa Too. c ete. 20 18 384 47 Fenton 40, Jemnines 45. Total 219. Geo. -Beathle %..2:5.0) kc.y.. cecal. 20 17 48 46 Montreal—Ewing 47, Kenyon 45, Baton 43, Wisk Bim)... 5. gh ee arom 19 20 49 47 Dumont 38. Lewis 36. Total 209. (SR a Ore i ge a 19 De At ALT. Ottawa—Heney 33, Easdale 37, Stamey 39, N. G (ELE To ee 19 18 41 46 Viau 44. Dr. T. G. Smith 41. Total 194. pr Ge Ge. hbampson>:..2.)) we... te: 2S 7 39 46 Eicht Man Teams. WEE VOT se:0, 2) To... 18 18 47 45 Montreal—Ewing 18, Kearney 17. Faton 19. Dr. Stockwell ......... Lene Kenvon 17, Carruthers 18, Candlish 19, Du- > S Saat pernn ke fe oh = mont 19. Lewis 19. Tiotal 146. : MeGill.., Winee-* z Sherbropke—C. G. Thompson 16, Craig 17, G. Ls Vivian aoawiays < Bin dae oslcaiedtan dda 18 18 a6 is Westover V7. Stockwell 17. Howand 19. “Bray G. M. Dunk... CE anE wa'cl scales “deévose 18 ‘ 6 20, VFitchell 18. Hibhand 16. Total 140. We ee MOMs OM oie.) woe 18 11 44 46 ; zy Waeeteeenton jn... lee. 18° 16 45 42 Toronto—McGill 20, Dunk 18, Vivian 19, F. A. Heney.....:.. Te ee 16 11 35 32 Marsh 11, Mason 17, Fenton 18, Wakefield 17. Rebigsdales 8.22. dee 16 13 385 37 Jennings 20. Total 140. (5 VS Fon ea 16 18 39 41 Hamilton—Upton 15, W. P. Thomson 20, Ie Via. 32: Lyte eee 16 5 43 Horming 18, Fletcher 19, Beattie 20. Hawk ns PM EMEL WAVING, -<..5.. ce... | wee 16 13 44 13, Hilker 12, Dr. ‘‘Wilson’’ 19. Total 136. ! PROFESSICNALS. We bee BIVOLE ecu. ens. os eel ete nude ds Sabet de 19 19°°19 19 19 20 20-20-90 20 =-195 aw Re Taylor Pace pan A cdsstcel keen dives cckcwn | cdtldgsas dan dae TOMAS. 30 TAS Ves, Te PO SAS 7. —V AGG 0 LOE OES S105 FS en Epp el TS AAAS LO! YL PO AT he AB 19 ale el ae TE ADS e eR UR se nT 18°18 18 18 19 18 20-20-19 18 — 186 HH. H. Stevens........ TE Oe: SR AS te ee Re Ra a Ned ROSAS A919" 198 BS 20. 29 20s ESS ENV AMET: Jo 0 8.2.0. ce. cay Ane ap. Gna Ine. 5 Ua voSuatachsdiecsscce Jie 18 "1S 467 189-16 -20-419>- k8- 19" 19. -— 18°89 - 20628) 16). 16) 5—?) 276 Professionals shot at 200 tarcets, sliding} ndicap, 16 to 20 yards. ist professional average for 3 days—H. H. Stevens, 2nd professional average for 3 days—W. B- Darton, 558 out of 600. Other professional averages for 3 days: Squier 548: Marshall 547, Taylor 547: Sibley 528. : 562 out of 600. White 542, ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA MADE ENTIRELY FROM THE Wook OF AUSTRALIAN MERINO SHEEP UNDERWEALF For the Hunting Days It will be necessary for you to be well stocked with the most comfortable underclothing as many. cold, wet days will be experienced during your Hunting Trip. 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Rain the first and third days marred the pleasure of the shoot, greatly. Beattie and M. E. Fletcher shared with Bobby Kerr in a splendid reception given the Olympic champions by the citizens of Ham- Geo. lton on their return home. A pleasing wind-up to the shoot was the sentation to L. J. Squier of qa diamond scari Pin as a token of appreciation of his services office. The presentation was made by Thompson on behali of the officials the Association. Court Thomson, the new Canadian U. M. Co. representative, is certainly ‘“ making More U.M.C. shells were used at this ument than any other and this was large- oWing to Court’s personal influence and pop- ilarity. Besides he had the satisfaction of see- ng the high professional average, high ama- teur average, the individual championship, the Grand Canadian Handicap and Brewers’ \ Malsters’ Cup won with U.M.C. shells. Twenty-three shooters used U.M.C. and nine- teen Winchester shells. The winners of the two-man team used Winchester shells and many of the high scores were made with Winchester loads. Elliott’s wonderful run of 113 inom 20 yards was, of course with the popular Elliott load. Joe Jennings, gs always, used Winches- ter Leaders. Twenty-four shooters used Dupont, twenty- three New Schultze and two Infallible- uv. used a 26 grain Ballistite load in U. M. C. shells. Beattie used 38 grains New Schultze m U.M.C. shells. Ewing did his splendid shooting both here and in England with his handsome high grave Lefever. It has 82 inch. barrels and is cer- tainly a winner. Thos. A. Marshall, the U.M.C. professional, was, as usual, the fun producer for the par- ty. Thomas is no knight-bloomine serious. — W. P. Yhomson made g straighe score im the Hamilton eight-man team match. This makes the seventh straight score he has ac- counted for in the five-man and eight-man team matches at Dominion tournaments. He seems to have the habit. For three days it rained shot almost as bad as in dear old ‘‘Lunnon.”’ This was ueo. M. Dunk’s last shdot as an amateur. Hereaiter he will represent the Dom- inion Cartridge Co. both on the road and at the traps. The oldest as well as one of the most pop- ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR ular shooters present was Mr. W. Slaney, Ot- tawa, who, notwithstanding his 68 years has still a good eye and steady hand. Dr. Overholt was much disturbed by the mews of the forest fire at Fernie. His son Frank was at Micheli, pretty much within the fire zone. E. C. Baton, Montreal, the always genial and popular ‘‘Eddie’’ dropped in on the last aay to help his team win the eight-man team ehampionship. He had recently undergone an eperation for appendicitis and his score of 19 out of 20 was an exceptionally good one und- er the circumstances. Messrs. Romans and McLaughlin of Dart- mouth, N.S., gun club, were welcome additions to the ranks. Both did good shooting during the tournament. The _ Sherbrooke officials certainly ‘‘made good’’ in their handling of this bic 2 All ia! arrangements were as near perfect gs pos- sible. - After the tournament, a number of the shooters enjoyed the hospitality of W. H. and Mrs. Pwing at their summer hore at Wood- lands. The Squier Money Back System was an un- qualified success. Every low man got his en trance money back, less price of targets, the amounts required to do this varying from $26 to 5 cents, while g substantial surplus was di- vided among the hich guns. A false alarm of fire caused a stampede a- mong the guests at the New Sherbrooke. It proved two things, however. First, that Tom Marshall looks stunning in pajamas; second, beg he is a real nice man to be in bed so early. But what is the use of betting ag your wife says you haven’t got it. million if The Siquier Money-Back-Svstem not only re- paid every! shooter his entrance money less price of targets, but paid to the 15 high guns a surplus of $240.00, as follaws: 1st, Geonge Beattie, 373, $43.20; 2nd, G. M. Howard, 368, $33.60; 3rd, J. E. Jennings, 361, $26.40; 4th W. H. Ewing, 355. $24.00; 5th, N. G. Bray, 853, $19.20: 6th, G. L. Vivian, 349, $16.80 7th, T. M. Craig, 346, $14.40; 8th, W. P. Thomson, 345, $12.00: 9th, Dr. Smith, 34‘, $12.00: 10th A. W. Westover, 341 $9.e0- 1° @ M. Dunk, 340, $7.20; 12th W. R. Fenton. 339, $7.20: 13th Geo. Lewis. 338, $7.20; 14th F. W. Mitchell, 336, $3.60; 15th, W. Carruth- ers, 336, $3.60. Ladies Day at Hamilton The fourth annual Ladies’ day of the Ham- ilton Gun Club was held on theclub grounds and, as in former years, very Keen interest was taken in theevent for ladies at five targets, known angles. The first honors went to Mrs. John Hackett, who was alSo winner of last year’s first prize. Mrs. Hackett broke four out of five targets shot at. Miss Van Brock- lin won second prize with q »reak of three. while Mrs. Cantelon and Mrs. Bain tied for third prize, and in the shoot off the former won easily, equalling the score of Mrs. Hack- ett by breaking four out of five. ; , H. E. Hawkins won the beautiful oil paint- ing of that famous setter, Joe Cumming, pre sented to the Hamilton Gun Club as a trophv -by the Dupont Powder company. This event Was a. 25 bird race, Hawkins breaking 24. Ralph Ripley and Dr. Wilson wefe a close sec- ond, with 23 to their credit. Court Thomson. the U.M.C. pro., who has just returnet from a trip to the Maritime provinces, was the guest of the club. The scores for the Dupont Trophy — twent)-five targets—Court Thomson 4 B SMITH GUN # WON THE " GRAND {| | AMERICAN 174 SON, id NN) BAN PAR snes AZ) SMITH GUN Vag | WON THE us, 1 ENN Send for our Ar. | The Hunter Arms Co. (pro) 20, Raspberry 16, Waterbury 17, Cline 17, Beattie 19, Dr. Hilker 17, Hawkins 24, Ripley 23, Scott 15, Sturt 18,‘Frank 17, W. P. Thomson 22, Wark 2Q, Freed 18, Friend Rich 21, Horning 21, Dr. Wilson 23; Konkle 17, Hunter 19, Davies 22, Barnes 22,- Bates 21, Dr. Greene 20, E. Clifford 15, W. Clifford 16. = Ladies—dtangiets—Mrs. Cantelon 2, Miss Slacer 1, Miss Clime 0. Miss Grovesl. Clifford 0, Mrs. Wark O, Miss Conse 1, Miss Hackett 0. Mrs. Hackett 4, Mrs. Bain 2, Miss VanBrocklin 3, Miss McCredie 0, Miss Arm- strong 1, Mrs. Davidson 0, Miss B. Moore 0, Miss M. Moore 0, Mrs. Barnes 1, Miss Climie 0. Shoot-off for third prize—Mrs. Cantelon 4 Mrs. Bain 2. To come out first im the Olympic games was a great triumph and this was the record of the Lefever gun. Mr. Walter Ewing, of Mon- treal, who won the first prize and gold cup, emblematic of the world’s highest. shooting hoen- ors used a Lefever. There were three stages governing this great test, which included known and unknown traps, all at unknowm angeles. aod this provided gq sevete test. Mr. Ewing, under the most adverse conditions. was first in each of these stages with the creditable score o* ninety per cent, thus gaining the individinal championship for the entire prosram. ‘‘To see this champion break clay birds at seventy yards with a gun containing a game charge emphasizes the wonderful system of taper bor- ing of this American gun.’’ This is the com- ment of an Erelich sportiny journal and shows the effect produced by this record on the other ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA side. Any of our shooting readers who will address the Company at Syracuse, N.Y., anu request their catalogue will have one for- Warded to them. rtv-ninth At the thi annual shoot of the New England Schuetzen Bund at Westville, Conn., F. C. Ross made 67 points out of a Possil ble 75 on Honor Targets, defeating over fifty crack macksmen. Mr. Ross shot with a Stevens rifle equipped with a Stevens telescope. The first, second and thind prizes on the king targets were won by con- testamts using Stevens rifles, as well as the first and second prizes on the Honor target. Clinton Gun Club announce that their 18th annual tournament will be held on Thanksgiv- ing Day and the day foNowing. There will be ten events at 20 targets each day, divided on Jack Rabbit system, and ali shooters’ will stand at 16 yards. There will be good average money as well as guarantee of $400 in purses. A special event will be 25 targets, each day, at 22 yards, known as Long Distance Champion- ship, In which the money will be divided, higth guns, two moneys for every five entries. A beautiful silver cup, valued at $25.00, to the high man in this event for the two days. Guelph Shots Were Defeated Guelph, Aug. 27—A team of eleven members of the Brampton Gun Club came to Guelph yes- terday aiternoon to shoot a team race with § lo- cal men. Their opponents consisted of an equal number of the Roval City Gun Club. © Although the Guelph men were defeated in the match iby six birds, they: demonstrated to onlookers that they could smash asphalt crockery with the best oi them before the afternoon shoot was OVer. After the shoot, the Royal City Club enter- tained the visitors at the Western Hotel. The following are the scores:— 11 Man Team Shoot—25 birds Per Man: Brampton—Wilson 19, Packham 20, Beck 16, Pecker 16, Fletcher 23, White 23, Choate 23, Campbell 22, Dunk 21, Morris 14, Hamis 17. Total 214. Guelph—L. Singular 22, W. G. Mitchell 17, Spalding 24, Sleeman 17, H. H. Cull 21, W. Singular 23, Dunk 22, F. Sweetman 17 , Rhode; 18, A. Ritchie 18, Burnett 14. Total 208. Sweep No 1—15 binds—Mitchell 14, Choate 10, Beck 10, Cull 14, Ritchie 12, L. Singular 11, Peaker 8, Packham a BS te White 11, W. Sin- gular 13, Rhodes 8, Dunk 15, Campbell 12. Fletcher 14. Sweep No. 2—15 binds—Cull 13, Mitchell 12, L. Singular 11, Beck 9, Packham 11, White 1% Ritchie 8, Rhodes 6, Campbell 13, W. Singular 14, Choate 14, Peaker 11, Fletcher 11. Sweep No. 3—10 birds—MWitchell 10, L. Sin- gular 8, Beck 7, Rhodes 5, Choate 3, Peaker 9, Fletcher 9, Cull 8, White 9, W. Singular 10. Sweep No. 4—10 birds—Mitchell 10, L. Sin- gular 9, Cull 9, White 10, Beck 6. For Three SUBSCRIPTIONS We will givea Vest Pocket Light Valued at $1.50. Pverv unter, angler and yachtsman should own one. YOU CAN PROCURE THE BEST BEST PRICES IN Guns, - Rifles Revolvers Ammunition Gamping Equipment FROM US Fall hunters will find it to their decided advantage to purchase their outfit from us. Write for prices. WARREN & ELLIS Toronto’s Leading Sporting Goods Store 302 YONGE ST., TORONTO Phone Main 6737 THE HUNT WILL SOON BE ON. These are only a few of the great variety of Sights we make. How Are Your Rifle Sights ? The Watson Sights compared with others ave as silk compared with cheese cloth. They are not the cheapest on earth, but they are certainly the best. If you want to plaster every bullet with blood, the Watson Sights are the quickest and surest means to that end. My specialty is: Giving a man exactly what he wants. Full directions for ordering found in printed matter. T. A. WATSON CREEMORE, ONTARIO, CANADA ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 33 ee Ie fe - WATSON'S Ae SCOTCH. 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The Canadian Northern Quebec and Quebec and Lake St. John Railways span the native country of the ouananiche, northern brook trout, and the spruce shored lakes of the Roberval country, where the moose and caribou abound. The eastern shore of Nova Scotia, from Yarmouth to Halifax, is served by the HalifaX and South Western Railway. On the barrens, slightly inland from the railway, are some of the best places for big moose in the east, The Ganadian Northern Railway, from Port Arthur to Edmonton, with many branches, griddles almost undisturbed haunts of moose, caribou, deer, wolves, bear and all species of four-footed and feathered game. For ‘information—general and special—address the Information Bureau, Canadian Northern Railway, Toronto ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 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The possession of such an outfit would increase the possibilities of the success of the hunt, assure you’of the most thorough enjoyment of the tnp, and enable you to preserve (in pictures) the pleasant memories connected therewith. White us at once for full information and the name of the nearest dealer who will supply you with our goods. C. P. GODERZ AMERICAN OPTICAL CO. CHICAGO NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO Heyworth Building 52 Union Square, E. Claus Spreckels Building. When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA A reliable revolver is a guard against surprise. A good thing to have handy. Whether you are a bold hunter in the heart of the forest or a timid woman in the atmosphere of home, an H & R Revolver affords both confidence and protection. For over thirty-six years we have been the most exacting critics in firearms manufacturing. That is why an H & R Revolver never disap- points — because it is dependable, safe, certain, accurate. It is the weapon for you. Our illustrated catalog is replete with styles and _ sizes, among which we would especially recommend our H & R Automatic, double action, 32 caliber, 6 shot, or 38 caliber, 5 shot, 34 inch barrel, nickel finish, $6.00. H & R Hammerless, $7.00. Sold by all first-class dealers. Rather than accept substitutes order from us_ direct. Write to-day for this \eautiful catalog. HARRINGTON & RICHARDSON ARMS COMPANY, 491 PARK PLACE WORCESTER, MASS. ../ Send Your Message Through the Savage Featherweight. Model 99 Hammerless. Six pounds of Savage efficiency—the lightest big game repeating rifle in existence. In these six pounds is concentrated every quality a sports- man wants—the famous Savage distinctive merits : Death-dealing accuracy to 500 yards. Projecting indicators. Free lever action. Send postal True rifling; uniform flat trajectory. for catalogue Perfect balance—every shot. —you’ll be Direct Feed. Revolving magazine. . Slight Recoil. glad yom did. ‘*Safety’’ that locks both lever and mechanism. 20-inch round barrel. Six shots. Caliber: 25-35, 30-30, and 303. S & Model 99 ~ SAVAGE ARMS CO. & Te Featherweight 5410 Savage Avenue, Utica, N.Y. Put a Glass of Water on the Cylinder of the Leader Horizontal Opposed Marine Engine, while running at normal 690 R. P, M. and nota drop will be spilled. This is a fine, delicate test and not another marine motor on the market Se could duplicate it. It simply shows that the Leader is the only xon-vibrating marine engine. There is a reason for,it. The impulse vibration of “one cylinder neutralizes that on the other, and practi- cally eliminates vibration of the whole. The cylinders * being opposed, take up all vibration between them, and the result is a silent, smooth running engine that can only be duplicated by an electric motor. Auto- mobile manufacturers recognize this principle and use the horizontal opposed type of motor Do manufacturers ot upright engines tell you because their crank shafts are fitted with counterbalance bobs they eliminate vibration: Well, don’t you believe it. Ride in a boat with a vertical engine and then in one fitted with the Leader Horizontal Opposed Engine, and note the difference. Let their makers say what they will, it is absolutely impossible to prevent con- siderable vibration in upright engines; vibration means discomfort and boat injury. ~ Owing to its compactness, the Leader Horizontal Opposed Engine can be installed beneath an athwartship locker in a launch, under the cockpit floor of acabin cruiser, and under the deck of an auxiliary yacht, thereby not consuming one inch of available passenger room. This increases the passenger-carrying capacity of your boat 25 per cent. or more. The Leader is by far the cleanest engine on the market, and very convenient because every part is readily accessible. — It starts from the switch ; after that, all you have to watch is the course ahead. The Leader was the first successful horizontal opposed 4-cycle engine placed on the market and to-day it is easily three years ahead of it nearest competitor, I personally guarantee every engine that goes out of this shop, because I know that itis perfect in every feature. Running, as we are, more than full capacity, it would perhaps be a little cheaper not to give each one such painstaking care, but I will not permit an engine to leave the testing block until it has proven perfect in every part. Therefore, a guarantee from me with my long experience (22 years), and my personal standing in this field of work, means that you take no risk. . Write to-day for our Catalog No. 15-B, Free for the asking. THE SINTZ-WALLIN CO., Grand Rapids, Mich., U.S.A. EASTERN OFFICE: BUFFALO, NEW YORK : SOUTHERN OFFICE: 150 Nassau St.... 2.0 =... New York. FoAy Ballou: yi 35 19,2 879 Main St. 340 Carondelet St... New Orleans, La. Members National Association Engine and Boat Manufacturers. \ - Leader Non-Vibrating Motor. When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA 15 S e e = ittle YY Please send GASOLINE MOTORS 10), GENES) f09 our book enttt- RELIABLE - REVERSIBLE -TWO CYCLE led J, ronition, LIGHT, SIMPLE AND EASY TO OPERATE. ONLY THREE Vaporization: MOVING PARTS. MAIN BEARINGS BABBITTED. MATERIA’ Installation AND WORKMANSHIP OF THE HIGHEST GRADE AND GUARANTEED) ‘ JUMP SPARK IGNITION. and Operat- BUILT IN MULTI-CYLINDER TYPES ton of a Gas- Send to-day for free catalog “N” = olive Motor. UNITED MANUFACTURING co) Motors on exhibition at motor DETROIT, MICH. mart, 1876 Broadway. Rumery & Vail,sales agents, New York 17t-t75 WEST WOODBRIDGE ST. Canadian Agents—Capital Boat and Canoe Works; E. T. Dey and Sons, Ottawa, Canada. annem nnn renner seers eee cS SSS SS Thousands of fisherman this'season are taking solid comfort COLLER ATTACHABLE GRIP P witha Why Don’t You ? Mr. J. W. Mossman, Elbow Lake, Minn., writes: “If I could not get another, would not sell mine for three times the price.’’. We are receiving many just such letters. Get a ‘‘Coller Grip’? now and take comfort. Will fit any steelor wood bait casting rod. Red rubber 60c; gray rubber 50c. Sold by dealers everywhere, if not send P.O. direct. TheColler Rubber Grip Co.,Dept.13,Coldwater,Mich. 2a eR rie ei GLASS EVES 4"? TxI0ERmists SUPPLIES New catalogue now ready. Showing the most complete line of taxidermist's supplies ever listed. Glass Eyes, Tools, Felt, Wire, Skulls, shields, Etc. We sell to the lead- ing taxidermists all over the country, for our goods and prices are right. We want every user of supplies to have our new catalog now. Mailed free for asking. Write for Catalog No. 52. Wealso mount all kinds of specimensand sell game heads. NORTHWESTERN SCHOOL OF TAXIDERMY, Dept. 10,OMAHA, NEBRASKA Get one now to use on your vacation. NO. 602 “ULERY” POCKET KNIFE TOOL KIT. Made in America. Every one has use fora Knife, Reamer, File, Saw, Chisel or Screw Driver. This outfit is practical, yet so small, being containedina LeatherPocket Book 4% x 3% inches, 1s, by carrying it in your pocket, always at hand for immediate use, whether Camping, Boat- ing, Teaming, Driving, in the Shop, Factory, Office, Store, Warehouse, Automo bile, on the Farm, bicycle, or around the Home. Any Tool firmly attached or detached to the Pocket Knife in a second. Sent Post Paid on receipt of price $2.25, Use it five days and if not satisfactory return it and we will refund your money. BULL CO., 89 Olive Ave., TORONTO, ONTARIO The DUNN Marine Motor _ Complete Outfit $42.50 Engine only $33. 4-cycle Reversible This high power 4-cycle motor with batteries, coil, shaft, propeller, tanks and muffler, tested ready to instal. in skiff or launch. Weight 100lbs. Bore33-4in. Stroke 4in. 13-4h. p. actual: LIalso build 2 and 3 cylinder and stationary motors. Walter E. Dunn, Ogdensburg, N. Y Every Motor Boat Owner is Interested in Spark Pluas We have made arrangements with the R. KE. Hard Co., New York, to supply us with a quantity of their famous Sta-Rite Spark Plugs, which we are ing to GIVE AWAY TO MOTOR BOAT OWNERS. ‘FOR TWO SUBSCRIPTIONS WE WILL SEND ONE OF THESE PLUGS Only a limited number to be distributed. PLUGS SELL FOR $1.25 EACH ‘When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 502 YORK STREET, KENNELS, London,| Ontario, Breeder of Deer, Fox and Radbit Hounds. 4—38t | =‘ ‘2 vO see FOR SALE—Five Horse Power, twin cylin-| der, two cycle, two port, reversible, gasolene engine. Weight 165 Ibs., bore 34 inches, stroke $4 inches. Diameter of fly wheel, 12 inches ;| length of crankshaft, 24 inches; width of base. 94 inches; height of cylinder from centre of crankshaft, 18 imch.; main bearings, 8 3-16) by 14 inches; speed, 250 to 1200 revolutions per minute, guaranteed new. Apply H. T. Allsopp, | 97 King St. E. Toronto. OMT EEN ET ear aa TO RENT—Camp Cottages on the north shore of Lake Huron, near Desbarats, Ont. | Address R. Shaughnessy Deer rere Ont. | | | | | FOR SALE—Ferret Muzzles, small, medium, | large, steel band, locks itself on; is loose on | ferret: cannot come off; can Temove instantly. 95¢ each.—Nauzatuck Muzzle Co., 149 Main St. Nauzatuck, Conn. 5—1t 7 RIFLES—WwWinchester, Savage, Marlin, All| kinds. All calibers at bargain prices. Great-| est values ever offered in Canada. Seeing is believing. Come and see, or write| stating kind and caliber wanted, and we will} send cost.—Lyon Manufacturing & Sporting) Goods Co., 435 . Yonge Street Cnet. below o Carlton Street) Toronto. “FOR SALE—Cheap. “First-class Deerhound. Excellent markings. Apply Box te Rod and Bp Gun. TRAPPING METHODS Absolutely Free. — Trapper Bill, Sunderland, Vt. St “BROWNING AUTOMATIC SHOTGUN.” = 12 cauge, 28 inch barrel, new, shoots beauti- fully. Duck case. $20.00. Will exchange for 309-30 or 303. short barrel rood hunting rifle, : pre! 504 New York Life Bldg., preferred.—E. Sliney,, Montreal. 5—1t CANADA’S BEST Registered Hunting Bea- gles, pedigreed bitch pups for sale. Registered docs at stud. Write.—W. R. Brown, Kleinburg, Ont. 5—1t RUBBER STAMPS.—We manufacture only the best and can supply same on shortest mo- tice. Repairs promptly attended to.—O. 2 Walker, Paris, Ont. 5—2t FOR SALE—Hound Pups, from best hunt- ine stock. Apply to J. Maynard, Wowndstock, Ont. 5—1t FPRATHeEPwrRIGHT SAVAGE RIFLE — A bargain. Price on application.—The D. Pike Co., Limited, Toronto. ‘ 303 W.C.F. Rifle for sale. Write us price.—The D. Pike Co., Limited, Toronto. for WINCHESTER PUMP GUN. Get our es.—The D. Pike Co., Limited, Tononto. pri- | @ For Sale, Want, and Exchange Depts. A 16 FOOT Varnished Basswood Canoe. New. $30.00.—THe D. Pike Co., Limited, To- ronto. _ A CLAPOROUGH 12 Gauge Gun—good con- dition. $27.50. A bangain.—The D. Pike Co., Limited, Toronto. } Advertisements will be in- serted in this Department at 2c. a word. Send Stamps with order. Copy should not be later than the 15th of the month. x SEVERAL LEFEVER GUNS at close. pri- ces.—The D. Pike Co., Limited, Toronto. A 88 CAL. D:A. Revolver with 500 cart- Build Your Own Boat f eh = 5 wane aaah: REP TT ; SORE CUREE ERS rezt 27/1 And Save 50 per cent to 75 per cent of Cost of Your Finished Boat. We supply knock-down frame, and patterns for planking. We assemble our frames and mark each piece accurately so you cannot fail to produce as good a boat as the professional boat builder. Write us for particulars. CANADIAN BOAT PATTERN WORKS. 97 1-2 Adalaide St. W. Toronto. é Clean- re ee er can yo WP be attached A & to any stan- & dard rod, and We SX may, be freely “ ey used in the finest. “G9 rifle without the J J possibility of injur- Bes ing it. Each of its és sections are composed of six washers of the softest brass gauze that cen be made, and are & trifle less in diameter than the bore for fs ss which they are designed. By this arrangment the spring of its temp- ered steel-back bone presses but one side of each section against the bore and the twist in the wire causes the Cleaner to follow thelines of the rifling with the result that every atcm of the bore 18 treated, and that all leading, copper, rust or powder crustis quickly re- moved. This Cleaner doasits work quickly and thoroughly and is exceedingly durable PRICE, 50c. | Field Cleaner, '75c: postpaid. Ask your dealer first Arifle rod that wil] not “wobble” or break at jointsis described in 46 page free catalog of Marble’s ‘Extra Quality” Speeialties for spoitsmen. r 3 BP Pe MARBLE SAFETY AXE COMPANY «= 101-129 Delta Ave., Gladstone, Mich. Y ¥ - ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. ROD AND GUN’'S ADVERTISERS. Readers who fail to consult our advertising pages miss a large proportion of the most interesting matter in the Magazine. much from these announcements. They will find that they may learn Every advertisement in ROD AND GUN comes from a responsible firm, and our readers may be assured of courteous answers to all inquiries and good value from ail purchases made through these pages. 7 Automobiles. PME ONNEAN COs ., . os Bie ese toe cant 6 Oldsmobile Co. of Canada Ltd.......... ...... 7 : Animal Traps Pipeiea Community.Co, .. 2. 2... Sees sess 18 : Ales and Beers C2 7S) 2 A a ine 8 inside front cover Automobile Accessories Beearesaeptreters. <<. 12.6... cs ase 20 Dry Cells’ Electrical Specialties Ltd....... 470 OST Sion EO 24 Wwever Miss spark Plugs: ...5.22...6 000.004... 14 Seeetette-Fe ey. Elardy Co...- 0... e.a. ik... 3 Vulcan Sparking Batteries—Vulcan Combination Sparking and Lighting System, Spark Plugs, Elbridge Ignition Dynamos, Spark Coils and French —Accessories—Croftan Storage Battery Co...... FERRERS 3 52° Sa eeee 25 Wizard Magneto-Canadian Fairbanks Co...... 8 Ammunition Du Pont de Nemours Powder Co....... > ee a3 Mormon Gartriape Co... 4 fa he Le es 467 English Schultze, Londonand Toronto Trad- (DD. 7, 2 SR Sek can 17 Mullerite—Schoverling Bros................ .. 22 Shot—Montreal Rolling Mills Co.............. 477 Snap-Shot and Carbon Powder—Hamilton Pow- TREND Wt Mitra eae ce a eee wees 24 U., M. C.-Union Mefallic Cartridge Co...... 37 Winchester Repeating Arms Co....Inside front cover Books for Sportsmen UA SES SUES yet Sirs RA RGSS Coes ee irae 28 Se pon) SESS Se 32 Practical Dog. Education.... ............... 25 Batteries Vulcan Sparkers— Croftan Storage Battery Co. 25 Boots For Sportsmen Beal, R. M. Leather Co:... ........ eer 15 PEER DERE GOLT Sy oii. Poe silesiec css eye tee 27 UE MNITE ME NATIRIS Giahe ciao a 2 se woos ncn Ss Rese che cs 10 Witch-Elk—Witchell Scheill CoLtd...... .... 50 ; Cameras and Kodaks (Cannan icodak Co.,Ltd... 6. 2... sw. eee 35 Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co.............. 23 Goerz C. P. American Optical Co.............. 42 SSSA S SS eee 49 Camp Supplies Ales and Porters—John Labatt ..... inside front cover (3) aS SE ca eae os 483 ~ Club Cocktails—G. F. Heublein & Bro..... take 8 ‘Chiclets—Frank H. Fleer & Co....... ........ 39 fon GraAxe Co >! .! 2.23. eR Paes cies 40 eiganadian Ehermas Bottle Co, .2...0....5....., 474 MERU ces Ne, 2a\s oY Marat ese sige = 478 5, LOT iat te ee a ea 50 Fearman’s English Breakfast Bacon — Sugar wert Cured Hams, Cooked Meats—W. ; Merten CO Go NaS iva ayatoties 40.6 Re fs 19 _Goerz C. P. American Optical Co............ 42 -Postum— Postum) Cereal Co-2. tg se stds 469 REIN ‘ ae” ia Ideal Hunters Axe, H. Walters & Son.... .... Knit to fit Mfg Co.......... NY SARE ECR S157 Pe Kiffe, H. H, Co Michie & Co., Marble Safety Axe: Coins o Minions ja tds eris ole tes ote Shredded Wheat Biscuits and Triscuits—Can- adian Shredded Wheat Co.,Ltd.......... Seal Brand Coffee-Chase & Sanborn..... ..... ol {ity cy opi! AC Gea Gc eee Note Deen ie ae 2 cre oe Sp ee ae BBW Cae sian ta oS Nain aon pis catatonic Oe Setctele eierore Van Horne Cigars, Harris Harkness & Co...... Walsom |B? Gorter: Gow ¢ fe 5i0 shits @ airaee es Watson's Septch? ss. 28s "eeleks bis s Seb iswerers bee Warren) Gulls yin eas te << sile aye os rity Canoes G1 tel 5 isle | OW a osepancts coue aie aE eor st Lakefield—Lakefield Building & Mfg.Co..... ‘‘Peterborough’”—Peterborough Canoe Co., Ltd Rossi jerbie ange Coe. Oo. len foes ati otekneins William English Canoe Co...................- Cooked Meats. Fearman’s English Breakfast Bacon, Sugar cured Hams, Cooked Meats—W, F. Fear- Camp Furniture Kitties bay io Camas, ie as cade oa woken eee Milchigg B.C Ghee a! mate slele we-s.o~ scenes Sine Wr jaepen se Cong es sete tex of tein gee eine Knit to ath Mios Go oa Nose oP dae ae RafmolCos sic 2 a0 Nellebmtettes sabes oes etek Cigars and Cigarettes 4 Van Horne Cigars—Harris Harkness &Co.... Decoys. @anvas: Decoy: Corts b oe vasa. beet oa ae Duck Boats Acnie Folding Bodts Coy a j.5:.0 son. circle tan ceils ors King Folding Canvas Boat Co................ Dogs Dovercourt Kennels........... eRe eee Glover's Dog Remedies—H. Clay Glover ...... Wiest hemical Cogs 51 as 4. cae de Seance teees Furs Carter; Bas lssand Coy oc. Siig ase Roce ee eee BSE s PaSi Bo oy 5 amwleting fea ase s exes 8a Sele ReelSEIermi ae rs Oe ha conhs cho, i ce ere vars Sehmerly Herman: (6c(Cove. 223.55 be een Gaudig, GaSe Bbc. fsa. Li. Sacha opera teens Fishing Tackle Allcock, Laight and Westwood Co ............ Bristol Steel Fishing Rod—Horton Mfg. Co.... Collers Rubber Grip, Coss odi sit. ossios = nits aie Diyinec bed 2 soe eect oes. aisles 2 lof a albiete Biakip wy Gree CO sie hsaie asta le spat» wleps tually olare ebats BRIEHAOS sls in ts tate. fe oe Se oe ak eee LY Pais OS ip ied A Go ain i Fa Sie Re Yor Pay cae ah Hardy’s Rods, Reels & Tackle—Hardy Bros.. 38 16 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. Rods, Flies, and Lines—H. H. Kiffe & Co.... 8 Sullrvsn. (shas. yo. c.. sb. Soin Leet eee Mae 14 Fountain Pens. Conkilin'Self Filling Pen. 2.2 3... ssa 476 Gun Cabinets. Wiite; .H: 4H. Co ° o.oo ee eee 8 Gun Smith. Johhiston, Alex! 65: ec nce sje terivis seen reiee eee 485 _ Gun Sights Lyman Combination Rear Sight — Lyman Gun Sight Corporation........ .. ana 35 lr. A., Watson-Creemore \2)..5,2 Sin ios ten: 492 Grease Guns Miller:and Stairs. CoS E on lea figte d oeke Bitte ets 22 Game and Game Birds Wenziand: Mackensen’.). 3.402 54.0 hee ce os - 9 Guns and Rifles aunter Arms Co.;" The) 255.0% ne ee eee ees 491 Ithaca Guns—Ithaca Gun Co......0.......... 472 Biffe “He 2H Coy eo sh anasto sale sees wee oe 8 Lancaster,Chas, ; condone. 2222. oes iare 25 Lefever Guns—Lefever Arms Co. ...... ......: 15 Marlin Rifles—Marlin Firearms Co .... ...... 5 Parker Guns—Parker Bros ........... ... I Ross Rie ' Co. Se oe , . Inside back cover Savage Arms}Co si. canes eget. os 43 Stevens’ Rifles, Pistols, Shotguns, Rifle Tele- scopes. Guns, ‘etc. 3s, 2.55.4 Outside back cover. Tobin; Arms: Mig. Cos.) 5 2228er) carat wo eee 21 Winchester —Winchester Repeating Arms Co... Inside front cover ; Hotels Venex— Bamiate io We ose et eeet eet oe aoe 29 New ‘Northern, ‘Chicagore. sic sss thee gee 7 Queens Loronto x... J-tec sees oe See epee 23 Tuller, Detroit, W, A. Shaw, Manager Sass yale 10 Hunting Territory. Canadian-Pacific Ry sast> Jose cle See eee 30-31 Canadian Northern Ry., System..........°%... 34 Grand Trunk: Rywis; Cee eiesie oy -eekes ete te 36 Liquors. Club Cocktails—G. F. Heublein & Bro. ........ 8 Labatt; John’! sa/a.:. 2oateton eee eid Inside front cover Michie &'Co;; Etds sao. sated ot eae 52 Watson's* Scotch: 742.74 ee re oe 33 Launches Adams Launch & Engine Mfg. Co ............ 14 Gidley Hi: "V1 Gat ewe renatite neta tae 22 Hamilton Motor. Works 2 ......2. se.c cc ceee 9 King Folding Canvas Boat Co...... .... .... 19 McK eough:& Trotter, Ltd. dn... ec parole ae 8 Peterborough ‘Ganoe'Gon 5.23. scid tectios's wae 32 Robertson': Bros, 9, s/c od pitea epee soe or orn 481 Mineral Waters Bromo Mineral Water—Bromo Mineral Co..... Marine Motors ‘* Ajax’’— Brown Bros, LAs tenia ita 19 Adams Launch & Engine Mfg. Co.... Sa. 14 Beilfuss‘Moétor_Co 2.1... vn sjnicce jad Myris wie s 6 Beaver Mig. ‘Col os OS ecm noo cling = Soe a 18 Buffalo—Buffalo Gasoline Motor Co. .......... 4 | Brennan Motor Mig. Co. age... nen ee ele 37 Cooley'Mig.: Co. 7. ...7. 2 Pees sak alo mon 10 Cushman ‘Motor Co} 2 o..05 “a aes o's dence nee 18 Dunn, Walter Bhs nk.\ pce bid eae eatenieea 45 Fox Reversible Gasoline Engine Co.... ..... 9 Gidley H.E.'and Go).+ 5,55 3 fae aaee 22 shay ‘Motor Co... s1.. 5a.. Se er eae eine 39 sudrantee- “Motor '@o. 0 6.5 ate eee 29 Hamilton Motor Works .... ‘‘Little Giant’—United Mfg. Co.... ... ae Lockwood Ash Co...... McKeough and Trotter, Ltd A teks he oS Gee Palmer’ Bros-) 42). ca oe ee sak Sterling Engine 'Co 7 yi Rae Lee Sintz- Wallin COs 5). eves eels aah s id Miscellaneous Key Tags-—C. E. Locke Mfg. Co.......... .... Talcum Powder—Gerhard Mennee Co.......... Motor Boats Adams Launch & Engine bc CGi sr. Vt. tcceee Gidley, H. E. &Co..... Gray:Motor Co.'s. 3: din. 82k cue ee oe Hamilton.Motor Works. 2... }2%.ice eds eee McKeough & Trotter Ltd.......... ‘ep tels, Seen Robertson Bros........ .. 2h Ross, ]. ee Motor Boat Accessories Croftan Storage Battery Co.—Complete renee of accessories Dry Cells—Electrical Specialties Eetdt aera eee Dry Cells—Canadian Electric Novelty Co....... Never Miss Spark Plug Co............... ott Maryel/Mig, Co. 22st Sas coke oe Sta-Rite-R. E. Hardy Co.... Oils. Varnishes, Paints, etc. ‘Three-inc@ne-Oill Cos 5-2). a ee eee ay Office Appliances Conklin Fountain Pens—Conklin Pen Co Smith Premier Typewriters — National Type- Writer |(GOw... os jemiceecnotiests ia cere Kiffey He Hee Corts) 2.6 < abies cecnet a eee Michie & Co seene Photo Supplies Canadian, Kodak -Co;. Ltd: 2... 2. 5 Mo vate Ward & Co ee ry Prize Trophies Bailey, Jas..D., (Ltd. to) ae es ae Inside front Physical Culture Simon Sylvester J............: Rene Oe pee Rifle Sights and Gun Implements Marble Safety Axe: Cott). 2 eines te eee Revolvers Harrington & Richardson Arms Co.... .... .... Row Boats King Folding Canvas Boat Co............... Lakefield Canoe Bldg and Mfg Co Peterborough Canoe Co i er ee i i a) Home Boat Building Canadian Boat Pattern Works........... Rust Pes Three in One Oil Co.. cate pS eae AS Skates: Taxidermy N. W. School of Taxidermy........ ......... 7 Trap~Shooter’s Supplies Kiffe, H. H. Co. Dunne:-W 2H. se: ee i ar as c Wall Paper Bolus; “WJ: "Cov Ltdaoas 2.0 tee Selecta ehaes Want Advertisements @ clersj0.6 ofe elsjets 6 ne sme Bowe 6 oWee baw we 668 ae When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada: / a ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN.CANADA 19 The Comfort and Pleasure || FISHING Rods of camp life depend largely upon what there is to eat and es drink. eS MesSEAL BRAND C UTION SEE THAT COVER 8 aN The name ‘DIVINE RODS" is a guarantee of Ca Quality, Workmanship and a positive assurance of a fishing trip without disappointments which are due to the breaking of the rod, and many annoy- ances usually found in cheaper makes. Seal Brand Coffee is the drink par excellence. There is satisfaction in every drop. Our Specialty is Split Bamboo, Bethabarra, Greenhart, Dagama and Lance Wood. Don't attempt to make up your Camp or Vacation Outfit until you have. consulted our catalogue, sent free. Packed in 1 and 2 lb. Cans Only. The Fred. D. Divine Co. 73 State St., Utica, N. Y. Chase & Sanborn MONTREAL. Bi OL |'I\" 7 AE YG. ~@* AS Vive - — -—~ O he 8 FACTORY: 1492 Queen St. W.,Toronto, Canada OR AT ALL DEALERS oe - i ees: —_ ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA ee? World “Wide Miteiburios There is no mistaking the superiority of a typewriter that, in 17 years, has built up a market in every part of the civilized world. This international endorse- ment of proves our right to offer it to you as the sae s best typewriter. Write us or any Smith Premier branch for 1 detailed description of its advantages. THE SMITH PREMIER pee RUE Digicel Syracuse, N. Y. THE NATIONAL. ‘TYPEWRITER CO., Ltd. Western Ontario Representatives 78 Victoria St., Toronto Benson, Johnston Co., Stratford, Ont. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. Next time you plan a Gamping Trip Michie & Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont. for a copy of “Tourist Topics” IT HELPS TO CHOOSE THE ROUTE and tells about the provisions required, and about the tent outfit, untensils and bait, as well as indicating how to secure © other useful information. T™*tWE! ALSO HAVE MAPS, and specially prepared hand-drawn charts of canoe trips. Our booklet ‘‘Tourist Topics” (mailed free,) tells about some of them, others are made quite recently. WRITE US. Wecheerfully answer letters of enquiry. We Outfit Camping Parties Michie & Co. Lt¢. 7 KING ST., WEST, TORONTO, Ont. Established 1835. _ Tents, Canoes, Blankets, Rubber Sheets, Ponchos, Sleep- WHEN GOING HUNTING OR SHOOTING Secure your outfit from The D. PIKE CO., Limited. We make a specialty of supplying your requirements of ing Bags, Dummage Bags, Duck Sacks, Jump Straps, Leather Coats, Canvas Coats, Shirts and Pants, Hats, Aluminum and Tin Utensils, Axes, Knives, Guns, Rifles, Revolvers, Ammunition, Decoys, Duck Calls, Etc., Etc. Canadian Agents Lefever Guns Catalogue on application. EVERYTHING IN CANVAS e LIMITED 123 KING Sr. E., TORONTO. FOR TARGET AND SPORTING PURPOSES “Long range chanipion, breaks all records, a rifle of Wondrous precision” London Morning Post, July 16th “Fine Canadian rifle. Records broken at Bisley.” = London Daity Express, July 16th “Record Scoring,” . : - - London Daily Felegraph, July 15th “Champion of the year.” - - - - New York Herald, July 16th “Phenomenal performance at Bisley.” - - - London Field, July isth “An altogether’ unexpected and successful appearance of the new Canadian rifle.” - - . London Daily Mail, July 15th “Triumph for Ross rifle. Beats all the world’s rifles” London Standard, July 15th ‘“‘Many experts declare the Ross rifle better than new U. S. rifle.” Nottingham Guardian, July 17th “‘An individual triumph. Lee-Enfield hopelessly behind.” London Morning Post, July 15th ‘‘Achievements at Bisley truly rema?kable.” London Evening Standard July 15th ‘areat victory for the Ross rifle from Canada.” London Daily Express, July 15th Great victory at Bisley for the Ross rifle the ‘rifie of the future.” London Times, July 15th ‘A plague of possibles with the Ross rifle.” London Sphere, July 25th CATALOGUE ON APPLICATION ROSS RIFLE COMPANY - Quebec STEVENS NEW DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS Fitted with STEVENS COMPRESSED Forged Steel Barrels DEMI-BLOC SYSTEM “Superb for Trap or Field” TRONGEST Breech Mechanism extant. Barrel and Lug compressed and forged in one piece. Brazing of Barrels, Loop and extension Rib—one process, Stevens Demi-Bloc Guns Cannes Shoot Loose. List in price from $25.00 to $60.00 subject to dealers discount, If you cannot obtain from your dealer, be sure to let us know. Always insist on STEVENS when ordering. Interesting New Shotgun Catalog : o & o matled for 2 cents tn stamps J. STEVENS ARMS & TOOL CO. 365 MAIN ST., CHICOPEE FALLS, MASS. Sentinel-Review Press, Woodstock, Ont,