JANUARY 1909 William Hillis, a Famous Bear Hunter. Uy) fz ei af a a OU 5 2 = RIFLES, SHOTGUNS AND AMMUNITION Winchester guns are made for all kinds of shooting, and Win- chester ammunition for all kinds of guns. They are made so well and of such carefully selected materials that they are above comparison or criticism. If you want results, not regrets, accept only Winchester make of guns and ammunition when buying. Send address for Catalogue of Winchester—the Red W Brand—Guns and Amm unition. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO., --- - NEW HAVEN, CONN. ASK FOR Cuiuuis (LONDON) Porter Undoubtedly the BEST brewed on the continent. PROVED tobe so by analysis of four chemists, and by awards of the world’s great exhibitions, especially Committees will consider their own interests by writing us be- fore they make up their prize lists fe: set fet set fed otet tet " CHICAGO 1893, where it received ninety-six points out of a possible hundred, much higher than any other Porter in the United States h or Canada. JAS. D. BAILEY, Ltd. Jewelery Parlors 75 Yonge St. - Toronto. e Ce = i | jn tal Nic) iy Cy? Mt ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR ORIRTS IN CANADA. A $25.00 Rifle For $5.00 The greatest bargain ever offered since rifles were made. It 1s a Swiss Army Rifle 4 1 @aatib sr €,= KR e-p ea t © rare Sots The Swiss Government decided to issue rifles with a longer range and consequently sold these rifles for less than one-quarter what they cost originally. The rifles are the product of one of the best Arsenals in Kurope and were made under the direct supervision of the Swiss Government. Following is a brief description of the rifles: Stock is of beautiful walnut; with steel butt plate ; barrel beautifully rifled and of the highest quality army steel; open front and graduated rear sights; sighted up toa thousand yards; fitted with swivels for swing straps; magazine holds 12 cartridges with an extra one in the chamber, making 13 in all; a cleaning rod and box of cartridges will be provided with each rifle. The am- munition is smokeless, is manufactured by the Winchester Arms Co., and ean be had at any sporting goods store. The rifles are HIGHLY RECOMMENDED For Sportsmen on Their Fall Hunting Trips I have it on the highest authority that the rifles cost the Swiss Government $25.00 each at the factory. You can send either a postal note or cheque with your order, or I will send the rifle C.O.D. Money re- funded if you are not satisfied wish the rifle when you see it. W. H. MARTIN G ith as j SES IS see ea Wocdstock, Ont. References : Canadian Bank of Commerce, Woodstock, Ont. on When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada, — ROD AND GUNgAND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA ae 1 No. 10 $3.50 No. 14 $5.00 No. 12 $4.00 Size of seat. .16XI I9gxI9 18X17 Height of back from ‘Seat 23 in. 26 in. 24 in. Height of arm from seat 9% in. Io in. 20 in. HE distinctive feature about my Willow Furniture is not the price, but the quality—lots of Art Furniture is sold at less, but you would not want it at any price when placed alongside of YOUNGER’S WILLOW FURNITURE. I grow my own Willow. I supervise personally the workmanshi I guarantee strength and durability of every article. As to BEAUTY of this furniture, it speaks for itself. he handsome set, illustrated above, sells for $12.50, It comprises three comfortable arm chairs, made of Willow. That means coolness and comfort. There is no reason in the world why you should sit in an unventilated and unhealthy upholstered chair when you can buy these artistic chairs at prices from $3.50 to $re. We also manufacture a variety of other Rush and Willow Furniture, including Settees, Arm Chairs, Fancy Chairs, Invalid’s Chairs, Tables, Picnic Baskets, Automobilist’s Bakets, and numerous other articles. Special bas- kets of any style made toorder. No extra packing charges for shipping to outside points. Send for catalog. W. YOUNGER, 666 Yonge St., Toronto. The ARTZ 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. When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 3 ESEABLISHED . 1331 G. Gaudig & Blum 34 East 12th Street, New York (Corner University Place) Leipzig London Paris Berlin Importers and Exporters of RAW Highest Prices Prompt Returns FURS Fair Assortments All shipments kept separate until remittance is found satisfactory. REFERENCES—Mercantile Agencies and Banks. 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 liberally 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. McGaw & Winnett, Proprietors. Pt ¥ig Because the Never Miss No. 8 is Guaranteed for I year’s wear No Trouble No Sooting No Short Circuits No Broken Porcelains JUST Sy Real Spark Plug satisfaction and s at the price you ought to pay. $1.00 each Mica $1.50 Don’t Wait Do it To-day Order a Set Your Dealer or Jobber or Direct, Prepaid. NEVER MISS SPARK PLUG CO. 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. “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 95 x 100 AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP” - s 222 x 240 HICH SCORE INSTATE TEAMEVENT “ 97 x 100 EMPIRE WINS HIGH PROFESSIONAL IN : PRELIMINARY HANDICAP SCORE 95 x 100 SECOND HIGH SCORE in SCORE 96 x 100 STATETEAM EVENT - - AGENTS IN CANADA Hamilton Powder Co. Montreal. P. Q. Toronto, Ont. Kenora, Ont. Victoria, B. C. Palmer’s Moosehead Brand Waterproof Sporting Boots Used extensively by and designed to meet the views of sportsmen, prospectors, surveyors and others who are outdoors. No other boot could be made more water- proof and better adapted to keep its wearer comfortable in all sorts of weather. Noth- ing better for railway con- struction work. Made with or without sole and heel. Write for “R” Catalogue show- ing different styles. JOHN PALMER CoO., Limited Fredericton, N. B., Canada. Largest manufacturers of Oil Tan Waterproof Footwear in the world. DASH TYPE. 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. National Coil Co., Incorporated Lansing, Mich., Soke OU ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. BY APPOINTMENT VICTORY 2 Ae oo HARDY RODS. Cane Built and Steel Centre Rods Won ELEVEN out of the Twelve Fly Casting Events at the Great International Fly Casting Tournament: Franco-sritish Exhibition, leaving ONE for all other English and American Makers. fa 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. Forty-one Gold and other awards. © #a7 Catalog, with flies in colors, sent free to any address. HARDY BROS., Ltd. ALNWICK, ENGLAND LONDIN DEPOT: 61 PALL MALL S. W. GLOVER’S IMPERIAL FISHING RODS DOG REMEDIES. The name “DIVINE RODS’ is a guarantee of . : Quality, Workmanship and a positive assurance of The result of twenty-five aly experience a fishing trip without disappointments which are in the treatment o due to the breaking of the rod, and many annoy- SICK DOGS. ances usually found in cheaper makes. oe Our Specialty is Split Bamb Bethab FOR SALE BY DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS IN : rte Pee ae SPORTING GOODS IN CANADA. Greenhart, Dagama and Lance Wood. Don’t attempt to make up your Camp or Vacation PREE BOOK ON ee until you have consulted our catalogue, sent DOG DISHASHS AND HOW TO FHED ree. bas On application to The Fred. D. Divine Co. i. CLAY GLOVER, V:S., 118 W. 3lst St., New York é 73 State St., Utica, N. Y. U.S.A. will be sent FREE to anyone A Waterproof Matchbox sending us One Subscripuen 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. 6 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. » »* Sk ea ae Put a Glass of Water on the Cylinder ot the Leader Horizontal Opposed Marine Engine, while running at normal 6°09 R. P. M. and nota drop will be spilled. This is a fine, delicate test and not another marine motor on the market 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 facturers ot upright engines tell you because their crank shafts are fitted with Se cement ateoes nce aainate 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, itis 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 un ler 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 it is 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 im 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. FFICE: BUFFALO, NEW YORK :. SOUTHERN OFFICE: 150 Nees A Be ...New York. EB Al iBallowssncsncscce 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. ff Whether you walk for health, pleasure or business—on city’s streets, in the woods, or on golf links it is interesting to know exactly how much ground you have covered. The American Pedometer (Carried in the Vest Pocket) i aving’ 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 Chapped Hands, Chafing, and all afflictions of the skin. Removes all 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. regulates to your step and registers infallibly the exact distance. It is but 1% inches in diam- eter, handsomely nickled and so simple and sturdy as to be almost indestructible. 10 MILE PEDOMETER = $1.00 100 | 1.50 At Sporting Goods dealers. 1f yours hasn’t it we will send postpaid on receipt of price with our guarantee. Write for free booklet D. THE AMERICAN PEDOMETER CO., goz2 Chapel St., New Haven, Conn. Absolutely reliable and dur- able. Make and break or ' Jump Spark for Marine and WIZARD MAGNET 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 Successful breeders and exhibitors of | High-class e Cocker Spaniels, Partridges and Pheasants tae Capercailzies, Black Game, Wild Turkeys, Quails, | Yorkshires, Rabbits, Deer, etc., for stocking purposes. Fancy Poodles and Pheasants, Peafowl, Cranes, Storks, Ornamental eee aces 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. 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. When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA K © REF FOR TARGET AND SPORTING PURPOSES ‘‘Long range champion, breaks all records, a rifle of wondrous precision” London Morning Post, July 16th “Hine Canadian rifle. Records broken at Bisley.” London Daily Express, July 16th ‘Record Scoring,” - - - . London Daily Telegraph, July 15th ‘Champion of the year.” - - - - New York Herald, July 16th ‘‘Phenomenal performance at Bisley.’ - - - London Field, July 18th ‘‘An altogether unexpected and Succ eeerul appearance of the new Canadian rifle.” - - London Daily Mail, July 15th ‘‘Triumph for Ross rifle. Beats sir 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 remarkable.” London Evening Standard July 15th ‘Great victory for the Ross rifle from Canada.” London Daily LESS July 15th ‘“Great victory at Bisley for the Ross rifle the ‘rifle 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 When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 9 Sta-Rite PLUGS Trade Mark Reg, U.S, Pat, Office WERE RIGHTLY NAMED IN [902 Double Porcelains do not The Glorious Kootenay Trout and Salmon Bear, Sheep and Goat Caribou, etc. If you wish to have an outing amid the finest scenery and surroundings in America, apply for particulars to GEO p WE LLS break because inner heat- e . e Nc ilar ed Porcelain Tube and out- ouble Porcelain P lainCap have thei Prop. Hume Hotel, NELSON, B. C, Price Net. FOB. eso eee mye thei N.Y. $1.25 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 25c 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 Canadian Distributors: Canadian Fairbanks Co., Ltd. Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver THE ONLY ‘ Bin One lubricates the mechanism, prevents rust on the metal parts and cleans and polishes the stock. For cleaning out the residue of burnt powder, psyccally 4 smokeless powder, it is unequaled. ; s 3 IN ONE OIL CO, 55 New St. New York City CLARKE’ S LEATHER HUNTING COATS Half the pleasure of a bunting trip is to be comfortable, and the best way to have both pleasure and comfort is to wear one of Clarke’s Leather Hunting Coats. It keeps you warm and dry, being wind-proof and wet-proof, and is almost wear-proof. Every coat has a perfect fit, which gives freedom to the body and arms when using a gun. Made from the best selected leather and lined with good strong corduroy. Can be had in either black, tan or green leather, and made either reversible or non-reversible. When you get one of these coats you get one that will last for years, if you get Clarke’s. Every coat branded and guaranteed by us. Sold everywhere by dealers. If yours cannot supply you, write us direct, and we’lltell you where you can buy them. A.R. Clarke & Co., Limited, Toronto, Canada When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada, 10 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. Yy lr? CANADA 2a: = EVERY WEFK ae LONDON c-NEW YORK | LATEST STYLES We are Tailoring Specialists, and, apart from the question of W y, } >, rf economising your tailoring bills by obtaining your clothing straight Wil ‘e mn ry Z / | il SS pag orb to get in touch with us. If you set any value upon efficiency of © | - workmanship and the quality of material used in your Tailoring . \ i needs, then you would be wise in dropping a postcard to our @ hit : Agents for Canada, as addresses below. By return youwillreceive iy in a unique and wide selection of cloths representing the choicest | and latest confections of the English woollen markets. With these 3 Bah) re) lee will be found up-to-date Fashion-plates showing the latest styles, | \ | \ | ) | i HW) from the World's Cavital and the Home Country, it will pay you y English taste or wear right up-to-date New York styles— |, whichever you prefer. Our business is a colossal one and world-wide, for by our system of self-measurement we f are able to fit a customer living in the remotest part of the earth. This undertaking to fit you from your own measurement is backed by our unreserved guarantee to refund money in full where Mail Orders are not executed to your thorough and | both London and New York, so that you may dress either in d following understanding :—satisfaction to be given Yh 4 or cash in full to be refunded. We can save you Wii } 50 cents in every dollar. y le Suits to Measure Ad | from $5.14 to $15.0 | rem =. on erece Ce GURZON BROS., c/o Might Directories, Ltd. (Dept ©94 ). 74/76 Churoh St., TORONTO, Ont. For Winnipeg & the West !-CURZON BROS., o/o Henderson'Bros. (Dept. co4 ), 279 Garry St., WINNIPEG, Please Mention this Paper. absolute approval. We invite you to write for h our Free Patterns, Measurement Chart and Tape, and Booklet describing in detail the character of our business. All-orders are executed on the The Worlds’ When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA 1] rittle i GASOLINE MOTORS RELIABLE - REVERSIBLE -TWO CYCLE CIGHT, SIMPLE AND EASY TO OPERATE. ONLY ay MOVING PARTS. MAIN BEARINGS BABBITTED. MATERIA’ AND WORKMANSHIP OF THE HIGHEST GRADE AND GUARANTEED) JUMP SPARK IGNITION. BUILT IN MULTI-CYLINDER TYPES Send to-day for free catalog ““N” UNITED MANUFACTURING CQ) DETROIT, MICH. 17¥-175 WEST WOODBRIDGE ST. “Sulcan Sparker” = MADE IN CANADA. ‘oline Motor. Canadian Agents—Capital Boat and Canoe Works; E.T. Dey and Sons, Ottawa, Canada. ‘Bulcan’ | Please send ro cents fos our book entit- led Ignttion, Vaporization: Installation, and Operat- ton of a Gas- Motors on exhibition at motor mart, 1876 Broadway. Rumery & Vail,sales agents, New York Established 1898 SPARKING BATTERIES YACHT LIGHTING and SPARKING SYSTEMS Are standard equipment on all high grade Automobiles and Motor Boats Over 300 Outfits in use in Canada. GUARANTEED FOR TWO YEARS No. 305 Six Volt 70 Ampere The CROFTAN STORAGE BATTERY CO. Montreal and Kast, John Forman. Vancouver, Vancouver Shipyard, Ltd. 423-425 West Queen &t. TORONTO, CANADA Winnipeg, Cooper Engine Oo. NEW LYMAN RECEIVER SIGHT Patented July 16, 1907 \" a _ No. 41. Price $4.50. At present made for the Winchester 1905 and 1907 Models and Remington Auto-Loading Rifle. The graduated scale on slide and method of elevating permit very close adjustment. Aperture is adjusted by means of ascrew. Send for Catalogue. THE LYMAN GUN SIGHT CORPORATION MIDDLEFIELD, CONN,., U. S. A. eaver otors B WORK LIKE BEAVERS. SIZES. 28 H. P. four cylinder vertical. S: 12 h.p.and 18 h.p. horizontal opposed Normal speed 1000 revolutions per minute. HIGH SPEED. HIGH GRADE. LOW PRICE. Beaver Mfg. Co. iiwatice Wis! 12 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA Type B.N. Special =) 6-10 inch records $35.00 WRITE TO Head Office City Branch Branch Toronto Phonograph Co., Ltd. stews: “stkskiow = dkbae Buy It and Try It and Prove It Yourself Get a Genuine SPLITDORF Common Sense Plug And give it a thorough trial in your engine. You will be surprised and delighted, especially if you've been having Plug troubles. The Best Plug on the market without exception. Thousands of motorists are using them with complete satisfaction. Inallsizes and threads. Price $100. Send jor Catalog C. Cc. F SPLITDORF Wiepranch, 1673 Mresuwayaee NEW YORK AUTO BOAT AND AUTO MOTORS 10--12 H.P. 18--20 H.P. Agents Wanted. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Four Cycle Send for Prices and Double Cylinder Circulars. THE BEILFUSS MOTOR CO., LANSING, MICH, U.S.A. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA Would you wear a Shoulder Brace if you could find one that just suited you? Place your hands on some one’s shoulders with the thumbs on the shoulder blades and pressin. Notice how quickly it straightens the figure. GAMBLE’S stewie; BRACE} oulder is made with non-rustable steels that press in upon the shoulder blades exactly as the thumbs do, and it is the only brace that actually makes and keeps the figuie straight and at the same time allows all possible free- dom of action—such materials as elastic, webbing, etc., conform to the figure and will not give the desired sup- } | port. The Gamble is a perfect shoulder brace and an excellent suspender. Has stood the test for 14 years. Your dealer will sell you a Gamble Brace and euarantee satisfac- tion. He will refund the purchase price in full should you care to return the brace after wearing it one week. Or, we will fill your order direct, under the same guarantee. Prices—for men and wom¢cn, $2.00, for boys and misses, $1.75, prepaid. Special springs for extreme cases, 5oc extra. Give snug (not tight) chest measure over vest. | The Gamble Shoulder Brace Co., 1061 Millard Avenue Chicago, IIl. Globe Suspender Co., Canada Agents, Rock Island, Que. I3 NE (AUHNUEUEOAEGEHEEREOOSEREERRECEEDEEEE en Korona Cameras 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. oy ee Motor Fourtee® years if use Thous- ands in suc- cessful operation throughout the world The Cooley New Model 1908 High - Grade Motors at a Reasonable Sizes 3% to 25H. P. Exclusive features found on no other motor Send for 1908 Catalog BUILT FOF, WORK COOLEY MFG. CO. MAIN OFFICE AND FACTORY: Waterbury, Vermont, U.S.A. BOSTON OFFICE: 127 Federal St., Boston, Mass. 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’ English Breakfast RACON Made by F. W. FEARMAN CoO., Ltd. Hamilton, Ont. All Fearman’s goods are Government inspected. 14 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. sata pe ‘deep. on the Ballard system for greatest pos sible accuracy and killing power. The simplicity, Strength and perfect adjustment of operating” parts insure quick, easy operation. The Marlin solid top is always a protection between 4 your head and the cartridge, and prevents powder and gases | JY dlowing 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 /Zr/i clean and serviceable at all times. = ~® Every big game hunter should know these Wi ; special HZzr/é features. Send for our The aclin Firearms Ca, C 136-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. Cabinet FOR $12.50 Antique Oak Height 70 in. Width, 28in. Depth 12in- Shooting Jackets With or Without Collar THREE GRADES if *3, °4.50 *6 y 9 e Guaranteed all wool, | : seamless, elastic, close fitting, comforta only in three colors—Dead Grass, Oxford, Gray and Scarlet. Send us your address for one of our Gun Cc t 1 . . pee cH. 1. Kiffe Co." 5 erie lf 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 Progrietors 29 Broapway, NEw YORK, N. Y. HARTFORD, CONN. Lo The Empire A CANADIAN MADE TYPEWRITER PERFEC- PRICE $60 ONLY. Manifolding Qualities Unexcelled WRITING ALWAYS IN SIGHT If you require a Typewriter you can find none that will suit you better than the “Empire.” THE WILLIAMS M’fs. Co. MONTREAL. THIS IS THE FAMOUS Roberts Motor FAST ENOUGH FOR RACING SLOW ENOUGH FOR TROLLING CANNOT FIRE IN BASE Write for our book ‘‘quotations” and the address of our nearest agent. Good territory still open. THE ROBERTS MOTOR CO. BOX 207, CLYDE, OHIO. When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. 16 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. TheLENOX HOTEL IN BUFFALO MODERN HIGHEST 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 for principal trains. Il EUROPEAN PLAN be © ¢r.50 per day and up George Duchscherer, - - Proprietor. SIMPLE---ECONOMICAL---RELIABLE The ‘‘AJAX’’ Marine Motor is designed on the two-stroke principle—the 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. i AJAX’ MStTorR's BRITISH MADE are so simple and reliable that they can be run continuously fora week or longer by anyone with the minimum of attention. Before deciding on a motor, WRITE FOR OUR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE Bk ee Agents Wanted’ HE ‘‘agAX'? TWO-CYLINDER MOTOR Dept. R.G., BROWN BROTHERS, LTD. These Motors are made in various sizes from 2% Gt. Eastern Street, London, England. b. h. p. to21 b. h. p. with one, two or three cylinders. Hunting Canoes We Have Them New and Second Hand These Canoes are of special design and of great carrying capacity. We have 24, 17 ard 18 footers which we do not care to carry over winter, and are going to sell at reduced prices. Let us furnish you with one for your hunting trip. Every Canoe guaranteed. Write for Catalog and Particulars. The J. H. Ross Canoe Co. ORILLIA, ONT. VOL. X No. 8 Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada The contents of this magazine are copyrighted and must not be reprinted without permission. Contents for January, 1909. Our Camp Life Fishing in Peautiful Temagami Distri J. M. Norris The Soul of the Old Martini...... .. ecborevants fnew A Wikile The Backwoods in Civilization: An Unique Effort in Transform- ation Scenes Niagara : Salmon, Speckled Trout and Pigeons A Pioneer of Northern Quebec j PG reer eee oe ee WE Allison A Successful Still Hunt. . fe George W. Lickman The Still Small Voice.... : Raymond Gummer The Quebec Game Laws Fur Trading in the Far North ee The Voyages ofthe Vikings......... Momien . .... Harold Raymond Experiences inthe Backwoods..... fate ; Beet Sree eA EPL ENOTES Surveying the Selkirks : Game Laws for 1908 SANE SOE aes oe Ske A Deserted City... . Physical Culture: Its Possibilties..... .... ....frank E. Dorchesler, N.S. P. E > + WwW me 0 The ‘“‘Old Timer” - ae ee ei aller io Der tele: Brenchvand Buglish Partmidgese-e- yeas ese : ...... John Arthur Hope / Oscar G. Bass + Ww On Ross's Ranch Accidental Shooting pp .. W. J Baldwin Experiences of Pioneers: BE. (Orr The Scarcity of Partridges International Fisheries . OS KR A OD OS oN Co o) Nv Hungarian Partridges no Go AT belBrospectors Meet es eee ee cas-teta a step ott The Royal Canadian I.adies’ Gclf Championship ... A Famous Bear Hunter Canada’s Champion Sprinter Our Medicine Bag mn 7 7 hi 7 7 7 7 7 ji 7 i) / 7 7 / SH) o spouts) Afloat. = sea.: : Automobiles and Automobiling.. . The Trap The Rifle When Sending Ghange of Address Subscribers are Requested to Give the Old Addressas Well as the New. 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Cc. iy am ame ee & deemces: Dama a VOL. 10 JANUARY 1909 AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA |ROD ano GUN | Hat ps oompae ofeo am oem) camo am er am eremm oammsefe Go emoen i amoamoanien: Our Camp Life. BY REV. W. Pmeg}OR the last sixteeen years a com- pany of business and _ professional 7 men from Millbrook and vicinity have enjoyed an annual holiday outing on the Otonabee River, seventeen miles below Peterborough. The camp nestled among the pines and cedars on a rising ground presents an _ attractive appearance to the passengers on the boats that ply be- tweeen Peter- borough and Gore’s Landing, as some eight tents can be seen on a space containing less than an acre. It is said that when Queen Elizabeth left Kenilworth, where Leices- ter had enter- tained her toa sixteen days’ revel that on reaching a little inn some distance away she halted and said, ‘‘NowIshall have a good rest.” That inn to this day bears the name ‘Good Rest.” What more appropriate name could be given tothis delightful spot on the Otonabee, where men from the learned professions, agricultural and commercial pursuits, annually meet fora fortnight’s holiday outing, where the nature of the soil, the sloping of the A. BRADLEY, SOME OF OUR VISITORS. B. A. ground, and the shady oak, maple, beech, cedar aud pine, all combine to make the spot ideal. Mr. J. W. Walsh is generalissimo of the forces, a veritable compendium of camping tactics and past master ofthe culinary art,whose services are deserving of the Victoria Cross. But in his duties, heis ably assisted by two tried veter- ans of skill and experience, Messrs. John Steele and Wil- liam = Archer. With such a staff it is easy toseehowcamp- ing at Good Rest is such a success. The sun has scarcely risen in the eastern hea- vens, when this trio glide noise- lessly from their snug camp beds —a Striking example to the younger mem- bers—and before long the smoke from the camp stove begins to curl upward, and the noise of the table dishes and the rattling of cooking utensils announce to the younger campers that breakfast will soon be ready. Then there is a scurry to the wash room, where a wash stand of a most primitive nature has been nailed to alarge maple tree, that bears in its 694 bark the mark of the ‘‘tap” and shows thatin former days it had yielded up its sweet sap to the industrioussugar maker. Before all the campers have completed their morning toilet the word ‘‘breakfast”’ sounds out clearly on the mountain air, andin less time than it takes to tell it the table in the dining tent is surrounded by hungry campers, whose appetites are only limited by their inability to store away provisions, Few holiday camps are regulated with greater order and decorum than that at ‘Good Rest,’ for as soon as breakfast is over the old Bible is brought and family worship conducted with a reverence and solemnity that shows that in their camp life the holiday- makers do not forget‘ ‘theGiver of every good and perfect gift.” ’Tis then that every camper feels called upon to take part in that exercise cf domestic science which better fits him tor house- hold duties when at home. Dishes are gatheredand washed, knives and forks are taken to asand- bank and vigor- ously driven into the soil, in a way that puts a shine on them that makes a bath- brick envious. When the dishes, knives and forks have all been placed in the camper’s sideboard, and China closet, and the kitchen and dining room tents put in order, all hands are ready for the day’s outing. The principal fish angled for in the Otonabee, are the Muskalonge (esox- nobilior) the small mouthed Black Bass (micropteros dolomieu, )the large mouthed Black Bass (micropteros salmonides,) misnamed the Yellow Bass and the Mud Cat (leptops olivaris.) But the most industrious fish of the river and the most annoying tothe angler is the Yellow Perch - (perca flavescens.) He can take more bait PREPARING FOR THE AFTERNOON SAIL. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA off the hook, exhibit more patience in doing it and receive more transplanting than any other fish in the river. About half past ten boats and fisher- men begin to make in the direction of the camp, and the morning catch is prepared for dinner. It may consist ofa ‘lunge or two, half a dozen bass, and eight or ten catfish, but Chef Walsh knows just how to prepare them so as_ to tempt the palate of the most fastidious. Whata difference there is in flavor, between the fish just caught and prepared for dinner, and those taken out of cold storage and sold on the market! A fish loses its flavor every hour itis out of the water. Good Rest is a favourite place for the fair sex of the vicinity to visit during camping weeks, and sel- dom a dinner passes without some of the wiv- es, daughters, cousins or sweethearts of the campers paying them a visit and many are the expres- sions of praise, of the excellent bill-of fare, and quality of the cuisine provided at the camper’s restaurant. During the hot hours of the afternoon the campers rest, some lying on their tent beds or on rugs upon the grass, others dozing in easy chairs or reading the literature they have provided them- selves with for the holiday. About half past three they take to the river again while those who remain in camp amuse themselves by pitching quoits. Supperis served at half past five, the visitors leave for home, and once more the campers take to theriver to again try their luck with troll and hook, and the best catch of the day is often brought in as the man- tle of night is being thrown over the earth. Then the camp fire is lit, the campers sit around the cheerful blaze and regale each other withamusing stor- ‘GOOD REST.” ies while the patriotic Canadian bird sings them her song ‘“‘O Canada, Canada, Canada,” and the Whip-poor- Will fills up the spare periods with his clarion notes of welcome and good cheer. When the moquitoes become agressive the camper retires to his tent, and now it is his opportunity, for having vowed vengeance against his per- secutors he now proceeds. to carry it into ex- ecution, and woe betide the ven- turesome mos- quito that has entered the sac- red precincts of his sleeping tent, for it is certain to come to grief before he retires to his virtuous couch. At half past nine Com- mander in Chief Walsh’s_ bugle sounds “all THE DINING TENT. lights out” and as obedience is the rule at at Good Rest darkness soon prevails, the camper wraps himself in his blankets, the suppressed hum of voices dies away in the tents and in afew minutes the camper has passed into the land of peaceful slumber, and dreaming of the big ‘lunge that he is going to catch on the morrow. Thus is the day spent at Go O;d ie sit. ‘*Thus idly busy rolls our world away.” Thus we renew our strength and Vii Olt four another year of service, and loo k forward with pleasure, when the time draws near to strike our tents, to the coming year when camping season will come around again. INDIAN RESERVATION, BEAR ISLAND, LAKE TEMAGAMI, Fishing in Beautiful “Temagami District. An Earthly Paradise. BY J. M. fe mi tiAT stretch of country that finds T one of its boundaries on the Hudson ~ Bay and the other on the beautiful Lake Nipissing, and the whole cleft in twain by The Temiskaming and North- ern Ontario Railroad, has long had charms for me. I found in the zig zag traceries of lakes rivers and creeks as drawn on the Gov- ernment maps, a picture more entrancing to me than any ever done by Corot or Millet; and again and again my spirit, ever ready to answer the ‘‘Call of The Wild,” had flown thither on pinion more swift than that of wild wood duck or gol- den plover; and now was my- dream to be realized, for I was to see that enchanted land in company with my own son and the dearest friend I have outside of my relations. So last August my son Scott A., James B, Coen and myself started for this land that people think so far away, yet which is not more than seven degrees due north NORRIS. of Pittsburg and is practically on the meridian. In a day’s travel you are transported to one of the wildest, most picturesque and best stocked game preserves on the North American Continent and _ withal accessible and easily reached from all the New England and Central and Southern States. We thoroughly enjoyed the ride from Pittsburg and from the window of the Lehigh Train we saw the tumultuous beauty of Niagara. The ride from Toron- to North Bay through the Highlands of Ontario is one long to be remembered. We stayed all night at North Bay,a bust- ling thriving town of about 4,000 people. Early on Tuesday morning we boarded the train that was to carry us northward. The trains on the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railroad are ofthe very best and our treatment was excellent. We were entertained by the chatter of three score or more of berry pickers who FISHING IN BEAUTIFUL TEMAGAMI DISTRICT. boarded the train at North Bay bound for the Trout Lake berry patches. About the borders of this lake there are blue berries and red raspberries in great abundance. That dauntless explor- er,Samuel de Champlain, as early as 1615 in writing about ‘berries found here says: ‘‘God| seemed to want to pro- vide something for the nourishment and refreshment of man in these frightful des- ert regions; for I assure you there is here such an abundance of red raspberries and blue berries as isreally remark- able.” We both- ered ourselves not about the berries, but turn- ed{our attention to the limpid Waaters uf the lake. We hired a fine boat from Mrs. Delaney, who keeps the Trout Lake hotel, and had a day long to be remember- ed. Our time did not permit us to do any still fishing; but we trolled in and out of many a weedy bay and while my re- ward was great in catches of bass, pickerel, and pike; it was reserved for my friend to lift from these waters a lordly muscallonge of thirty-two pounds weight. It occurred on this wise : Some miles down the left shore we ex- perienced one of the strangest sights I have ever noticed. It occurred in a cir- cular weedy bay. Beginning near my boat, fish began to jump in frenzy from the weeds towards the open waters and that flip-flop performance went nearly all around this long bay. Hundreds and hundreds of fish were jumping in a mad rush to escape some real or imagined enemy. Down this same bay, came our CHURCH AT THE INDIAN VILLAGE ON BEAR ISLAND, LAKE TEMAGAMI, 697 party with bright scintillating spoons twirling from the end of two long trolling lines. As my boat passed a pine top that had gone down into the sea, that in- describable sensation, the delight of which is known and appreciated only by anglers, was mine. I felt the line stop, stretch and tighten and imagined I had caught a sunken log; but in an instant this leviathan gave a lurch and then hurl- ed himself fully three feet into the air and I saw the princely proportion of the fish. Long experi- ence has taught me to hold the line loosely in my fingers that large ones may not tear them- selves loose. This I did; but the guiding spir- its that watch over the fates of wild things were not on my side, and in less time than I can tell it he had fouled the line on the oar lock and a lurch or two and he was gone. As Scott and Coen rowed by they had about the same experi- ence differing in o ne. essential point, that they landed their fish —a thirty-two pound muscallonge. Coen’s good luck made him very anxi- ous to stay a week and fish for muscal- longe down in PineLake,a little lake that is connected with Trout Lake on the south. Here muscallonge are very abundant and are comparatively easily taken; but there was much land to be spied out far to the north of this; so we reluctantly left Trout Lake. We again lett the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario train at Widdifield where we tarried a day and fished down the North River for speckled trout and 698 hada fine day. Where the river makes a deep bend west of the railroad, there are two or three deep pools of more or less stagnant water,and strange to relate, here came our best sport. I caught five trout of ten inches each. While untang- ling a trout from the top of an alder, I found a large moth. I fastened the hook into his soft pulpy body and cast well in- to the stream, and ‘‘mirable dictu,” a dozen trout made a dash for the dainty morsel, one a two pounder; while the big one was trying to bolt the wings, a small one grabbed the body and made off with it. Later I tried this bait and found it successful. The wife of the section TEMAGAMI INN ; foreman fried the catch and these tender trout well repaid the trouble we had in catching them. In the afternoon we hired two boats and went over to Otter Lake and again tried for trout with very good results. We fished in the westerly end of the lake, keeping near some old pine tops. Here we varied the style of fishing a little. We baited with worms and slowly trolled back and forward around these fallen pines and while we didn’t take many trout, we got some very good ones. There are little lakesandstreamsall about this vicinity that are well stocked with ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA speckled trout,and a day’s good sport may be had without a very long trip through thisrough country. Westayed all night at a lumber camp between Widdifield and Otter Lake and, asis always the case, were well treated by the lumbermen. Early the next morning we were on the move. Scott was standing the hard trip very well and I was very proud of his endurance. We caught the morning train at eleven o’clock and were soon speeding northward through a country builded and designed, and decorated with special reference to the needs of moose, bear, deer, and other. wild creatures. A wild and most romantic country. Rocks, A FINE VIEW. rocks, rocks, everywhere, and growing in the interstices, towering pines, hem- locks, balsams and tapering spruces. The ice and rocks of the glacial period seemed to have scraped every bit of soil and left nothing but the bare rocks. These rocks are so hardand they disintegrate so slowly that as fast as soil is formed it is washed away, hence there never can be any great amount of soil here deposited— God thus decreeing and setting apart this whole region of hundreds of miles in every direction as a great game preserve that will never know the tyranny of cul- tivated farms, meadows and orchards. FISHING IN BEAUTIFUL At one o’clock we reached Temagami Station and hurried down to see what we could do in the way of hiring a canoe or two and found we could secure what we wanted. We had dinner at The Ronnoco anda good dinner it was. I am not sure but I thought we had venison for dinner the day we dined there. We took the steamer from Temagami Station down to Bear Island and I never can forget that first trip on the far famed Temagami. It is such a grand combina- tion of woods and waterfalls, narrow channels and broad open stretches of TEMAGAMI DISTRICT 699 animation and delight. He warped Lo- well a bit as he said : ‘‘What is so rare asa day in Temagami. Here, if ever, come perfect days.” And Coen quoth ‘“‘The lad is right.” Itrolled around some rocky points bait- ing my hook with a large angle worm and had the luck of taking a couple of good bass, and the rich flavor of their well- browned sides was ample reward for my early toil. I have fished for bass in many parts of Ontario and the United States, but no- where else have I found the bass so Here the bass worked the trick gamey. THE REV. JOS. CLOKEY’S CAMP NEAR BEAR ISLAND waters, all ornamented and bedecked by high castellated rocky islands, covered by towering pines and balsams of such a de- licious green, all combining to make a picture of such rare beauty, that no de- scriptive pen could give you any adequ- ate notion of this entrancing panorama. We pitched our camp on a small island near the lovely Camp Keewaydin and were soon lost in slumber deep. Scott was up first and crawled out of the tent in time to see the early morning sun send its glad messages of light streaming down through the tall pines and spruces; and came in with his face aglow with of flipping out of the water and tearing the hook loose to a finish, and also are prone to run under rocks and foul the line. I was forty-five minutes in landing a bass three and one half pounds. From Bear Island we made two fine trips, one to Gull Lake country and the other to Obabika Lake and on these trips the fact was daily made manifest that this is a fisherman’s paradise. Talk about bass fishing; they say that once you drink of the waters of The Nipigon you will re- turn time and time again, and if you have fished in the Gull or Obabika Lake coun- try you will return time and time again. 700 The trip into the Gull Lake territory is not a hard one. It is true that there are two or three portages, but they are not long and the trail is clear and the road good as these things go. The fishing is like the Irishman with the whisky. Pat maintained that all whisky is good. No bad whiskey—but he would admit some was better nor Others. You can fish any- where hereandbe satisfied with the results. And in most likely places the fishing is so good that you soon tire of it. Fishing is ideal, when by working hard you can earn a reasonable reward—say eight bass for a day’s fishing. Then you will be out all day in the pure air and bright sunlight; CAMP KEEWAYDIN : which is not the case if you can catch all you want in half an hour. I am enthusiastic about this country, and had I the tongue ofan angel,I would cry aloud to my brother anglers; ‘‘Ye who long to lure to doom four and five pound bass; who long for that rarest of all places where bass are abundant, large and gamey and pleasing to the palate.To all such let me, with much assurance, commend to you the long rocky stretches of Gull and Obabika Lakes. Likewise let me speak to all who are worn and weary with the galling load of business ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA cares. To all such dol, with much as- surance, commend this very intoxicating atmosphere where the life giving ozone itself is intensified and vitalized by the healing balm that Keewaydin, the north west wind, steals from myraid leaf,branch and tapering cone of unnumbered pines, balsams and spruces that adorn the hills and dales for hundreds of miles to the Northwest, Here bring your wounded hearts; here tell your anguish; for earth has no sor- rows Temagami cannot heal.” I find it very hard not to say a word of my experience in the northern end ot Obabika Lake. It occurred late in the TENTS AS WHITE AS SNOW. evening. We had gone out on the water to escape the mosquitoes and were watching the evening shadows fall. The hush and quiet that mourns the dying day was on and we were under its spell; when there came the awakening, as a cow and bull moose ambled down to the water and started to swim to the other shore. We hurried after them in the hope that we could get apicture. The bull moose bowled ahead and besides the light was bad. The week we came up the line two moose had been killed on the tracks. I FISHING IN: BEAUTIFUL TEMAGAMI DISTRICT. 701 sent two of my friends into this country and they brought back two splendid heads, last fall. The pleasures of this trip were so many that sadness came when we realiz- ed that we must turn our prows home- ward. On Thursday we paddled to Temagami Inn and had dinner, after which we tackled the long pull up the the North East Arm to Temagami Sta- tion. I tell you one shovels back a lot of water in pushing a canoe from Tema- gami Inn to the railroad station. On Friday afternoon we were hurrying on to the north. Scott was much pleased with Rib Lake and wanted us to stop and stay over Sunday there. There was a camp there and the waters did look in- viting. If Rib Lake tempted Scott, the tumultuous and wild Montreal pleaded with us all to try its rapids and see its water falls. This river never seemsmon- otonous. At every turn you meet new and beautiful combinations of woods, water and wild things. Here a long stretch of cool, quiet water where the elements seem to be resting before they take their mad flight down some rocky gorge. Who can even faintly picture the excitement of shooting rapids! Long be- fore you come to them you may hear the rush and the roar of the grinding waters, as they beat themselves into a feathery foam on the rocky borders of some narrow chasm; an electric stimu- lus to the canoeist and camper. One can, by making a long portage, reach Lake Temiscaming, but the trip was said to be a hard one. When we boarded the train going north — at Cassidy we found a lot of miners who were said to be going to Cobalt to take the places of the miners who were then on strike; but a Strikers’ Committee met them and persuaded them not to en- ter the mines. At Cobalt we found everything very quiet although there was a bitter strike on. The men were gathered on the street corners and in the railroad station in groups discussing the strike. We all visited the La Rose, the Foster and some other silver mines, There was a vein of silver that passed under the railroad tracks that was fully eight inches wide and some one had polished it; so pure was the silver in this vein. I learn- ed there were no saloons in this mining town, and I saw no disorder whatever. When you consider how bitter was the feeling between capital and labor this seems remarkable. There appeared to be many prospectors here. Everywhere you went a _ prospec- tor was to be seen, and you saw evidence of his enterprise on every hand. There were long streaks for miles over the rocks where he had cleared away the dirt and moss to find a lead of silver. The town is in a most insanitary condi- tion and a pestilence will soon be upon the people unless they improve conditions there. From Cobalt to Haileybury the coun- try is rough and rugged, but from here on the country seemed much better. There is much clay ground and it will make a good farming country. There are large areas of muskeg that will not come un- der cultivation very readily and will make a natural game preserve for along time to come. We were soon at Englehart and a very interesting town itis. The streets had been made by cutting down the pine trees, and it looked as though when a house was to be built, a space large enough for the house to rest on was cleared and then a dray hauled up with house and unloaded. The streets were the only well cleared places. Although the town was only about six months old there were several hundred people there, and the people seemed of the very best. They were educated and religious. In a creek about a mile beyond we caught some trout, but they were not large and the water don’t seem to be of the trout kind. As we came home we stopped off at mileage twenty and one half and it was here that the great thing came to us. We unloaded our camp duffle expecting to camp somewhere near, but the lumber- men urged us to come and stay with them which we did much to our pleasure and comfort. Mr. George S. Eady, the manager of this camp, we found to be a fine fellow. Nothing seemed to be too good for us, and I hope the day will come when I can do something for him. 702 We slept inthe office. Atfive o’clock we were up and ready for our breakfast, anxi- ous to be off forAnderson’sLake,some sev- en miles distant. The sun was just sending its long slanting rays down through the thick pines as we started. The first two miles were alright, but after that it was rough enough. Very vexatious and an- noying were the trials of this trip. Every step we took that morning the dew came down upon us in showers, from the tall weeds andunderbrush. We were soak- ed and we could not even keep our pro- visions dry. Moss, green and inviting, stretched across crevices in the rocks, but promptly let you and your foot fall therein; branches caught your pack and brushed off your hat. In front there were thickets that you could not see through; yet you and alarge pack must go through; all the while enduring showers of dew and treading on soggy moss. Mosquitoes were as thick as microbes in a diseased alimentary canal and a few black flies took a fall out of us for variety. I then wondered if all trout fishers, who possess that rare jewel consistency, that the gem may be worthily worn, should not, after returning from a trip like this promptly enter some insane asylum. I guess we can never enjoy gladness until we have endured hardness. In following this creek I put out two moose. I didnot see these monsters of the deep woods, but you could have heard them forty rods off as they smashed thro- ugh this tag alder. I saw their tracks where they had lain inthe moss. This is a great moose country and you who want a pair of branching antlers to adorn your dencan do no better thing than come here for them. Lanky Coen was in the lead and I heard him call ‘‘Come on boys, come on. Here is a dandy lumber road, our troubles areover”’ A half mile farther on we had lunch and rested. By this time the sun had risen high and we were dried off, the flies and mosquitoes were gone and our spirits ran high. Coen was the first to reach the end of a long sluice, made by the lumbermen of hewn logs. Here the water fell about ten feet and a large pool was formed at the foot of the fall. ‘‘Here’s where I take a half pounder!” cried Scott. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA The water being dark I tied on a Silv- er Doctor while Coen warped on a big angle worm of tempting figure: and that clammy angle worm that is despised and rejected of men was promptly gathered home to glory by afine ten inch trout. This caused my millinery to lie neglected for the rest of the day, I thinking it as well to give the trout the bait they seem- ed to prefer. Two other fine trout came to Coen’s creel, but mine was a wealth of horny chubs, while Scott drew blanks. We tried dozens of other likely looking places, but we took no trout until we reached the last branch of Auderson’s Creek near where it flows into Anderson Lake, but an afternoon spent on that half mile stretch of this creek will never fade from memory, neither will the swift pass- ing of years dim the recollections of the boyish joy we there experienced. Somehow Coen became separated f.om us and Scott and I pried our way through the tag alders for alast try. The water had undermined many a pine tree that subsequently fell across the creek, and on these we crawled out and fished. While baiting up a saucy red squirrel came along the log from the other side and gave me an awful scolding for plant- ing myself on his private alley. He ran out On a branch and sprang back to the log and went On past me. I cast well over towards a submerged green pine top and soon felt that electrical thrill thatonly lusty speckled trout can generate. Opport- unities for fancy stunts in playing your fish were barred by a wealth of sunken pine tops and snags; so I cast and caught _a fifteen inch trout through an opening in the alder bushes to the shore beyond. A hundred feet below this the river makes a bend to the left and there wasan_ ideal pool. Iremoved my small trout hook and replaced it with a 2-0 Cincinnati Bass. I then crawled out onaspruce top and cast into the deep water and hooked the largest trout I ever saw. Again and again I tried to lift him from the water, but my pole was too long and limber. I tried tokeep him near the top of the water, but he finally shot under me and wound the line on a snag like thread on a bobbin. Through the clear water I could plainly see him with hisnose drawn down closely to the snag. In endeavor- FISHING IN BEAUTIFUL TEMAGAMI DISTRICT 703 ing to free him I broke my line. Witha forked piece oftag alder I finally pried him loose. He would have measured twenty two inches and was very heavy. At my next cast I took one that measured over twenty inches long, and two over seventeen inches. In the midst of a bat- tle with a big one I heared Coen excited- ly bawling as though a bull moose was about to bowl him into the creek with his broad antlers. I answered and Coen came up fairly sizzling with excitement: his face was aglow with childish joy. He announced that he had ten of the largest trout that had been seen on the earth since the days of the Ichthysaurus and he nervously drew forth ten beauties and laid them side by side ranged according to size on the moss. ‘‘I told you to stay with me. Always follow me and you'll wear diamonds.” I spake not a word but drew from a gunny sack seventeen bright spotted ones, none under twelve inches and one over twenty. Coen looked as though he had been caught a million short on the Stock exchange We had in all fifty one fish that would weigh over sixty pounds. We took far too many and will never do so again. I had never seen such fishing before and never hope to again. When life is over and paradise perhaps a bit crowded so that I might be in the way, then let kind fate decree that my spirit may wander up and down this trout stream,revelling in its mossy green banks airy water falls, and rushing rapids; or perchance canoeing in the enchanted waterways of Temagami, hunting with phantom gun that glorious antlered mon- arch, the moose, Wah wash kesh, the deer and Moqua the bear in this, the fine- st hunting ground on the North American Continent. Silently the glad days of our vacation had slipped from the calendar of time into the oceanofeternity, andthe time of our depar- ture was at hand, but we were not sad;for manifold are the joys of the canoeist, the camper and the angler. His delight is not done when he returns and puts his gun into the gun case, or hangs his old fishing rod up on the wall; but is consta- ntly building for his spirit’s delight an etherial bridge. At one end every rod and strand, every bar and bolt is anch- ored deep in fond recollections of trips down some rocky dell for jeweled trout, of cruises about weedy bays for bass: or hunting in mountain fastnesses for moose, deer or bear. The other end finds its an- chorage in By low land—in outing trips that are yet to be. Whether we cross toward the joys not yet known, or return to the memory of cruises taken long ago, the spirits of these joys mount aloft~-far above the cares and the anguish of the sordid ones— their souls sweetened, refined and fitt- ed for the life that remaineth forthe faith- ful, by the joyous recollections of the most beautiful scenery that God has pro- vided for the refreshment of his children. The Soul of the Old Martini. BYeis. As WHITE. | The rust of the years has ravaged the burnish of barrel and lock. Te dust of the dingy attic is thick on my dented stock 5 ~ 1am naught but a worthless relic of a stern and war-like past, And of all my hundred bivouacs this is the last—the last. I’ve a shelf in the gloomy silence with the shutters and broken chairs ; As a dream the sound of voices is wafted up the stairs. They are going their round below me, whether joy or ill befall, With the old Martini above them forgotten by one and all. Like a helpless war-scarred vet’ran, when the years have dimmed his fame, When in blessed peace the people have forgotten his deeds and name, Is passed to the rear with a pension and the world goes on its way, I sit in lonely oblivion while the tall clock ticks the day. 704 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA A long, long day of oblivion, and tolls the evening bell ; Evening toll and twilight with the thrush’s faint farewell, Then in the calm of the sleep-time, when the hearth-stone ash is cold, The soul of the grim Martini goes out to the fields of old. Back through the years of forgetting to the war-camp’s busy hum, To the voices and sounds that mingle with the deep-toned kettle-drum ; Back to the mustering squadron ’mid clank of sabre and spur, For the note of war has sounded, and the whole grey camp’s astir. Hark ! the call of vevez//e and ‘‘boots and saddles” too, While through the misty darkness the batteries loom in view ; The foot and horse are forming, the polished weapons shine ; Strong hands grip the old Martini in the ranks of the battle-line. The pibroch shrill is screaming with the shout for good Saint George, And haply a song of the shamrock from the emerald cleft or gorge ; Shoulder jto shoulder marching, each goes at his country’s call, But the soul of the old Martini goes before and in front of all. Then follow the old Martini ye men of the hill and dale, Ye men of the purple highlands—lads of the bog and swale. You have British hearts in your bosoms and British blood in your veins, Whether borne by the crag or breaker, whether bred in the hills or plains. The banners with triple crosses are flaunting the upper air, And the shades of the ancient heroes are gathered round them there ; From the far-famed fields of glory the spirit warriors rise With the same set look on their faces and the same stern light in their eyes. They march in the ranks of our squadrons, they rush by the trooper’s side, They are half the strength of the army—these men who have fought and died; They are leading the path to vict’ry through a fierce and bloody fray ; But the soul of the old Martini has gone to point the way. Gone through the smoke and carnage, through the battle’s brunt and flame, Blazing the path to glory, pointing the road to fame ; On through theroar and thunder where the mouths of cannon gape, Sheer through the shriek of shrapnel and the sickle sound of grape. Forth with the will to conquer, with never a thought to fail, Through the shock of charging horsemen and the swirl of leaden hail ; With a purpose never swerving, with a love and devotion blind, For the British gains before it and the British hearts behind. Wherever the tyrant’s binding, whenever the shackle bleed ; Whate’er the cause of affliction, wherever the cry of need— No matter the odds or the outcome, no matter the cost or pain— To the great true souls of Britain, the cry comes not in vain. Reveille sounds through the nation ; as a man the millions rise With the same set look on their faces, the same stern light in their eyes ;. The same strong blood is stirring in the hero’s living son— Or what were the heroes’ glory, what were the fields they won? ’Tis the Briton feet are marching ; ’tis the Briton hands that burn, Though they know not but Death’s bugle may shortly sound return; And always, always advancing, at the head of the grand array, The soul of the old Martini goes out to lead the way. The Backwoods in Civilization. An Unique Effort in Transformation Scenes. BY T. P. LANGHANS THE BACKWOODS IN CIVILIZATION. OR sometime it has been my desire to entertain a party of my fisherman friends who have often permitted me to partake of their generous hospita- lities. It is said that an angler, like an Arab, regards hospitality asa religiousduty. To return this pleasant duty bountifully and in occasion at the time of the season arranged for, took no little work and scheming to carry out the Arab’s senti- ment. I took upon myself, against my wife’s wishes, totransform part of our home into a virgin forest. Being a florist and having abundance of material at my command permitted me to carry out my ideas in a somewhat more realistic fash- ion than might otherwise have been the case. With plenty of decorative mater- ial from our nearby woods and supplies from my own shop, I arranged some fine decoration at a slight cost. Briefly I will give readers a description of the decoration and entertainment. Seated indoors as we were amidst the: odor of balsam trees, hemlock boughs, laurels and scrub oak foliage all wav- ed their drooping branches gracefully towards usand above our heads were dense decorations of sprays of the beauti- ful southern wild smilax ; an artificial moon sent its silvery rays through this foliage down upon the guests, the light of acamp fire (a little friendship fire) casting the shadows in a manner remind- ing all of the backwoods. Then our con- genial guests, all clad in angler’s cos- tumes, were seated some against the walls of an improvised camper’s tent,. with all the surroundings of a fishing: 706 camp about them while a quartette from the M. C’s. fishing club lying around the campfire singing ‘‘You’re as Wel- come as the Flowers in May”’ led one to think of this fitting quotation of Izaak Walton’s in ‘‘The Complete Angler:” ‘*Nay, let me tell you, there be many that have forty times our estates, that would give the greatest part of it to be health- ful and cheerful like us ; who with the expense of a little money, have ate and drank, and laughed and angled, and sung and slept securely : and rose next day, and cast away care, and sung and laugh- ed and angled again ; which are blessings rich men cannot purchase with all their money.”’ No, this camp was not without a name, it was called ‘‘Camp Ananias” taken from the far-famed trespass sign of the Quebec wilderness, described by Dr. Henry Van Dyke in ‘‘Little Rivers.” After all had enjoyed the effect of this realistic night scene, the lights were turned up and tables and chairs produced. Cards and fishing stories filled in the time until lunch, when all were compelled to pass through the tent singly before going tothe dining room. I am not going to tell what was the attraction in- side the tent but sometimes one hearda sizzing noise, and some stayed longer than others. The decorations in the dining room were not elaborate but never- theless exceeeingly appropriate. An at- tractive arrangement of rods and lines, lures, nets, and creels filled the fireplace and a string of lusty trout (artificial) completed this decoration. On the walls this quotation greeted the guests : ‘“‘Dry your leaders and wet your throats. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA If both these suggestions are tollowed closely you will be grateful” ‘‘Always take your wife along on your trips. She can catch fish, because she landed you. This is tor the experts only.” The tables were bare white pine boards and formed three sides of a square. We ate off tin plates and drank from tin cups all of the good things of the season, which my good little wife prepar- ed for us. Not only did we endeavour to carry out the decorations and ideas in harmony with the occasion but all details in con- nection with the gathering received close attention. The tally cards were photo- graphs of camping life recalling many happy hours spent out of doors. These views numbered over thirty and were highly appreciated. The prizes were also ‘‘fishermanish,” one a camper’s combina- tion, knife, fork, spoon etc., the other a lancewood casting rod. An introduction was not necessary ; as each guest arrived he was conspiciously tagged as ‘‘John Jones” or ‘‘Bill Smith.” This informal idea was heartily approved. Coming from strangers without hesitation one heard salutations as typical as these ‘*What luck, Brother Jones?” or ‘‘How’do, Bill?” Most of the thirty odd guests were clad in angling clothes which made the gathering all the more realistic. After a flow of table talk and an exchange of many credible fish-stories, and after frequent wetting of throats and drying of leaders, my good friends badeus Au Revoir! May we be permitted many such gatherings in the future ! Niagara. BY ASHLEY D. CONGER. Race on, proud waters, dash thy foam ’gainst foam ! In headlong serge near now the verge, To launch and soar where whirlwinds roar : Now sink to depths that mystic fairies roam ; Thence, air-blown light, all misty white, Belch up a cloud ;—and, roaring loud, Race on, proud waters, dash thy foam ’gainst foam ! Salmon, Speckled ‘Trout and Pigeons. BY M. FORSTER M. D. PMEMONGST many of the readers of © A this Magazine I was deeply interest- ed in two articles appearing in re- cent numbers on Salmon and Pigeons— I refer to Mr. Young’s article in the June number and that by ‘‘Cinna”’ in the Aug- ust issue. In my early days in the thir- ties and forties of the last century I had considerable experience in fishing for salmon and speckled trout. I was born within half a mile of that once beautiful stream the River Credit, in the vicinity of Streetsville, and when I read what Mr. Young wrote, vivid recollections of my boyhood days were brought back to me. In fishing for salmon in the streams in those days the fishing line was never used but the spearonly. I have known of per- sons shooting salmon on the wing(to use a fowler’s term)—when jumping dams. Such a method had of course to be used only during daylight. Spearing was done mostly at night. Generally two persons would go toget- her. They had a skiff which was gener- ally kept in readiness and when not in use, fastened by a chain and secured by lock and key tothe river shore. With two spears, a light jack anda supply of split pine roots they were ready for the salmon fishing. The light jack was an iron arrangement shaped like an ordinary basket hung upon hinges. This was fastened toa wooden handle about four or five feet long and placed in the prow of the boat in such a fashion as to pro- ject over the front. When this was done the wood was placed in the jack and set on fire. The light wouldbe thrown for a considerable distanceahead,and while one would both propel and steer the boat the other would be on the look out for salmon. Two important qualifications were re- quired for success in this method of catch- ing salmon—alertness, and experience in handling the spear. Ifthe salmon were a large one and hit too far back the chances were ten to one the holder of the spear would be jerked out of the boat in- to the water. I never saw any salmon in the River Credit after 1847, having left that Vicinity but I have heard of some being caught there in 1853. “Cinna” states that his tather doubted the appearance of sea salmon in lake Ont- ario, because he never saw or caught any inthe River St Lawrence. I think Mr. Young set that question at rest when he stated that he saw sea salmon at Mr. Wilmot’s hatchery. Mr. Wilmot being an expert in fish culture would not have been deceived on the point of the salmon being genuine sea salmon (salmo salar.) My father, who came from the North of England in 1828, and settled on a farm in the vicinity of Streetsville, within half a mile of the River Credit, was well acquainted with the habits of sea salmon in fresh water streams in his native land and never doubted that the salmon appearing in the River Credit every sum- mer came from the ocean to spawn and again returned to their native element— salt water. In my early days speckled trout were very numerous in the River Credit above Streetsville. I have often gone out in the early morning and brought home all I could carry. When saw mills became numerous owing to so much pine grow- ing near the river, saw dust was allowed to drop into the water, contaminating what had up to that time been a pure stream. Another reason for the disap- pearance of the trout—a reason even worse than the saw dust, was that the farmers cleared off all the timber to- the water’s edge for agricultural purposes. Then every rainstorm flooded the land, sending muddy water into the stream so that what with saw dust and mud,a beau- tiful stream of clean, pure, spring water became so filthy that speckled trout dis- appeared altogether from the _ river. Speckled trout can only exist where the water is pure and clean. Now that the pine is all cut and saw mills have ceased their work along such streams as the Credit it would be a good thing if the owners were compelled to re-forest their lands along both sides of 708 the rivers for a quarter ora third of a mile from the water’s edge. If this could be accomplished in a period of from twenty to thirty years, old streams would become purified, and dried up springs would begin to flow again, trout would reappear aS numerous as ever, water power would improve, evaporation would be delayed and streams would not be so suddenly flooded by rain storms or the melting of the snow in the spring time. In this electrical aye the importance ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA of these matters can scarcely be over estimated. Of course reforesting would take time, but the time required would not be as long as many people imagine. The wild pigeons that were so numer- ous forty years ago have apparently dis- appeared for good. Pheasants and Quail, two beautiful and useful native birds, may be fully re- stored in time if only they are properly protected. A Pioneer of Northern Quebec. BY W. ed to receive a letter from an old time friend in the person of Mr. Jos. H.Lefebvre, of Waterloo, Que. informing me of the death ofa friend and fellow sportsman, Pierre Nantel, Lac Minerve, Que., at whose hotel we have often visit- ed during the last ten years. With deep regret for his loss, we received the par- ticulars of his death while we were on our outing at the home of his family last fall. Pierre Nantel was borne at Ste. Anne des Plaines, Que., on July twenty- eighth, 1852, and died August tenth, 1908 of typhoid fever which was brought on by exposure. He never had the slight- est inclination for city life but loved bet- ter the lakes and rivers and the savage gloom of Canadian forests, inhabited only by the wolves, bear and red deer. His long experiences ina wild and un- settled region gave him an ardent love of Nature and he thoroughly enjoyed all the attractions of the backwoods. Many of the adventures which came to him during his thirty years’ residence in the wilds of Northern Quebec were related by him to the writer. One incident in his life, proving his daring qualities as a sportsman recently OF day in September I was surpris- H. ALLISON. ’ told and vouched by his nephew, may be here related. On one occasion when examining a long line of bear traps he found one trap missing. Although he had left his rifle at home he made no hesitation in following the trail of a large black bear, which had dragged the trap andthe heavy log attached for halfa mile, Without noticing him they came within twelve feet of Bruin as he was hid in a thicket. The nephew implored Pierre to allow him to run home for a gun and do nothing until he returned. Accordingly the nephew started on his journey leaving his uncle alone with the bear. Rather than lose hours awaiting the return of the boy with his gun, Pierre cut a pole and tied his hunting knife firmly on the end. With this improvised weapon he teased the bear until the old fellow gave him an opportunity to drive the knife firmly into his breast, killing it in afew minutes. The marks of the bear’s teethare still to beseen on the handle of the knife, strongevidence ofthe desper- ate nature of the battle. Nantel’s average was ten bears a year and he also shota number of wolves and deer each season. Pity ’tis that one so daring and brave, with such a love for wilderness sport should be cut off in his prime. But his name engraved, surviveth, In the hearts that loved him well : Hearts that when his name is spoken Will be thrilled, as with a spell. A Successful Still Hunt. BY GEORGE UST prior to the open season in 1907 —to be accurate it was on October twenty-eighth — Jack Thornton, William Wortly (alias Buckskin Bill) and myself set off from Ekoba, Ont. for a hunt. We had an eighteen foot row boat with a sail made on the hurry up plan—that isa cedar pole for a mast and gunny sacks for canvas, with several feet of hog wire. Owing, however, toa strong head wind we could not use this fine outfit, and consequently had to row the whole trip of sixteeen miles to the head of Echo Lake. It proved to be the row of our lives. On landing we proceeded to pack on our backs the biggest part of three hun- dred pounds over a rough trail, nine miles in length, to a point on Stewart Creek. The moon was shining through the tall pines before wereached the place which was to be our camp home for two weeks. After alight lunch, got up on pretty much the same plan as our sail we filled our pipes with some of the ‘‘long green”’ grownin Essex county and talked over our hard trip. We likewise considered our plans for the fortnight though these did not all turn out just as we anticipated. A pleasant hour was spent im this way and we were all glad when we could roll up in our blankets and sleep till daylight. The whole of the next day was devoted to fixing up the camp. One of our num- ber made the long portage back to the lake for the rest of the grub, while the other two went five miles up a creek and packed a small box stove back to camp. On the morning of the first we started our first hunt, myself and Buckskin Bill going up the creek, while Jack went the other way. After travelling together for some time without result we separated. I had not gone far, using all precautions, when I saw about ninety yards ahead of me a young buck feeding. Instantly I ‘“‘froze” and so remained till he turned broadside to me. Then I took a careful aim and sent a 30-30 behind his shoulder. He dropped flat, got up, walked about fifty feet and went down for good. While walking up to look at my prize I heard the brush crack away up on the W. LICKMAN, side of a hill, and looking up I saw an- other deer about one hundred and fifty yards from me. Ise.t four shots after him but the brush was so thick I could not get the rifle on him and he got clean away. After hanging up my deer I con- tinued hunting, as the spirit of the chase was strong within me, till three o'clock in the afternoon when I[ returned to camp. About half an hour after 1 got in Jack also returned with the good news that he had also got one. Together we packed in the two deer and were good and tired but at the same time well pleased with our luck—two deer the first day. For several days further we hunted without any luck although we saw quite a number of deer. It was not until the night of the eighth that Buckskin came in dragging a fine buck. He had shot the animal on the dead run, that is the way with Bill, who is a quick and dead shot. On the tenth Jack came in and told us he had shota second one. We congratulated him and gave assistance in bringing the deer in. Next day we were again unfortunate but the day afterwards after ascending a steep hill and going over into a hard wood valley, I started a fine doe. After sending five shots at her I saw her turn turtle at about a distance of three hundred yards. I soon had the boys around and we hung her up with the rest. Camp was broken on the thirteenth and we got our deer out to the lake by team. The lake was frozen over for abouta mile from shore and after two hours strenuous labor we reached clear water only to find that again we had to contend with a head wind. Our sail was useless oncemore and there wasnothing for itbut a good hard row. When we struck Echo Bay we found it frozen over so hard that we had to pull ashore, hang up our deer, and walk into town. Next morning we hired a team and in that way secured our deer. I think . this is a pretty goodrecord for still hunt- ing and our friends agree with us. Such a trip is taken by us every fall and we always get our game though we have never hunted with dogs. The Still Small Voice. BY RAYMOND GUMMER. HE newcomer in Canada finds a peculiar sense of vastness about the western world, which is entirely absent from European civilizations. To the Englishman, fresh from the old coun- try this is especially noticeable, for he is reared in a land where distance is annihi- lated. Innumerable cities with teeming populations crowd and jostle each other in close proximity, intercommunication Is easy, and where a Canadian will travel hours the Englishmen will spend minutes. He talks with his friends from one end of the land to the other and he flashes his messages into every corner. Speed is first and foremost and every direction brings him quickly to his encircling seas. That is why the ocean has such fascination, it isto him suggestive ofthe infinite, of immeasurable space; and his soul yearns to explore its mystic waters. Thus he is readily impressed by the great distances of the western world, by its wealth of virgin forest, its innumerable lakes and streams, the melancholy wilds with their unutterable loneliness, and the smiling prairies rolling in unbroken simplicity like placid seas, till they lave the shores of the Rockies—magnificent giants, whose hoary heads rear aloft in proud defiance of the very heavens. This vastness is the natural birthright of the Canadian, it is to him an emblem of Nature in its wonderful and eternal simplicity ; but with it all, man, and his never ceasing toil, his all-conquering ad- vance, soonloses sight of the infinite. He congregates in his cities, communi- cation is ever improving and the world seems but a small and ordinary thing. He receives news of London or Paris, of Suburbia or Timbuctoo at his breakfast table, at business he engages in world- wide commerce, his ships are on every sea and his goods in every land ; he lives for the present and in the present, until sleep for a few brief hours wraps him in oblivion. It is in the midst of all this rush and turmoil, when man is lost in himself and his little aims, that the small things of Nature take the place of the great and begin to call with persistent voice, dimly at first, but with evergrowing, and all-powerful effect to the observant eye and ear. We are travelling in a comfortable car with high speed from. one great city to another. After hours of toil the mind iS weary andready for rest, but some- how the brain will not be calmed. It goes over again and again the struggles and calculations of the day, it buys and sells and plans with monotonousiteration and sleep will not come to still its whirl. We stop at some little wayside station, we open the window and look out into the dark night. Deeply we inhale the cool delicious draughts and the brain be- gins to clear, but stay, what is that sweet almost melancholy cry that sounds with such weird beauty in the silent night! We listen again, distinguish its double note, a compromise between a sigh and a whistle, but sustained by thousands of throats in one great chorus. We smile as we think of the humble frog, but some- how it soothes us. We look aloft at the silent twinkling stars, and still the song goes on. We think of our toils and of our cares and we think again of the frogs and their song ; and how it will go on, so long as the little animal has life, in calm indifference to us and our petty ambitions. What matter to it, the growth of business, the advance of civilization, the conquest of kindoms, and the fall of empires : its mission is to praise its creator and that it does with all the power of its little being. Then the en- gine emits an unearthly scream, and we are back again in the present: but some- how we are soothed, we too are the children of a loving God and we too must praise our Maker. Quietly we drop off to sleep in full content, perchance to dream of happy childhood days. This song is most characteristic of the west, or perhaps I ought to say of the wild places of Canada for it was during THE STILL SMALL VOICE my first night on the Pacific Express, when we were running through the lonely iregions of Ontario that I first noticed it. I, however, associate it more particul- arly with the west, because it was there, where civilization seems to come face to face with Nature, that I learnt to love and appreciate the music of these humble representatives of life. There is however, another song of equal beauty, which invades man even in his own strongholds — his cities and towns. The note ismuch the same, but instead of the great chorus, one hears just the ‘‘still small voice” as it were. It may be in some quiet place, surrounded by the gloomy walls of high buildings, with the distant hum of city life for its accompaniment ; or perhaps in some secluded square with sheltering trees gently crooning in the evening breeze ; or out in the open, with the great blue vault of heaven, and its myriad starry eyes looking down in quiet sympathy: no matter where or what the place, so soon as the evening falls and the day is fled, one hears that insistent voice, with its sweet cheerful note : sing, sing, sing in the silent night. ’Tis only the cricket, and it’s a humble song at best, but it is a a happy one ; happy in its persistence, in its simplicity and in its calm content- ment. Just alittle child of Nature voic- The Quebec MI the last session of the Quebec Legislature some important amead- > ments to the Game laws of the Province were carried. The protec- tion of beaver in Zone 1 was extend- ed to 1910. Similar protection was given to the same year to birch and swamp partridge, the protection including prohibition of purchase or sale, or having in possession with intent to sell. The most important clause in the new Act, Clause Five, is one which may be well quoted in full : ‘‘Heads of lumbering establishments and 711 ing the joy of living, and as one listens after a day ofrush in the great whirl of modern life ; with the mysterious, rustl- ing trees, and the silent heavens, and twinkling stars for witnesses ; it seems to touch some responsive chord in our hearts which vibrates in a harmony of praise. There is a peculiarity about both these songs which is well worth comment. Step upto find the cricket and its little voice shall cease, pass an individual frog in his own particular slough and there is silence. It is as if an unseen hand were put forth to stay man’s ubiquitous pro- gress. ‘‘Hold, thou inquisitive mortal, thus far and no farther shall’t thou go, thou art in the presence of nature, of one of her mysterious secrets and shall never probe it.” Nocommon curiosity, no scientific investigation shall rend this veil, but come in all simplicity, with the heart of a little child, and thou shall fly on the song of a cricket, nay even the croak of the frog, to the throne of the Eternal. All these simple little voices, let us not forget them in the stress of daily toil, for ‘‘to those that have ears and shall hear,” they breathe a spirit of love and peace ; rest to the aching brain, joy to the saddened heart, and hope to the hopeless. Game Laws contractors and sub-contractors engaged in lumbering operations shall be held res- ponsible for all offences against the game laws respecting moose, caribou and deer, committed by men under their control. Nevertheless such responsibility shall not be incurred if the person subject there- to proves that he was unable to prevent the acts complained of.” By a further amending act the Lieuten- ant Governor in Council was given power to fix the fee for members of in- corporated fish and game clubs at such figure as may bedetermined from time to time. Fur Trading in and rancher, called ‘‘the Duke of Cottonwood Island,” one of the San Juan group in Puget Sound where he maintains the Harvey E, a trim craft which has navigated the rough seas off British Columbia and Alaska for years, passed through Spokane recently on the way to his old home in Nebraska, where he will visit relatives and acquaintances before returning to the north. The veteran, who holds the trophy as the best rifle shot of the state of Wash- ington as well as the entire Pacific Coast, is one of the picturesque figures of the West and North,and probably is the best informed regarding game of the rapidly disappearing army of hardy fur traders in the little known north country. Doty has made a fortune in the last fifteen years trading with Indians and white men along the Yukon and in Alaska, and though he spends money like a prince when in the city, unlike the proverbial prospector he will be able to pass the evening of his life in peace and comfort. However, he is yet hale and hearty and many of the younger men will retire from active work before he decides to quit the trail. Sportsmen all over the Northwest are acquainted with Doty and he is also known to many in the middle states and among the fur buyers in New York and London. He is big and generous and his voice is good natured. Many claim him as afriend ; few enjoy his confid- ence but they like him just the same. He came to the Pacific country in 1892 and drifted to the North? The wilderness there appealed to him then as it does now, and it was not long before he had a launch and began trading. Hewas suc- cessful from the start. He was shrewd, could stand almost any sort of exposure and had learned the ways of the people in the frozen country, with whom he came into contact and carried on business. Doty declares that more money can be made trading with the white hunters in Alaska, than with the Indians. This was not so in the earlier days, but the aborigines have been spoiled, and the Zee Doty, big game hunter, trader the Far North. conditions are different. Competition also has changed and made it necessary to do trading in much quicker time than formerly, in this he adds, it is impossible to hurry the northern Indians. Here is the explanation in his own words : Supposing you were coming down the Yukon and stopped at an Indian village, knowing that there was another trader . coming backof you. A squaw will pull a measly marten fur from her bosom and offer it to youfor a big price. By the way if you ever buy a poor fur from an Indian you will never be able to geta good one in the same place. My custom has been to grab the skin, when a poor one is shown by a squaw, and throw it on the ground, spitting on it. Then an- other squaw will bring out a good fur and I can buy it. ‘*All of this takes time and the fellow back of you is coming closer. It is al- most impossible tobuy more than one fur ata time from the Indians, and they usually want more than they are worth. This is because they have been spoiled by some inexperienced trader. When an Indian gets a big price fora fur it is hard to make him come down in his demand afterwards. ‘‘Sometimes I dig right into the shacks and find the furs myself, not waiting for the squaws to show them, and I can get good furs in this way, for they always reserve the best until the last. This is dirty work and you are liable to find most anything in the holes. I found a dead man once, and it scared me so that it was along time before I tried that game again. Up there in Alaska the Indians don’t bury their dead until they are pretty well along. When you are trading with the white trappers it is altogether different. You reach a camp and ask a trapper if he has any furs for sale. If he has he will bring them out, spread them so that you can inspect them carefully. You tell him how much you will give and if he thinks it is all right he will tell you to take them. Ifhe isn’t satisfied with the price he’ll bundle up his furs again and stow them away and wait tor the next trader. FUR TRADING IN THE FAR NORTH. This transactiontakes only a few minutes. I have picked up four thousand dollars worth of furs this way in a remarkably short time and sold them at big profits.” Doty’s principal trading field is aloug the Yukon River, which he has followed from the interior, where itis a mere creek over which one can step, down to the mouth, where it flows into the sea. He has alsotraded up in the Arctic Circle, where the scattered hunters and Indians seldom see strange faces, and he has brought out some of the finest marten, lynx, silver fox and red fox furs ever seen. In the more civilized regions of Alaska, along the Yukon, Doty says that cash must be paid for furs, but further to the north it is necessary for a trader to carry in guns, blankets, knives and other artic- les of use in camp. The hunters there have no use for money, but for a pair of warm blankets they will give most any kind of fur, Doty declares it is a mistaken idea that beads and like ornaments can be exchang- ed for furs with the Indians of today. This might have been the case at one time, but they are not so easy now. They must have spot cash money for their furs. However they’ will take ornaments for their relics, such as bask- ets. Acake of toilet soap, if it hasa strong and pleasant odor, will please them more than anything else. He told of offering soap that has no smell to the squaws and the Indians threw it away in disgust. Black tea is also popular with the Northern Indians. They will not accept green tea, and any of this kind that is carried to Alaska for trading pur- A correspondent writes: Some sixty years ago some young men were fishing in a little stream near my father’s house. One young man caught a small fish and saying that it was but a mouthful placed it in his mouth and made a pretence of swallowing it. The pretence turned out to be a reality and much consternation 713 poses is wasted. This, he said, is due to the fact that the Russians invaded the country years ago and introduced black tea. Doty cleared six thousand dollars ona recent trip down the Yukon from Eagle. In addition to making more money than on any previous trip he had the time of his life. There was excellent hunting along the banks of the river and by a peculiar incident he profited by the sport. In one region the duck shooting was the best he had ever known. Hearing that further on down the river the ducks were scarce and in demand, he tied up his boat for a few days and began killing the birds which he sold for a dollar each. When Amundson reached Alaska after -his famous trip through the Northwest Passage, Doty met him at Eagle and traveled a part of the way with the fam- ous explorer and took a keen interest in his voyage. They became warm friends and Amundson brought with him one of the best sled dogs in the North. ‘‘Few realize the wonderful natural ad- vantages of Alaska and the most of the people in the outside world have mistak- en ideas of the northern country,” Doty said. ‘‘If I were young I would spend all my time in Alaska and grow up with the country. Mining is only in its infan- cy there. Back of Circle there are won- derfully rich gold mines, but on account of the lack of transportation and the poor facilities for carrying food into the inter- ior, few of the miners are able to get in- to the rich country. In Southeastern Alaska I believe the great copper center of the world will be developed sometime. Exceedingly rich copper ore has also been found in the vicinity of Hadley.” prevailed when it was seen that the man had really swallowed the fish. His di- gestive organs must have been of the best for the fish never troubled him after- wards, though the joke was not willingly let die and for many years he was reminded of the occurrenee, and inquiries made as to his health and that of the fish. The Voyages of the Vikings BY HAROLD RAYMOND. Silent he stands upon a naked ledge High-hanging oer a bleak and rock-girt shore, Wind-swept and fissured with the wrath of waves That league-long roll thetr might upon the coast Of lonely Labrador. Rugged and grim his face, brown beaten with the storms, And furrowed with the frost-foams cutting chill, With eyes like stars he scans the barren heights And sees, close-clinging to a distant crag, The white-crowned eagle—hears tts lordly scream That rings across the waste of riven rock And loudly lures him on. Bold Leif, named the Lucky, for ts he The first to burst upon that wild unknown, Braving the rigorous tce-clime’s mysteries, Wresting the doubt from minds of mutinous men, Battling with bergs, with fogs, to, conquering, rend The world-old wonder trom the western sea. WING to the easy accessabilty, nowadays, to the many rare and enlightening manuscripts and docu- ments in the libraries and archives of Europe, much that was accepted as fact in the world’s history has proved to be false, some of it absolutely without foun- dation. Historians have been keener in the search for the truth, and nothing but the truth, and in the process history has been shorn of a lot of its glamour and he- roics.. On the other hand some things that were treated as mere legend and tradition have been gathered into the realms of reality and actual fact. To the latter class belongs the much doubted discovery of America by the Vikings. Historians of Scandinavia, in their exten- sive researches, had repeatedly come up- on some quaint manuscripts of the early writers of their country and the most of them awed by the stupendous task of de- ciphering the mysterious runic characters laid them aside; but there came a few bolder men who first attempted, then, after arduous labour, accomplished the apparently futile task, and as a result we have almost incontrovertible proof of the discovery of our native land by the old Norsemen. Two of these precious old —Letf Ericson (a fragment.) manuscripts, one in a Stockholm museum the other in the Vatican, Rome, are so closely allied in their chronology as to dispel all doubt of the matter, and both mention the circumstances, at the time they were written (about the twelfth cen- tury) as being generally accepted and known to all. The writers of these rare works were natives of Iceland, had voy- aged considerably about the northern waters, and, no doubt, had experi- enced, more or less, the dangers and ad- ventures they describe. Their writings are characterized by a simple earnestness and lucidity of expression, free from the extravagant hypocrisies of contemporary chroniclers of more southern climes. The substance oftheir narratives they gathered, undoubtedly from the sagas of the skalds of Iceland, which fact places these anci- ent brethern of poesy upon a more com- mendable footing than is generally ac- corded them, for they were considered mere half-wild singers at drunken was- sails while their sagas were but the idle dreams of their own savage drink-songs. It is more pleasant, if less romantic, to think of these northern poets as plain, straightforward,honest historians, giving to their listeners, in poetic medium, the \\ y \; \ Sy \ y \ Se RA \ THE BATTLE WITH THE SKRELLINGS stirring events of their adventurous times. The Norsemen, or Vikings, were prim- arily, a fighting race. Their religion be- gan and ended in war. Peace and do- mestic security were incompatible with their spirit and their lives were inevitably full of strife and turmoil. No cause was too trifling or insignificant to provoke a quarrel, when their ultimate hope was to die sword in hand and with a shout of defiance ringing from their throats. Little wonder, then, that they became a fearless forceful race, foremost in all the acces- sories and attributes of a savage people. They first fought amongst each other, tribe against tribe, but seeing that such sanguinary warfare was rapidly deplet- ing their kind they buried internecine feuds and turned their ship’s prows out and away from home fiords and harbors and sought foreign shores. Hence, scar- cely a river’s mouth of Europe but was to give haven to the long swift-sailing viking ships and many a black cloud of smoke hanging over many a lifeless ham- let showed where the ravager of the north had come, had conquered, and had gone. Eventually, the vikings, sated with strife and bloodshed settled upon the land they had won, intermarried with the na- tives and harmonized their life much in accordance with the climatic conditions of the country. Thus the British Isles, the German provinces, the Netherlands, France, Spain and even far-off Iceland became settled, wholly or partially by this conquering people. But, strange to say, the cause that drove them from their northern nests, that made them the most dreaded marauders of the high seas, was their undoing, for it scattered them, dis- solved their strength in unity and broke them completely as a nation. Those among them who gave up the wilder side of sea-life and settled down onthe lands they had conquered soon los: their nation- 716 al characteristics in following the pursuits of their adopted country, and their name, once so intensely feared and _ hated, be- came all but lost in oblivion. The number who had sailed north to the bleak, rock-girt shores of Iceland, who had the temerity to settle upon its lonely coast, forgot, ip time, the wild orgy of that former life in the hazardous toil of snatching a subsistence from the land and sea. Their struggles, now, were with the elements, not with their fellow- creatures and the transition sobered their fiery natures into a tractability that no- thing else could have achieved. There were a few spirits, however, ani- mated by the old-time passions that would not wholly die, who rose up now and then and committed acts of vanda- lism upon the colony that were met with a justice as effective as it was severe. One of these irrespressibles, Eric Thorvaldson, called the Red, so incensed the Icelan- ders with his high-handed actions that they banished him from the island. Of a wild, roving disposition, the reincarna- tion of the red blood of his ancestral sea- kings, this man took his sentence as a mere adventure, and being provided with plenty of necessities for a long sea-voy- age, also with companions of kindred spirit, he pointed his dragon-prowed ship for the west and sailed away. After many days of uncertainty, bad weather and disability in the ship’s gear, they sighted land and with joy in their hearts sailed along a rocky, barren, ice-bound coast until a wide-mouthed harbor gave them entrance to the newly found terri- tory. Here they remained, gave the name of Greenland to their discovery and started a colony, which gaining a liveli- hood similar to their native Iceland, was soon in a fair state of progression, as far as progress was known to them. It gradually enlarged upon itself by keeping up connection in trade with the mother- land. While Red Eric had full control,he was quite content to follow much as the people wished in the matter of rule, though oc- casionally the passion of free-handedness broke out in him, and several times the Greenlanders all but turned him from their shores. One of Eric’s sons, emulating the ex- ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA ample of his father, desired to go on a cruise to the old home in Iceland and al- so to increase his knowledge of the world by a continuance of the voyage to Norway. Eric, glad to see that the old traditions of his stock were not yet dead in the blood, willingly consented and had a ship fitted out, completely manned, and sent the venturesome Leif on his errand, admonishing the gods of speed and safe- ty to attend uponhim. Leif arrived with good fortune at Iceland and after receiv- ing the hospitality of his countrymen for some time, he set sail again and found one day the islands of the Orkneys loom- ing clearly upon the horizon. Here he remained much longer making friends with the different chieftains and lords of the isles, chen eager for something new he embarked once again. With fair wea- ther and free winds, his next port of call was on the broad coast of Norway, and, here, cruising from fiord to fiord, mak- ing merry over many a wassail board,and winning the friendship of the Northmen by his feats of seamanship and of the sword, he tarried till long into the sum- mer. He was brought to the court of King Olat, of Norway, with whom he be- came a prime favorite, and while there came in contact with some Christain priests and missionaries lately come from Rome. The doctrine of this new faith so enthralled Leif of Greenland that he be- came a convert immediately, much to the satisfaction of King Olaf who had also adopted the new religion and was allow- ing the Romish disciples to establish mis- sions throughout the land. Leif had no sooner received the sacrament of the church than he desired to return to his far home and persuade his countrymen to renounce their false beliefs for the blessings of the new. As the season was well advanced he decided to start at once so, having received the benedictions ot the priests, and acknowledging the re- ceipt of many costly gifts from the Nor- wegian King, he ordered his ship to be made ready for the long voyage. They steered a course south of the usual route, thinking in this way to facilitate the pas- sage across, but after leaving behind them the last islands of Northern Britain, a violent wind arose driving them farther south than they had intended. The LEIF ERICSON ON THE LABRADOR COAST Ae DD. storm lasted many days, and as they were forced to sail with it they lost all reckoning of time and whereabouts. Their ship also began to show the heavy strain of the pounding seas. The men grew restless and as the storm failed to lessen in strength and fury, their restlessness verged upon open mutiny. Happily, one day, the storm showed signs of abate- ment and the men suppressed their mut- terings. More sheet was given to the bulky, square sail and the ship rode mer- rily along. The Vikings knew they were far to the south of the Greenland coast and kept an anxious look-out for land whatever it might be. Their ship, with little or no modifica- tion, was the same as those long, snake- like galleys that used to harry the shores 1001 of NorthernEurope, bringing fireand deso- lation whithersoever they went They were lightly built, with sharp curving prow, from the stem of which stood up in mock defiance of the storm,a grinning dragon’s head garnished in gold or bright colors. In the bow was a short deck whereon the chieftain stood when in battle, with a few retainers about him, that he might deliver the first blows in the struggle. In the centre of the boat stood the single strong and lofty spar, on which slung to an extensive boom or yard was the huge, striped sail. When there was little or no wind for sailing, and also to expedite the movement of the ship while in battle act- ion, there was a bank of sweeps or oars, all down each side, manned by well-dis- ciplined oarsmen. During the rough 718 weather the large opening amidships could be completely covered by an easily erected cover or awning and under this canopy was the principal living room of the ship. On another small deck aft, similar to that in the bow quarters, stood the helmsman steering by means of a short tiller attached to a rudder hanging over the larboard side. It was the habit of oarsman,in early times,when not deck- ed out for battle, to sling their shields over the bulwarks of the boat directly above where they stood or sat to row, and the strikingly warlike appearance of this array of glittering shields down the sides eventually led to. the custom of hav- ing them apportioned positions equally distant from each other, thus adding or- namentation to utility. It was a wild moment tor all in the ship of Leif Ericson when, on that day, shortly atterthe going down of thestorm, the cry rang out that the land was in sight. There was a rush to the highest places in the boat and eyes long used to the piercing of sea mists were strained to catch-sight of the long expected fringe of grey upon the horizon. They watch- ed it till it grew from a faint stretch in the far distance to a well defined clear- cut region of towering rock and sandy beach. When within a short distance of the shore they sailed lightly down the coast looking for a safe harbor in which to land that they might overhaul the ship as the long trip had made her almost un- seaworthy. After finding a haven suit- able for the purpose the crew were im- mediately set to work at the task of scraping the bottom of the boat, while Leit and his officers surveyed their sur- roundings. The high massive cliffs of rock, range after range as far as the eye could see, was not altogether strange to the vikings, for such scenery indeed was what they had been accustomed to seeing since their birth. Iceland, Greenland, even Norway, were they not similarly featured? High, unending lines of sullen shaped mountain and promontory, rock and boulder and sandy shore. Occasion- ally a glimpse of green was caught amid the inevitable greys and browns, but they were few. On his boat being righted and launched again Leif followed the coast southward for a few days, until the ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. changeless monotony of the shore-line tired him and he was about to turn north again, when, losing the land for a little, they came upon a less rocky and more wooded section of the country, which aroused further curiosity in the crew. They landed and were surprised at the height and bulk of the trees, some of which they chopped down to take home with them. Having satisfied himself as to the nature of the country, Leif, at last set the course for north and home, giv- ing to the land, that had agreeably im- pressed him, the name of ‘‘Vinland the Good.” The voyage home was made eventful by the surprising discovery of ashipwreck. They had been sailing along under a fair wind and smiling skies for days when up- on nearing the Greenland coast the look- out observed a dark up-standing sub- stance in the water far ahead. At first the vikings took the object for a whale, not an unlikely thing in those northern waters, but under closer observation it was perceived that the object of itself was immovable, though certain figures were moving on its surface. Immediately the ship’s course was altered sufficiently to bring the strange discovery within hail and in due time the object disclosed it- self. It was a huge rock to which clung a number of men. They were rescued by a boat’s crew sent by Leif and brought on board. They told a tale of misery old as the sea itself. Their ship, sailing from Iceland to Greenland, had been ov- ertaken by a great storm and her timbers old and worm-eaten had sprung a-leak. The crew abandoned her taking to small boats and had found the lonely rock in mid ocean on which they would have died had their rescuers not arrived in time. From this incident Leif afterwards receiv- ed trom his countrymen, the name of “the Lucky.” There was much rejoicing when the long absent viking ship sailed into the harbor of Ericsfiord, and Brettahlid, the home of Eric Thorvaldson, was given up to mirth and amusement for many a day at the happy return of his son, Leif. Great, also, was the wonder and _ specu- lation over the new country they had dis- covered to the south. It awoke the ad- venturous spirit of the old viking, Red THE VOYAGES OF THE VIKINGS Eric, who with his oldest son, a brother to Leif, got up an expedition the follow- ing year, 1001, in search of the mysteri- ous Vinland, but they were unsuccessful in reaching their destination, owing, evi- dently to storms and adverse winds, for little is told of their efforts. Interest, however, was kept at fever heat over the discovery of Leif and his crew, and two years after the abortive venture of Red Eric and his son, a daring Icelander nam- ed Thorfinn Thordarson, otherwise Karl- sefni, happening in Greenland, determin- ed to make an attempt to find the new land. So, with a few courageous spirits, like himselt, as leaders, Thorbrand Snor- rason, a most valiant and true friend, and one Thorhall, called ‘‘the Huntsman,” and with two ships and one hundred and sixty men in all, he set sail in the spring of the year 1003, from the settlement of Greenland.It may be remarked as strange that Leif Ericson did not follow up his first successful exploration, but that vi- king, who had not forgotten the reason of his sudden departure for home from Norway was, doubtless, endeavoring to win over his fellowmen to the new belief, and had, it may be assumed, no time for secular adventure. Karlsefni, with a good wind, set his course for the south-west and after a steady run they came in sight of a low- lying shore and anchored in a sheltered place, rowing in to observe the charac- ter of the land. It was a barren, unten- able country with a promiscuous showing of large flat stones lying on the surface. Besides the sea-faring animals they en- countered foxes and bears, probably of the polar variety, as the territory they had arrived at was, no doubt, from their account of it, what is now known as Baffin’s Land. Not at all enchanted with the spot they pulled out and away after giving the country the name of Helluland from its chief characteristic of low, flat boulders and flags, This time they steer- ed under a stiff north breeze, sailing ina southerly direction for many days, event- ually coming to a land of a much warmer climate than the first and necessarily very different in appearance. Passing down along the coast, sailing only on those days that the wind was fair, owing to their limited knowledge of navigation, it (alte was a voyage that needed much patience and perseverance, qualities which do not seem to have been wanting in the ancient voyagers. They found fresh meat plen- tiful, both on land and in the sea, for the replenishing of their stores, and also were successful in renewing their supply of fresh water. Like the crew of Leif Ericson’s ship they were much impressed with the quantity and height of trees in places and gave tothe region the name of Markland. They voyaged on down the coast till they came to a place where long sandy beaches marked the shore-line and going on still further brought them to a deeply wooded land much indented with creeks and bays. Landing here they decided to explore some of the interior of the country and after ranging about the beach for a time they chose two fleet run- ners fram the crew and gave them in- structions how to proceed. It is worth remarking that that the two chosen ones were two Gaels from the Highlands of Scotland, slaves of Karlsefni, and given him by Leif Ericson who had received them as a present from King Olaf of Nor- way. They were chosen because of their agility in clambering over rocks and hilly places. After a reasonable absence the Gaels returned carrying bunches of wild grapes and a few heads of a species of grain. This was encouraging to the northmen as it excited their ardour and curiosity to see more. They hoisted an- chor and steered south again, sailing when the winds permitted, rowing when the seas were not too contrary. It was now getting towards the fall of the year and Karlsefni, after due consideration with his friends purposed finding a suit- able harbour and landing place, erecting a post on shore and staying there for the winter. Presently they arrived at a large bay at the mouth of which reposed an is- land of considerable extent. Here was a haven adapted to their needs, so, when the tide allowed they sailed their ships to a quiet sheltered spot and landed. They built a considerable dwelling on shore and with their ships hard by were prepar- ed for the severity of the winter months. Their boats became frozen-up in the ice and almost buried in the snow, but with easy communication between ship and ashore they began the cold winter spell 720 quite comfortably. But ere the winter was half over they became too prodigal with their provisions and presently fam- ine threatened to show its gaunt, lean face. Wild fowl and birds, very plenti- ful in the early part of the season, grew scarce and the adventurers became frightened for the future. One day a whale was discovered blown ashore by a fierce storm and upon it, without amom- ent’s thought, they ravenously commenced to appease their gnawing hunger. Prob- ably, had they at first eaten it in small quantities, there would have been no evil effects from this odd diet, but a series of gorgings could have but one result. The majority ot them became deathly sick. Fortunately several members of the band discovered that by cutting holes through the ice in the harbor a fish could be lured from the briny depths and the adoption of this idea saved the situation. They abandoned the whale to the scavangers of land and sea. Occasionally a bear or other animal was killed to add to the lar- der. To say that they suffered extreme hardship from the cold would be rather inconsistent when we consider that these men were born and bred in lands nearly if not within the arctic circle, and that hardship among the colder eleinents, was of necessity, a part of their existence. They minded the exigencies of winter not at all, but being of a spirited, zealous na- ture the confinement exacted by the frost and snow was very trying and they longed for the milder clime of summer. Wecan imagine what a frenzy of joy overcame them when they saw the ice, withered by the warm south winds and broken by the western gales, begin to leave the harbor and drift out to its dissolution among the great heavy swells of the restless Atlan- tic. Rapidly breaking up their encamp- ment and stowing the goods in the holds of the vessels they quickly followed in the wake of the ice. During the winter some of the men, finding the long period of confinement growing irksome, broke out into Open railing of the monotony and otherwise acting ina mutinous manner. They were led by Thorhall, the Huntsman, who though a chieftain in rank, was anything but a favorite with the majority of the band. This man, brutal and quarrelsome ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. by nature, was in his element when trouble was brewing, and gave the leader Karlsefni, much annoyance with his op- position to authority. One day, while out on his usual pursuit of hunting, Thor- hall got separated from the party in some way and though they searched diligently for him, it was not until three days of constant search elapsed before he was discovered upon ahigh, rocky promontory gazing wildly and abstractedly abouthim. He was loth to return to the dwellings of his comrades and much persuasion was necessary before he would adopt reason- able conduct. It was, therefore, not un- expected, when, as they were planning their further voyage, the intractable ones commenced a heated discussion as to the advisability of continuing the southward course. Karlsefniand Snorrason, with most of the crew were for renewing the voyage, but the Huntsman and nine other irreconcilables were for going north again. After some bickering it was finally agreed that one ship be allotted to each party and each go on its separate way. Thorhall with his nine men on board turned the ship’s bow for the north and was soon lost to his former friends. It appears that he reached the shores of Ireland and passing along the coast was taken, possibly for a pirate,after a severe struggle. He, and the few of the crew who were alive, were made slaves, and after an eventful life, the mighty Hunts- man was killed in battle, never, however, regaining his freedom. Karlsefni and his followers cruised about, going south when possible with the wind, and after a time approached a land differing in many ways to that to which they had been accustomed. This country was clothed deeply with a large forest of green of many shades. Moun- tains of multiple shapes reared rocky heads above the verdant woodlands, and the cries of many birds and beasts re- sounded through the groves and from along the shore. The Northmen, much enamoured with the beauty of this new region, sailed along its pleasing coast for days before fully making up their minds toland and build their settlement. As they sailed farther and yet farther to the south the climate grew warmer and the vegetation took on a fuller and den- THE VOYAGES OF THE VIKINGS. ser growth. At length they reached the broad mouth of a river and here they de- cided to stay for a time at any rate. The river could only be entered at flood-tide so when the tide allowed they ran the ship quite a distance up the shallow river. The country on all sides was deeply wooded with here and there a fir-clad hill rising out of the forest. Not a sign of any human inhabitants had they seen so far, though at the entrance to the riv- er, scattered along the sandy beach, they had noticed the keel and wreckage of a ship, which showed as far as they could judge, asimilarity to their own. Running the boat ashore, as was their custom when landing in quiet waters, they were soon darting about the woods and valleys of the vicinity, eager to know more of the strange, yet peaceful-looking land. They had taken a few cattle with them on the voyage and these they turn- ed out among the hollow vistas of the forests, where the grass was thick and luxuriant, to graze. Their first task ashore was to erect booths for the sum- mer months. These structures were made simply by driving long stakes or poles into the ground forming two rows; the tops of these poles were attached by horizontal stakes, and the whole inter- woven with small branches and the top thatched to shed the rain. It was a light airy covering suitable for the summer season; when the weather grew more severe they gave place to dwellings of more substantial pretence. While exploring this latest country they discovered more wild grain, but of a fuller development than that of the nor- thern settlement, and the wild grapes, but richer, larger and more lucious than for- mer varieties. Gathering the already ripened product of the fields they ground it in the primitive fashion of their time and were well pleased to find that it an- swered the purpose of the grains of their own home-land. The success of this ven- ture allayed their fears of the stress of another winter in this latest found coun- try. They looked forward to a less strenu- ous solution of the frost clime. One fine clear morning of the late au-— tumn while the vikings were disposing themselves about their different -duties around the settlement, someone drew at- 721 tention to the approach of a number of light craft being rapidly propelled down the river. The boats were manned by a dark-skinned, savage-looking race of men, whose black, shining hair, piercing eyes and long lean bodies gave them an appearance of strength and ferocity. They stared at the white faced, fair-hair- ed Northmen in surprised silence. Then raising their short oars in a somewhat mechanical fashion, they made gestures as though they would speak with them, Karlsefni beckoned for them to come for- ward, though he gave his men a motion to look well to their weapons. On came the natives and as they drew nearer, the flashing steel and silver of the North- men’s swords and garments surprised them into open-mouthed wonder and awe. They seemed, on closer contact, such a simple, tractable people, that the vikings immediately called them Skrellings, a name indicative of opprobrium ordisdain. Some of them had in their possession robes and cloaks of the finest, silk-like furs which at once caught the eyes of the vikings. They made signs as though they would trade and barter with them, offering bits of iron and pieces of cloth in exchange. The Skrellings presently understood what was intended and im- mediately commercial transactions were in full sway between the parties. After the supply of furs had become exhausted, and they could find nothing else with which to continue the intercourse, the natives reluctantly took leave and paddled away in their skin canoes, returning up the river from whence they came. Shortly after this episode, the Norse- men became busy at the work of enlarg- ing their dwellings, making them, as far as possible, impervious to the winter’s cold, for another season of frost was up- on them. Benefitting by the experience of the last winter they saw carefully to the stor- ing away of a plentiful supply of victuals and as both fish and towl, as well as other game, were to be had with little labour in their present encampment, they were more at ease about the future. They were also free from the petty tyranny of Thorhall,the Huntsman,and his crew and passed the days in happy communion and leisure. It must have been an exception- 722 ally mild winter that year, for, according to their statement, so little snow fell that their stock could be left in the open nearly all the time and they found almost enough forage in the bare spots among the hills to keep them in good condition. Spring came early and scarcely had the last ice-floe, sailed passed the encampment towards the river’s mouth, when a large party of the Skrellings was seen dropping down the river in their frail canoes. They came with a large supply of furs for the pur- pose of exchanging them for the guady trinkets and red cloth of the white men. This time it was the latter’s goods that were to run out first. Their cloth they tore into thin strips and when it was all gone the natives clamoured for more. The Northmen were looking about for some other articles to trade when a Skrelling going intoecstacies almost over a portion of porridge given him, instantly each and all of the natives would have given the last fur skin for a mouthful of the pounded grain, They were in the middle of this vigorous bargaining when a bull, a mem- ber of the live stock of the expedition, quietly grazing at some distance from the camp, gave vent to a prolonged roar. At once the natives dropped everything in hand and tore down to their canoes and without stopping to ascertain the cause of their fright and discomfiture,they pad- dled furiously away up the river. For three weeks they made no appear- ance and the Northmen were preparing to depart from the land, when one day a large fleet of canoes was discovered com- ing around a point up the river. They kept close together and made no acknow- ledgment of the presence of the vikings, except to run their light craft ashore at a suitable landing place and arm themsel— ves each with a long bow and full sheath of arrows. This last manuoevre aroused the curiosity of the Northmen. It looked like a challenge to combat as in previous intercourse they had shown no such ag- gresive action. After a short council, Karlsefni and his men decided to talk with the Skrellings, and if possible allay their fears with a few signs of friend- liness. Thorbrand Snorrason with a few others offered to act as mediators but their intentions were mis- ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. [ construed. The Skrellings seeking the shelter of rocks and trees let loose fast- flying arrows and other missiles upon them and a general engagement follow- ed. The Northmen held a good position upon a prominent bluff of rock, com- manding a view of the enemy as well as their own ship and dwellings. At first the natives led the action but the steady courage of the vikings,together with their mighty strength with axe, javelin and sword compelled the natives to withdraw. The fight had lasted sometime though from the constant rush of the Northmen to deal hand to hand blows, the Skrel- lings, who needed some space between to make their arrows effective, were forced back continually and at last wholly rout- ed and chased to their canoes which they speedily launched and fled away, leaving quite a number of dead and wounded be- hind. Among the vikings two were killed and four or five wounded. Karlsefni was sore- ly grieved to find among the fallen his friend Thorbrand Snorrason, who had been nearest the enemy when they be- gan the onslaught. He had been almost instantly killed with an arrow through his lungs, while several other barbs had pierced different parts of his body. The two dead were buried with alltheceremon- ies cf their respective stations, the wound- ed placed in quiet and comfortable quar- ters and leveling their dwellings with the ground, the Northmen, after stowing away their valuables in the hold of the ship, set sail on anorthward course. They were enabled to hug the shore a good deal and in time arrived at the place of their first settlement, and, as the season was far advanced they decided to put in another winter in their old habitations. Prospects appeared encouraging in the matter of food as fowls and animals were numeious. They had also taken on board with them a good suppy of grain from the vicinity of their settlement of Vinland and this proved a happy addition to their flesh diet. The third winter passed quietly and uneventful and with the spring awakening of the water and the land,they again embarked all their colonial effects on board their doughty ship and this . time they. set her dragon’s head for home. THE VOYAGES OF THE VIKINGS Greenland was reached in due time and the voyagers welcomed as friends risen from the dead. They were feasted and praised at many a wassail board while the story of their adventures in far-off Vinland-the-Good was repeated over and over again until it became woven in- to the songs of the skalds whence it pass- ed into the simple, stirring folk-lore of the people. Of any subsequent voyages of the Northmen tothe land to the south no mention has been made or seen except a brief statement in an ancient manuscript referring to a number of Icelandic seamen from the colony of Greenland having sail- ed as far south as Markland in the year 1347. But only the one writer has been found that records the incident. Arctic explorers while traversing the rocky shores of Baffin’s Land have found flags of ancient carved stone bearing in- scriptions in the early runic characters of the vikings, and these discoveries, go far towards proving the tales of the early narrators. As to how far south the vikings voy- aged has been a much mooted question. Most of those who are well-aquainted with the different characteristics of our 723 eastern coast, assert that the lowest point of their cruising could easily be about forty-six degrees, but they hesitate in making it lower. This would place the Norseman’s Vinland somewhere about the middle coast of Nova Scotia. Mark- land might well be Newfoundland and Helluland the low, flat rock of Baffin’s Land or Northern Labrador. There might possibly be contention over the fact of them taking three years to sail that dis- tance but we must remember that the distance is greater than seems, also, con- sider the means of navigation in those days, when, through adverse winds voy ages were delayed for weeks at a time. However through much research and discussion there stands out the clear-cut fact, that, just about nine hundred years ago, nearly five centuries before the dis- covery of Columbus, the hardy vikings had set eyes On what is now the contin- ent of America, and though they did not follow up the discovery to their ultimate advantage—no matter—they are actual- ly the first heroes of our land. Let us give them a thought when reading of the much-vaunted adventures and exploits of our own forbears, and, also, what they most richly deserve, atair meed of praise. Experiences in the Backwoods. BY HENRY JERVIS T isa curious consideration, that men require, for the most part, an image of wood or metal, or an idol of stone made by their own hands, to call their attention to the fact that there is a supreme Diety, whilst all round them there are abundant signs of that great Power, so vast that the short years of a man’s life, cannot begin to recognize but a small portion of the careful arrange- ments created by the hands of sublime wisdom, for the assistance of man. These thoughts occurred to me, whilst admiring a colony of horned bladder-wort (uticularia cornuta), growing on a sandy promontory, caused by a small river dis- charging its waters into one of the great northern lakes of Ontario. The quaintly formed yellow bonnets, on their naked scapes, towards the evening threw out a sun, had only made its strong and agreeable perfume, which was but little perceptable during the bright day light—a cable to the night moth, even as their yellow beauty called the passing bee and butterfly, during the hours of sunlight. The woods came to the shore of the lake in gentle undulations though here and there a rocky bluff, whose covering of contorted cedar, dwarfed pine and juniper, growing from _ the crevices, partly shaded the nakedness of the gran- ite, yet left sufficient coloring to make a pleasing contrast. It was early autumn. As I approached the timber growth, I sawto my surprise an anemone, which owing tothe deep shade of the forest and facing the setting appearance at this late season. I would have plucked 724 it; as a curiosity, but it would have wilted sol left it, a pure spotless blossom. Probably but few of those reading these lines, have experienced the peculiar feel- ing of being miles and miles away, from their fellow men; alone, a one being, amidst an immense solitude. This feel- ing comes over the wandering traveller at times and is almost overwhelming. The little child on its first venture from home, from parents, from brothers and sisters probably feels the same prominence in its attack of home sickness, though without the sudden cure to the traveller, which active movement and busy preparations give. Asthe sun was already low,! looked for and found, a nice level spot, under a bunch of red-pine saplings, adjoining the sandy shore. Disembarking, I quickly erected my little tent, making a soft bed of spicy smelling balsam branches. There were lots of driftwood, which had been left by the receding waters of the spring flood, so having gathered sufficient fora good fireto last until bedtime, as the nights atthat time of the year are cool, anda bright fire is both cheering and companiable. The results of the long exertion caused a thin feeling at the waist band,sol proceeded to get ready my evening meal. I had shot a musk-rat which when par-boiled and afterwards fried, is a first rate pilot fish to a hot scone, and satisfies the longing of a hun- gry man, assisted bya cup of hot tea, the never failing solace of the weary bushman. Sitting by the fire, having supped well enjoying a little more tea in company with a pipe of McDonald’s briar, I listened to the various calls of the water birds, and occasionally the flap of a beaver’s tail, giving the alarm, startled probably, by the smell of the tobacco, or the big splash of a heavy fish jumping in play with its mates, in the cool of the evening air. It was now dark, though the stars were shining and was about time to turn in, asI wished to startearly in the morning. Suddedly I noticed everything had be- come quiet. Listening, I fancied I heard the sound of a paddle. In a few minu- tes acanoe with an occupant glided in front of me close to the shore. A man’s voice called ‘‘Hallo there,” ‘‘Good even- ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. ing!’’ andin a moment both the canoe and its owner were on the sandy beach. ‘‘T saw the blaze of your fire from the island, a little ways up” said the big voice, in the shadow, ‘‘and thought I would slip over and pay you a visit.” ‘Very good of you Pat’’,] replied, ‘‘come and sit down, who would have thought of meeting you here.” “By the great St. Patrick himself ! my boy ! the very man of all men’’ chimed in my visitor. There was a hearty handshake, and my friend of many years, was sitting down beside me. A most unexpected meeting !_ I made ona bright fire and having filled our pipes, we chatted of mutual friends, work that we were then engaged upon, finally drifting to the old days when we worked together. ‘‘Do you remember” said Pat ‘‘the big scare we got coming down the line be- tween the townships of P—and the Gore berth ?” “Indeed I do,” I replied laughing, ‘‘I shall never forget it.” ‘“‘Och murder” he continued, ‘‘I can see the picture of the two of us, working down the hill to the river, with the great beast roaring and the cubs squeaking over beyant. You withthe tommy-hawk, and myself with the wee rifle, wan of them flea-shooters ; looking and _ peecking through the bush, until we struck the river inthe gorge. Then, when we waded to the middle of the river up to our waists and could see nothing but the cliff of granite rock and boulders, the menagerie roars stopped and the squeaks ceased.” ‘‘Faith” continued my six foot six friend ‘‘I climbed that cliff with fears and trembles, expecting each long minute, some great beast would be gathering me to itself, as I poked my _ head above the rock, and that you would disappear whilst it was making a quick meal of my- self. When we achieved the top of the cliff, talk of howls of the Banshee” ex- claimed Pat ‘‘they are not init, the rack- et started again. You sat down laugh- ing and pointed at the big pine tree to the left of us, where the great raven, had the nest ; it was feeding and scolding the squeaking youngsters. Who ever would have thought a bird could have made such a fearsome noise ?” . FEN ATT Surveying the Selkirks. HE wonderful and widespread in- terest taken in Canada’s mountain regions, Owing to the establishment and successful work of the Alpine Club of Canada, lends additional importance to the publication, by the Department of the Interior,of the Selkirk Range, a book issued in two volumes, and containing an account of two years’ work of the topo- graphicalsurvey ofthe portion of the Selkirks adjacent to the line of the Cana- dian Pacific Railway. The author is Mr. A. O. Wheeler, who is in charge, on behalf of the Dominion Government, of the topographical survey and whose party during the first year covered the ground -between Beavermouth and Revelstoke, from the eastern to the western slopes of the range. ‘‘At the latter point a connection is made with J. J. McArthur’s _to- pographical sur- vey of the Col- umbia valleyand Arrow lakes. By this means a continuous zone has been topog- raphically sur- A LORD OF THE FOREST. veyed for several miles on either side ot the railway and river, forming a base from which the work can be expanded in any required direction. During the second year the survey was extended southward toembrace all previous travel and ex- ploration of the higher Selkirk summits, and to enable a reliable guide map to be furnished to tourists and mountaineers.” The first volume is divided into four parts, the first dealing with the survey, the second with travel and exploration, the third previous surveys and the fourth deals with mountaineering in the Sel- kirks. There are also eight appendices, every one of which is valuable and most useful for the purpose of re- ference. The il- lustrations add much to the in- terest, -of the work and par- ticularly the maps and plans which comprise the second vol- ume,and which, as works of study and re ference cannot be surpassed. Part one de- voted to an ac- count of the ROD AND GUN survey describes in plain but forcible lan- guage the actual experiences of the party when engaged in the work. The photo- graphic method was followed and Mr. Wheeler, after describing the system, declares it to be most suitable for topog- raphical work. By agreement with the Dominion Government, British Columbia ceded what is now known as the ‘‘railway belt,” to the Dominion in order to assist in the construction of the first transcon- tinental railway. It is this area, ‘‘the AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA wildest, grandest and most attractive portions in the whole Ro ck y Mountain sy st’em” over which the survey is to pro- ceed, anda. portion of which has been accom. plished as described in the work under r e- view. The im portance of tourist travel and the possibi- lities of its great devel- opement are dwelt upon and figures giv- en to show that the stream has set in with great force. ‘‘Travellers in a new territory ask for maps and thus a gen- eral topo- graphicsur- XS a Kb = +s 4 5 > wo THE DEVIL’S GATE, BEAVER CANYON. vey became necessary.” A topographical survey of the Rockies was commenced in 1887, using the photo- graphic method but was discontinued in 1892 owing to the surveyors on that work being taken off to conduct similar operations in connection with the Alaskan boundary survey. During the last season of this work, a 1econnaissance survey in the Selkirks was undertaken with a view of extending the main Rocky Mountain triangulation to that range.” At first it SURVEYING THE SELKIRKS was intended to resume the work at the point where it was dropped,but owing to the fact that Mr Edward Whymper, the famous English mountaineer, had been engaged to conduct explorations and sur- veys inthe interests of the Canadian Pacific, it was decided to leave the field open to him and take up_ topographi- cal work in the Selkirks, subsequently connecting it with the general system of triangulation carried up the Bow and down the Kicking Horse valleys. When starting out upon his first season’s work, Mr Wheeler met Mr. Whym- per, at Banff, and hadtheadvantage of examining his outfit and instru- ments, all having beenselected with extreme care and as one result of his long and var- ied experiences. From Revelstoke the party proceed- ed drown the Arr- ow Lake branchto examine the long tangent proposed as a base from which to initiate the triangulation for fixing the posi- tion of the camera stations. It was found to answer the purpose well and Mts. Macken- zie and Cartier would prove ex- cellent and easily accessible points from which to expand totheeast. A preliminary trip up Mt. Mackenzie, incompany with two Cana- dian Pacific Railway employees, was not fruitful of results and a few days later a start was made in an -eastern direction. In company with a prospector, Mr. Wheeler had quite an adventure. ‘*A mile and a half east of Twin Butte, two most picturesque mountain torrents meet immediately below the railway. They are crossed bya long wooden trestle about a hundred feet above the ODIN AND THOR GLACIERS, 727 bottom of the ravine. When midway across a freight train suddenly emerged from a cutting at the other end and took the trestle. There was nothing for it but to hang on tothe side timbers of the bridge as best we might, not a comfort- able position witha pack on your back and a hundred foot drop below. That was the longest and slowest train I ever saw. I think we were both a little bit frightened as we shook ourselves togeth- er and vowed more caution in the future.” A description of the journey from MT. WHEELER AND GRAND MT. Albert Canyon to Glacier House follows. Here introductions to the Swiss guides were made, and the author pays a tribute to the excellent services of these men on snow and ice where they are good and competent, though on the rocks Cana- dian guides are quite their equals, ‘‘and in the bush and brush could give them points.” In extended trips, which will shortly be demanded, they are likely to prove of still greater service. From Mt. Lookout, Mr. Wheeler had splendid views of the Selkirks and with 728 his prismatic compass and map located with ease most of the peaks bearing names. An attempt was made upon Mt. Sir Donald but without success. A fine description of the snowsheds, a most in- teresting feature of a western trip over the Canadian Pacific, is given as well as an account of the trip to Beavermouth, which was a success in every way. As a result of this trip it was decided to commence work in earnest at Albert Canyon village, twenty-two miles from ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. Revelst.ke andtwenty-five miles from the summit. On July eighth, 1901, the party were under canvas at Albert Canyon. The village is 2227 feet above the sea level and the first station occupied is at an altitude of 7276 feet or 5049 feet above the rail- way and was recorded as ‘Al bert Canyon East.’. » Tai second station is on the same ridge. Across the valley are two peaks, the northerly 9,562 and the south- erly 9,998 feet, a nod. (More Wheeler sug- gests thatthese hitherto —_—un- named peaks be called Al- bert Peaks, while the name of the creek at their eastern base be chang- ed to Albert Creek. These Peeks look worth aconqu- est ; what the western faces may show has yet to be dis- covered. On July thirteenth and fourteenth, a trip was made up the north branch of the Illecillewaet, the party divid- ing and as- cending the valleys on both sides to the crest of the slopes by which it is formed. The station southeast of the stream, known as Canyon station has an altitude of 6,540 feet and that on the north side or North Fork station, 7,047 feet. Both command a fine view up the SWISS PEAK AND HERMIT MOUNTAINS. ROGFRS PEAK, SURVEYING THE SELKIRKS 729 valley ‘‘disclosing an array of tributary valleys and at their heads, rugged snowy peaks, many of them apparently over ten thousand feet above sea level.” The main stream was crossed bya wire cable consisting of four telegraph wires twisted together, andin the next three days three stations were occupied, One on the south side of the river, Albert Canyon west, elevation 5,363 feet, Albert Canyon north, elevation 6,999 feet and Silver Creek East,elevation 7584 feet. It Was necessary to occupy the latter stations, to make a camp at timber line, though it was hard to carry up tent, blankets and provisions in addition to camera and transit. To make an ascent and properly occupy a station the same day was often impossible. When moving the camp to Twin Butte siding, ten miles westerly, the cook shot three bears, an old one and two cubs. The young ones climbed a tree but could not hide themselves. Later on the old one made good soup and the meat of one of the young ones was found pal- atable. They were brown bears and not of large size. A station south of Twin Butte at an al- titude of 6996 feet was occupied. This proved a most interesting station present- ing magnificent views ot the Illecillewaet valley both east and west. The vreat mass of the Albert Peaks were seen at close range and it was realized that many problems were presented for solution. A trip west of the Twin Creeks was taken on July twenty-fourth and five days later camp was moved to the old millat Greely Creek, six miles from Revelstoke. This proved an ideal camping ground. The last two days ot July were spent on the ridges immediately east of Greely creek and between it and the Twin Creeks. Three stations were occupied, MTS. Greely Creek East, Greely Creek South and Twin Creek West at the respective altitudes of 7,241, 7,749 and 7,568 feet, the railway at Greely creek being I,699 feet above sea level. The views were especially fine showing numerous lake- lets in the Alpine valleys above timber line. Many deer were also seen and one large caribou. Smoke from bush fires hindered the work somewhat and on August second the party crossed the Illecillewaet in an acme folding canvas boat, occupying several stations onthe west side of the Clach-na-coodin group. The elevation of the highest point photographed was 7983 feet. ‘‘Bzlow this point, reposing in an elevated rocky basin, Jay a small =. -\s st. en Y i, A — CHEOPS, GRIZZLY AND SIFTON. lake of bright emerald green, the water having atranslucent rather than trans- parent appearance. I am not aware what causes the coloring. It is not due to reflec- tion, for the color remains the same in cloud or shine. I have morever seen three of these little lakes close together in a valley, one emerald green, one deep violet and the other dingy brown.” Camp was then taken to Revelstoke and established in a belt of green timber, three miles from town. The bush was On fire at the time though gangs of men in the Government service were fighting the fire and soon had it under control, but it was not finally extinguished until snow fell. The work was carried on amid 730 great discouragement but base measur- ing was concluded. In the middle of August a_ flying camp was taken to timber line on Mt. Mackenzie. The next morning,while the party were at breakfast,a caribou paid them a visit and in the evening another was seen in the same locality, both peaks anda main camp. Signals were set upon return made to the The two peaks, formerly ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA known as the Twin Butte, have since been named Mts. Mackenzie and Tilley. Mr. Wheeler holds that there is in reality but one peak, the other being only a spur or shoulder, although from the valley they have the appearance’of two distinct points. The higher was recorded as Mt. Mackenzie, altitude 8,064 teet but the lower as Mackenzie Shoulder, altitude 7,718, feet. ‘‘The altitude of the railway at its base is 1434 feet leav- ing a climb of 6,630 feet to the loftier summit within fifty feet the same _ height as the summit of _Mé. Sir Donald from Glacier House and much more tiring.” The last stat- ion to be oc- cupied in the vicinity was Mt. Cartier, but owing to the dense smoke only photographs to the east- ward were taken and a signal erected for use from the base. Smokecon- tinued so bad that it was decided to pack up and start for Rog- ers Pass. ‘Jn the small hours of Aug- ust twenty- seventh, the car containing our ponies, outfit and party. was dumped at the side track at the summit THE ILLECILLEWAET GLACIER, SHOWING BED MORAINE RECENTLY VACATED BY THE ICE. SURVEYING THE SELKIRKS ° of the Selkirks.” Camp was pitched at the actual summit of the pass. As some- thing easy for a start Mt. Avalanche was selected and the following day’s ex- The pedition was entirely successful. day afterwards the westerly ot the twin peaks of Avalanche was occupied, when the whole panor- ama of the Her- mit range was seen, to the east the Beaver valley and ‘‘above the towering outline of Mt. Macdon- ald the snow caps of the Rockies.”’ A station on the northern ridge, overlook- ing the Beaver Valley, altitude 3,682 feet was oc- cupied. “The station furnishes an excellent view of the north face of Sir Donald ; it did not appear to offer a good point of attack from this quarter, the sides rising in sheer precipi- ces from base to summit. The glaciers at the outlet of the neve descend to the Beaver valley and are small and cramped.” Sir Donald was next attacked and by rising at two o’clock the ascent was com- menced at half past three and the summit reached at 10,15 a. m. Although the day was smoky some good work was done. Camp was not reached till half past nine o’clock in the evening, the party having been MR. EDWARD WHYMPER, 731 steadily on the go, inclusive of the work at the summit, for twenty hours. The elevation of Sir Donald above sea level is found to be 10,808 feet, An unsuccessful attempt to occupy THE WELL KNOWN ENGLISH MOUNTAINEER AND AUTHOR. Swiss Peak was made on September the third, the want ot success being due to bad weather. Tupper Crest, altitude 8,568 feet was however occupied and the outfit and instruments left for a further effort. As climbing was out of question on the fifth a run was made to Bear Creek station and a signal erected there. On the sixth a return was made to the camp below Swiss Peakand a station, Hermit Crest, altitude 9,010 feet, occupied. Swiss Peak was conqueredon the following day, the pre- vious record being an as- cent by Carl Sulzer, of the Swiss Alpine Club in 1890. At Beaver- mouth a few days _after- wards Mr. Wheeler met a prospector who _ upon being told of the feat said ‘“Why I was up that five years ago !” The = eleva- tion o1 Swiss Peak is 10,- 515 feet. Notwith - standing the drawbacks of bad weath- era _ station was occupied immediately Ss 0 U-t bE Beaver- mouth at an altitude of 7,251 feet. A second sta- tion, oppos- ite Suprise Creek, alti- tude 5,939 feet,was also occupied but the clouds were lowand the views not PHILADELPHIA « yy Se 3 RS > MI SIR DONALD AND EAGLE PEAK FROM BELOW THE LOOP. very success- fale Sag: stations were established above timber line on the heavily timbered shoulder extending easterly from Mt. Macdonald, the alti- tudes being respectively 7,595 and 6,990 Teel. Three further days were taken up with climbs and the occupation of stations SURVEYING THE SELKIRKS 733 upon three minor points around the Roger pass summit—Napoleon, Mt. Grizzly, and the northwest corner of Mt. Cheops. All three were easy climbs, the respec- tive altitudes being 7,737 feet, 9,061 feet and 8,317 feet. The central position of Mt. Cheops is particularly good for obser- vation purposes. “Tt is not always well to be too exalted,a middle station enables you to mark and enjoy the lower but none the less interesting fea- tures which are minimised and lost froma great height.” Five days were spent at IIlecelle- waet station but owing to bad weather only one ascent Was pos- sible,immediately above and west of Corbin pass, the altitude be- ing 7,083 feet. A station was occupied on the crest of the long ridge of Mt. Ab- bott, usually as- cended from Glacier House at an altitude of 7,710 feet. In- tended trips to Mts. Dawson and Macounwere adjourned on account of the broken weather. The survey was closed by a series of climbs taken from October first to fifth, stations being occupied east of Illecillewaet village altitude 7,631 feet ; one above Laurie mining camp 7,424 feet ; one overlook- ing Flat Creek to its head 8,080 feet and one on the ragged edge lying immediat- ely south of Cougar creek and north of the Illecillewaet river, commonly called Cougar mountain, altitude 7,361. An attempt to complete the work at Albert Canyon was a failure but the angles at the end of the base were ob- tained at Revelstoke. Several walks were taken along the track dnd final THE DAWSON AMPHITHEATRE, notes and barometer readings checked and finished. Testimony is borne to the assistance rendered the party by those occupying positions on the mountain division of the Canadian Pacific Railway from the Superintendent to the section- men, and while the season’s work fell 734 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA short of what was originally proposed its excellence is certain to be remember- ed amongst the exploring work in Canada. It was decided the following year to continue the work of mapping all the previously explored and travelled regions of the higher Selkirk summmits, and at the end of July, camp was _ established near Rogers Pass station, The first trip was up the Asulkan Valley and the seccnd Bear Cieek. Three ascents were made— Cougar Creek north 8,956 feet, Cougar Head 9,096 feetand Fang Rock, 9,302 feet. Ursus Major 8,930 feet and Ursus Minor 6,700 feet were gained and the party rested prior to undertaking narder work. Camp was established iust below Mt. Rogers on nearly the same spot as the previous year and next day Rogers Peak was ascended. Mt. Rogers ‘‘comprises three com- ponentparts, The western is named Rogers Peak, alti- tude 10,536 feet. The central con- sists of three dis tines peaks ;_ the highest or ea)S) Pe ten. Swiss Peak, is 10,515 feet in altitude ; the middle one it is pro- posed to call Fleming Peak, alti- tude 10,370 feet and the western, Grant Peak, altitude 10,- 216 feet, to commem or- ate the meet- ing of Sir Sandford Fleming, the late Dr. G. M._ Grant, and the late Major A. B. Rogers at the summit of the pass beneath in 1883. The eastern part consists like- wise of three MOUNTAIN FROM HERMIT CREST. HERMIT & hy ry N = So A SURVEYING THE SELRIRKS Photo. W. A. Gleason. DAWSON RANGE, ILLECELLEWAET AND ASULKAN GLACIERS. sharp points. These it is suggested be named Truda Peaks, in recognition of the first lady to ascend Mt. Rogers and Swiss Peak—Miss Gertrude E. Benham, of London, Eng.”’ While on this peak they determined the height ofa peak they saw to the north amongst several other peaks. Its altitude proved to be 11,634 feet and is the highest peak yet determined in the Selkirk range and situated not far from the head of Gold Creek. It is suggested to name this peak Mt. Sir Sandford in honor of Sir Sandford Fleming K.C.M.G. Mt. Hermit was next at- tacked and ow- ing to the ne- cessity for ob- servations the summit was not reached. Nevertheless, some excellent topographical work was ac- complished. Mt. Bonny was ascended by way of Mt. Swanzy to within an hour of the top but again topog- raphy had to be 735 allowed to win. The peak gained was named Clark’s Peak in honor _ of the guide, who was the first Swiss mountaineer to set foot on it. The altitude is 9,954 feet and that of Mt. Bonney 10,- 200. Miss Tuzo, of Warlingham, England, made the second as- cent in Septem- ber 1904, the Rev. W.S. Green ac- complishing the first. Pollux was ascended and a move made across the Asulkan Glacier. On a little grassy, boulder strewn flat, eight hundred feet above the ice, camp was made and con- tinued until September seventeenth. The camp proved an ideal spot and a cabin is recommended here. Geikie north, altitude 8,014 feet, was occupied and some useful observations made. Mt. Dawson was ascended as also Mt. Fox. Assistance was rendered to the Messrs. Vaux,of Philadelphia, who have for years conducted experiments with the object of ascertaining the movements CAMERA STATION, MT. ABBOTT. of glaciers. the party the visit of a bear at the main camp and his damage of the provisions proved about the most serious. Explorations were made to the Geikie Amongst the mishaps ot glacier and on September second Mt. Fox was again ascended with fine results. Mt. Selwyn was occupied. From this on bad weather much in- terfered with the work of the survey. In a week of fine weather five climbs were made. On September ninth an ascent ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA was made of the Donkin ¢g ‘$ peak. The E Bishops’ as Range was a explored and 5 Mt. Wheeler @ ascended cle and named, eed The altitude is 11,023 feet. O n~— five twelfth an excellent topographic station nam- ed Beaver Outlook was occupied on the edge of the higher westerly por. tion of the Bisho‘ps’ Range’at an altitude of 9,289 feet. On the re- turn trip it may be men- tioned that in an old camping groundsome tins of corn- ed beef were found. Al- though these had lain be- neath the snow and Sun Shor twelve years their con- tents were much relished asa change from continual salt fare. A good deal of work was done lower down and from: a camp near Flat Creek three stations were occupied, oneon the west side of the divide at an altitude of 8,602 feet named Flat Creek Divide West ; the other two immediately op- posite and named respectively Oliv- er’s Peak, 8,379 feet and Flat Creek Divide East 8,318 feet. Oliver’s Peak was named after Mr. Wheeler’s son, *a IN ILLECILLEWAET GLACIER. CREVASSE FORMATION boy of twelve, who was prob- ably the first white man to set foot on the peak and certainly the first of that age and size. An_ exploring trip on September twenty-sixth, set- tled the question whether Geikie or Van Horne Creek is the main source of Fish Creek,in favor of the former. Fish Creek East, altitude 7,182 feet was occupied on Oc- tober first, and the next day Fish Creek West, al- titude 6,915 feet. Later on Caribou Creek East, alti- tude 7,776 feet, Neve Station 9,140 feet were occupied and exploration work under- taken in the Beaver valley, the latter in spite of some troubles proving most successful. Stations named Grizzly Creek West No. 1, altitude 7,225 feet and No. 2, 7,348 feet, Bald Mountain East 7,534 feet, Bald Mountain West 7,292 feet, Copperstain 8,613 feet, Grand Glacier, No. 1 7,436 feetand No. 2 7,906 feet, Bald Mountain North No. 1 7,651 feet, No 2 7,663 feet, Bald Mountain South No. 1 7,311 feet and No. 2 7651 feet. While this recapitulation, apart from the interesting narrative with which Mr. Wheeler brightens up his pages, may ‘ . SURVEYING THE SELKIRKS 737 THE SUMMIT OF THE ROCKIES. seem bald, mountaineers will be able therefrom to estimate the amount and value of the work done and outsiders must be impressed with the amount of climbing and exploration accomplished. While we have confined this notice so far to accounts of the surveys we hope to give farther notes on the book in a subsequent number. It may be added that the work in two volumes may be purchased from the Department of the Interior, Ottawa, and will be forwarded post freeif one dollar is sent to the Secretary with a request for the same. Game Laws for 1908. the many useful and informing publications issued by the United States Department of Agriculture at Washington is one compiled by Dr. T.S. Palmerand Henry Oldys, assistants in the Biological Survey, entitled ‘‘'Game Laws for 1908.” A similar pamphlet has been issued since 1902 and each year has marked improvements while experience has shown the points upon which atten- tion should be directed with advantage. As a result the bulletin for the past year is a valuable one and of a most inform- ing character. It shows how wide is the interest now being taken in the subject ARSE the most interesting of of game protection throughout both Canada and the United States and the efforts that are made in the cause. Particularly interesting is the account of the measures proposed which failed to reach the statute books. These all show how much attention is being given to the subject and how gen- eral are the efforts put forth to improve the present condition of things. To add to the difficulties of an accurate compila- tion several of the States enact separate county or district laws and it appears by no means unlikely that sucha system will be adopted in some form throughout Canada. In several ofethe provinces a beginning has been made in this direc- tion and with more effective worka developement in this line is fairly certain. Changes were made in the game laws ot fourteen States and a new law was passed by Congress for Alaska. Six of the Provinces of Canada and also New- foundland amended their game acts. In- cluding all these the number of bills was just under sixty, and about half were local measures. New codes were adopted in NovaScotia, New York and Ohio in which were in- corporated important modifications of existing laws. Protection of non- game birds was practically unchanged except by Virginia which State removed protection from doves, eagles, hawks and owls. In Alberta protection was. re- moved from wild geese. The Province of Quebec has by law made lumbermen responsible for infrac- tions of the game laws by their employ- ees. The Federal Government of the States has passed its first measure for providing hunting and shipping licenses, applying the act to Alaska. Massachus- etts requires that the carcases of any deer. killed in defence of crops shall be deliv- ered to the clerk of the municipality on the day they are killed. A note is made of the growing practise in Canada of delegating to the Lieuten- ant Governor-in-Council authority to alter certain provisions concerning game. In British Columbia power was given to set aside tracts of Crown Lands for game reserves and make the necessary regula- tions for the same ; and in Quepec to fix the fees for the members of incorporated clubs. While these powers insure greater flexibility in the laws they make it diffi- cult to keep abreast of existing con- ditions. Spring shooting of waterfowl was pro- hibited in Northern New Jersey, shore birds in Rhode Island and summer wood- cock shooting in New Jersey. Newtound- land, New York and Virginia abolished local seasons for rabbits, substituting a single season throughout the State. New York took similar action with all its up- land game. In several States the close seasons maintained for years for certain kinds of game expired this year but most of the close terms for big game, grouse, and pheasants were extended. Restrictions on the marketing of game increased. Newfoundland placed further limits on sale as did also Louisiana, Ohio, and Virginia; Ohio cutting off the sale of all game and Virginia of all up- land game birds. The bag limits are noticeably altered in the new game acts of Nova Scotia, New York and Ohio. While Nova Scotia permits a larger number of woodcock to be bagged per day, New York reduces the day’s bag of quail grouse and wood- cock and Ohio that of all game birds ex- cept ducks. The licensing system, both as a means of raising revenue and regulating hunting GAME LAWS is increasing in popularity. Resident hunting licenses were established for the first time in Nova Scotia, New York, Louisiana and Massachusetts ;_ while non resident licenses were also enforced for the first time in New York, New Jersey and Alaska. The non-resident licen- ses in British Columbia, New York and Louisiana were increased—British Col- umbia doubling the amount and raising it to one hundred dollars. To loan or alter a hunting license is made a forgery in New York. Warden services were improved in Nova Scotia and Louisiana. Both the Province and the State have established Boards of Game Commissioners who are to appoint wardens and supervise the enforcement ot the game laws. The Alaskan law provides for the appointment of wardens by the Governor, and Virgin- ia extended the duties of its wardens to cover the protection of fish. While not much was done during the yearin the way of setting aside preserves, the Governor of British Columbia was authorised to establish preserves on Crown Lands, and thirty thousand dollars was set aside by Congress for the pur- chase of twelve thousand eight hundred acres of land on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana for a national bison range and ten thousand dollars to cover the cost of fencing. The bills which failed to pass were numerous and covered many points. Some of them, such as measures to pro- hibit spring shooting of ducks are meas- ures which will be pressed till they do pass. Their failure is to be regretted inasmuch as it postpones an important improvement. Several efforts were made to arrange uniform seasons for all game. An unsuccessful attempt was made in Massachusetts to prohibit the further propagation of pheasants, while in Ohio a bill to encourage the propaga- tion of the same birds failed. Close seasons in all their variations are given for the several Provinces, and States and full of detail as these are, ab- solute accuracy cannot be obtained ow- ing to the difficulty caused by the differ- ent regulations. ‘‘Shipment is the most important fea- FOR 1908 739 ture of the traffic in game. It has, like- wise, a marked effect upon the perpetua- tion of game, and when permitted with- out limitation is a great factor in its rapid destruction. A realization of this fact has induced many of the States to prohibit export of all or certain kinds of game and ina few instances all trans- poration even within t he State.’’Several States are most particular with regard to the marking of packages and others have strict export laws. Canada has a general law prohibiting export but permits non residents holding licenses to take out their allowance within fifteen days of the close of the open season. ‘Legislation restricting the sale of game is passing through a transition stage.” Thisis true of both Canada and the States. In general the sale of game is prohibited during the close season, for certain days during the open season and in some States all the year round. Ina few instances the prohibitionin certain cases is so general as to afford protec- tion over a considerable area. Laws limiting the amount of game which ean be killed in a day or a season, are of comparatively recent origin, one of the first statutes of the kind being passed by Iowa thirty years ago. ‘Among law abiding sportsmen the incentive to make large bags is removed when the act is declared illegal. The bag limit law has entirely changed the character of the hunting in some States, where in- stead of attempting to kill the largest possible number of birds, the effort of the sportsmen is now directed towards obtaining the limit in the shortest pos- sible time.”’ Throughout Canada and in forty-three of the States and Territories non-resident licenses are required before hunting is allowed. In five of the Provinces and twenty-two of the States a like restriction is imposed on residents, although the latter fees are smaller and often merely nominal. Anew kind of hunting license, the ‘falien” license is finding favour in the States, the object being torestrict hunting by persons who are not citizens of the country. All the Canadian Provinces and twenty-eight of the States allow a limited amount of game to be taken out by non- 740 residents. Three of the latter—Alaska, Maine and Michigan—provide for further shipment under special export permits, while fifteen of the States make no ex- ception in their non-export laws in favor of non-resident licensees. t@ In Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and fourteen of the States non-resident land owners ortax payers are not re- quired to pay the usual fee but the taxes must be at least thirty dollars in Nova Scotia and twenty-five dollars in Prince Edward Island tosecure this exemption. Nova Scotia allowsexemptions to resident land-owners hunting in their own county, while privileges are allowed to non-resi- dent members of fish and game clubs in Quebec. In Ontario and Virginia no fee ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA is charged for a game license. Non residents are not allowed to hunt in wild lands for big game in Nova Scotia or New Brunswick unless accompanied by qualified guides. The same applies to Maine, South Dakota and Wyoming. In New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia guides are licensed while in Ontario, provision is made for the same though not enforced. New Brunswick and Alberta also license camp help. In nearly every case licensees are required to have licenses in their personal possession when hunting. Every effort is made to secure accuracy in these returns but it is possible with so many Provinces and States to cover that some errors may have crept in. A Deserted City. BY THE REV. STOKELY S. FISHER, D. D., SC. D. The city surges by with hurrying feet Like hissing tidewaves sliding o’er the sand ; A heaving throng ov’erflows the fevered street; The pulse of commerce throbs like ocean’s beat, Tumultuous traffic rolling to the strand.— One only gone,—I miss but one,— Yet I am alone ! Until the face I love grew blank and blurred I watched the ship go sailing out to sea, Then sank I in the crowd; but if I heard Its idle voice, I understood no word. A hallowed memory encloistered me; The town held none my soul had known, I wandered alone. I’ye felt the wilderness in solitude. The awful, swooning silence, when no leat Of aspen moved—felt Nature’s breathless mood; But here !—O’erwhelmed by countless thousands rude, My heart faints! On the street with noises deaf, At noon thereon a world’s life shown, Oh, I am alone. Physical Culture It’s Possibilities. NO .II. BY FRANK E. DORCHESTER, N.S.P.E. |Y intention in the continuation of this series of articles on Physical Education is to endeavor to enlight- en the reader on many points for his body’s welfare. I will, however, point out that no mat- ter your sex or age, the articles will con- tain something of interest to you, at least I hope to interest you, and whether you are young or old this subject is vital both to the health of body and brain. It is not in- frequent that I have a pupil or client, whatev- er name you chose to desig- nate those who undergo my system, say, “Surely I ’ m too old to take up Physical Culture ?” My only answer to any reader who feels disposed to the same query is this: I have pupils varying from twelve to fifty- eight years of age, and if older cases came or wrote me there is no reason to prevent them taking up Physical work in a judicious and scientific manner. At fifty-eight I have cured a pupil of heart weakness and indigestion. I have medical testimony to the benefit derivable from judicious exercise, and what is pro- bably of more importance to the busy brain worker. 1 have testimony as to the FRANK E. DORCHESTER, N. S. P E. feelings of such persons after undergoing a few weeks of the work. Quite recently a statesman, who is also a busy lawyer of fifty years of age, re- marked to me, after a periodical examin- ation, that I might ascertain the results of his work on my system ‘‘After excer- cising, I now go out every day feeling as though I would like to take arun at every man I see. I be- lieve 1 would enjoy a game of Rugby.” T h e above gentleman has not only bene- fitted in his feelings and general health, but has also in- creased his muscular devel- opment greatly and this in a very short time. I have no right to occupy any more valu- able space with examples, but I have quoted these few, hop- ing to create in- terest in the subject. There are few persons who do not need exercise, some of course work so hard that it is physically impossible, but those to whom it is possible, I can guarantee better health, clearer brains and keener perception, if they will give up only twen- ty minutes daily to it. What is the cause of disease? Person- ally, I think the cause of nine-tenths of it due to lack of fresh air, cleanliness and ~I = LD also moderation. Exercise fot physio- logical reasons later, cause a natural de- sire for the others. The greatest mistake made by most beginners is to rush matters from the start, which is very injudicious to say the least. Besure that your instructor, if you have one, is fully qualified—certifica- ted if possible, both as a physiologist and as an experienced man. Just as you need to know your phy- sician is a good man, so you want to be sure you are in the hands of an expert instructor. ‘What is one man’s meat , may be another man’s poison.” Your physical requirements may be al- together different to an- other person’s, and it takes a real physical ex- pert to find out your needs. Itis only of compara- tively recent date that physical culture has be- come a science, years ago the main idea was to go through a certain routine without any re- gard for physiological laws or reasoning. In many gymnasiums of the present day I find they have not departed much from that idea. Apparatus becomesp more scientifically con- structed, not so _ the methods in use. Class work is a good thing as recreation but it is not as body-build- ing as it should be. In one class men may be found men varying from extreme weak- ness to great strength, tothe least know- ing of us this must appear wrong. Undoubtedly, much good may be re- ceived at a gymnasium by the average man, but others need individual instruc- tion, indeed individual instruction will have treble the effect on any one, for by that method each individual will start on just the right amount that is needful to F. HASTINGS, 18 YEARS OF AGE. After Fourteen Days of Dorchester’s System. He is one of the Best Baseball Pitchers in the West and has probably the big- gest arm for his age in Regina. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. start on to do good, and not to do harm. [ admit that the gymnasium instructor has difficulties, and has but little chance to adopt such a course, but one thing he can do to get higher results, and that is to teach each one to use his own mind,to learn muscle control, and to do some ex- ercise daily. Going once a week to a gymnasium and doing nothing else the rest of the week, yet to expect decent re- sults, is like eating len- tils one to a meal, or like trying to put out a fire by throwing water on it a drop at a time. Another fault of the gymnasium is, that the instructor feels, that un- less he gives something spectacular in his exer- cises, the lookers on will not be satisfied, so he sacrifices pupil to spectator. When exercising, the mind must think of nothing else but the particular muscle each movement brings into play, and a full contrac- tion and extension must take place for best results. Unfortunately spectacular work neces- sitates that the pupil’s mind be drawn from the muscle to his neighbor, to see ifhe is keeping time, or owing to the exercise being intricate, he is busy getting the movement right rather than concentrating all his nerve force on his muscles as they work. The effect on his mind control, allowing the mind to dwell on the muscles being worked, may be judged from an experience I had with one pupil. For certain reasons I cannot now go into, he had become practically debili- tated, his nerves being in a wretched state. For this reason he had some dif- ficulty in controlling his muscles. I explained what he had to do, and ad- vised that he exercise in front of a glass, PHYSICAL CULTURE so that he could govern both arms equally. At the end of a week he i ers came into me, and eA had gained in every point of the body except the left arm. --™ ry G of mm eel ™ 355 . I saw immediate- ly the cause. Like i) most men he had allowed his mind to rest on the right arm, and owing to faulty nerve force, the left had receiv- ed practically no nerve force to speak of, at least insuff- cient for what was required. I advis- ed that he let his mind dwell on the left arm when ex- ercising them, and made him _ stand where he could see the left arm more than the right. In the next week he gained five-eighths of an inch in his left arm against one inch in the right, half an inch having been gain- ed in the right arm the second week. By nerve force, Ido not mean just to watch the arms or legs doing the move- ments, but to so concentrate the mind on i Ex.2 1st Part—Do with palms to front. From straight arm (as above) bend at elbow bringing hand to shoulder. Return again to very straight arm. Repeat. 2nd Part— Do with palms to rear; hand at elbow only, i.e: without moving elbow to position at side, return to straigat. 743 each muscle that you can make that muscle exhaust the same amount of nerve force as if it was lifting a very heavy weight. If for instance you are bending the arms at the elbow, the dzcefs should be tensed or contracted as hard as possible, just as though you were /z/ting up a very heavy weight to the shoulder, then when straightening, the hand should be pushed down as though pushing a heavy weight, until the arm is quite straight, and the muscles at the back of the arm (triceps) are ¢ensed as hard as posstble. The whole movement being a full bend and a full extension. Very simple isn’t it? Just try it a few times you will find a very few sufficient to go on with, and will better understand the difference between aimless work and mind governed exercise. (Keep arms against the sides). Sometimes I am asked, ‘‘What illness can you remedy?” To which I must an- swer: I amnot a medical man but I think nine tenths of non-surgical or ex- treme cases can be remedied. The trouble is most persons wait and wait until the surgeon’s knife is almost inevit- able, or their case is incurable. The principal feature is this: If you take systematic daily exercise, illness is less likely to touch you, and is often thrown off by its aid. (This series commenced in our Decem- bernumber and will be continued through- out the present year.) The fold anees BY WALTER L. THURTELL. The storm sweeps down the valley from the crouching crags on high, From the mountain peaks and gorges, where to venture is to die, And the wild-wind, wailing wierdly, whistles wickedly around My tiny, cosy cabin, as though entrance might he found. Oh, the firelight flings its fingers, here and there and everywhere, Bright’ning, dimming, rising, sinking with a strangely whimsic air, As I sit at ease before it, circling smoke rings, lazily, And my old hound watches, dreaming with his head crouched on my knee. For our fighting days are ended, days of hardship, days of cold, Days of desperate devices, in the frenzied search for gold. Then we shared our meals together, starved together when we’d none Blew our money, four-legged comrade, and we had a heap of fun. And now out amid the mountains, no one here but we and God, We will peg along together, on the Last Trail yet untrod, Till we rise from out the canyons, reach the plains, then I’ve no doubt We will seek the stars together, when our Firelight flutters out French and English Partridges BY JOHN ARTHUR HOPE. WHITH regard to the question now W being discussed in British Columbia as to whether French partridges drive out the English birds, I can assure readers from my own experience that there is no truth in this allegation. Indeed quite the reverse is the case for I have invariably found that the two varie- ties live together perfectly amicably and that if either species is inclined to be the agressor it is the English bird. If it were the case that the French birds drive out the English ones the French partridges would have been shot out in Britain years ago. Instead of that, French and English birds are found together on many large estates to-day throughout the United Kingdom. Time and again I have seen both varieties feeding most amicably together, and at the end of a day’s shooting taken as many of one species as of the other out of the game bag. The present controversy in British Columbia on the respective merits of the two birds was thrashed out in Britain some years ago and the principal fault or crime brought against Master French- man was his very ungamey habit of using his red legs instead of his wings. This fault brought another fault into the light and condemned _ red legs in the eyes of all good sportsmen. Now when fresh blood is required in the Old Country from the continent the Hungarian is preferred and meets with the readiest sale, not because red legs drives the English native bird out, but because the Hungarian and English birds are so much alike in habits,size and plumage, that it is difficult to tell one from the other. Like the English bird they “lie very close” to dogs, the covey rising together with that titting whirr of wings which is so attractive to all sportsmen, but very disconcerting to the amateur. I have more than once walked right into the middle of a covey, especially in the early part of the season (September) and had them rise all around me. This the French partridge does not very often allow either man or dog to do, generally running, instead of*‘lying close” and taking to the wing to the nearest rough ground to hide, such as in a fence, brushwood, thick grass or even intoa bunch of nettles. On a hot day Master Redlegs is utterly useless for sport, as very little running makes him as helpless as a duck. French partridges can then be picked up panting out of tufts of grass, nettles and other thick herbage. The keeper’s retriever on sucha day will bring in as many unshot as shot birds. The second fault brought to light by the first is that in the first of the shooting season, when the coveys are not broken up and therefore are not wild,and the weather warm, red legs is an ideal game bird for the poacher, and out here, the game hog. After a day’s shooting, when scores of tired birds are hidden snugly away for thenight in fence and other rough cover the poacher, with only the assistance of his lurcher dog, can make pretty certain of obtaining a fairly respectable bag before morning, unless the keepers are continually on the watch all night. Although the French partridges are handsome, hardy game birds they are not in my opinion as satisfactory as the English or Hungarian for stocking a new country like Canada, not only for the reasons stated above but because ground and wing vermin is excessive everywhere and protection, s¢vong protection through- out the year, must be given this bird, not so much against natural vermin but against two legged vermin, known here as game hogs, who like the poacher,. will find red legs an ideal bird to fiil his bag with, especially in warm weather. British Columbia, or any other Province in Canada, cannot give the protection re- quired by this bird to insure a yearly in- crease and overflow. If such protection could be given I see no reason why the hardy red legs should not be introduced. But if not thoroughly protected the Eng- lish or Hungarian birds would be the most preferable. Ross's Ranch BY OSCAR C,. BASS. IOSS is a hoodoo of thefirst order.He isa typical Bruce County boy — large boned, large natured and good humored, combined witha queer concoction of crankiness, discontent perverseness , cussedness and — most unScottish—impetuosity. Ross bought a ranch. That should express the whole thing, so far as Ross’s friends are concerned, but then all the thousands of Rod and Gun’s readers don’t know Ross. Therefore, for their inform- ation,it must be explained that the ranch was a topographical counterpart of Ross as above diagnozed, delineated or descri- bed, whichever is the proper term. It was contrary to everything a _ ranch should be. Composed of a stretch of bottom land, and the perpendicular sides of four very perpendicular mountains, and the whole thing several hundred feet above thesea, it was something on the scale of Bill Nye’s NorthCarolina farm,and needed an Eiffel Tower to reach it.There- fore it was eminently safe from tresspas- sers. Well, Ross invited my friend Robert and myself out to his ranch for a few days’ blue grouse shooting—he describing it as an “‘ideal spot,” and he was Scotch enough not to say for what. After the usual formalities of preparation, one of which was to borrow George’s big Eng- lish setter (which Ross came near to shooting for a fawn?) we got to the con- fines of the ranch one evening close on dusk, unhitched the horse, packed the grub and other impedimenta on him and ourselves, and began a modern Pilgrim’s practical progress to the cabin. How we got in is a mystery. My hair curls to-day at the thought of the narrow escapes that unfortunate horse had from complete decimation. He walked along logs and slid down preci- pices, he swam through water and got mired in marshes; he walked along the edges of chasms whose giddy depths would make you shiver to look at; and general- ly did things that would cause a perfectly trained circus horse toturn green withenvy. It would be an unending chapter to tell of the thousand adventures of that ter- rible trip of two miles of darkness, des- pair and doubt, but at last on reaching a place where the chief feature was inky blackness of the atmosphere, Ross’s voice came out of the dark indefiniteness announcing ‘‘Here we are!”’ A quarter of an hour after that, we had located the cabin and got the fire going. Ross had told us there was a splendid meadow where we could turn out the horse, so, promising the faithful animal something better to-morrow, we rubbed him down and gave him a big feed of oats. There was absolutely no vegeta- tion around that he could eat, but we built up his hopes on the meadow, and told him one night’s hunger wouldn’t hurt him. Poor horse! Next day we found the meadew, which produced only the sourest and coarsest of bad grass, and as we had no wish to have a colicky horse on our hands away in the mount- ains, we contented ourselves—but not the horse—by feeding him sparingly on what ferns we could gather, for the oats were limited and were soon gone. We climbed, for two weary days, the four walls of Ross’s ranch, during which time we counted a corresponding number of blue grouse. Ross shot one of these in a tree off the top of one of the walls, and the bird was smashed in a thousand pieces in the terrible fall it had down the steep rocky sides of the hill. The next day Ross came unawares on the other three birds as their eyes were blinded with tears for their unfortunate compan- ion, and he ruthlessly shot one of the mourners. There are only two blue grouse left now on Ross’s ranch. It was at night we had the most touch- ing experience, though; particularly touching to Robert. Robert is also a Bruce County man, the very opposite, however, of Ross. A quiet easy going chap, with a heart as big as an ox; a tremendous traveller; grit to the core; and splendid company in the woods. We had to keep the, horse in the cabin to prevent him eating the sour stuff outside; but he made up for it by partially filling his inside with the moss that was stuffed in the interstices between the logs in the 746 cabin walls. When he had finished all the moss in his immediate neighborhood he looked around for more, and found it, as he thought. The bunk in which the three of us slept ranged close up to where the horse was tied. Robert, who is attached to a very nice set of whiskers and beard, slept on the outside, and he was awakened the third night out of a dream that he was ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA, luxuriating i in a barber’s easy chair hav- ing his whiskers trimmed, but of opinion that the barber had a peculiar breath. It was not until morning that he discovered the horse had had asquare meal off his whiskers. That settled the thing—we started home that day, and Ross had the cheek to bring that poor grouse back to town! Imagine it, if you can. § Accidental Shooting. BY (Ws J. : S a reader of Rod and Gun for some time, I would like to say alittle on the matter of shooting fellow sportsmen in mistake for deer.I have seen very little, in fact too little, space devoted to this very important subject, as, to my mind, it is the most important thing to be care- ful of in the open season for game, espec- ially deer and moose. To my mind there should be little or no excuse whatever, for a hunter shooting another in the bush, for itis poor policy for anyone to shoot, without being abso- lutely certain at what he is shooting. It would be far better to let a deer go than to find a fellow man instead of the object intended to be shot at. I have done considerable hunting my- self both still hunting and with hounds, and have had many opportunities to commit the often fatal, mistake of shoot- ing at something moving, ora noise in the bush which very often turned out to be our Guide, or one of our Own party. There should be a rule enforced in every camp, especially to young hunters, who are in the woods for the first or sec- ond time, and are too anxious to secure their complement of deer before the season closes. I do not mention the old- er hunters as they should have more sense than to make this often fatal error. In the case of the hunter shooting him- self, which very often happens. This is a somewhat different matter, but a hunt- er should understand that he is handling a very deadly article, afd at all times keep the business end out of line to him- self, especially in getting over a fence, where most of the accidents of this char- BALDWIN acter occur. If hunters would bear this in mind, many accidents of this character would be avoided. The law in respect to the above is not strict enough, and should prohibit a hunter from taking out a license, if he is not capable of controling himself long enough to distinguish the difference be- tween a man and an animal, especially if he has commited an error of this charact- er once, as, if he cannot do this, he cer- tainly is not a fit person to carry a rifle where other people are. A little might be said in regard to clothing worn by hunters. Several times during my fall trip, I have seen Sports- men going in the bush dressed in a cloth- ing the same shade asa deer, which is another fatal error, as a person who is anyway quick with his rifle, will not take time to distinguish the outline of the arti- cle he is shooting at, merely seeing the color, and taking it for granted it is adeer. If hunters would only take time to think before shooting many of the acci- dents above described would be avoided. A good method for preventing accidents of this character would be to passa law convicting anyone who shoots another. either accidentally or otherwise, to a term of say two years in prison, and to have a notice to this effect, printed on every license issued, when there would be no excuse for a hunter not knowing the penalty in this respect. I would like to hear the views of other fellow Sportsmen in reference to this sub- ject, as I think more space should be devoted to trying to eliminate these fatal errors. Experiences of Pioneers. How We Killed a Marauding Bear. BY JAMES E. ORR. . WILD bear at large in its native A woods was first seen by me as long ago as September, 1838. All that summer we had been much troubled by the depredations of a colony of big black bears. These animals came from the heavy woodlands north of the then small town of Coburg and harried and distressed the few scattered settlers in a manner that led to sharp reprisals whenever circumstances were favourable. One night we missed a two hundred pound pig that we had been feeding up for family consumption during the win- ter, and which my father had arranged to kill in the course of a few days. The loss of the pig would be keenly felt in a newly built log cabin full to overflowing with children—seven sons and one daugh- ter. Next some of our sheep met with a like fate to the pig and even the bees were tampered with by the prowling bears who interefered with their hives in the night. Many times my father and several of the neighbors had runs for their lives when caught out after night-fall. After a period of more than seventy years it may seem strange to those of the present generation to learn that boys and girls were taught to climb trees as a pro- tection against wild beasts, when these were suddenly encountered by them. No bears can get up a sapling or small tree and wolves cannot climb at all so young- sters had good means of escaping these enemies. To return to my narrative. At twilight one evening early inSeptember! saw some- thing big and black inour oat field. The ani- mal was biting off the heads of the oats in such a manner as plainly showed it was enjoying its supper. Quickly I ran and told my father and elder brothers what I had seen and they hurriedly started for the oat field, arming themselves as they ran with any weapon they could pick up. Our two dogs followed,excited over the contest they knew was before them, and as they scented the bear they took the lead, being no cowards in a bear hunt. The bear showed fight with the dogs, knocking them over as they came near, but they proved too nimble for him to catch,them. While he devoted his at- tention to one the other got ina nip and was away as the bear turned round upon him. Although encouraging the dogs the men kept a safe distance behind, The bear got tired of this profitless work, and scampering over a brush fence,started on a lope through the slashing for the big timber. Delighted at their apparent vic- tory the dogs increased their irritating tactics and to escape from them the bear climbed a big hickory tree. Men and boys soon assembled beneath the big tree, and kept a good look out in the growing darkness for the bear. We boys were awfully frightened and holding each other by the hands could think and talk of nothing but bears and dogs and the incidents of the late battle. Father and brothers made up their minds to watch «the tree all night, hoping that in the daylight they would be able to shoot the bear. In accordance with this pro- gramme a fire was determined upon. Wood was plentiful in those daysand we soon collected logs and brush enough to make a big fire. Flint and punk were pro- duced and the fire started by striking the flint with a jack-knife blade, the sparks falling upon and igniting the punk and thus starting the fire. During the evening my elder brother went for a first-class shot and when they returned with rifle and ammunition they also brought a good warm supper. The latter delighted the boys and as a matter of fact tasted good to all the ex- cited bear watchers. As occasion requir- ed the fire was replenished and kept roaring, for all knew that the bear would not venture down so long as there was a good fire beneath him. After supper some of the smaller boys became sleepy 748 and curling up among the leaves and grass, and cuddling the dogs for warmth were soon in the land of dreams, visions of bears and other wild animals disturb- ing their slumbers. The men and elder boys never winked an eye. By means of stories and songs they kept themselves awake all through the long hours until morning dawned at last. Gradually the eastern horizon became a creamy red, later streaked by the bright rays of the rising sun, soon to burst forth in all his strength and beauty. With the first streak of daylight all the watchers were astir and trying to discover the bear in the tree. Assoonas the light was good enough for the purpose, the bear was seen. Apparently he had pass- ed the night quite comfortably in the tree. The rifle was carefully examined, seen to be in good order, and the loading done with deliberation and care to ensure the best result. When all was ready, the watchers were warned to take safe places in trees, and this precaution was quickly adopted by nearly all of us. The rifleman took a steady aim, and sent the bullet into the bear just under- neath the foreleg. With a howl of rage the bear gave a spring, and losing his balance, dropped seventy-five feet or more to the ground, dead. Soon we were all flocking around and preparations were made to remove the bear to our home. He was first rolled on his back, his fore- legs and hindlegs tied together and a stout iron-wood pole run between them. All hands, big and little, assisted on the pole and marched away to the house like heroes, as indeed we felt we were. My father declared that one of his greatest troubles in his work of carving out a new home in the bush, had been conquered at last. No more fat pigs or sheep would be carried off, and no more wheat or oats destroyed and the whole neighborhood would be safer for the work we had done. Arrived at the house we all examined the bear closely. Its eyes were small, its coat bushy and soft, its paws strong and sinewy with long savage claws upon them. Jam now anold man, I have passed my fourscore years, but I can never forget the circumstances of that bear hunt. Often my memory goes back to the sport we boys had for a whole day ROD AND GUN AND. MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. as we played with that big bear. In the evening we assisted at the skinning and while the best portions were prepared for the table, the other parts made splendid bears oil, used in many ways around a farm. The hide was tanned for arug and it made a truly fine one. In this way ended my first and only real big bear hunt. Many others were shot in our neighborhood by the regular hunters but in no other case did I take a part in the hunt. * + * * Wolves were'very troublesome in those far off days. About four o’clock one Sunday afternoon I remember our cows coming home in a bad fright. They were bellowing and bawling continually and on examination were found to have been badly bitten. One had had its tail com- pletely taken off. It was clear they had been attacked by the wolves. After covering their wounds with tar to keep the flies and insects from worrying them, my father and brothers went to the woods and made an endeavour to locate the pack that had done the mischief. By following the tracks they came to the place where the wolves and cows had fought and went some distance further but without success. To hear of cattle be- ing torn by wolves was not unusual in those days. When we first settled in Canada my father had to carry on his back for many miles all the flour the family used, until he himself grew wheat. As a matter of fact when, by industrious labour, he did manage to grow enough wheat the work became harder still, as he had also to carry the wheat te the mill and bring the finished product home again. On these long and wearisome journeys the path lay through some wide expanses of woodland, where wild animals roamed at their own sweet will. On one ocasion he was passing over the frozen pathway—a pathway made by the settlers continually passing over the blazed track—when he got a bad fright. He thought he heard wolves following him and ran fora mile or more till exhausted, for he still retain- ed his hold of his precious flour. When he stopped the noise ceased but recom- menced as soon as he started again. He EXPERIENCES OF PIONEERS then found that the noise which fright- ened him so intensely was caused by the ice on the legs of his pants, and he reach- ed home without further adventure. Wolves received no quarter from the early settlers. They were trapped, pois- oned, shot, or killed in any other way and harried so continually that in time Old Ontario was cleared of these sneak- ing, thieving animals. In those long past away days deer were thick in the woods. We used to see them daily and of course thought noth- ing of such a familiar sight. They used to browse round where my father was chopping and were as tame as sheep. Venison formed our staple meat supply. Every farmer was his own tanner and many deer hides were tanned. Moc- cassins, mitts, caps, pants, vests, coats, were thus obtained, and even ladies’ dresses were made from the softer hides. Buckskin, seventy years ago, was an article of necessity in many a pioneer’s home. Strings of all kinds were made from hides and the deer certainly proved of great assistance in the develepment of the Province. ~ * * * The mastsof the great ocean sailing vessels were cut in our old Ontario woods. Yoked to one of these immense logs, some Of them five feet in diameter and one hundred feet long, I have seen fifty span of horses. In the pineries, north of 749 Coburg hundreds of these whollopers were Obtained. When passing through a hollow inthe newly made roadway many of these horses would be lifted bodily in the air and carried by the big chain to the next level. In other places where the road was soft or a hill had to be mounted the boy drivers on each horse urged their animals to their utmost exertion to keep these monstrous logs on the move. When the lake was reached they were rolled in the water, made up into rafts and towed to ship building yards. There they were placed in the ships that were to carry on the commerce of the world. * * * * When a young man I was making my way through one of these woods stretching away for miles. The day was warm and my exertions made me thirsty. On coming toa nice bubbling spring I stooped down and took a nice long drink. When I arose I found that I had com- pletely lost my bearings. For atime I wandered around completely lost. Hours passed amidst intense agony of mind, my fright growing with every minute. At length I sat down and reasoned. I then remembered that moss grew on the north side of the trees and by degrees found my way out again. It was a severe lesson and one I shall remember as long as life is left to me. The Scarcity of Partridges. BY ALERED J. PMT this time last season some notes A on the Scarcity of Partridges, and ™ the probable causes for the same, appearedin Rod and Gun. _ These notes attracted considerable attention and in several succeeding numbers contributors made further observations which added to their value. Iam encouraged by the kindly and appreciative reception accorded last year to send further notes onthe results of HORSEY. my observations during the last season. The ruffed grouse, being par excellence the most important bird on our game list makes observations of a practical nature upon it widely interesting. Not only sportsmen but the public generally are deeply concerned in the future of this bird. At the outset allow me to state (for it is too good news longer to be suppres- sed) that my observations in the Ottawa 750 Valley show that partridges are apprec- iably less scarce than was the case in 1907, being about four to one more than in 1908. The plague, for it was nothing less, has apparently passed over. Of course the birds are not at present up to the average numbers, but judging from the astonishingly large and gratifying in- crease, a seasonor twoas prolific as the last will place them in a secure position numerically to maintain their position— a position which it is to be hoped they willretain for along time to come. If this should prove to be the case restric- tions may, with safety, be happily re- moved at an early date. While three or four seasons up to 1907 have shown more and more deple- tion until that of 1907 was truly alarming the season of 1908, with the prohibition of shooting altogether, exhibited a de- cidedly upward tendency. The large proportion of young birds to old ones indicated a good brooding season. The coveysearly in the season were large. In the previous season the great majority were old birds and par- ticularly wild and wary, skilled in the many and clever devices practised by this Royal bird, when much pursued, for the evasion of its enemies. By those who do not know it well this bird is sometimes called stupid, but it speedily ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA learns by experience to practise arts which often confound those who atte mpt to shoot it. Bush fires have not, apparently, mater- ially affected the increase, as the hatch- ing season was over before the fires be- gan. Although the Spring was early and wet no serious losses could have been occasioned thereby. The particular disease, or active agent, causing such devastation during the past few years has not, as far as I know, yet been fixed upon, though, doubtless, it was a germ disease of a highly contagio- us nature. Maybe the infection was caus- ed by an insect (a parasite) as plague is communicated to man, or malaria by mosquitoes. Perhaps it was akin to cholera, to which our domestic fowl is subject, or a parasite similar to that which decimates the wild hare every few years when it becomes very numerous. It is well known that contagious virus is procurable for the extermination of rats, mice and other rodents, and it is altogether probable that the late epidemic amongst our ruffed grouse was due toa contagious virus of a somewhat similar nature. It may be remembered that I advanced this theory in my notes last year and further observations have tended to confirm what [ then wrote. International Fisheries MES we have already announced Mr.S. Bastedo who was formerly deputy minister of fisheries for Ontario has been appointed as the Canadian Commis- sioner to meet Dr. Starr Jordan, presi- dent of Leland Stanford University, Cali- fornia, the United States Commissioner, to inquire into and make recommenda- tions upon the rules which shall govern the international fisheries in future. Un- der a recent agreement between the two countries these Commissioners are em- powered to inquire into the whole matter connected with the international fisheries in international waters and to propose regulations which, in the interests of the fisheries shall be carried out on both sides of the line. Upto the present any good effected on one side, has been neutralized, and often more than neut- ralized, by indifference and even failure to make good regulations on the other side. Those interested in these matters prac- tically comprise the whole population, for itis certain if good regulations can be made and enforced in international wat- ers, no long time will elapse before sim- ilar ones will be applied to inland waters. A good and continuous supply of food THE SCARCITY OF PARTRIDGES fish is well within the region of possibility in the view of those who have studied the subject and the Commissioners ap- pear so far as they have expressed them- selves, to be hopeful of speedy and good results from their work. The Commissioners started their work on July first at Eastport, Maine, and after making full and careful inquiries along the Atlantic coast proceeded to follow the boundary waters inland to the Great Lakes. The great problem ofthe latter, according to Dr. Starr Jordan is to get rid of the carp without endanger- ing other fish. ‘‘The more carp caught the better, but if we give permission for the indiscriminate use of all instruments people are likely to use them on black bass and other fish.” The spirit of the Commissioners well expressed by Dr. Jordan in his statement that ‘‘we simply wish to make the fish supply permanent, and the boundary waters not ponds to be empied out.”’ As the Commissioners represent no _ local interest but Canada and the States, and as their sole aim is the good of the fish and the fisheries both are more than hope- ful of arriving at regulations agreeable to both sides, the enforcement of which will result in a plentiful and permanent supply of fish for both countries. 751 The commissioners are assisted by Dr. Barton W. Evermann, who is a leading authority on the habits ot fish and Mr. Alexander, who has won a high place as an authority on fishery methods. A great many points will arise in which the as- sistance of these gentlemen will prove valuable and the whole inquiry should result in the adoption of a policy looking only to fish protection. The step taken by the appointment ofthese Commissioners is one which cannot fail to have a marked effect in both countries and their success will go a long way towards the solution of some of the most important problems, troubling the authorities of both Canada and the States. Since the above was written the follow- ing extract from a letter addressed to Edward Hatch jr. of New York has been the light and is quoted for its direct bearing upon the subject :— ‘It seems to me that the pollution of international waters is a matter which our commissioners must take very seriously. We shall provide adequate means for en- forcing whatever statutes are adopted. The New York statute seems to cover the ground very well, but I am told it is not enforced against the great pulp mill corporations.” Reports from New Brunswick state that both in the number of sportsmen and the quantity and quality of game the last season was an exceptionally good one. Moose were in better condition and the sizes of horns greater than the previous year. Antlers with a spread of sixty-three inches; one with a spread of sixty-one and a half with eighteen inch pans and twenty-seven points, and others from fifty to fifty-five inches were reported, the latter being quite plentiful. Bears were plentiful on the North Shore and one party is stated to have been re- sponsible for sixty animals. A number were placed in cold storage and forwarded to Boston where bear meat is in great demand. Caribou were scarce though deer were good. Thelatter often showed the marks of encounters with wild cats, showing thatthese scourges become more daring each year. Some guides recom- mended a bounty on wild cats attributing the scarcity of small game entirely to these animals. Excellent accounts are also given of partridges and black ducks and a fair number of woodcock were ob- tained. Lynx were scarce but racoons were found in good numbers. Sport all round was of the best and the reputation of the Province was thoroughly well maintained. Mr. R. C. W. Lett, of Ottawa, would like to hear from any reader who knows where he could purchase a live wild wolf. Hungarian Partridges America’s Coming Game Bird is the title of alittle booklet containing many particulars about Hungarian partridges published by Messrs. Wenz and Macken- sen, naturalists, Yardley, Pa. The future ef our game birds has given great con- cern for some years to both Canadian and American sportsmen, and the latter par- ticularly have made several experiments, the most successful of which have been with pheasants and Hungarian partridge. The partridges appear certain to have a great future before them on both sides of the line. Their whole history shows them to be suitable to American conditions. At first they were few in number in Europe but the advanceof agriculture favoured them and they spread till that continent is able to give an open season and export considerable quantities as well. They are hardy, prolific, a great benefit to the farming community andthrive b >+tter under the protection of cultivation than in the wilderness. They are twice the size of ordinary quail and combine with the good qualities which have serv- ed to make the Bob White such favorites, the added ability to withstand cold weat- her and hardships. The weight of an adult Hungarian partridge is about two to two and a quarter pounds, the length of the body being from twelve to fourteen inches and the measure from tip to tip of wings eighteen to twenty-two inches. It will be seen from this that they are more than twice the size of the Bob White. Their size and strength play a most im- portant part in their adaptability to cold climates because they can easily work themselves out of deep snow in which quail would perish. In their native country extreme variations of heat and cold are frequent, but the partridges do not seem to suffer from these changes. Their size, extreme hardiness, high proli- ficness and swiftness on the wing make the Hungarian partridges the ideal game bird for stocking purposes. Both parents are untiring guardians of their young and owing to this care large proportions are reared, so that it doesn’t take long to populate a whole district. The birds feed in coveys in the mornings and evenings and towards noon retire to some secluded spot to take their ease and dust them- selves. Partridges are easily pleased and can practially make their living any- where. Few birds so strictly adhere to their once seclected abode as the Hung- arian partridges. Even their offspring do not wander away. Partridges are so- -ciable, peaceful and affectionate and will amiably share territory with quail. For sport in the field partridges cannot be surpassed. They are more swift in flight than quail and will lie much closer to cover. When flushed they fly like shot from a shell and at different angles. It requires a good marksman under favorable conditions to bag more than two of these swift birds on a raise. Hungarian partridges matein pairs only and not less than twelve pairs should be planted out in one section. The libera- tion requires to be carefully done or the birds will continue to get as far away from their captor as possible till exhaust- ed. The crates in which the birds are confined should be so loosened that the birds can escape themselves and if food and water have been previously placed near by so that the birds can easi- ly find the same on liberation they will almost invariably make their home where they found their first feed. Partridges can be successfully raised in captivity if reasonable care is taken. In their wild state they are hardly ever subject to disease and when this occurs in captivity it shows faulty management. A _ varied diet is recommended. A copy of this most interesting pamphlet will be forwarded to any of our interested readers on addres- sing a request to Messrs Wenz and Mack- ensen, naturalists, Yardley, Pa.,and ment- ~ ioning ‘‘Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada.” The Prospector’s Life. BY NIMROD THE TRAPPER, BeeJOR almost a quarter of a century IF I have been hunting, trapping and ; Prospecting. Inturn I have been on all the streams running eastward down the Rockies, from Montana north to the Slave Lakes and from Elk River in- south eastern British Columbia to the Skeena River in the far north. The life of a prospector or trapper is a hard, rough, lonely and dangerous one. ~In the winter season he is out about eight months all alone, never seeing a human being unless he runs across a brother trapper. In the year 1907 I left civilization in October and did not return till the following May. During that long period of loneliness my only companions were two fox terriers. These two ani- mals have been my friends for years and I find them the smartest and most faith- ful of triends. They are small, easy to keep and absolutely reliable in all times of danger and difficulty. Eastern folks may smile when they read it, but it is none the less true that they have kept more than one grizzly at bay when! have emptied the magazine of my rifle or gota cartridge jammed. I hope later on to tell my readers of a narrow escape from a bear and how the dogs saved me. A prospector is always living in hopes of ‘‘striking it rich”some day. A few fav- oured ones are fortunate enough to se- cure it ina few years; others will waste a whole lifetime in the search to meet death when alone in the wilderness. Maybe, years atterwards, some brother prospec- tor will stumble aross a skeleton bleach- ed by the sun and storms. A rifle, pick, shovel and pan nearby,rusted and useless, tell the whole story. All are placed to- gether inone grave. I have come across like relics and performed the last offices over the remains. Some day some one may find the last of myself, for as one partner said to another, after a life of wandering together: I am going, partner, going : I have heard the call, ’Tis the summons that must come some day to one and all. There’s a range I’ve got to cross—1’ll take the trail alone ; I reckon that you'll miss me, Jim, a little when I’m gone. Don’t fret about it dear old pard, it can’t be helped you know, We’ve been together all these years and now it seems as though, We ought to go together, but I guess it cannot be. One favor, Jim—just make my grave beneath that old pine tree, Where we’re sat and planned together, in the sunset’s mellow glow, And talked about the gold we'd find, and how some day we’d go Back to the scenes of other days, I can see it all again— The farmhouse, and the orchard and the fields of waving grain, My mother went to heaven in a springtime long ago, But I see her bending o'er me now, in robes as white as snow. Good Bye, old pard, I’m going, I’ll be waiting for you, Jim, Don’t stop too long—good bye, the lights are growing dim. * * With a smile on his face and a wave of his hand He has crossed the high range to an unknown land, “dIHSNOI(WWHO SdIGW1 +: NOILVIOOSSV ATOD NVIGVNVO TVAOU The Royal Canadian Ladies’ Golf Championship. Tournament of 1908 was held on ~ the course of the Lambton Golf and Country Club, and was a remarkable one in many respects, and it has been aptly said that the winner went ‘through fire and water’ to gain the title. From first to last it was Miss Thomson’s tourna- ment. Her splendid Gross Score of 98 under most trying weather conditions for the last eight holes, —her three long balls in the driving contest,—and the climax of winning the Canadian Championship for the fourth successive time—a record unequalled by any golfer the world over, excelling even Lady Margaret Scott’s three years in the British Championship, Miss Genevivre Hecker’s three victories in the American National, and Mr. Lyon in the Canadian. Best of all Miss Thom- son has kept besides her title of Cham- pion, her own modest opinion of her game and the hearty admiration of all those fortunate enough to know her. In- vincible as a golfer,asa true sportswoman, in her popularity, truly hers is an unique position and one unlikely ever to be equalled. The Lambton Golf and Country Club need fear no comparison. The commodi- ous Club House with the wonderful view from the verandah down the terraced hills TT ee Royal Canadian Ladies’ Golf and over the flats to the Humber River cannot be excelled. About thirty of the players stayed in the Club House, which was given over entirely to the ladies for one week, and where everything possible was done for their comfort and convenience. It was the unaminous wish of the visitors that more clubs would accommodate contes- tants during tournaments, though it was felt that the standard set by the Lambton Club, in that respect, is a very high one for other clubs to strive to attain in the future. The course had been kept in wonderful condition, thanks to an abundant water supply, while other links all over the country were sunbaked and cracked. The greens won the admiration of all the visi- tors. Under ordinary weather condi- tions they would have been considered fine, but after so many weeks without rain, their condition was marvelous. ‘It never rains but it pours’ and the Heavens opened simultaneously with the tournament, and it showed much pluck on the part of the many players en- tered that only a few failed to finish the eighteen holes. The Qualifying Round could hardly be called a test of golf. Some began to play in fair weather and finished in storm, while others left the lst tee, amid thunder and light- ning, and ploddedon through blinding rain, all fin- ished drip- ping, but cheertul, afr dst proves that the active out- door life is healthfu 1, that no serious re- sults fol- LAMBTON GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB. 756 lowed so rigorous a test of endurance. The new St. Andrews Rule, that a ball may be lifted from but must be dropped behind the casual water, was Strictly en- forced, though it frequently meant that the player had to go back several yards, the greens being minature lakes in places and it was no unusual thing to see a scor- er bending to scoup the water out of the hole as someone putted. Under such conditions Miss Thomson’s score, within four strokes of the record of the course, was little short of marvelous, 45 ‘out and 53 in.—98 0=—98, entitling her to either the Gross Score or lst Handicap Prize, the rules of the As- sociation allowing each competitor to accept only one of these prizes. Miss Nesbitt’s103-4—99, showed the splen- did golf she is cap- able of and brought her the first Handi- cap prize. Mrs. Blackwood with 112-11=101., and Miss Defries with 104-2—102, winning the 2nd and 3rd Handicap Prizes re- spectively. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA up at the end of the 15th. Miss Phepoe won the 16th, by a fine 18ft. putt but a half on each of the remaining holes gave Miss Defries a well fought match. There were two matches in the Ist. Consolation which went tothe 19th hole. Mrs. Vere Brown winning three from Mrs. Cavanagh, and Miss Ethel Wright from Mrs. Tilly, while Miss Taylor was just one up on Miss Yuile. An extra hole was necessary before Mrs. Kidd could win from MissVera Betheune in the 2nd Consolation, and in the 3rd Miss G. Baillie won by the same narrow margin from Mrs. Read, Mrs. Stikeman de- feating Miss Ritchie on the eighteenth green. TheDrivingCom- petition was held on Wednesday morn- ing and only three players were suc- cessful in keeping three balls within bounds, a cross wind spoiling many a good shot. Miss Thomsonupheldher reputation as one - of the three longest driversin America. MissMargaret Cur- tis, Champion of The team match MISs F. HARVEY, HAMILTON, EX CANADIAN CHAM- United States in was won by Lamb- ton for the 2nd year. Royal Montreal be- ing second and Hamilton third. Several well known players just failed to reach their usual places in the first, sixteen Mrs. Cavanagh, who as Miss McAnulcy, was Runner-up in 1904, Miss Dick, Runner- up in 1907, Mrs. Aubrey Mussen, who played off with Mrs. Bostwick for 16th place, Mrs. Vere Brown and others. The first Round of Match play brought Out some close and interesting games. The match between Miss Phepoe and Miss Defries was very fine. Miss Phepoe played splendidly going out and had a lead of four at the ninth, but Miss De- fries’ great golf coming in put her two PION WINNER OF FIRST PRIZE FOR APPROCH- ’07,and Miss Ains- ING AND PUTTING. MISS LEWIS, CHAMPION OF OTTAWA, WINNER OF SECOND PRIZE FOR DRIVING AND SECOND PRIZE FOR MIXED FOURSOMES, lie of Chicago being said to be her only rivals in this respect. The score were: Miss Thomson, 157, 167, 137—461 Miss Lewis, 156, 129, 147—432 Miss Hart, 126, 145, 150—42) In the second Round Miss Thomson fairly ran away from Miss Defries. While it was conceded that she was the prob- able winner it was expected that her op- ponent’s fine shert game would have made the result closer. There are many who remember how Mrs. Mussen won on the [8th green in Ottawa, the previous year, after being 3 down and 4 to go, and once again she showed that splendid grit which has THE ROYAL CANADIAN LADIES’ GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP 757 gained for her the reputation of being one of the finest up-hill players in the country, 2 down and 3 to goto Miss F. Harvey, she played the 16th beautifully, topped her drive on the 17th, but recov- ered wonderfully with a spoon reaching the edge of the green, winning the hole and squaring the match with a three yard putt fora 4. Miss Harvey’s drive on the 18th hole was not quite high enough to car- ry the sand bunker and though she madea fine effort to reach the green out of it, Mrs. Mussen’s well played 4, was too good, and won for her a very plucky vic’ tory. It was not till the last hole that Mrs. Fitz- gerald defeated Miss_ Greene after a match which had _ been close and inter- esting from the beginning. In the Ist Conso- lation, Mrs. Vere Brown was just one up on Miss Hart. Mrs. Peiler and Miss Maule fin- ished their match on the 20th, green, the former winning the right to en. ter the semi- finalsin the 2nd Consolation. A blaze in the Club House caused about $500 damage, and some little ex- citement about 6.30. Thursday morning. Fortunately it was discovered in time and ably coped with by the employees. It may be that golf steadies the nerves, for all the guests remained cool and collected in the face of what might have been a very serious accident. The Approaching and Putting Compe- tition was held at ten o’clock and consist- ed of an approach of 50 yards over the creek, one of 40 yards and a long one of 100 yards, two balls being played from each distance. Miss F. Harvey won with the following score,—2,5,2,3,3,3—18. Miss Defries and Miss Greene tied for MISS E. C NESBITT, WOODSTOCK, ONT., WINNER OF FIRST HANDICAP PRIZE. ROYAL MONTREAL, TIED WITH MISS DE- FRIES FOR SECOND PRIZE IN AP- PROACHING AND PUTTING, 2nd prize with 20, Miss Defries winning on the play- off. In the semi-finals in the afternoon, Miss Thomson’s long game showed to advantage, and though Mrs. Fitzgerald played a good game she was defeated on the 16th green. Miss Thomson ended the match by holing a 60 foot approach. Mrs. Mussen won her way to the finals being 2 up and 1 to go, on Mrs. Rodger after a close match. In the lst Consolation, Miss Taylor and Mrs. Vere Brown won their games from Miss Hanbury-Williams and Mrs. Burns. Mrs. Rid- out and Miss A. Wright defeated Miss Cassils and Mrs. Peiler. Mrs. Stikeman was successful in a close match with Miss G. Baillie in the final for 3rd Consolation. T he Interpro- vincial Match was played on Friday afternoon and re- sulted in a victory for Ontario by a score of 11 to 3. The Quebec team was much weak- ened by the first two players being in the finals for the Championship. There was a touch of trost in the air, and a strong wind, but in her match with Mrs. Mus- sen, Miss Thomson’s long game was superb, and the distance she gained against the wind remarkable, while Mrs. Mussen’s short game was seldom at fault. The first hole (340 yards) was halved in 6. On the 2nd (210 yards) Miss Thom- son’s long drive gave her a decided ad- vantage. Mrs. Mussen was short on her second shot, her third over-ran the green, her fourth lay dead but Miss Thomson’s second lay near the cup and she holed out in 4 to 5. Going to the 3rd (365 yards) one be- MISS F. M. GREENE, 758 gan to realize what the players hadto con- tend with, the wind preventing even their third shots from carrying the hill. Miss Thomson put her fourth dead, out of the rough, which made her 2up, Mrs. Mussen missing a difficult putt for the half. The 4th (365 yards). Miss Thomson tried to carry the creek with her second shot but got the rough, while Mrs. Mussen played short, but sliced her third into the water. Miss Thomson recovered splendidly out of the long grass and holed out in 5 to 8. The 5th (445 yards) was played against a strong head wind and the distance gained by Miss Thomson’s long low wooden shots was extraordinary, but Mrs. Mussen, after being out driven on the first three shots, put a beautiful approach on the green in the like, and halved the hole in 6. Miss Thomson’s 5 on the 6th hole (415 yards) was perfect golf and puther 4 up. On ‘The Dam’ Miss Thomson es- sayed to drive the green, 190 yards over the creek, butdid not carry the water. Drop- ped,—-went in again,and gave up the hole. ¢The 8th (270 yards) so appropriately named by one of the visitors, ‘The Narrow Squeak,’was unfortunate for Mrs. Mussen, MISS PHEPOE, HAMILTON, RUNNER UP TO MISS THOM ROSEDALE, "WINNER 38RD CONSOLATION COMPETITION. ‘son, IN 1906. MRS. STIKEMAN, ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA ‘MISS MURIEL DICK, LAMBTON GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB, RUNNER-UP CANA- DIAN 1907. WINNER ONTARIO TROPHY 1908, her drive going into the hazard on the right. By a fine recovery she reached the green in the like, only to lose the hole through Miss Thomson’s wonderful 10 yard putt for a 4. The 9th (287 yards) was halv- edin 5. Both drives finding the rough and the third shots reaching the green. Mrs. Mussen made a fine at- tempt to hole a difficult putt to win, but was just a few inches short, leaving Miss Thomson 4 up at the turn. The 10th (510 yards) was an exhibition of the long game as opposed to the short. Miss Thomson’s 170 yard drive got the rough on the left, but a mag- nificent 180 yard brassie out of it, into thewind, put her within easy distance of the green. Her third shot was flag high to the left of it, but though Mrs. Mus- sen’s game, through the fair _ green, had been much shorter by fine approaching and still better putting she won the hole in a well played 6. The llth (350 yards). Mrs. Mussen was again out driven THE ROYAL CANADIAN LADIES’ GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP but had a chance to win on a long putt- Thehole was _ hal- ved in 5. Both players reached the green in one, on the ‘Short’ (125 yards) but Mrs. Mussen’s putting did not fail her and brought her the hole ina good 3. Miss Thomson 2 up. A topped brassie was fatal for Mrs. Mussen’s chances on the 13th.,while Miss Thomson’s fine second put her on the far side of the green (310 yards) and gave her the hole in 5 to 7. The 14th (360 yards.) Two fine drives and well played seconds, put the players just short of the creek, but two disap- pointing thirds went in the water. Mrs. Mussen winning eventually in 7 to 8. Miss Thomson’s game on the ‘Punch Bowl’ was as great an exhibition of golf as could be given by any wo- man, or most men. Both players found bad lies aftertheir drives, and wisely put half mid: irons short of the bunker. Miss Thomson’s brassie was well over and a beautiful iron reach- ed the green to be followed by a single putt, one half stroke better than men’s Par, on a 570 yard hole. Mrs. Mussen’s fifth shot ran up the bank to the edge of the green, but roll- ed back making her 8 for the hole. Miss Thomson dor- mie 8. 16th hole (500 yards.) Both got good drives, but required three more shots to reach the top of the hill. Miss Thomson was on the green in five, and holed out in 7 to 8, winning the match 4 up and 2 to go. and the Canadian Ladies’ Golf Championship for the fifth time, and fourth year in suc- cession. Both finalists have easy graceful styles. To say that Miss Thomson’s game is the longer, by no means depre- ciates Mrs. Mussen’s fine MISs EVELYN Cox, Champion Toronto La~ dies Golf Club 1908. MRS. 759 driving. Miss Thomson seldom, if ever has to play the odd, through the fair green, whereas Mrs. Mussen’s accurate ap- proaching and putting wins many mat- ches for her, and, iu the final, enabled her to play a plucky, up-hill game against such heart-breaking drives and brassie shots. And many were glad to see her in the final, a place she has well deserved, and would have won in previ- ous years, had she not been unfortunate in meeting Miss Thomson earlier in the tournament. Miss Thomson’s golfing record is"most brilliant. She has held the championship of the Maritine provinces for years, and the following account of the all-Canadian Tournaments show her superiority there. In 1900—The first large Open Com- petion for Canadian Ladies, was held on the course of the Toronto Golf Club. A Medal Round was played. Mrs. Dick win- ning first and Miss Thomson second prize. In 1901—Royal Canadian Golf Associa- BLACKWOOD, TORONTO GOLF CLUB, WINNER, SECOND HANDICAP. MISS MABEL THOMSON. 760 tion Ladies’ Champion- ship. First Tournament held at Royal Montreal Golf Club, Dixie. Miss Young, (Royal Montre- al), Champion. Miss Thomson (St. John,) Runner-up. 1902—R.C.G.A. La- dies’Championships. At Toronto GolfClub. Miss Mrs. Dick, (To- , Mrs. DicK, LAMBTON Runner-up 1902. Thomson, Champion. onto), Runner-up. " 1903—R.C.G.A. Ladies’ Championship. At Dixie. Miss F. Har- vey, (Hamilton), Cham- pion. Miss Marler, (Roy- al Montreal), Runner-up. 1904—R.C.G. A. La- dies’ Championship. At Toronto Golf Club, Miss F. Harvey, Champion. Miss McAnulty, (Vic- toria, Montreal), Run- ner-up. 1905—R.C.G.A. La- dies’ Championship. At Dixie. Miss Thomson, Champion. Miss Young, Runner up. 1906—R C.G.A. La- dies’ Championship. At Toronto Golf Club. Miss Thomson, Champion. Miss Phepoe, Hamilton, Runner-up. 1907—R.C.G.A. La- dies’ Championship. At Ottawa Golf Club. Thomson, Champion. Miss Dick, (Lambton G. & C. Club), Runner - up. 1908—R. C. G. A. Ladies’ Champion: ship. At Lambton Golf and Country Club. Miss Thomson, Champion. Mrs. C. Mussen, (Royal Mon- treal), Runner. up. Miss Muriel Taylor, of the Royal Montreal Golf Club, defeated Mrs. Vere Brown, To- onto Club, in the final match for the lst Con- solation. It was a close Miss PHEPOE Runner-up 1906, Miss MISS MURIEL TAYLOR. CONSOLATION COMPETITION. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA and interesting game, Miss being just 2 up. Mrs. Ridout won from Miss Amy Wright (both of Lambton,) in the 2nd Consolation, and Miss E. Wright, (Lambton) deteated Mrs. Miller, (St. Catherines) in the final match for the special prize for those who were un- able to finish the Qualifying Round. In the mixed foursomes, three couple tied for lst Prize, with Net Scores of 87. There being no time to decide in the usual way, by playing off, the names were drawn, the first prize go- ing to Miss Marcia Cassils (Westmount, Montreal) and Mr. Roy Buchanan (Toronto.) The 2nd to Miss Lewis and Mr. G. F. Moss: (Ottawa.) The 3rd to Miss G. Baillie and Mr. F. W. Baillie, (Lamb- ton.) After the foursomes on Saturday morning, all the players were kindly entertained a t luncheon, in the Club House, by Mr. C, C,. James, the President of the Lambton Golf and Country Club, who, with the Honorary President, Mr. Austin,—Mr. Pel- ham Edgar, the Hon.- Secretary of the Royal Canadian Golf Associa- WINNER FIRST tj on,— Mr. Taylor Brecken- bridge and Mr. Smythe, ably assisted by the La- dies Committee, did so so much to make the Ladies’ Tournament of 1908 a great success SUMMARY OF PLAY Qualifying Round and Team Match: Gross Score, Miss Thomson(St.John,) 98- 0=98. lst Handicap Prize, Miss Nesbitt, (Wood: : stock,) 103-499. Meanaty) RaEnEeat 2nd Handicap Prize, a THE ROYAL CANADIAN LADIES’ GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP 761 Mrs. Blackwood, (Toronto,) 112-11 e101. 3rd. Handicap Prize, Miss D ries, {Lambton,) 104-2—= Out In: Gras iHep: Net. Miss Thomison........ 45 53 98 ° 98 Miss Nesbitt...... ....48 55 103 4 99 Mrs, Blackwood .... .. 56 56 It2 II IOI Miss -Defries. ...:...-- 48 56 104 2 102 Mrs, Fitzgerald........ 50 62 Ii2 6 106 MYSMROURER-- 35 soc 0 54 57 III 4 107 MrsnG@ gba tare.o...... 53 62 IIs 7 108 Miss Green.... ......56 58 114 5 Sete) Miss Dayna .2; « See CE 63 116 6 110 Mrs. A. Mussep........ 50 64 120 9 Iit IS (S05 . 62 61 123 8 II5 Mis: Ps) ROSS, ... 2 -. 63 63 126 II IIS Miswbilleyan- 52.2... 71 61 132 16 116 MGS SrlaAnt ee). ses. 5 65 123 6 117 Mrs. Cavanagh.... .... 63 58 121 12 11g Miss Garveyi . 3.330... 3: 66° 68 134 15 119 Miss |. \Harvey...... 54 65 119 o 119 MrssROWGtraa. swe 2 3: 55 74 129 9 120 Mrs: Wea Dixonk. =... . 59 73 132 Il 121 Miss Gee Urazer) | .,.~ 66 67 133 II 122 Mis Acerepler.... 2... 63 69 132 10 122 Miss Ethel Wright ....67 65 132 9 123 WHSSmViem Cassels, ~ 73 64 137 II 126 Miss M. 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Vibration and noise are practically eliminated, while the motor is more easily controlled, no matter under what conditions it is running. These cars are neither built to break the world’s speed record nor to carry loads de- signed for the five ton truck. They are capable of negotiating the worst Canadi- an roads without danger of breakage to any part and with pertect safety and com- fort to the occupants. The Oldsmobile for 1909 is the result of serious study and thought, combined with years of experi- ence not exceeded by any motor car man- ufacturer. The Oldsmobile Co. are con- fident that they are putting out a car which will cost as little for repairs as any car made and will stand the wear and _ tear of constant usage equal to any re- gardless of price No car can give to its owner a greater amount of satisfaction, pleasure or pride than the Oldsmobile. A Hunter's Auto. Automobiles are being used for about everything nowadays, but a Boston party have started on a trip which will put their motor car, a40 horse-power Mathe- son, to a unique use. They will use it as a travelling hunting camp, eating and sleeping in it while in the Maine woods. The party comprises Freeman N. Young, Dr. Albert H. Tuttle, F. H. Archer, Dr. E. F. Gleason, and the owner of the car, Roy A. Faye, who is the New England, agent for the Matheson. To the extra- ordinary large hood has been sewn four- teen feet of canvas, which can be staked down to the ground, providing a camp twenty-seven and a half feet long for use in wet weather. There is a portable stove and cooking is done under cover. Inside the car are four bunks, made to stand out from the sides of the car so that all four beds may be made up, straps placed ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. across them and the bunks folded up like sleeping car berths. There is a pneu- matic mattress for each berth, a pair of army blankets, a thin rubber blanket and a pillow. The driver’s seat contains the storage or dry batteries for ignition and lighting the car. The other seat stores tools, spare parts and ammunition. In the back are provisions kept in tin boxes which fit this space. The ice-box slides under the chassis and pulls out like a drawer. Init the meat and game are kept. The body and trame of the car camp are made of hickory strips about nine inches apart as far up as the top bunk and then weather-proof canvas. Four iron rods_ inside keep the canopy from spreading. The back opens in order to unload or store from each end. Heavy curtains at the end of each bed protect the sleepers in heavy rains or cold winds. The car is equipped witha small radiator heated by the hot water circula- tion ofthe engine. A complete alumin- ium camp outfit of plates, frying pans, pots and kettles is carried. To the top of the car has been fixed a dummy trolley pole, with which the hunters propose to have some fun in the country districts. They will give the impression that the car is run by electricity and that they are ‘‘swiping” the necessary current from the trolley wires of country electric rail- ways as they go along. An Innovation in Ballooning. Carl G. Fisher, of Indianapolis, Ind, agent tor the Stoddard-Dayton automo- bile, tired of having his huge gas bag hauled about in a farm wagon, he and his guests subjected to the discomforts of walking, started something on Friday, October 30th, which go far toward do- ing away with the annoyances of balloon trips. A firm believer in the staunch- ness of the Stoddard-Dayton automo- bile, he decided to do away with the or- dinary basket and attach to the load-ring a Stoddard-Dayton carof 25h. p. Mr. Fisher’s balloon is the largest of its kind in the world, having a lifting power of 4,000 pounds. Capt. Bumbaugh, the noted aeronaut, who has been instructing Mr. Fisher in ballooning, accompanied him. The objective point was Dayton, Ohio, the home of the Dayton Mo- tor Co., the intention being to make the one hundred mile flight, descend, load the bag on to the deck of the automobile especially prepared to receive it, then drive the car into the city of Dayton. Every detail of the ascension was suc- cessfully carried out. After hovering over Indianapolis for a few moments, a westerly wind caught the balloon and drove it rapidly towards the East. Not caring to risk a descent in the dark, a landing was made just before dusk, the great gas bag, under the masterly hand of Capt. Bumbaugh settled slowly to the earth, and when overa corn field the an- chor was thrown over, catching in a fence. The auto came to the ground so gently that the passengers did not rise from their seats until after all four wheels were on the ground. It took but a few minutes to deflate the bag, roll it up and start the car. Mr. Fisher is much elated over this novel experiment and states that all of his trips in the fu- ture will be made in a Stoddard -Dayton, rather than a basket; so much easier to load up and go home than to hunt around the country for some one to take care of | you. Launch Fittings BRASS AND GALVANIZED IRON Compasses Lamps Flags Life Preservers Fenders Oiled Clothing John Leckie Limited 76 Wellington St. West, Toronto ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. The Clarendon Hotel PORTAGE AVENUE WINNIPEG, MANITOBA Headquarters for Commercial Travellers, Sportsmen and Tourists. Good comfortable rooms and excellent cuisine. Free Bus meet- all trains. AMERICAN PLAN Rates $2.00 per day and up C. Y. GREGORY, - Proprietor Spring is the Best Time FOR Bear Shooting. 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THE TRAP 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 Sporting Life has the following pleasanr. - sketch of Walter P. Thomson, the well-known Hamilton shooter: ‘“‘Out of the great number of clever trap shooters claiming a residence in Canada may be selected many skilful target smashers, but one of Canada’s most prom- nent is Walter P. Thomson, the genial vice- president of the Hamilton, Can., Gun Club. Walter took a peep into the mysteries oi this world at Hamilton, Canada, on the afternoon of May 16, 1876. And this Canuck has a rec- ord which he may well be proud of. He was an amateur ball player and pitched for the Crescent Bicycle Club, and was tne star slant dispenger for this aggregation when it won the City League championship during the sea- sons of 1904-05. He was a member of the Crescent team that won the “‘Times’”’ news- paper bicycle trophy. For several years he held the bicycle record from Hamilton to Nia- gara Falls, N.Y., and return. He helped to win additional glory for the Crescents when he was a member of this club’s hockey team that won the city championship. This power- erfully built athlete also figured on the gridiron being one of the intermediate Tigers back ina the ’90’s. He was a member of the Hamilion Leander Rowing Club, and twice was on the crews that landed the club championship. Since retiring from the more active line fe) sport he has become a celebrity with the gun. He branched out as a triggerite in 1902 and during the year 1904 won the Chicago City Handicap, and in 1905 was a runner-up in the Grand Canadian Handicap, smashing fifty straight, and in the shoot off at 50 addition- al birds lost to Fred Westbrook of Brantford, Canada. At Hamilton, Canada, in August, 1906, he won the Grand Canadian Handicap, breaking 50 straight. At present he holdsa record of 112 straight birds. At Sher- brooke, Quebec, August 5-7, he lost by one bird in 50 to Walter Ewing of Montreal, win- ner of the Olympic tournament at Loadon, England, in July last, but at the Indian shoot at Niagara-on-the-Lake, August 10-12, he turned the tables on the Olympic star, smashing 48 out of 50 at 18 yards, and win- ning the handsome silver cup. He won the in- dividual championship at bowling on the green at the big September tournament in 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. Hamilton, against 70 contestants, and last year, bowling on the alleys, was on the Ham- illon championship team. The Toronto, Can- ada, Mail newspaper trophy at 50 birds, five- man team championship of Canada, and the eight man team championship of Canada since 1904, in the four consecutive years he has represented the Hamilton team he has _ lost but eight birds out of 350 shot at. Walter is the secnetary-treasurer of the Hamilton Bowling and Athletic Club, which opened the doors of its $70,000 quarters October 10th, with a paid-up membership of 1800. This school of pleasure is not one of the best, but ‘the’ best bowling and billiard academy in the Dom:...von of Canada. He ably fills the po- sition of Vice-President ot the Hamilton Gun Club to which office ke was elected on September 8. He will be a contestant at the nineteenth annual tournament at clay targets and_ live birds at the Hamilton Gun Club’s big tourney in January next. Walter Thomson’s pleas- ing personality has earned him the affection of all con- cerned in shooting. The Thanksgiving Day shoot of the Inger- soll Gun Club was not very well attended ow- ing largely no doubt to the great counter at- traction of the game fields. The prizes con- sisted of turkeys, geese, ducks and chickens and those who did attend had a good time. G. M. Dunk, Toronto, was present in the in- terest of the Dominion Cartridge Co. The fol- lowing are the scores:— = 3 S. AS Broke Glover; Londonte see 125 126 Day, | Od Ores ene ee 125 ala tr curmbull™ Stratiordas ss =e see 125 112 Dunk, Toronto 125 112 iWisherie ss) Bees 125 105 Aitchison, Imgersoll ...... ...... 125 slat & Karbysou,, Lngsersoll) 4.2...) 125 109 IND CROWS esr scste cecesare Soo eee 125 104 Four of the eight shoots for the Dupont trophy have been held by the membera of the Ingersoll Gun C,ub and the standing of the contestants at the mid-way point has heen productive of considerable interest, which will doubtless increase as the race is narrowed down. When the weather conditions are tak- en into consideration, high scores have been made by the contestants on practically every occasion, and there ig no telling what may happen before the final shoot has been held. Following is the standing of the four shoot- ers who have shot at the first hundred birds: W. J. Kirbyson 97, F. W. Staples S83, Hi. W. Partlo 79, George Nichols 78. H. C. Kirkwood, the well-known Beston amateur, beat out by one bird the popular U. M.C. - Remington professional in a 100-bird race, Kirkwood breaking 93 and Stevens 92. Each was high gun in his class. W. R. Crosby, the redoubtable Winchester Be broke 148 out of 150 at New Athens, Twenty-one hunters dead and thirty-seven wounded is the Michigan and Wisconsin deer hunting record for the past season. Exceptionally dry weather in Southern On- tario reduced the hunters’ bags of quail ma- ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA 19 terially, but gave many a luscious bird a lease of life for anotne: season, at least. Many fair bags of woodcock have been secured in Southern Ontario the past season owing, no doubt, to unusually favorable breeding season last year. Any increase in numbers of this choice game bird is a cause of rejoicing by sPortsmen. Fred A. Stone, the noted actor and trap shooter, has donated a shooting park to the Denver Gun Club named after him, and same Was duly opened with a two-day tournament. Columbus, O., Gun Club held its annual shoot and game dinner, which was very suc- cessful, one of the features being a tower shoot in which each gunner stood with his back to the trap, the height and direction of the target being unknown. W. Shatt-cx won the event with 23 out of 25. The Ingersoll Gun Club held their third and fourth shoots of the Dupont Tronhy ser- ies in November 19th. These shoots conclide the first half of the series and represent one hundred points in all. The results of the last shoot each representing 25 points are as fol- lows:— W. J. Kirbyson 24 24 Hee Wie so taples,........ OT) *22 Geer WNiGhols® ......... Bee 21 20 Heo w. eartilo..-...... 19" DF Hamilton’s Annual Supper Shoot There was a large attendance at the annu- al President vs Vice-President supper shoot, held at the Hamilton, Ont., Gun Club grounds, ° forty shooters facing the traps. The weather was ideal for the sport, and as a result some very good scores were made. Vice-President W. P. Thomson's team defeated President Thomas Upton’s shooters by 18 targets, each side shooting 17 men and equally dividing Dr. Moore’s score. The shooters were afterwards entertained at Dynes’, where a most enjoyable evening was spent at the expense of the losing team. Following are the scores of the President vs Vice President match:— President—Court- Thomson 21, Davies 22, Friend 9, Crooks 18, Cantelon 17, Warx 20, Dynes 12, Clifford 16, Frank 9, Hunter 22, C. E. Thomson 17, Upton 22, Beach 10, Law- lor 9, Beattie 19, Dr. Moore 2, Raspberry 20, Stead Cline 22. “Total 287. Vice-President—W. P. Thomson 21, Horn- ing 21, Scott 23, Barnard 13, Bowron 20, Dr. Hilker 21, Oliver 16, Dr. Wilson 19, Sturt 20> Dr: Hunt 17, Sweeney 10, Brigger 21, Barnes 238, F. D. Oliver 21, Lees 12, Marsh ij com. » 10. “Total. -305. In the evening a duck supper was thor- oughly enjoyed at Dynes.’ Seven shooters faced the Hamilton Gun Club traps on the first Saturday in Novem- ber. A strong northwest wind hb’ew acrosd the traps, which made good scores dificult. The scores:— Targets — 10 10 25 EMME BOLE 2 worse eres. sveces a 8 14 OunGie Aa ie 9 15 Dr. Wilson 7 8 20 Clifford. ...... 4 6 13 McPhie...... 4 5 14 Lawlot...... Tr 4 15 STDs eee shee. 5 coven eey ssescccet exe 9 7 15 Stanley Club Shoot The above club held their annual meeting on Nov. 20th, when there was a large and enthusiastic lot of members present, and con- siderable interest was manifested in the pro- gram of events for the coming Winter, which will take the form of weekly handicap shoots. The following ofiicers were elected for the en- suing year—Hon., Pres., W. H. Pearson, Jr. ; Hon. Vice.-Pres., J. C. Foreman; President, SY) W. T. Ely; Sec.-Treas., F. W. Martin, 35 Ge- neva Ave.; Field Captain, H. Albert; Execu - tive Committee, A. E. Edkins, Chairman, J. G. Mason, George T. Scheibe, E. S. Marsh. On Saturday, Nov. 21st. the following scores were made:— Si Ac Broke DURE oo oace Go sccny oct se eee eee eee 140 113 IM CGT cc oseccuraaa Pccesneh parecer eee 150 126 GSAS CHICHES ss. cuccnscscse coos Seen 80 41 IGT Yes cios os vac ctan cares cb aatceh ce pace ee ee 90 1) "PROM PSON! -gs-seee a lewscaert soc ecs | taseene 70 39 EDUC? ee occa asvie cen, nance 85 71 INVES OM os ccnc ct eet eset on Poe eee eee 10 49 JOSCHN AS. ee 130 107 HES CHIC OM secre 2 ae ee ee Soe eae 70 55 NAVI aT ene mere cee wean 80 67 RG NS oo oe woo aaron ee coo ete Meer ane 65 48 SPM AL Ui oventescth os. Se oo Iet aoe see 40 8 TE GH Ose ces comet. natch Se) oabhasazecens 35 18 Dron. Hny CK es eee ae se 60 52 Parkdale Club Shoot The Parkdale Gun Club held their first handicap spoon shoot of she season on the elub grounds, Humber, on Satzerday, Nov. 2ist. W. R. Fenton captured both events, with A. Wolfe a very close second. Following is a list of the shooters and their scores: Glide rn FR ccorn sat itocas maceca, wetecunae 10 9 IMG@AGA IIe See eaten setae neeecmenene 9 pel PAGRErIN Sra cncdes os Mn T-seaee ee econ estenses es 10 9 GOOkUE trscer Me coadccincca” Sossser lec cenatene 9 9 IGTEE Oi Soon eee oe knee ee ec tance: 14 13 1 SES al coo ee Ral Fain agen eae 12 ata ELOOUDECL.....0c a) eee alal 12 EMOTE Osa ccc orcs % a The history of the Wonder Fngine is filled with chapters of re-orders and enthusiastic endorsement. The engine proves up in operation what its manu- facturers claim fcr it—an unusual efficiency and power. Made in one, two, three, four and six cylinders—1% to Gor sP: Wonder Engines are constructed of best materials by expert workmen and hundreds of them have been sent to the most dis- tant points, where for years they have been operated without necessity for repairs that were costly. Geta catalog and study it. Wonder Manufacturing Co. 200 TALLMAN STREET, SYRACUSE, N.Y. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA ily Ohdsmete This year we havealine of different models which will please and sur- prise you——both in style and price. This page would not hold the in- formation in print—there is too much for that. YOU must send for our catalogue and descriptive matter. DON’T HESITATE. The infor- mation is yours for the asking. Address: Oldsmobile Company of Canada Limited 80 King Street East, Toronto, Ont. FREDERICK SAGER Manager When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. 18 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA THE HOUSE TH UVES, XOU A SQUARI DEAL. FUR REPORT OF ‘ URNS p EUR RET : SKIN FLINT, SKANEM &CO- | | WEIL BROS. 25 OECEMDER 4/907 [EXPORTERS wate, S Jas ; [ meee ir! im \ ween f jOSKUNK | - 10 MINK 22 RACCO vy , Be 50\ MUSKRAT J \ NK },00 SOT MUSKRAT : TOTALS TOTAL “20200 \ © Exporters oF RawFurs@ four WAYNE, Inb. EL Hemi fen A AY Ne SHIPMENTS FROM THE MIDDLE WEST HELD FIVE DAYS, FROM THE FARWEST. AND NORTHERN CANADIAN POINTS, TEN DAYS. @ZNP /0R OCR PRICE LIST We will pay readers of Rod and Gun five per cent above our price list on furs if they will send for our, green, tags. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA 9 E. W. DARBEY TRADE MARK REG. US. PAT. OFF. Fishing Rods Wholesale and Retail Dealer in are the rods that you will eventually use. 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With Complete Marine Equipment z Our two cylinder opposed Motors are especially adapt- ed for pleasure hulls of from 20 to 30 feet. Brennan Motor Manufacturing Co. FOUR-CYLINDER VERTICAL, 18 to 80 H.P.—Fitted with reversi Syracuse, N.Y. gear and clutch, propeller, shaft, oiler and all marine aceemerinarten 20 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. Hildreth Marine Motors Powerful, Economical, Durable THEY ALWAYS MAKE GOOD. Three and Four Cylinder The Hildreth Manufacturing Co. 3 Sheridan Ave., LANSING, MICH. Write for Catalogue Manufacturers of high grade and Prices Stationary and Marine Gasoline Motors. Henry Morgan & Co., Ltd., Montreal, Agents for Province of Quebec Rice Lewis & Son, Ltd., Toronto, Agents for Province of Ontario When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA 21 ITTHE 1909 STERLING “IT’S JUST AS GOOD AS IT LOOKS”? Outside and inside, Sterling En- | gines are distinctive. exclusive, the perfection of marine engine construc- tion. Beauty of design, compactness, strength and power are all there. Simplicity of construction by elimina- tionof partsand interchangeability are special Sterling features. Automatic oiling system is another—the circulat- ing pump is of plunger type with pip- ing practically eliminated. These are only a few of the special Sterling fea- tures. Our handsome new 48 page catalog will give you all the details of Sterling construction—we'd like to mail you a copy. If you visit the Motor Boat Show in Boston, make your headquarters with us at our exhibit—space No. 43. We shall show a complete line of Sterling Engines. Come and examine the Exclusive Sterling. Sterling Engine Co., Buffalo, N.Y. Member National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers. Alpert Marine Motors 1, 2 and 3 Cylinders. 2 to 15 Horse Power. Two or three ports or both. Albert Bell Propellers Bronze and Iron, Solid and Reversible. None Better MANUFACTURED BY eS ALBERT BELL ENGINE WORKS DUNNVILLE, ONT. 129 and 131 York St., Hamilton, Ont., Dec. 6, 1907. Messrs. Rice Lewis & Son, Toronto:— Dear Sirs,—Regarding yours of the 3rd concerning the ‘‘BELL ENGINE.” We have used a double cylinder i ditis good. No better onthe Hamilton Bay. Notroubletorun. Yours truly, he ; JAMES MITCHELL & SON. Per mba 2 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA The Best French Briar Hard Rubber, Remova- ble Stem. The most sci entific ane healthful pipe eve: made Separate wells for saliva and nicotine, and a bowl device (see cut) whichprevents tobacco from settling in bottom of bow] and becoming soaked or clog- ged. Cannot possibly become J vank likeordinary pipes. THE way 6TOBACCO IS ALWAYS DRY, y / thus insuring a cool, clean, dry smoke. No biting the tongue. ~i3 Price $1.00 postpaid. Your money Ree = SOc if not perfectly satisfactory. Easily Cleaned. 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Cannot cut strop. Ask your dealer for the RUNDEL. Accept no substitute. If your dealer cannot supply you send direct, and ac- quaint us with name of dealer. Illustrated folder free. DISCOUNTS TO TRADE... Sold in Toronto by Warren & Ellis. RUNDEL SALES CoO. 1018 Central Bldg. ROCHESTER N.Y. $95.00 Per Horse Power CANADIAN BEAVER MARINE MOTORS In 4, 7, 8 and 14 h.p. at the above price An old firm and an Ywo cycle, two port, for complete outfit. up-to-date engine. well made and reliable. Gu A Rk AN T B)pee Write to-day for particulars to The Sherman-Cooper Co., 1061 Eastern Avenue TO R:O°N tae You need onein your house. Keeps the temperature exactly right, day and night. Saves coal, saves worry wor’s on Furnaces, Hot Water or Steam Any one can attach, It Tends the Heater The simplest apparatus made: guaran- teed to work perfectly and last four years. Big and little homes need it. Send today for booklet. BEERS BRCS. THERMOSTAT CO. 1160 Portland Ave., Rochester, N.Y. Heaters. 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 good a shaver as any $5 00 razor made. Only a limited number are being offered. See adver- tisement of American Safety Razor Company for full description of the razor we are offering. Enna ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS [IN CANADA VICTORIES WON HE LEFEVER SHOT GUN has added another Year of Victories. The Championship of the World won at the Olympic Games, London, England, heads the list of 1908 Lefever victories. This will remind you that the highest award over the whole world’s guns was made to the Lefever at St. Louis. The roll of Lefever victories in 1908 and for years past should convince you beyond a doubt that all we have claimed for the wonderful, simple mechanism of the LEFEVER SHOT GUN is true—that this is the premier shot gun of the world to-day. The same mechanism and materials are in the lock of a $28 Lefever that are in a $1000 Lefever. In all grades the barrels are bored uniformly true, they lap as far, and hold as tight at hinge and fastener. When you examine a Lefever at a store you will see—and see very plainly—why this shot gun has for years been winning hundreds of championships—international, national, state and club championships. Whether you want to shoot at the trap or in the fields, marshes and brush—the only gun which assures you the best results, by proven test, is the Lefever. You will buy a Lefever, and no other, if you take the trouble to examine one and compare it with others. It is to your in- terest todo this. Our catalog points our 19 structural and mechanical advantages—all of them exclusive. You will receive a copy in a day or two if you write now. It is worth sending for. LEFEVER ARMS CO., 20 Malitbie St., Syracuse, N. Y. USE English Schultze SMOKELESS The QUICKEST Gunpowder on the Market AGE. NT: 6S; FOR e eA NEAL ODD AS: The London & Toronto Trading Co., 14 Front Street E., TORONTO, ONTARIO 24 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. ee Ooo 00101101 OHH OHO! OHO Hr OHH OHHH OHO Or OH OHO OHO On OOOO OrG® OOOO Or Or OrOrOe sOurGrr Orr Ors Orr Orr Orr Ore CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY WINTER OUTINGS If you have never tried a winter outing in Canada, do so. If you get the nght } outfit, the right kind of tent, and let us tell you where to locate, you will have the time of your life. For full particulars apply to L. O. Armstrong 0 Gon O >: Oe Ser Ge ape SerhaGPea Per Se Por Ge Ss © S-aB Oe Bec OH OOO BS DPotrist Aen C.P.R. 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P.S.—Those looking for business openings in Canada should write for our new pamphlet, “Some Resources and Openings.” 2B e+ On- OO Ber Bae Oe er O20 Be+ O29 B 208 #020 Bs2 Ber Ore Oe 108022802 8199 812-2 W130 812822228119 008 When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. 26 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. Boats and Frames on the Easy Payment System Wanted My 25 years’ experience is at your dis- I'll meet you. COWARD’S BOAT FACTORY, Kingston, Ont. A revolution in Boat Frames and Boats in any stage of construction. posal. State your requirements and the price you want to pay. ALF. COWARD Proprietor WHAT THE SHOOTERS DEMAND A Complete Stock TRAP SHOOTERS SUPPLIES, GUNS, RIFLES, RE- VOLVERS, AMMUNITION, WINTER ATHLETIC AND : SPORTING GOODS, SKATES, SNOW SHOES, TO- — BOGGANS, ETC. Canadian Black Bird Targets They break when hit but not before. Manufactured by us and used by most important clubs. Get quota- tions. ‘‘Special prices in quantity.” Expert Gun Repairing A. FENN & CO. [sien st' Wee Toronto Marble’s Gun Preservers No More Rusty or Nitro-eaten Guns MARBLE'S NITRO-SOLVENT OIL is the won- derful new preparation that will quickly dissolve the residue of all black and smokeless powders, including I . Cardite It prevents corrosive action by neutralizing = i @™4 the acids of the residue which have penetrated the steel. No other oil will do this. It contains no acid. MARBLE’S If Nitro-Solvent Oil is applied to the bore soon af- ter shooting, the arm can be laid aside for several days |] ADAPTED To ALL Too s | NITRO-SOLVENT |) OIL i] DISSOLVES QUICKLY THE RESIDUE OF ALL POWDERS LUBRICATES WILL NOT GUM } REMOVES RUST, GUM | AND DIRT PREVENTS RUST POLISHES | i} AND MECHANISMS CONTAINS NOACID MADE BY c. L. BRADLEY SOLELY FOR | MARBLE SAFETY AXE Co. [i CLADSTONE, MICH.. U.S. A. without wiping and will be in perfect condition when cleaned. Guns will never rust when this oilis used. Two full ounces 25c; postage Ioc. MARBLE’S ANTI-RUST ROPES, when saturat- ed with oil, exclude all air and moisture and make it impossible for the barrels to rust or become pitted. They are longer than the barrel and larger than the bore. This insures a constant pressure of oil against all of the bore. One oiling will last for years. For Shotguns and Rifles, each, 50c; for Revolvers, 25c; prepaid. State caliber or gauge. Send for free catalog of Marble’s 60 ‘‘Extra Qual- ity’’ Specialties for Sportsmen. All sold by dealers or direct, prepaid. Free Sample Nitro-Solvent Oil on Request. Marble Safety Axe Co., Delta Ave., Gladstone, Mich. FREE SAMPLE Marble’s Nitro-Solvent Oil — Marble Safety Axe Co., Gladstone, Mich. ae ee / ANTI-RUST ROPE FOR RIFLES. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA here is no Coererine” for She adcd Wheat Biscuit, but it is just as well to watch the grocer’s basket when it comes. When you order Shredded Wheat you want SHREDDED WHEAT After once tasting the crisp, delicious shreds of baked wheat, you will not be satisfied with mushy porridges. Food fads may come and go, but Shredded Wheat goes on forever. Always pure, always clean, always nutritious, always the same. Fresh from our two-million-dollar sunlit bakery—a million and a quarter Biscuits every day in the year. Shredded Wheat is made in only two forms, BISCUIT and TRISCUIT —the Biscuit for breakfast with milk or cream or for any meal with baked apples or other fresh or preserved fruits. Triscuit (the Shredded Wheat Wafer) used as a TOAST for any meal with butter, cheese or marmalades. Shredded Wheat is the whole wheat cleaned, steam-cooked, shredded and twice baked. The process is protected by forty-one patents in the United States, Canada and Europe. Both the Biscuit and Triscuit should be heated in the oven (to restore crispness) before using. Our new illustrated cook book is sent free for the asking. THE ONLY “BREAKFAST FOOD” MADE IN BISCUIT FORM. THE CANADIAN SHREDDED WHEAT CO , LTD., NIAGAR ALLS, ONT. ® Toronto Office, 49 Wellington St. East. = 1321 28 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. A Christmas Gift for Your Friends | WHAT MORE APPROPRIATE Ging | CAN YOU GIVE A SPORTSMAN THAN A YEAR’S SUBSCRIPTION TO ROD AnD GUN and Motor Sports in Canada The vivid AND ENTERTAINING STORIES OF OUTDOOR LIFE in the various Provinces of the Dominion will Be appRecIATED and will suggest the name of the giver a HUNDRED TIMES DURING THE YEAR. Send along with your own renewal subscription, the subscription of one or more of your sportsmen friends and thus assist, like the writer of the following letter, in making an excellent magazine “even better.” Dawson City, Y.T., July 20, 1908. Wis Jeo Lay.lor, Editor ROD AND GUN, Woodstock, Ont. Dear Sir,—Enclosed you will find $3.00, for which kindly send ROD AND GUN for one year to S. C. Kirk, Druggist, Dawson, and T. J, Patton, Dawson, and renew my own sub- scfiption. I wish to congratulate you, Brother Taylor, on the verv ex- cellent magazine that you give us. Of the many sporting journ- als that I receive I consider ROD AND GUN the best. It de- serves the support of every sportsman in Canada and every subscriber should secure at least two names and forward when renewing his own subscription. This would show his apprecia- tion and would enable you to give us even a better magazine. Wishing you all possible success. I am, Yours truly, AY Glee eis. W. J. Taylor, Publisher, Woodstock, Ontario When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA 29 —THE— ary Mattress | — . = ie ~ mattress which combines PERFECT COM- FORT with perfect hygiene construction, for itis the ONLY VENTILATED MATTRESS. IT WILL-NOT SAG OR GET HARD. IT IS PERFECTLY RESILIENT. IT CONFORMS TO THE SHAPE OF THE BODY, SUPPORTING IT AT ALL POINTS. 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IS ABUNDANTLY ILLUSTRATED; contains the author’s drawings showing many of the devices described in the book, 48 SPLENDID FISH DRAWINGS belonging to the UNITED STATES BUREAU OF FISH- ERIES, representing most accurately all'the characteristics of each species mentioned ; also maps showing the distribution of the various fish, and charts showing how, when and where to get the fish, with a COMPLETE LIST OF PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. Interesting to the veteran who does know and informing to the tyro who does not know. Can be carried easily in the pocket. SENT FREE ?f.txccno. 7>o ROD AND GUN OR SENT POSTPAID. ON REC EA] PT... 0 FS ee Address W. J. TAYLOR, Publisher, WOODSTOCK, ONTARIO Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers about these and other home-made Traps, by A. kh. Harding. "24-9 THs buok contains 232 pages, Size 5x7 inches, and 84 drawings and illus- trations, printed on good heavy paper. The most complete book on how to make ‘“‘home-made’’ traps ever published. The book contains twenty-eight chap- ters. Building Deadfalls and constructing Snares, as explained in this book, will be of value to trappers where material— saplings, poles, boards, rocks, etc.—are to be had for constructing. Price, cloth bound, 60c. Postpaid 70c, or To anyone Sent Free sending Two Subscriptions to Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. W. J. TAYLOR, Publisher, Woodstock, Ont. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. Waterman Marine Motors Unsurpassed for simplicity, reliability, durability. Few parts. Easily understood and most reasonable in cost. MODEL A 2 cylinder—2 cycle; built with the cylin- der~ and head in one piece; no joints to leak. Cylinders quickly removeable. Ignition is jump spark with vibrator on spark coil andspark plug. Small plung- er pump insures perfect circulation of water in cylinder—can be fitted to use as bilge pump. 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CANOE MOTORS The Waterman Canoe Motor is unapproachable in its extreme simplicity, strength of construction, and certainty to deliver the power required. Wemake them in r, 2, 3 and 4cylinders, and ship complete, ready for installation. If you have a Canoesend for our Catalogue. OUTBOARD MOTOR We have the only successful Outboard Motor on the market, a little 2 h. p. (40 lbs.) motor that you can attach to the stern post of ycur boat in 5 minutes, without any tools. Can be detached just as quickly. Giving satisfaction everywhere. Attached to row boats, dories, sail boats, etc. Just read the article in this magazine (written by one who has no connection with us), describing a trip through the wilds of Northern Ontario with one of our Outboard Motors. But send for the Catalogue. We urge youto investigate the Waterman Marine Motors. Ycu dcn’t buya motor every day—you don’t want to pay for mistakes. A Waterman Motor will not disappoint you. All our Motors are equipped with the famous Schebler Carburetor, recognized and acknowledged as the standardin efficiency, simplicity and service, WATERMAN MARINE MOTOR CoO. 1531 FORT STREET WEST, DETROIT, MICH. ROBER MACHINERY CO., of Portland, Ore., are Western Distrit utors for Our Predvcis. os When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA Third Annual Automobile, Motor Boat and Sportsmen's EXHIBITION Under Auspices ONTARIO MOTOR LEAGUE St. Lawrence Arena TO R O' NGT-e February 18th to — 1909 = aaa Boy: as Pick ) (i 5 / 18 \= 109 f° iQ \2 “1 RiM2 iS / gi “M4 Special Rates by all Railroads have been announced Space Plan now ready AUTOMOBILE and SPORTSMEN’S EXHIBITION, Ltd. 1 Wellington Street West, TORONTO, Canada R. M. JAFFRAY, Manager When writing advertisers kindly mention Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada - ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. 33 -_ > S O222222200882 WHEN IN DETROIT STOP AT Pee seCreEr || Wwellinston® Cor. Adams Avenue and Park Street BROMIDE PAPERS WELLINGTON The World’s Standard for Enlargements WRITE FOR BOOKLET. In the centre of the Theatre, Shopping and Business WA RD & CO., ae ae District. A la Carte Cafe. Grille Room. Service 13 ST. JOHN ST. N Unexcelled. Every Room With Bath. European Plan. . +» MONTREAL, Rates $1.50 per day and up. Sia ee in tn tp in tp ty en en nnn M. A. SHAW, MANAGER. Nothing Useless Put In Nothing Useful Left Out This accounts for our success. Buffalo Marine Motors are designed and built to give satisfaction azd do it. Write for 1908 catalogue and get posted as to new sizes and styles. 2 to 100 H. P. ————_—_ Our New Slow Speed Engine fills a long felt want. BUFFALO GASOLINE MOTOR CO. 1218-30 Niagara St. SUF FA LOw NY. 34 For Sale, Want, and | | Exchange Depts. ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA Advertisements will be in- serted in this Department at 2c. a word. Send Stamps with order. Copy should not be later than the [5th of the month. YORK STREET, KENNELS, London, Breeder of Deer, Fox and Rabbit Hounds. 502 Ontario. BARGAIN—Winchester-Lee Rifle 25 Calibre, New. Stock is damaged. Price $22.00 with $15.00 worth of cartridges, or will trade for Auto-Shotgun or Rifle. Write all. Gordon MacMillian, Marion Bridge, ING ASE FOR SALE—English Bloodhound puppies, 3 months old, fully pedigreed, 2 bitches, 1 dog; cheap if sold at once, to make room. C. H. Hall & Son, King City, Ont. TT FOR SALE—22xq4 ft. 1o inch gasoline :unabout, 7 1-2 H.P., 2 cyl. 2 cycle engine, speed 10 miles, splen- did sea boat and lots of room, one of the smartest boatsof her size on the Jake; cedar hull, built 1907. Price ¢$4co. L. C. Lockett, Kingston, Ont.—1t. HIGH GRADE ENGLISH DUCK GUN FOR SALE, $200.00—P. Webley & Son hamerless, full choke bore, 10 gauge, 9 pounds, either barrel puts from 70 to 76 per cent. of charge running 260 pellets to the ounce or less into 30 inch circle at 4o yards. Daniel Meagher, M. D., General Delivery, Montreal. It. _ SPORTSMEN, HUNTERS, GUIDES.—I want to mount or buy your Game heads; you will profit by writing for my Sportsman's Guide and prices. _ Edwin Dixon, Expert Game Head Taxidermist, Unionville, Ontario. DUCK HUNTERS TAKE NOTICE—Write M.-B. Mills, yacht Dolphin, Napanee, for his pro- positon to take hunters to Hay Bay, Bay Quinte, Mosquito Bay, etc., on hunting cruise under most fav- orable accomodations. Write now to secure dates. FOR SALE—Two large eight and ten point Deer heads, large even antlers, beautifully beaded and mount- ed by the best methods. No reasonable ofter refused. Reference, Editor of Rod and Gun. Edwin Dixon, Main Street, Unionville, Ontario. FOR SALE—Marine Engine, three horse power, single cylinder, jump spark float feed carbureter, complete equipment. Apply Walter Dean, Sunnyside, Toronto. FOR SAILE—Marine Engine, three horse power, make and break sy ark, complete equipment, a bargain. Apply to Box ‘‘Marine’ Rod and Gun, Woodstock, Ontario. FOR SALE—Two Cerbureters. rin. and 1¥ in., float feed, leading make, both new, marine type. Further particulars from A. H. Byrne, 414 Huron St., Toronto. FOR SALE—Eighteen foot gasoline launch, with two horse power Hildreth engine, capable of speed of 7 to 8 miles an hour, compromise stern, cyprus plank- ing, finished in oak, complete, in running order. Price reasonable. Apply T. W. Jutten, Hamiiton. FOR SALE—Two Magnetos, one for jump spark marine engine, one for make and break spark, leading make, new. Further particulars from A. H. Byrne, 414 Huron St., Toronto. FOR SALE—Eighteen foot motor boat, cedar planking, mahogany trimmings, complete, excepting cushions. Prices quoted on cushions and boat cover if desired. Equipped with a five horse power, single cylinder engine, made by Premier Motor Co., Toronto, Holley carbureter, everything strictly up todate. Get a price on this outfit now. Apply Box ‘‘Premier,” Rod and Gun in Canada, 414 Huron street, Toronto. FOR SALE—A seventeen ft. cedar square stern row boat, with two pairs of oars and rudder, equipped with a Waterman Outboard motor, combination of moter, propeller and steering gear, which can be quickly at- tached to and removed from boat. An ideal outfit for a fisherman to have. Price right. Apply Box ‘‘Wa- terman,’’ Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada, 414 Huron street, Toronto. FOR SALE—Twenty-one foot motor boat, com- promise stern, beam, five feet six, cyprus planking and oak trimmings, complete, equipped with a Gray six horse power motor, 4% inch bore by 4 inch stroke, re- volutions, 700, also has a Michigan reverse gear, speed of between eight and nine miles per hour. A dandy outfit. Apply Box ‘Gray,’ Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada, 414 Huron street, Toronto. FOR SALE—Twenty-two foot motor boat, equip- ped with a Cooley, five horse power, single cylinder en- gine, manufactured by Cooley Mfg, Co., Waterbury, Vt. BOAT FRAMES FOR SALE, 2 and 4 Cycle Engines. SIMPLICITY, DURABILITY and ECONOMY OUR MAIN FEATURES. Send for Catalogue. Prices $50 up. 65 Bay North Guarantee Motor Co., Hamicton Canada. } S LAN GOOD HEALTH! Oe ee Bromo Mineral Est. 1826 Hector THE ART OF SHOOTING” Seventh and Revised The well known morning bracer. opular Edition, 2/6; Postage Gq extra. ILLUSTRATED PRICE LIST FREE Sweetens a sour stomach. 11, PANTON STREET, HAYMARKET, LONDON, S. W. (Opposite The Comedy Theatre. Sold at all Hotels in Canada. A King Air Rifle | IN ALL KINDS OF Will be given FREE to anyone sending | HOTEL GLASSWARE 3 SUBSCRIPTIONS to AND ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA HOTEL SUPPLIES. The King Air Rifle is a winner. Every boy who is anxious to become proficient in shooting should take advantage of this opportunity to own one. No diffi- culty in securing the 3 subscriptions. Send for sample copy to show prospec- tive subscribers. DO IT NOW. 86 Church Street, Toronto, Ont. Se 3 t 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 all purchases made through these pages. Automobiles. Dayton Tonneau Co. ........ Reece 2 Oldsmobile Co. of Canada Ltd.......... ...... 17 Animal Traps @ncida CommiunityGon ne. cients cele eieinin re 50 Ales and Beers Labatt; John An. . cre eeneee concen inside front cover Automobile Accessories Dunlop Tire & Rubber Goods Co. .... ... .. 44 Dry Cells’ Electrical Specialties Ltd. . 787 INational"GoileGo |... ec mnsecs ne eters tees potee, menetenaers 4 Never Miss spark: Bligsiirsyn leis etaeiciercreterieiere 3 Sta-Rite-R E. Hardy Co Be te i ae Ge 9 Splitdorfin Gab jack - 45. saree etek aces I2 Vulean Sparkers Croftan Storage Battery Co II Wizard Magneto-Canadian Fairbanks Co...... Ry Ammunition Du Pont de Nemours Powder Co ........... 43 Dominion Cartridge Co.......... Sens Details 771 English Schultze, London and Toronto Trad- Veen PONE. pS tre selec er tore sne eae soe race 23 Shot—Montreal Rolling Mills Co............. 772 Snap-Shot and Carbon Powder—Hamilton Pow- G5 oN Oe eon aaaat coup in dad -aacormbado Gopi 4 UM C-Union Metallic Cartridge Co ..... Lobe iate eC oDN smite cteakaceers Inside back cover Winchester Repeating Arms Co....Inside front cover Batteries Vu'cin Sparkers— Croftan Storage Battery Co fir Boots For Sportsmen Palmer John) Comm anacman ieee deities 4 Canadian Guides Dainard) (Mis: So ichiietoicen treet toe eiaracacs aiaiers 785 Campbell /Robtth iiss eee eeciecere 785 Cameras and Kodaks Ganadian Kodak Gor nlbtdanertieniececincin 49 Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co.............. 13 Camp Supplies Adams ‘Pharmacyecene iat v-rioitetatreletetciiers 22 Aylmer Condensed Milk Co...... —_....... 774 Ales and Porters—John Labatt ..... inside front cover Bovril ) tac. neces dae olatse meteor ne reel reaietayorore TEE. Club Cocktails—G F Heublein & Bro,....... 15 C A Cl AXE Cores foc. vn te Me eee seis 43 Benn A.c& Co. vk nicsee ein ae eee eet 26 Fearman’s English Breakfast Bacon — Sugar Cured Hams, Cooked Meats—W F Fearman Cor tee a-isiee hecole sie reiieee 13 When writing advertisers kindly mention | Knit to fit Mfg Co.... OSES Se IGM OT oS Ee 47 trite: El He Cor nse obs cae cette mdetae aematerere ereinenete 15 Michie -8&-Cox,, td s.¢ 2 is anneal ems eee 50 Marble satety Axe: COW she aceite cape cate 26 Shredded Wheat Biscuits and Triscuits—Can- adian Shredded Wheat Co.,Ltd.......... 27 Canadian Railways Grand Trunk Railway System......... ...... 40 Canadian Pacific Ry ws. . sccm. series reer 24-25 Canoes | “Chestnut —R. Chestnut & Sons)... cee 48 Dean Walter: (a. 5 <0 ts lve eee eee 45 Koiffe; AC... os aesiceton ee ene oe ee eee I5 Lakefield—Lakefield Building & Mfg.Co...... 14 | Ross, J. H. Canoe Co ‘*Peterborough’’—Peterborough Canoe Co., Ltd Boia Inside back cover BA OCA Ato. 8.5.cic cs 16 Wilham English’ Canoe' C07). 52. 1.2 se one 29 Cooked Meats. Fearman’s English Breakfast Bacon, Sugar cured Hams, Cooked Meats—W, F. Fear- TAT 0.5; sierate ere hotel terete pees e Leiter eter 13 J Camp Furniture Kiffe a Cou Seen cen eno eee 15 Michie & (Coe: 6. ce scissor eis ee ee 50 Willow Chair—W. Younger................ 2 Clothing. Gurzon Bros ac csc. che ieee Cee 10 Clarke A. Ros .astiec ol .Inside front cove DermriiGosbtd’ css. see c ee 50 Watson's Scotch LOIN INE Cet. See Sy oh Ma eiarete sb eaia Launches SCS? 1 IO SS ee os et cee 45 Miamilton’ Motor Werks «......2. ....-.-e00 Peterborough Canoe Co............ Inside back cover BECCRISON SESOS 2m a cher ta nietecinie echo siecle fs ts eve w.oi 779 Mineral Waters Bromo Mineral Water—Bromo Mineral Co..... 37 Marine Motors PILOMIALe MEACIING COW soe fo5 0) s0cccneaeviec << 36 eAjaxe—BrOwmasroS, Ltd on... cen Siew ss 16 Bell. Albert, Works.......... Serie ac Biias ae 21 EMITS SER OLOE CO) nice. oco0 so, o-a,cisinicierareieto-c\eisiéss w e'sre 12 eAGOrBR RIE oC Onrmee cer dato tons tc visees seds'es = II Buffalo—Buffalo Gasoline Motor Co. .......... 33 Pecunan Motor MigiGo. 2.2.3... cds os ee: 37 Macey Migs Commas fo. . So ee. Naess nde es 13 DT EN erg Dn 784 Ferro Machine & Foundry Co...... ....--.... 46 AGH ATATHEE a WL OLOT. CO sas 5 sinister is-5 awe Sse 37 Eimidrethonite Gor. of iii6Ssieeiets.? Noemie ones =e 20 Hamilton’ Motor Works i350) 206.2 eee. ec 49 “Little Giant”—UnitedMfg. Co.... . II SCGHEETSeNIOLOK CO. 2 os aoe etsiae as. 6,cas.s + ie Schofield-Holden Machine Co.............:.. 783 Sterling Mapine Corre eset aera anton t ie 2I Sintz-Wallini Gomme cece teeter ae ei tee 6 Sherman Cooper Consens tees sere) oer 22 Wonder Mige (Come sesee eeern ae 2s) ne er 794 Waterman Marine Motor Co..... ..... ....«: 31 Miscellaneous American Pedometer Co.............. s eilovs 7 elem) idee aah eee Stic op aca miecTorsotor 22 Gamble Shoulder Brace Co.............. 13 Tdeal)'Garriage Washer Cony seeo cu ins ae 780 RundeltSaleS!\Conacs sh acta .roceee eet esas 22 Sanitarysbi pet Course aele oat taal 22 Talcum Powder—Gerhard Mennen Co........ 7 Motor Boats Butler Mali gcse. fit saan creer 45 GCowards; Boat) Ractro ys