Outing . There remains only the matter of car-rying. Of course your woods clotheswill have pockets, even unto the hippistol-pocket of fiction and the melo-drama. But they are inconvenient andinsecure receptacles for a pistol. Bothfor your greatest convenience and forthe safe-keeping of the arm, carry it ina substantial leather scabbard on yourbelt. Let the scabbard be plenty longenough to protect the muzzle of the pis-tol and, by all means, let it have a flapor safety strap to keep it from fallingout and getting hurt or lost. Finally, shoot it often and clean it asoften as you shoot. Just reme
Outing . There remains only the matter of car-rying. Of course your woods clotheswill have pockets, even unto the hippistol-pocket of fiction and the melo-drama. But they are inconvenient andinsecure receptacles for a pistol. Bothfor your greatest convenience and forthe safe-keeping of the arm, carry it ina substantial leather scabbard on yourbelt. Let the scabbard be plenty longenough to protect the muzzle of the pis-tol and, by all means, let it have a flapor safety strap to keep it from fallingout and getting hurt or lost. Finally, shoot it often and clean it asoften as you shoot. Just remember that you can becomean efficient shot and resolve that youwill. The mastery of this, the womansweapon, will do much to increase theconfidence with which you may go ad-venturing into the woods, add to yourentertainment while you are there, and,last but not least, to the amount of meatin the camp kettle. Herbert K. Job writes in the March OUTING of life and con-ditions in CANADAS GREATEST GAME COUNTRY. THE NEW YEAR IN MOTOR-CYCLES By GEORGE M. JOHNSON Changes That Prominent Manufacturers Are Introducing to Makethe Machines Better, Safer and More Comfortable It || i WELVE years ago a motorcycle consisted ofa springless b i c y c 1 eframe in which wasstrapped a very ineffi-cient specimen of gaso-line engine. In those happy days, if arider could cover twenty-five or thirtymiles in an afternoon without encoun-tering trouble of one kind or another, itwas an achievement to be proud of. Butthe men behind those embryonic motor-cycles had faith and foresight enough tolook far ahead into the future; they re-fused to be discouraged at their number-less tribulations—at the difficulties ofdesigning engines which would stand upand not burn up under the strain ofmotorcycle use, at the problems of prop-erly cooling and lubricating those en-gines, etc., etc., not to mention the scantencouragement given by a highly scep-tical public. To-day the men who staidin the game are reaping their rewa
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