, 1889-10-29
DRESSING FoR DUCK sAoorMo.

What Comp lse< an Outfit aud what .
Good One Costs
In the course Of an article on duck shoot
ing a writer in The New York Sun says:
The first thing to consider in a ducking out
ht Is the clothing to wear. No matter whether
one wishes to shoot for the market or for the
fun OF 1t, proper clothes are of first import
ance IL a man wants to wear out his old
clothes, let him put on three old wooden I'M
dershirts and three old pairs of drawers and
two pairsof wooden socks, whether he is going
to shoot from a blind or a battery. Over these
put the thickest wooden coat and trousers and
a pair Of boots. Then put on the Oldest and
most faded overcoat at hand-a faded green
one for the battery or brown for the blind
will be best.
For the hands a thin pair Of wooden gloves,
with a thick pair OF big mittens easily drop
ped of. For the head a sou'wester Is indis-
pensable. 1t should be bought two or three
sizes too large, so that the head and ears can
be wrapped In q faded muller before It Is put
on Over all some sort of a slicker or water
proof must be had, and a rubber blanket is as
good as anything. In this rig a man may be
fairly comfortable on ordinary duck shooting
days, but he viii be by no means in the best
rig to be had.
wooden underwear and q pair of woolen
socks Then draw on a Mackinaw shirt and
a Mackinaw pair Of drawers They are made
Of wool, and are q quarter Of an inch thick.
Ii the weather Is particularly severe he
should put on two suits, but there Is danger
Of bundling up so much as to be unable to
hold the gun On the feet draw felt boots.
These boots are used by the lumbermen In
the ~Adirondacks, and are In all respects the
best foot covering for bitter weather ever de-
vised. Next put OIL canvas hunting trousers
and a hunting COat which hava praysor,l-
been soaked in linseed oil, and then dried and
soaked again and dried The gun stores sell
these canvas suits unoiled-
When oiled they smell like fresh paint, and
that will be disagreeable to some folks, but
not so disa&reeable as a stream OF cold water
down the back The color of these goods is a
reddish brown, too bright when now, but
just right for the blind when grown dingy.
II one is to shoot from a battery afoat, then
a leaden green is a better color. A little
paint will fix them. Oil coats and trousers
can be purchased at the clothing stores on
the water front, but the oiled coats sold there
are not adapted for the purpose. The real
hunting coat has a patch sewed in unde the
shoulders in such a way that a man can raise
his arms without bringing the weight OF his
coat On them.
II, now, a man must wade any to get to
his blind or put out decoys, he must have
rubber wading boots. The hat must be a
sou'wester, large in size, as said, and the yell
lowish sailor sou'wester is the best to be had.
For the hands, thin wooden gloves and big,
thick mittens over them are absolutely neces-
sary; and II after all these things are OBJ
tanned one can have an old horse blanket to
throw over his knees for the knees get cold
first), he can count on a comfortable day,
rain or shine.
Some idea of the cost OF an outfit will not
be uninteresting. Here is a list prepared by a
dealer for m reportar.