The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-05

practice developed the idea, until now the
Bicycle gun is part Of the expert cyclists
butit.
The way to hunt on wheels is to carry a
ffe strapped to the top bar. The rifle as you
purchase it is as long as your forearm,
9naybe shorter. 1t is the shape of a po-
ceman's club, and does not look like a
,ece of firearms. But it has an inside COM
Hartment. By screwing a small projection
Pne end comes out like a telescope, and
here comes down into perfect rifle shape
rife stock, at sight of which you feel
81 home with your firearms. When through
hooting the stock is pushed back into the
)arrel When screwed out again there is
snap and the rife is in shape.
THIS is carried strapped closely to the
op bar, and runs between the legs with
put being noticed by any one passing. AT
he same time it Is a means of protection
10 the cyclist as we'll as a ready sport.
The rifle has a small bore and is ham
inerless. 1t is very light in action as well
as in weight, and brings down it's game
quickly and surely. Having no hammer it
cannot catch in a cyclists clothing, and its
d bore is so small that it makes no bulk be-
Itween the legs.
A certain well-known amateur cyclist ex-
4 perimented with this rifle at glass balls.
He was a good marksman, but not a
crack by any means. As a cyclist he is
an expert.
1t is necessary to be very clever upon
4 the wheel before undertaking to shoot
while riding. For a second the hands must
be off the handles while the shot is being
fired. Then the rife is replaced or laid
down, or disposed of in some way before
Ithe handles are taken in hand again. This
rs nothing for an expert cyclist who finds
no difficulty riding without the handles for
"a considerable distance. He guides the
wheel with the knees. Once expert enough
10 do this, and it is nothing to shoot upon
a wheel. One can practice and become a
marksman. And many will do this who
Ihave never before cared for shooting.
The advantages of shooting upon a wheel
are great. You can glide up noiselessly
with your pneumatic tire and crack away
at the game without taking any chances
from distance Footsteps are necessarily
noisy, and of course the clatter of a horses
1eet alarm game, while prowling through
the brush and lying in wait for game is
tiresome to any but the most devoted sport
lovers.
But the wheel takes away all these diff
Hcultles. And there Is another important
point in favor of cunning on a bicycle
and that is the small space through which
one can go. Given a woody path and the
choice of wheels or on foot, an expert cy-
cHst VIII take the chances of the wheel
every time. The overhanging brush he
pushes back with his hands, and the heavy
path he can tread better upon his steady,
swift wheel than by foot
But it is for coast shooting that The
wheel is best Along ponds i5 the onen
IN billy countries and where game abounds
IN fields and meadows, there the bicycle
eXeeis 1t is true and quick. 1t cannot leap
ieuces. TO pc sure. out on the other hand
II is not apt to throw you after being 1iff
ed over fance,and it gets three times as
near as a horse could.
For pistol practice the cycle has even
,1'ot ao,yyahtages, because the pistol is
Into which the pistol is Slipped. The handle
lS left exposed This is hung unon Tho han
ole bar and is within a seconds use Of tbe