The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-01


leather IL is in three pieces. trousers,
vest and coat. The coat is large for him
and measures Sis feet around, such an
ample sIzo that tho last dealer OF whom
ho purchased the coat hung il upon two.
chairs wonderincly. you would not be-
lete that q man OF that size could get
around, would yOu?" said he Then he
added. 'But Cleveland doesn't iii that
coat fun. lie likes 10 double II in the
front. and that makes it look like a lea
Their blanket for ga asrmy outfit"
CLEVELAND ~ HIS COFFIN.
A fair days shooting is from ten to
twenty ducks. A very GOOD shot is thir-
ty-flye ducks, bat this is seldom attain
cl. The Presidents average IS three
ducks. But 10 must be remembered that
Doe goes for only one day at a time. and
for vacation. When he has shot his
duck Doe is content 90 Die IN his coffin and
rest or in his skin and pun leisurely
around
Many patent nonds have been TO the
President with means for lighting the
water hy electricity or oil. so thai duck
shooting could hc carried on all night.
one nieht on the water ana hundred
ducks have been their seductive offer
but Tie President has not hoarkenod 10
taem
In most sections Of the country St IS
unlawful % light the water by lamps.
electricity or ly amy means whatsoever.
or to shoot by moonlight Ducks must
Doe protected. and shooting them by arti-
fetal light takes them al such disadvan-
ta-e that they would stand no change OF
preservation. A skillful hunter could posi-
lively rd q whole section of the country
OF tacm 10y electric light ia q weeks bag
cling.
A swivel gun is another prohibited thing.
3. IS AAe cannon and carries from one
o. three pounds oi shot one firing OF
The swivel gun would entirely rid the
water of flying fowl. The swivel is de-
sp.sal hy an sportsmcn. The only men
who favor 10 are those who have con-
tracied 20 supply tho market with a
certain amount ol Wild game. TO them
70 is o matter .Ol livelihood. and the
more fowls, by any means whatsoever,
the better Tor business
The Aammerlcss gun Is liked by sports
men. And there IS a trigeerless concern
talked about THE hammeriess gun IS less
liable 10 catch I'D the clothing, and a
premature shot IS unknown.
The President never shoots ducks ION
the eight on land. He picks them from
a battery or In "a boat as they come
out upon the water.
TIE presidents DUCK.
Tic newest thing IN duck-shooting IS
pneumatic duck. 10 is rubber, is hol-
low and can be sent up into the air and
allowed % come down and rest upon the
water. Dir. Cleveland had q present OF
one of these which he quite enjoys ex-
p0imenung with. IL was a birthday pres
cnt. or might be taken as such. as it
came within = short time of his ebay.
The disadvantage OF the pneumatic rub
Der duck is the same as that experienced
by other pueuma<c arrangci. IL can
he puncturcd, in which case IL is ruined.
But the Presidents birthday gilt is still
intact
The pneumatic duck is as natural as
lifc. But when il lies upon the w-ter
with other ducks around IL, you must
make "a sound to set the ducks rising
from the water before you can fire. II
you snap your gun nj them as they noat
YOU viii puncture your own pneumatic
duck and 10 Will collapse. There are
advantages and disadvantages in this
good thing.
TIRE President viii be ffty-nine years
old the 18th OF this month. He Will in
au likelihood spend the day duck-shoot-
ing. IL viii be raw and cold, and IN his
sturdy endurance OF the beastly moor and
marsh AT an hour before sunrise he will
show how young man can be when
entering upon his sixtieth year
JAMES BARTON.