12 CONTEST HUNTERS & FISHERMEN BEST STORY OF 1972 BLACK LAB RETRIEVER kK KK KK KKK Mr. Phillipson, in Saska- toon , Saskatchewan, was well known across Canada for his breeding and training of black Labrador retrievers. An avid hunter living near Floral, Saskatchewan, bought one of these dogs for the sum of $350.00. This hunter and his friend proceeded on a hunting trip On the weekend. taking their expensive retriever with them. Upon arriving at the local duck hunting pond, they set up to await the arrival of the ducks. It was not long before an approaching flock was depleted by the expert marksmanship of the two hunters. The proud owner of the retriever gave the command: for the dog to bring the ducks. The dog took off at a dead run across the Surface of the water, picked up one duck and returned to his master. Both hunters looked at each other in amaze: ment but without speaking. The owner repeated the com~ mand and once again the dog ran across the surface of the water and returned the second duck. Upon dropping the duck at ‘his masters feet, the owner grabbed the dog by the collar and started dragging him towards the station wagon exclaiming "I'm going to return this dog. When I pay $350.00, I expect the dog to know how to swim!" Ron Reeve AGGRAVATION Kk KKK It was about one vear ago when Dad and I went deer hAunt- ing in the St. Paui, Alberta area. This was approximately nine miles at a little lake south-east of junction 28A. Dad had parked the car at the junction, and we walked in. After four hours of walk- ing we came upon a deer trail by a field of hau. We planned an ambush, but we had to wait until finally it got the best of us. Fast asleep we were, not a car in the world when I was awakened. by the cracking of a branch. Like a flash I got up, there in front of my own eyes was the most beautiful deer I had ever seen. Carefully I lined my Sight and pulled the tri-~ ger of the 303, Clickii; it failed and the deer was gone. I could have kicked my rear to the top of my head when I found out the qun I had, had not been loaded: Jessy Bisson A new twist took place in the Safety Orientation Class " How NOT to handle fire extinquishers'' - the demon- stration was unintentionally given but aot the point across effectively! 4, . 4, ¥ * * ¥ With the beqtnning of winter and the worst of the seasons weather ahead, we feel that the following article by Harrts Fdward Dark of the Nattonal Safety Counetl would be of consid- erable interest. WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT STUDDED TIRES A studded tire is a req ular highway or snow tire that has had several dozen metal shafts imbedded in its tread. The studs when new are about half an inch long and have heads approximately the size and shape of a thumbtack. They are all-metal having a head and jacket of stainless steel or alu- minum and a core (like the lead in a pencil) of tunqsten carbide, and extremely hard metal that can scratch a diamond, Typically, about six dozen studs are installed in a tire, though this will vary somewhat according to tire size and tread desiqn. Holes @ small fraction of an inch in diameter are first drill- ed in the tire's tread nubber - less than a half inch deep, not enough to pen- etrate to the cloth carcass. (Most tires have molded-in roles, made at the time the tread is formed.) The studs are installed by means of a special aun that ''shoots'! them headfirst into the holes where they are firmly held iby their flanged heads, The purpose of studs is to give the tire qreater traction on ice and hard- packed snow, the places where driving ts the most dangerous. On ice and packed gnow, studs have proved tremendously effective. Th- augh they can't provide as