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have easily dropped me a few lines, and I 

 would have hunted with him. But all I can 

 say now is (to Mr. Murphy or any other man 

 living), that I will make a match to shoot in 

 the field for two or four weeks next November; 

 the kind of game to be prairie-chickens, the 

 hunting to take place on strange ground to both 

 parties, and the stakes from $500 to $2,000 a 

 side, to hunt through the day-time and sleep at 

 night, and not to take any advantage of the 

 game ; and also, if the party who accepts this 

 challenge choose, that every bird has got to be 

 killed on the wing; and if either party kill 

 birds sitting, to count three against him. 



Now, if Mr. Murphy and his friends think 

 that I am playing a game at bluff, let them 

 send a forfeit to the Turf, Field, and Farm,, 

 and I will cover it. The match to come off 

 in November next in Illinois, Iowa, Minne- 

 sota, or Kansas, or any other place where we 

 can find plenty of chickens. The man who wins 

 to take the proceeds of all chickens shot by 

 both parties. Yours very truly, 



A. H. BOGARDUS. 

 N.B. 1 hereby challenge any man in the world 



