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and my opponent to use any breech-loading gun 

 of any manufacture he may choose. The match 

 to be shot in Chicago. Man and money ready 

 at my place of business, No. 72 Madison Street, 

 Chicago. A. H. Bogardus. 



Chicago, Sept. 10, 1869. 



CHALLENGE FOB FIELD SHOOTING. 



To the Editor of the Chicago Tribune : 



I hereby challenge any man in America to 

 shoot prairie-chickens against me, in the field, 

 during the month of November, to shoot for 

 one or two weeks, on the same ground, for a 

 stake of from $100 to 1500 a side. The man 

 who kills the most during the time specified to 

 take all the game and the stakes. 



A. H. Bogardus. 

 Chicago, Sept. 22, 



challenges for field and pigeon shooting. 

 Editors Turf, Field, and Farm : 



I notice in your issue, of the 3d inst. an ac- 

 ceptance of my challenge, which was issued last 

 October. This is the first I have ever seen of 

 it, and that time has gone by; and if Mr. 

 Murphy wished to shoot with me, he could 



