FOREST AND STREAM, 



41 



NICHOLS & LEPEVEE, 



SYRACUSE, N. Y., 



MAKBE8 OF 



FINE S PORT I NG GUNS. 



Winners, at the Great St. Louis Bench Show afad Exhibition of Sportsmen's Goods, of the onl y 

 two Gold Medals given— "For the Best Gun of Any Make," and " For the Best Gun of America 

 Make "—fourteen foreign competitors and seven American, sustaining our assertion of making the best gun in the world. 



SEND FOR CATALOGUE OF 1878. 



Winchester] Repeating Arms Company, m 



:. : ; 



MANUFACTURERS OF THE 



THESE ARMS ARE 

 UNSURPASSED FOR 



WINCHESTER & HOTCHKISS REPEATING FIRE-ARMS, 



In nil varieties for MILITARY and SPORTING USES, and eve-y variety of 



RAPIDITY ACCURACY, DURABILITY and EFFICIENCY, 



AND ARE NOW OFFERED AT 



GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. 



For Illustrated Catalogue and Price List, address 



WINCHESTEK EEPEATING ARMS COMPANY, 



New Haven, Connecticut, or 245 Broadway, New York. 



§he fflennel 



St. Paul Bench Show, 



To be given under the auspices of the 



Minnesota Kennel Club, 



AT 



STATE FAIR GROUNDS 



ST. PAUL, MINN. 

 SEPTEMBER 3, 4, 5, 6, 1878. 



mystf 



ENTRIES CLOSE AUG. 19. 



CHAS. LINCOLN, Supt. 



ENGLISH PRIZE, STUD, SPORTING AND NON 

 Sporting Dogs for s lie. Greyhounds, pointers, 

 setters, retrievers, spaniels, broke for the Held, £2V 

 each; for the field and slinw bench, of go d p-di- 

 grees, £40 each ; fox terriers, bull terriers, black 

 and tan terriers, from £1" each, all dead g We, of 

 good pedigrees, ami very valuable for breeding; 

 better qtulity for t lie show bench, £20 each. Also a 

 few Yorkshire tenters at £10 each. The prize 

 Yorkshire terrier, "Willie," will he sold. Winners 

 of silver cup, Queensbury, tir, t a d silver cup Ul- 

 verston, and ten other prizes. All dogs will be sent 

 o ].:■:■ :. >: uvm '" ■ .-'-:' <<•• ' •• 



William street, New •York. Drafts to accvmp ny 

 order, pavahleon Alliance Bark, London Satisfac- 

 tion ij guaranteed bv the advertiser, who is a Junge 

 and reporter of Enclish dog shows. F S • EEL, 

 WellRoyd Farm, Stump Cross, Halifax, England. 

 marT 6m 



DOGS BROKEN— Gentlemen deFirmg to have 

 ther dot's broken this year bv me will lease 

 commn- lcate at once. Wont them fitred for ihe 

 fl°ld ere season opejS. Shall go Souin for the 

 winter with the do-is. Mv entire kennel (12 dogs and 

 pupi.ies) for s ale. Come and see ihem atCentreville 

 on t e Etie Railroari. First buyers be-t selection. 

 Address S. S. WANMAKER, Clifton, Pa? ht. 

 Couuty, N. J. 1e37 tf 



FOR SALE, when eight weeks old, twelve One 

 s tter whelps, seven dogs and live bltrheB, out 

 of my bine helton Mell by Burees' Druid ; whelped 

 May 17. Five are black, tan and white, hulancp 

 black and whUe. Address L. F. WHITMAN, No. 

 6 City Hall, Detroit, Mich. 1el3 lot 



T7K1R SALE— English setter .jog, 4 yen's old, t.hor- 

 _T oughly broken. Can be Feen on game- wo d- 

 cock, quail or partridge. Address, P. O. Box 2,776, 

 Brockton Mass jyll tf 



the Mennel 



COCKERS! COCKERS! 



Sportsmen in want of first-class cocker spaniels 

 write at once 10 ROBERT WALKER, Franklin, Del. 

 Co N. T. Stock nnd delivery guaranteed. Price, 

 $15 each for dog or bitch or spayed bitcn pupB. 



may2 lyr 



COCKER SPANIEL 



Breeding: Kennel 



M. P. McKOON, Franklin, Del. Co., N. Y. 



Ikeeponly cockers of the finest strains. I sell only 

 young stock. I gnaraniee satisfaction and safe de- 

 livery to every customer. These beautiful and in- 

 telligent dogs canuot be beaten lor ruffed grouse 

 and woodcock shooting and retrieving. 110 If 



SPRATT'S PATENT 



MEAT FIBRINE DOG CAKES. 



Twenty-one Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals 



awarded. Including Medal of English Kennel 



Club, and of Westminster Kennel 



Club, New York. 



IS South William Street, N. Y., Sole Agent. 



BROWN & HILDER, St. Louis, Western Agents. 



For sale in cases of 112 pounds. 



FOR SALE.— A choice few of extra flue high bred 

 Setter Pups. One litter of back-and-ians by 

 Dr Aten s Glen onto! Horace Smith's Nelli». An- 

 other litterof pure ml Irish by i ru polled Buck out, of 

 B'Bi Address, HORACE SMITH, 33 Park Row, 

 New York. aug-^ 2t 



FOR SALE OR TR ADE FOR SETTER DOG-Gyp. 

 ytar and a half old. Gildersleeve stock Well 

 broken on birds and Bnipe. Address J. H. SHIRK, 

 Lancaster City, Pa. jy26 4t 



FOR SALE— One grand English setter hitch, seven 

 months old, black and white, evenly and beauti- 

 fully marked. Sire, Demnth's Dash, Pride of the 

 Border— ora ; dam, Nellie, Trap— Nettle. Price $20. 

 If no; sold by Au/ust 10 will be put In breaker's 

 hands for my own use. For peiigree and full 

 description ad ireas G. H. GOODRICH, Toledo, 

 Tama Co., Iowa. aug l 



Fleas! Fleas! Worms! Worms! 



STEADMAN'S FLEA POWDER for DOGS. 

 A Bane to Fleas— A Boon to Dogs. 



This Powder is guaranteed to kill fleas on dogs or 



any other animals, or money returned. It is put up 



in patent boxes with sliding pepper box top, which 



greatly facilitates its use. Simple and efficacious. 



Price BO cents by mall. Postpaid 



A.RECA NUT FOR WORMS LN BOGS 



A CERTAIN REMEDY. 

 Put up in boxes containing a dozen powders, with 

 lull directions for use. 



Price 50 oents per Box by mall. 

 Both the above are recommended by Rod and Gun 

 and Forest and Stream. 



W. HOLBERTON. 

 octVS m FU. TON STREET. 



BLOODED watch dog ) 

 Address TRAMPS, N 

 july4 tf 



FOR SALE— A few thoroughly broken setters. 

 Price from $50 to $65 eaoh. Address B. J. 

 ROBBINS, Wethersfleld, Conn. augl tf 



Sharps Rifles Against the World. 



Record of Sharps Rifles at Spring Meeting N. R. A., Creedmoor 

 1878: . . 



MAY 23--LEECH CUP, for the Championship ot 



America, won by Mr. Frank Hyde with 

 SHARPS LONC-RANCE RIFLE, MODEL 1878. 



MAY 24— liarpu military I ong-Kanne March; Pnny-eiRhth Regiment team, using ) 07ft 



Sharps (Model 1878) Military Rifle; record, 800, 900 aud 1 000 yaids 5 A # V 



Beit reeo-d of, any other Rifle l1u 



In five-sixths of the matches in which the Sharps Rifles were allowed to be used, and were used, at tt>e 

 Spring Meeting of the N . H. A ., May 23, 21 and, 25, at Creedmoor, they won First Prizes. 



OLD RELIABLE. 



TRADEMARK. 



Send for Circular. Warerooms, I 77 Broadway, New York. 



Sharps Rifle Co., Bridgeport. Conn., IT. S. A. 



PEABODY-MARTINI BREECH-LOADING RIFLES. 



THE STANPARDAR M OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



ADOPTED ALSO BY THE TURKISH GOVERNMHSMT, AND USED BY ITS TROOPS IN THE LATE 

 WAK WITH RUSSIA. 



B&. 



BffiSE.X1P AR Y. TARC&JBT A JSTJO SPORTSIfS. 



Being rifled on the only system suitable for th?. "Express" principle. Our long-range and mid-range 

 be transformed to Express mites by sunpiy changing the sights and the use of the proper size of 

 " Express " bullet. PKICES TO SLIT THE TIMES. 



Send for price list to PROVIDENCE TOOL CO., Providence, R.I. 



Dittmar Poivder, 



THIS POWDER IS NOW USED BY 



CAPT. A. h. BOGARDUS 



In all his matches, both indoors and In the Held. He uses no other. It was also used in the y/onderfni 

 performances of s 



DR. CARVER 



At the Brooklyn Driving Park on July 4, B and 6, breaking balls at seventy-live yards with a shot-gun. 



NO S3IOKE, Fo~nTiil^ZESS RECOIL. 



SEND FOR CIRCULARS AND PRICE LISTS, 



DITTMAR POWDER CO., Office, 1 Coitlandt St., New York. 



WORKS i BlNGHATtlTON, N. Y. 



