P.OREST AND STREAM. 



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NICHOLS & LEFEVEE, 



•SYRACUSE, N. Y., 



MAJTEES OP 



FINE SPORTI NG GUNS. 



"Winners, at the Great St. Louis Bench Show and Exhibition of Sportsmen's Goods, of the only 

 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, 



MANUFACTURERS OF THE 



THESE ARMS ARE 

 UNSURPASSED FOR 



\NINCHESTER. & HOTCHKISS REPEATING FIRE-ARMS, 



In all varieties for MILITARY and SPORTING USES, and ove-y variety of 



RAPIDITY, ACCURACY, DURABILITY and EFFICIENCY,! 



AND ARE NOW OFFERED AT 



GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. 



For Illustrated Catalogue and Price List, address 



WINCHESTER REPEATING ' ARM.S COMPANY, 



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



Sharps Rifles Against the World. 



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



1878: 

 MAY 23--LEECH CUP, for the Championship of 



America, won by Mr. Frank Hyde with 

 SHARPS LONC-RANCE RIFLE, MODEL 1878. 



MAT 24— Sharps Military Long-Hange Match ; Forty-eighth Regiment team, using ! *> ^ ^v 



Sharps (Model I8T8) Military Rifle; record, 800. 900 and 1 000 yards ,< ^ / %J 



Best record of any other Rifle 170 



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

 Spring Meeting of the N . R . A . , May 23, 24 and 26, at Creedmoor, they won First Prizes. 



OLD RELIABLE. 



TRADE MARK. 



Send for Circular. Warerooms, 1 77 Broadway, New York. 



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



PEABODY-MARTINI BREECH -LOADING RIFLES. 



THE STANDAR D ARM OF GR EAT BRITAIN. 



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

 . WAR WITH RUSSIA. 



EIEiITART, «!•«»> St Cft'KV ABTD SFORTIIIG. 



» 1( ,„ B !, ing . ri '} eti °, n Hie only system suitable for the " Express " principle. Our long-range and mid-range 



^^tpair^fc^g^ ^^T'm . 01 ^ 1118 the aigata aaa the Qse of the p-p-Bi Z a e g o e f 



S An n 8 C 3,f or price listto PROVIDENCETOOL CO., Providence, R.I. 



Dittmar Powder« 



THIS POWDER IS NOW USED BY 



CAPT. A. H. BOCARDUS 



p other. It was also used In the wonderful 



DR. CARVER 



At the Brooklyn Driving Part on July 4, 5 and 6, breaking balls at seventy-five yards with a ehot-gnn. 



NO SMOKE, NO DIRI^LE SS MECOIL. 



SEND FOR CIRCULARS AND PRICE LISTS, 



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



WORKS 1 BOJGHAMTON, N. Y. 



Jpre fennel. 



COCKERS! COCKERS! 



Sportsmen in want of Srst-elass cocker spaniels 

 write at once to ROBERT WALKER, Franklin, Del. 

 Co., N. Y. Stock and delivery guaranteed. Price, 

 $15 each for dog or bitch or spayed bitch pups. 



may2 lyr 



COCKER SPANIEL 



Breeding Kennel 



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



I keep only cockers of the finest strains. I sell only 

 young stock. I guarantee satisfaction and safe de- 

 livery to every customer. These beautiful and in- 

 telligent dogs cannot he beaten for ruffed grouse 

 and woodcock shooting and retrieving. DO 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. 



None are genuine unless s< 

 F. O. De I.UZE, 



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



BROWN A HILDER, St. Louie, Western Agents. 

 For sale in cases of 112 pounds. 



Fleas! Fleas! Worms! Worms! 



STEADMAN'S FLEA POWDER for DOGS. 

 A Baue to Fleas— A Boon to Dogs. 



This Powder is guaranteed to kill fluaa on dogs or 

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

 In patent boxes with sliding pepper box top, Which 

 greatly facilitates its use. Simple and efficacious. 



Price BO cents by mall. Postpaid 



ARECA NUT FOR WORMS IN DOGS 



A CERTAIN REMEDY. 



Put up in boxes containing a dozen powders, with 

 full directions for use. 



Price 50 cents per Box by mall. 



Both the above are recommended by Rod and Gum 

 and Fohbst and Stream. 



FOR SALE— A few thoroughly brokea setters. 

 Price from $80 to $65 each. Address E. J. 

 ROBBINS, Wethersfleld, Conn. angl tf 



§he Henwl 



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. 



ENTRIES CLOSE AUG. 19. 



OHAS. LINCOLN, Supt. 



. J oiiuitiug uuga iui naie. ttrejuuuuus, puiiiLero, 

 setters, retrievers, spaniels, broke for the field, £20 

 each ; for the field and show bench, of good pedi- 

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

 and tan terriers, from £10 each, all dead game, of 

 good pedigrees, and very valuable for breeding; 

 better quality for the show bench, £20 each. Also a 

 few Yorkshire terriers, at £10 each. The prize 

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

 of silver cup, Queensbury, first and silver cup Ul- 

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

 toMe.srs. Bampton & stegllsh, Express Agents, 60 

 William street, New York. Drafts to accompany 

 order, payable on Alliance Bank, London. Satisfac- 

 tion is guaranteed by the advertiser, who Is a judge 

 and reporter of English dog Bhows. F. STEEL, 

 Well Royd Farm, Stump Cross, Halifax, England. 

 mart 6m 



DOGS BROKEN— Gentlemen desiring to have 

 their dogs broken this year by me will please 

 communicate at once. Want them fitted for Ihe 

 field ere season opens. Shall go South for the 

 winter with the dogs. My entire kennel (12dogs and 

 puppies) for sale. Come and see them at Centreville 

 on the Erie Railroad. First buyers best selection. 

 Address E. S. WANMAKER, Clifton, Pasealc 

 County, N. J. je2T tf 



FOR SALE, when eight weeks old, twelve fine 

 setter whelps, seven dogs and five bitches, out 

 of my bine belton Mell. by Burgee' Druid ; whelped 

 May IT. Five are black, tan and white, balance 

 black and white. Address L. F. WHITMAN. No. 

 5 City Hall, Detroit, Mich. jel3 lot 



FOR SALE— English setter dog, 4 years old, thor- 

 oughly broken. Can be seen on game— wood- 

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

 Brockton Mass jyll tf 



FOR SALE CHEAP, when eight weeks old, six 

 Gordon setter puppies, three dogs and three 

 bitches, whelped July 13. Dam, Fannie (Hope- 

 Grouse, both Imported,),' sire, Prince, imported. 

 The puppies are black and tan, with very little white 

 between the fore-legs. Address A. H. THOMAS, 

 Warrensbnrgh, Warren County, N. Y. jy25 3t 



ElOR SALE OR TRADE FOR SETTER DOG-Gyp. 

 year and a hall oli .lock. Well 



broken :on birds and snipe. Address J. H. SHIRK, 

 jy25 4t 



Lancaster City, Pa. 



FORSALE-One grand Englisti Better bitch, seven 

 months old, black and white, evenly and beauti- 

 fully marked. Sire, Demuth's Da»h, Pride of the 

 Border— Dora ; dam, Nellie, Trap— Nettie. Price $30. 

 If not sold by August 10 will be put in breaker's 

 hands for my own nse. For pedigree aud full 

 description address G. H. GOODRICH, Toledo, 

 Tama Co., Iowa. aog 1 



