FOREST AND STREAM. 



81 



NICHOLS & LEFEVEB, 



SYRACUSE, N. Y.„ 



MAKEB8 Of 



FINE S P O RTI N G GUNS. 



Winners, at tbe 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 American 

 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 w „.;-:v 



WINCHESTER & HOTCHKISS REPEATING FIRE-ARMS 



In all varieties for MILITARY and SPORTING USES, and every variety of 



THESE ARMS ARE 

 UNSURPASSED FOR 



RAPIDITY. ACCURACY, DURABILITY and EFFICIENCY, 



AND ARE NOW OFFERED AT 



GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. 



For Illustrated Catalogue and Price List, address 



WINCHESTEK REPEATING AEMS COMPANY, 



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



Sharps Rifles Against the World. T?lre 



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

 1878: 



WAY 23--LEECH CUP, for the Championship ot 



America, won by Mr. Frank Hyde with 

 SHARPS LONC-RANCE RSFLE, MODEL 1878. 



270 



MAY 24— Sharps military I,ong-Kan«c Match : Forty-eighth Regiment team, UBtng 1 



Sharps (Model 1S7S) Military Rifle ; record, 80 yards „„ „ «mug 



BeBt record of any other Rifle !."...'."'.'. 1TO 



111 five-sixths of tbe matches in which the Sharps Rifles were allowed to he ased, and were used, at tbe 

 Spring Meeting of the N. R . A . , May 23, 2i and 25, at Creedmoor, they won First Prizes. 



OLD RELIABLE. 



TRADEMARK. 



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



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



PEABODY-fWARTSNI BREECH-LOADING RIFLES. 



THE STANDARD ARM OF CREAT BRITAIN. 



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

 WAR WITH RUSSIA. 



A 



•writer Gun 



Simple In Construction. Durable and Effective in Action. 



FIRST PREMIUM AND GOLD MEDAL Af CENTENNIAL 

 EXHIBITION. 



Kndorscd by the Leading Sportsmen as being the American Sun for'Amnricnn «,.».•..,..,.,.. 



Send stamp for new catalogue, edition 1818. ' cr "-"- n "sportsmen. 



Meiuuen, Conn. I»A»l£JgR BRO'S. 87 Chambers St. , New York. 



From the Champion Shot ot the World-It affords me pleasure to n Parkei Shot. 



Gun as being a very SB oellent shooting gun. Having shot lib 



find for rapidity in loading and firing, and the extremely long shots made with-. iai . --celled The 



principle of the break-oil, a-.'d the manner of opening to insert the dvantfflBe ovfer 



all other breech-loaders. The rapidity with which 1 have shot this gun is due to the construction eu hllmr 



■ : '■■ ' ■ ; ' : locsboth hnmmers at one motion, which cannot be done with any other 



breech-loading shot-gun. Wherever I have shot this gun it has attracted great attention by the extremely 

 I shall always take pleasure In recommending jour gnu, and shall 



•s truly, 



~~ ctt -*-««"j ■ ■ kou. una snail 



DR. W. F. CARVER, San Francisco, Cal. 



j^he fennel. 



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SKxx.xT.a.Sfc'r. ^^.Ktra-^ip a, sr n 



»PORTIlTG 9 



.iflo?^ i, rI ^ ea °P the only system suitable for the " Express " principle. Onr long-range and mid-range 



^^^^t^^r^m^**^"*™"" the use of the p~p«««s 



S A®"1m for price llstto PROviFENCETOOL CO., Providence, R. I. 



XJittmar Powder, 



THIS POWDER IS NOW USED BY 



CAPT. A. H. BOCARDUS 



P?rforn?anoS'of 1,eS ' b ° tb lD<l00r8 and ** tb<? fleld ' He "ea no other. It was also used In the wonderfa 



DR. CARVER 



At tie Brooklyn Driving Park on July 4, s and 6, breaking balls at seveoty-flve yards with a shot-gun. 



NO SMOKE, NO DIRT, LESS RECOIL. 



SEND FOR CIRCULARS AND PRICE LISTS, 



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



WORKS i BINGJJAMTON, IN. Y. 



SPRATT'S PATENT 



MEAT FIBRINE DOG CAKES. 



Twenty-one Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals 



awarded. Including [ te lal 61 EffgHab Kennel 



Club, and of Westminster Kennel 



§he gemtel. 



o scamped, 

 F. O. Oe 1LUZE, 

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



BROWN & HILDER, St. Louis, Western Agents. 

 For sale in cases of 112 pounds. 



COCKER SPANIEL 



Breeding Kennel 



OF 



M. P. McROON, 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 be beaten lor ruffed grouse 

 and woodcock shooting and retrieving. jlo if 



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. 



CHA8. LINCOLN, Supt. 



Fleas! Fleas! Worms! Worms! 



STBADMAN'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 an 



^ratent boxes with sliding pepper box top, which 



greatly facilitates its use. Simple and efficacious. 



Price 50 cents by mail. Postpaid 



ARECA NUT FOR WORMS LN DOGS 



A CERTAIN REMEDY. 



.S -}, ap ^ boxes containing a dozen powders, with 

 (nil directions for use. 



_ . S^ce 50 cents per Box by mall. 



Botn the above are recommended by Rod andGtjn 

 and POKBST and Stbbam. 



Oct 12 



W. HOLBERTON. 



11T FULTON STREET. 



