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THE ROD AND GUN CLUB, 
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SPRINGFIELD, MASS., 
Will hold their Second Annual Bench Show 
AprU 20 and 37, 1 876. 
AT CITY HALL, SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 
To aihlilim! to the regular C'luh Pi izee, a large num¬ 
ber of valuable 
SPECIAL PRIZES 
Will be ottered. 
Premium Lusts and Entry Blanks may bo Ibid by 
addressing ROBERT O. MORRIS, 
mcli2 9t; __ Secre tary. 
QPANIELS—I WILL SELL MY F1VE- 
O year old cocker bitch Caper for $75 during the 
latter part of June next; or will sell her now for $125, 
as she is lined by my liver and white cocker Captain. 
She is irora imported stock, thoroughly broken on 
cook and grange, is sound and perfect. Captain is 
from otherYmporfced stock, and broken, handsome, 
and sound. Also for sale a twelve months springer 
bitch; price $25. Also a cocker bitch. liver and white, 
three and a Italf mouths old, from imported stock: 
price $40. Al6Q expect a Hirer of springer pops within 
a monili; price $20 when weaned. For further par¬ 
ticulars, address H. P. McKOON, 
It Franklin, Delaware Oo., N. Y. 
E nglish stud setter from 
Thos. Slaiter’s Kennel. Imported Field Trial 
Better Dog BELTON will be allowed to serve bitches 
at $40 each. For pedigree and performance, address 
HENRY C. KNOX, 
meb 9 3 nr Pn on, 1 ’ enn. 
EMON AND WHITE, IRISH RED, 
and Black und Tan (Gordon) Puppies; also, 
thoroughly broken Hunting Dogs for sole 
L. U. MORRIS, Campbell's Station. 
mcli9 8t _ Guernsey Co„ Oiiio. 
TDOR SALE—SETTER' PUPS—THREE 
_JJ Docs and live Gyps; liver and white, and black 
and white; $10 for Dogs, and $5 for Gyps. Address 
W. A. GALLOWAY, 
inch9 2t New Dorp, Staten Island. 
S TUD ENGLISH SETTERS, FROM 
Lleweliln’s Kennel. Imported Field Trial Set¬ 
ters LEICESTER and PARIS, These celebrated 
prizewinners will be allowed to servo bitches, either 
native or blue blood, at $50 each, gold For pedigree, 
eic., address L. H. SMITH, 
Strathroy, Ontario, Canada. 
N. B.—Bitches not proving iu whelp will be nerved 
again free of charge feb‘24 3m 
F or sale—a good, staunch, 
thoroughbred, well-broken Setter of the Gil- 
dersleeve strain; perfect retriever, and line nose; 
color orange and white; price $100. Address H . S., 
at this office. f«l>24 if 
P URE BRED SETTER DOGS AND 
hitche*. broken and unbroken, and setter and 
pointer whelps for sale, LOW for cash. Address 
M. VON C irUN, Delaware Oily,Del, [dcc23eowtim 
DCG8 TRAINED. 
QETTERS AND POINTERS TAUGHT 
IO to Retrieve, Point, Hunt, Charge, To-Hecl, TTie- 
on. To-ho.und controlled by band and whislle, Tor $50. 
Extra field practice, $50. Tricks taught. Dogs ooarded 
for per mbit ill. FRA NK LT N SUMNER, 
Brush Hill Road, Milton, Mass. 
P. O, Address, Blue Hill, Mass. 
Reference: Wm. R. -Schaefer, gunmaker, 01 Elm 
ifthwt. Boston. novIS 6m 
_of all diseases. Dealer in sporting dogs or 
every variety. Dogs trained for reasonable compen¬ 
sation. No. HI South Fifth ave.. N. Y. Oct 22 
MANNING’S 
YACHTING Ml, 
IToi* 1876, 
LULL BE 
PUBLISHED IN MAY, 
Regatta Edition.Price, 50 Cents. 
Club Edition, Cloth and Gilt Edged. ..Price, SI .OO. 
Club Edition, Morocco Cover and Case, Price, $2.00. 
INTERNATIONAL YACHT AGENCY, 
Office of 
“MANNING'S YAOBLTING ANNUAL.” 
A large number of yachts for sale. Particulars fur¬ 
nished on application. 
janl3 tf 
W. H. Holabird, 
SOLE MANUFACTURER OF 
HOL ABIRD’S 
Waterproof 
SHOOTING COATS, 
Valparaiso, Indiana. 
Send for Illustrated Circular. n«vl8 tf 
Zoological Garden. 
FAIRMOUNT PARK, PHILADELPHIA. 
Open every day. A large collection of Living Wild 
Beasts, Birds, and Reptiles. Admission, 25 cents; 
Children u&der twelve, 10 Cents. jau6 ly 
HOLAUIRD'S CELEBRATED SUITS. 
1 Waterproof and Mildew proof, complete.$20.00 
“ •* Wading.lackets_... 6.00 
DUNCK LEE’S CAMP STOVES. PriceS 15. 
Those desiring something light and dnrahle for 
camping purposes will find this stove exactly right; 
' - —->" —--- —rsona. 
! Pot, 
___ . Collar, and. eight feet Funnel Stove 
Pine, with oven lhat will roast 15 pounds beef, all of 
which nests and packs inside of stove, which only oc¬ 
cupies a space of 12x12x80 inches. 
CAMP LOUNOES. Price $5. 
When folded iB about the size of an ordinary shawl 
strapped. A light, durable, compact, and comfort¬ 
able couch. Sent, by express G. O, D., $5, including 
side and supporting sticks at the head. Just the thing 
for the camp or lawn. 
CAMP TENTS, 
for four persons, 7. 6. square, weighs -15 lbs.; Can 
be packed in knapsack. Brice $10. Ten feet square 
for six persons, $15. 
American Dog Biscuits, 
Made of nutritive bone and muscle making material, 
and is the only portable food for dogs made In this 
country. Put up in packages of 10, 25, and 100 pounds, 
and warranted not to spoil ib any climate. Price, 
10c. per pound. 
.Fuel, Lump. 
for night shooting und flailing, running rapids, light¬ 
ing camp, etc.; the host jightover Invented. $6 85. 
THOMSON'S FISHING AND HUNTING SUITS, 
best quality of water-proof duck, light tan color, 
especially adapted for concealment in blinds or sedge 
grass, or for approaching game iu the woods. Light, 
durable and very cheap. English stjle; extra 
pocket m back for cartridges. Enure snit, $15. 
HEGEMAN’S PORTABLE CANVAS BOATS. 
BOND'S METALLIC BOATS. 
Dart’s Metallic Shells. 
The best shell ever offered to sportsmen. All sizes 
on hand and made to order. 
Moccasins, Oil Tanned, 
for the woods: three different Btyles. $3, $5 50 and $6. 
“The Ampersand.” 
COLVIN’S CANVAS BOAT. 
The most complete portable boat Constructed. The 
largest size weighs but. 12 pounds. Can be packed in 
snace or less than half cubic foot. Prices within 
No. 1, 8 feet, weight. 8 pounds.$25 00 
No. 2, 10 feet, weight 10 pounds. 32.00 
No. 3, 12 feet, weight 12 poun ds., . 40.00 
sep9 
The Goss Revolving Cartridge Holder. 
The best ihiug of the kind ever invented. Carries 
paper or meial cartridges either end lip with perfect 
security. Weighs but 1£ pounds, und only G inches 
wide. Price, C. O. D., $6 50. 
Special attention paid to selection of guns for gen¬ 
tlemen at a distance by an expert and an old sports 
Bogardus’New Hook, “Trip to England.” 
With how guns arc made and hints to sportsmen. 
Price 50 cents. 
Sole agent in New York city for J. II. Batty, U. S. 
Taxidermist. N. A. birds and eggs lor collectors. 
Buck’s heads, and gume birds a specialty. Orders 
filled with dispatch. 
We furnish every article necessary for the outfit of 
sportmen in the camp Or field. Goods sent every¬ 
where by express. RemiLonly by draft. Post Office 
order, or registered letter to 
EATOM & CO., 
P. O. Box 5,1B9. Sportsmen’s Emporium, 
No. 17 Ann street, New York City. 
The experience of five years 
has proved time this Compact 
and Reliable Work of General 
information is better adapted 
to the wants of all classes of 
.lie community than any other 
work of the kind ever pub- 
, defied. It lias been proven by 
its 
IMMENSE SALES, 
Numerous Commendatory Notices De¬ 
ceived, 
And by its uniform 
SUCCESS WITH AGENTS. 
The edition of 1876 has been 
THOROUGHLY DEVISED TO DATE. 
It contains 156,000 articles, 3,000 wood engravings, 
and eighteen handsomely engraved and.colored maps. 
The work is issued in parts, und a specimen copy, 
with map, will he sent to any address, free of post¬ 
age, for twenty centa. 
BAKER, DAVIS X CO., Publishers, 
(Successors to T. Kllvvood Zell,) 
Aos. 17 and 19 South Sixth Street, 
PHILADELPHIA, XLA. 
Jan13-12t 
New York Mailing Agency. 
with latest improved Newspaper Folding and 
Moiling Machines. 13 Spruce St., 4th door from 
TribuneBnildiags. JAMES BEADY, Manager and 
proprietor. Open day and night. 
Cat Life i Ha. 
By CHARLES HALLOCK, 
AUTHOR OF THE FISHING TOURIST. 
This is a itk st seasonable book for Sportsmen,|Tour- 
ists, Invalids, aud Settlers, and bus been long needed 
by Winter tourists to Florida and uesons seeking set¬ 
tlement there. Tt gives a full classification of the game 
and fish of the Southern Peninsula, routes of interior 
and coastwise travel, the agricultural resources of the 
country, and sites for settlement, hints for camping 
out, resorts for game, hotels, and such other informa¬ 
tion ah will be of great oenefit to visitors seeking 
Florida for health, pleasure, exploration, or perma¬ 
nent seiilem«ur. 
318 pp., 1 2nio. Price, $1 50. 
CONTENTS: 
Introductory Chapter. 
Birds-eye Glance at Florida. 
Ouifit for Sportsmen. 
Hints for Son them Hunting. 
Coastwise Routes of Travel. 
Game Animals and Birds of Florida. 
Game Fish of Florida. 
Three Monthfi iu Florida for One Hundred Dollars. 
Supplementary flints for Cheap Itecieation. 
Up the St, John River. 
Indian River. 
Florida the Promised Land. 
Fort Cupron. 
FMiiug at St. AuanHl.ine. 
Black Bass Fishing on Spruco Creek. 
Hunting the Panther. 
The Environs of Tallahassee. 
Private Dougherty add Ike Bass. 
Pet Birds of St. Augustine. 
Steam Yachting on the St. John, 
Among the Seminolea. 
In the Cypress Swamps. 
Cruising Along Shore. 
Shooting ai Suit Lake. 
The Okeechobee Expedition. 
Southwest Florida. 
No. 1—Fernandina to Cedar Keys. 
No. 2—Manatee Surazota ami Gusparflla, 
No. 3—Among the Keys. 
No. 4—Meteorology. 
No. 5 - Pnnta Rossa and Caloosahatchie. 
No. ti—tip the Caloosuhatcliio River. 
No. 7—Visit to Okeechobee. 
No. 8— Indian Mounds and CanalB. 
No. 9—Tampa. 
No. 10-Subterranean Streams. 
No. 11—A Sportsmen's Paradise. 
No. 12—Suggestions to Tourists. 
Published by Forest and Stream Pub¬ 
lishing Co., 
No. 17 CIIATIIAM STREET, HEW YORK, 
And for sale by all booksellers. Sent by mail, post¬ 
age prepaid, on receipt of price at office of publica¬ 
tion. 
THE AMERICAN NEWS COMPANY, AGENTS. 
For Florida. 
P hiladelphia and southern 
Mail Steamship Company's line to Savannah. 
Ga., sailing every Saturday, from Pier 22, below Pine 
street, Delaware River, at 12 o’clock noon, rnakiug 
close connections through to all points South. The 
line is composed of the steamships J UNIAT A and WY¬ 
OMING. The Wyoming Ones not cotry passengers . 
The Juniata is ft favorite ship with the traveling pub¬ 
lic, having passenger accommodations of the most 
superb character. She has recently been refitted and. 
elegantly furnished with everything requisite to the 
comfort and convenience of passengers. 
Families m route for FLORIDA, Georgia, Alabama, 
and oven ns fur as Now Orleans, will find the Savan¬ 
nah route the most desirable for comfort, as well as 
the most economical. Through trains of the Central 
Railroad of Georgia, and Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, 
Florida, loave Savannah every morning and evening. 
The Florida steamers leave Savauuah three days in the 
week for all points on the coast. 
For through passenger tickets and billn of lading to 
all points in Florida, Georgia. Alabama and Tennes¬ 
see, apply to WM. L. JAMES, General Agent, 110 
South Delaware avenue, Philadelphia. 
Waterproof, 
Mildew-proof, 
AND 
Moth-proof 
HUNTING, 
AND 
PISHING 
Garments, 
TREATED BY 
IMPROVED 
PROCESS, 
New aud simple method of Revolving Cartridge 
Belts, Paiemed November Dili, 1875. Improved 
lutrliod of securing Shells in Belts and Vesls either 
end up. 
EVERY GARMENT MADE SPECIALLY TO OR¬ 
DER. 
COKDUllOY, FUSTIAN, TAX COLORED DUCK, 
AND OTHER FA Dll ICS. 
Illustrated Price List sent on Application. 
GEO. C. HENNING, 
410 Seventh Street, 
Apr89 iy _ WASHINGTON CITY . 
C‘ l a i Q -,D ©1 Aft Shares in Wall street 
G, flit') 0 *bf often leads to fortune. 
Scud for a copy of the Wall Street Roview and 
Pamphlet, showing tho various methods of opera- 
tine. J. HICICLING & CO., Bankers aud Brokers, 
3 Broadway. N. V. Dec 88 
S KETCHING from Nature in Pencil and Water 
Colors, and Drawing and Painting in Colored 
Crayons; a practical instructor; illustrated, only 50c. 
Of booksellers or by mail, JESSE HANEY '& CO., 
119 NaBsau srteet, N. Y. Dcc30- tf 
We offor to dealers and sportsmen a most complete 
assortment of 
Fishing Tackle, 
Hods,Reds. Lines, Artificial Flies, Nets, 
Units, Fish Hooks, Ac. 
Split Bamboo Fly Rods and Reels 
OP THE FINEST WORKMANSHIP. 
Tackle suitable for Maine, Adirondack, Canadian, 
and other Ashing. 
ARTIFICIAL PLIES DRESSED TO ORDER. 
BREECH AND MUZZLE LOADING GUNS, 
And Sportsmens’ goods of all kinds. 
Manufactured and Imported by 
BARTON, ALEXANDER & WALLER, 
lOl & 103 DUANE ST., (near 
Broadway) New York. 
ABBEY & IMBRIE. 
SITCCESSOfiB TO 
ANDREW CLERK & CO. 
48 Maiden Lane, N. Y. 
IMPORTERS, MANUFACTTIIIRRH AND DEALERS IN 
Fishiner Tackle, 
On hand the large... ana heat assortment ever ex¬ 
hibited in tha United States. They particularly call 
attention to their 
TROUT, SALMON AND BASS HODS. 
Every variety 0 f Salmon ana Trout Plies, and Hooka 
on Gut. Catty Hunk and Pasture Islands Bass Lines, 
waterproof Braided Silk Lines, every sice and quality of 
SILK, LINEN AND COTTON LINES, 
And every Variety and Style of 
FISH HOOKS. 
Parties fitted out with appropriate Tackle for the 
Rocky Mountains and Pacific Coast, Canada, Maine, 
the Adirondncks, &c M &c. 
Spill Bamboo,.Trout and Salmon Hods aud fleela 
a Specialty. 
Agents for the St. Lawrence Fishing Co. Sole Im¬ 
porters of WftiTin’s Celebrated Drilled 
4-29 Eved Needles 
BRADFORD & ANTHONY. 
374 Washington St., Boston. 
IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS & DEALERS IN 
Fishing; Tackle, 
Fisliing Rods, 
Fish Hooks. 
AND 
ANGLING IMPLEMENTS. 
angSrMy 
NORRIS 
FLY EODS. 
For 
Trout, Sal nioii, and Bass. 
ALSO 
Trout, Salmon, and Buns Film, Keels,'J Lines, 
Lender*, Fly-Book*, &c. 
THADDF.US NORRIS, 
Jania-ly 80S Weal Logan Square, Philadelphia. 
J. B. Crook & Co., 
Manotaotukeub anti Importkrb op 
FISHING TACKLE! 
SO Fulton St., IN. Y. 
N. B.—Sole nianurneUu'crB inthiB country of tha 
celebrated 
Green Heart Rods, 
forTTO*ri. Baas and Salmon. 
McBride Flies. 
H aving been for the past 
twelve years associated with my father, John 
McBride, in the manufacture of fishing tackle, I feel 
competent to continue the business and supply tha 
caatom with Mm same quality as heretofore. Parties 
supplied with casting lines and artificial flies for 
Pennsylvania trout streams, Adirondack*?, the Maine 
Woods, Lake Soperior, Thousand Islands. Canadian, 
and other waters. Anglers not acquainted with the 
nomenclature of these Hies, by mentioning the local¬ 
ity where they lnternl fishing, will have ihe varieties 
best suited to those waters sent to them. Flies copied 
1 romany natural insect or pattern desired. SARA 
J MoHiUDE, (Successor to John McBride) Minn ford, 
Monroe county. N. Y. Deo2-ly 
Tho Popular Shendan Lounge, $5 plain; $30 quiltc-rt 
is thfi standard with sportsmen. Sold at Eaton it 
Gv.’u .102 Nassau st„ and E. S. Harris, 177 Broadway. 
For Close, Hard Shooting, 
Convenience, Regularity, and absolute Certainty, uee 
KAY’S IMPROVED SHOT CARTRIDGES, 
Thu perfected cartridges for 10 and 32 gauges are 
now on the market. Jya ly 
