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FOREST AND STREAM. 



PRIZE LIST. 



A PRIZE FOR EVERY SUBSCRIBER! 



The Publishers of 



FOREST AND STREAM 



In order to stimulate the development of 



MANLY AND ATHLETIC EXEKCISES, 



AS OF 



PISHING, 



SHOOTING, 



ARCHEKY, 



CRICKET, 



FOOTBALL 



and CROQUET. 

 Have made arrangemets with the Manufacturers of 



REMINGTON, SHARPE, AND WARD BURTON 

 RIFLES, AND OF THE REMINGTON BREECH 

 LOADING FOWLING PIECE; WITH THE 

 LEADING MANUFACTURERS OF 

 SKATES IN THE COUNTRY: 

 IMPORTERS OF BEST 

 ENGLISH ARCHERY 

 AND CRICKET IMPLEMENTS; WITH PROMI- 

 NENT CROQUET MAKERS, AND FISHING 

 ROD MAKERS, 



To Furnish these various articles as prizes to sub 

 scribere to the 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



SKATES. 



For $5,00, Forest and Stream one year, to any ad- 

 dress in the United States, with One Pair of Skates, 

 any size ; with straps ; Monitor Pattern; price, $1,75. 

 Or Ladies' skates, trimmed toe and heel straps; brass 

 plate; price, $1,75. 



For $10,00, two copies, one year, with one pair of 

 New York Club or Rink Skates, or The Barney and 

 Berry Club Skate; price, $4,00. 



For $15,00, three copies, one year, with one pair of 

 New York Club or Rink Skates, nickel plated; price, 

 $5,50. 



Subscribers will mention size of skate required, or 

 send length of foot. Skates sent free of all expense 



j^-This is an admirable opportunity to furnish boys, 

 gentlemen and ladies with skates. 

 CRICKET. 



For $5,00, one copy, one year, with best spring han- 

 dle Cricket Bat, Clapshaw's make; price, $1,50. 



For $10,00, two copies, one year, with one polished 

 good Match Bat, Clapshaw's make; price, $3 V 00; or 

 one best Dark or Duke's tripple sewed cricket ball, 

 price, $3,00; or one set of brass ringed cricket stumps, 

 price, $3,50. 



For $20,00, four copies, one year, with one best 

 spring bat, one polished bat, one Dark cricket ball; 

 price, $7,50. 



For $25,00, five copies, one year, with a complete 

 cricket set; one best spring bat, Clapshaw; one pol- 

 ished bat, Clapshaw; one Dark cricket ball; one set 

 of stumps; price $12,00. 



ARCHERY. 



For $10,00, two copies, one year, with one five feet 

 best English lance wood bow, bone tipped, with half 

 dozen best arrows; price, $3,75. 



FOOTBALL. 



For $15,00, three copies, one year, with one Rugby 

 football; price, $6,00. ■ 



FISHING RODS. 



For $5, one copy, one dozen assorted trout flies, by 

 the yery best makers, Miller, Coachman, Hackle, Green- 

 drake, &c; price, $1,50. 



For $10,00, two copies, one year, with one four joint, 

 light bass rod, suitable for perch, pickerel, trout, black 

 bass; ash and lance wood; price, $4,00. 



For $15,00, three copies, one year, with one superior 

 four joint, light rod, suitable for all kinds of fishing; 

 price, $7,00. 



For $60 twelve copies, one elegant, rod, can be used 

 as a 10 10* or 14 foot rod, suitable for trout, black 

 bass with ily, or for trolling bass or pickerel; as fine 

 a rod that can be made; German silver tipped; hollow 

 butt; with three tips; ash and lance wood; price , $25 

 CROQUET. 



For $10,00, two copies, one year, with one complete 

 set of croquet; price, $3,25. 



For $20,00, four copies, one year, with very hand- 

 some set of croquet; price, $7,00. 



For $25,00, five copies, one year, with superb set of 

 croquet; price, $10,00. 



For $30,00, six copies, one year, with the best and 

 finest set of croquet made; price, $14. 

 REMINGTON RIFLE. 



For $75, fifteen copies, one year, with one Reming- 

 ton Deer rifle; very fine; round barrel; 24 inch, car- 

 tridge, 46-1000; price, $28. 



For $100, twenty copies, one year, with one Target 

 Rifle; 30 inch octagonal barrel; to be used for sporting, 

 hunting or target shooting; the best W finest model; 

 the rifle used at Creedmoor; price, $36. 



For ftlOO, twenty copies, one year, with one Reming- 

 ton double-barreled, breech loading shot-gun ; ne w 

 pattern just introduced; walnut stock; decarbonized 

 Kiel barrel; one of the beat guns ever offered to Amer- 

 reaji uportwnen; price, *45. 



.SHARPE] RIFLE. 



For $100, twenty copies, one year, with one Sharpe 

 sporting or target rifle; best quality; 26 inch, octagon 

 barrel; 40-100 calibre; oil stock; open sight: single- 

 trigger; price $40. 



WARD BURTON RIELE. 



For $200, forty copies, one year, with one Ward 

 Burton rifle, magazine gun for large game, carrying 

 from 3 to 8 cartridges; calibre 45-100; length of barrel 

 24 to 26 inches; weight, 8 to 10 pounds, price, $80. 



SINGLE AND DOUBLE BARREL MUZZLE 

 r LOADING SHOT GUNS. 



For $20, four copies, one year, with one American 

 single barrel gun, perfectly safe; blue barrels; wal- 

 nut stock; price, $10. 



For $35, seven copies, one year, with one American 

 double gun; fine blue barrels; walnut stock; a handy 

 and reliable gun every way; price, $18. 



For $50, ten copies, one year, with one double boys' 

 fine twist barrel gun; walnut stock; forward action 

 lock; a safe gun every way for boys; price, $26. 

 . For $75, fifteen copies, one year, with doubls gun, 

 English Lamanated steel barrels; handsome finish; 

 walnut stock; case hardened locks; a good and ser- 

 viceable piece in every way; price, $45. 



B®OKS. 



For $5, one copy, one year, with "Hallock's Fishing 

 Tourist;" price, $2; or* "Wingate's Rifle Manual;'"* 

 price, $1,75. 



ENGRAVINGS. 



For $5, one copy, one year, two elegant engravings 

 Fishing and Hunting, Ridaux; price, $2. 



BSP^Every article is of the finest quality and will be 

 sent free of expense. 



, Persons getting up clubs can of course secure any of 

 the prizes we offer to subscribers. 



83T° To secure these most liberal prizes subscrip 

 tions should be received by January 1st, 1874. 



Remitting Money. Checks on New York City 

 Banks or Bankers are best for large sums; make pay- 

 able to order of the Forest and Stream Publishing 

 Company, 103 Fulton Street, New York. Post 

 Office Money Orders for $50 or less, are cheap 

 and safe also. When these are not obtainable, regis- 

 ter letters, affixing stamps for postage and registry; 

 put in the money, end seal the letter in the presence of 

 the postmaster, and take his receipt for it. Money 

 sent in the above throe methods is safe against loss. 



FOKEST AND STREAM, 



IS A WEEKIY JOURNAL, 



DEVOTED to 



Field and Aquatic Sports, 



Practical Natural History, 

 Fish Culture, 



THE PROTECTION OF GAME, THE PRESERVA- 

 TION OF FORESTS. AND THE INCULCATION 

 IN MEN AND WOMEN OF A HEALTHY IN- 

 TEREST IN 



OUTDOOR RECREATION AMD STUDY. 



Published by 



Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 



lOS Fulton Street, New York. 



terms, Five dollars a yer, 



, strictly in advance. 



The FOREST AND STREAM is a paper which can 

 be read in the family. 



It can be read by the ladies and childr.eu. 



We count many principals of schools as among our 

 contributors. 



It will inculcate a love of manly sports i/with natnr 

 alistic study, and has for correspondents and contrib- 

 utors some of the most distinguished naturalists in the 

 United States. Where to And game in any part of the 

 United States makes it the medium of the sportsman. 



Every description of game or amusement which is 

 in vogue among respectable people, and of value as a 

 health-giving recreation, is practically encouraged. 

 Nothing that demoralizes or brutalizes, nothing that if 

 regarded as ''sport 11 by those whose instincts are but 

 a grade higher than the creatures they train to amuse 

 them, will find a place in its columns. 



Each number contains a paper descriptive of some 

 particular flsh, animal, or bird. The Forest and 

 Stream can occupy a place in any gentleman or lady's 

 drawing room, and in the school room, and not be out 

 of place. 



Subscriptions will only commence from the date of 

 the receipt of the money. If subscribers desire back 

 numbers we will endeavor to send them, but do not 

 engage to. 



There never was offered a better opportunity for 



Christmas or New Year Presents. 



^gortBtnenz 0aads. 



inttftmtong Jgdvertinemmfa. 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



The Forest and Stream is a model of typographi- 

 cal neatness, and its contents are sufficiently varied 

 and interesting to secure for the paper a cordial recep- 

 tion from that class of the public to whose taste it ca- 

 ters.— [New York Times. 



It is a handsome sheet of sixteen large pages, and is 

 filled with a variety of very interesting reading matter. 

 —[New York Sun". 



There is need for a new advocate to make the Amer- 

 ican people more in love with outdoor life, and Forest 

 and Stream promises to do the work admirably. The 

 various departments are edited with knowledge and 

 skill. — [New York Journal of Commerce. 



It is tastefully arranged and handsomely printed, 

 and seems to be well adapted to persons of cultivated 

 tastes.— [New York Tribune. 



YOIJH 



OPPORTUNITY 



IS OFFERED 



NOW 



TO SECURE TICKETS TO THE 



Fourth Grand Gift Concert 



Of Public Library of Kentucky, 



WHICH IS ANNOUNCED TO COME OFF ON THE 

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1 



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 609 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 



S^^Circulars in English and German. . 



Sporting, Hunting and Targe* 

 Breech- Loading 



fill 



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Long Range Match Rifles for "Creedmoor" Shoot- 

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 For simplicity of mechanism, ease of manipulation, 

 quality of workmanship and material, accuracy of 

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"It is a noteworthy fact that though many different 

 kinds of rifles were used in the several matches, includ- 

 ing the converted Springfleld, Remington, Metford, 

 Ballard and Ward Burton Rifle, every prize in all the 

 matches was won by those who fired with the Reming- 

 ton rifle, except the last."— From A 7 ". Y. Times, June 

 22, 1873.— (See f nil report. ) 



The Kemington Rifle won Twenty-two 



out %f Twenty-three Prizes at 



the Creedmoor Meeting, 



June 21 j 1873. 



Also, Revolving, Repeating, Deringer, aad 

 Vest Pocket 



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 BORDEN'S ROAST BEEF, 



BORDEN'S EXTRACT OF BEEF, 



This Extract is especially useful for making Soup, 

 enriching Hashes, Gravies, Stews, Oyster Stews, etc. 

 Bullion may be made in a minute's time by mingling 

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"GOING SOUTH FOR THE WINTER? 



HOW TO GO AND WHERE TO GO. 



HINTS TO INVALIDS. 



BY ROBERT F. SPEIR, M. D. 



THIRD EDITION NOW READY. 



This book is interesting and instructive reading for 

 all invalids, being the experience of a physician in 

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 and dryness of the air, and such other peculiarities of 

 atmosphere as might prove beneficial or otherwise to 

 persons suffering from pulmonary complaints. 



The book is finely printed, fully illustrated, and hand- 

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Successor to PHELAN & COLLENDER, 



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and Guns, Fishing Tackle, Base Ball Cricket Goods, 

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48 Maiden Lane, N.Y., 



Importers, Manufacturers and 

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FISHING TACK 



On hand the largest ana best assortment ever ex 

 hibited in the United States. They particularly call 

 attention to their 



TROUT, SALMON AND BASS BODS. 



Every variety of Salmon and Trout Flies, and Hooks 

 on Gut. Cutty Hunk and Pasque Islands Bass Lines, 

 waterproof Braided Silk Lines, every size 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 Adirondacks, <fec, &c. 



Split Bamboo,.Trout and Salmon Rods and Reels 

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Agents for the St. Lawrence Fishing Co. Sole Im- 

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 4-29 Eyed Needles. 



One of the "Forest and Stream" staff bought a 



Hat for $5.00 in a Broadway hatter's and found oat he 



could get the same hat, by the same maker for, $3.50 at 



TURNBULL'S 



The Great Hatter, 



SI FULTON STREET, 



BROOKLYN. 



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