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FOREST AND STREAM. 



§ht Mennel 



Breeding Kennel 



OF 



M. P. McKOON, Franklin* Delaware 

 County, N. Y. 



Having spared neither money nor time in procur- 

 ing the best of imported arid thoroughbred cocker 

 spaniel stock. I feel confident I can suit the most 

 particular with young s^ock. For ruff d grouse, 

 woodcck shooting and common retrieving, beauty 

 and intelligence, no other sporting dogs are their 

 equal. My prices are low, m* stock tti« best, and 

 satisfaction, and safe delivery guaranteed to every 

 cus omer. !Sep7-4t 



St. Louis Bench Show. 



The St. Louis Bench Show for Pointers and Setters 

 will be held at St Louin, Mo., October 4th, 5th and 

 6th. at the time of the great Agricultural and Me 

 cbanical Fair, and on the grounds of the St. Louis 

 Fair Association. Entries close September 28th. 

 For premium list, rules and entry blanks address 



1% 0. KALB, ! ecretary, 



Sepy-4t 



St. Louis, Missouri. 



S 1?R .ITT'rt 



Patent Meat Fibrine Do? Cakes. 



They contain meat »nd that anti-scorbutic fruit, the 

 date (the only eubctitute for fresh vegetables), and 

 the e elusive use of which in the manufacture of dog 

 foori is secured to us by patent; they will keep dogs in 

 perfect condition without other food, and obviate 

 worms. Every cake is stamped "Sprat t's Patent." 

 Be sur^ to observe this. For sale by F. O. de LUZE, 

 18 South ^ illiam St., N. T., in cases of 1 cwt. 



AnglO 3m. _^___^ 



LISTEN! 



The Sportsman's Bell tells 

 the poaitiou of ttu; dtg, 

 causes th* birds to lie clo-er. 

 Kapidly coming into use in 

 ■arly woodcock shooting, 

 oockir.g and general shoot- 

 i n g , where the cover is 

 thek. Sold by dealers in 

 gunR ... u. sporting goods Samples sent by mail 

 postpaid. 50 cents. BE VIM RROS. MANUFAC- 

 TUR'NG CO.. East Hamp'on, Conn. Ju6 3m 



FOR SALE.— A BLACK AND WHITE 

 setter dog. three years old; well trained. Ad- 

 dress P. Q. Box 2013, Boston. Mass. Sep7-2t 



FOR BALE.— A FEW BEAUTIFUL 

 puppies eight weeks old, by Lhwellin's Bliu- 

 Prii ce, out of Livy by Don, out, of Lill II. Imporn d 

 in uterus. Price $50 each. AddiessJ. W. KNOX, 

 Box 234. Pittsburgh. Pa. Sep7-3t 



TTIOR SALE— RED IRISH SETTER 

 JO pup over four months old; sired by the im- 

 p >rfed >ed lush setter, D<-n. Dam, Maud, by G\p-ie 

 out of Rodman's Dash. Full pedigree given. Price $25 

 each. One hi. e English bnd pointer broken on all 

 kinds of game. Price $40. Inquire of C Z- Miley, 

 Lan cas e% Pa. 8ep?-3m 



THOR $100. — A very handsome jet black 

 JD enrley coated retriever bite* 1 , highly trained in 

 England; would be invalnahle on the prairies. 



For $15. a son of the above five m nths old. Ad- 

 dress CAPT. McMURDO, Wesifield, Near St. John, 

 N. B. Aiu'31tf. 



FOR SALE —A THOROUGHLY BRO- 

 ken, well-trained, English setter dog, from im- 

 ported 8' ock. Is good on any game. Sold for want 

 of use. Address G. T., Jr., box 85 Indianapolis, Ind. 

 ang2t 3t 



»-j f\ WILL BUY A PURE BLOOD 

 ) _L \J Black and Tan Gordon Setter dog pup, by 

 D n Goldsmiths imported dog Rapp, or one pair of 

 ferret s. R. L. GRAVES. Mmderland. V*. A«5t. 



ANTED— SITUATION BY A MAN 



who has had r early seventeen years expe- 

 rience in breeding and trainine sporting dpgs; is also 

 a good groom and careful driver. Would like to go 

 South or West. Best of reference as to character, 

 a lility, &c. Address JAMES HENNESSY. E lina, 

 Knox Connrv. Mo. Set>7 2t 



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ATTE.NTION JUFLEMEJN! 



The "FOREST & STREAM" New 



Hand-Book for Riflemen. 



Rules for Practice and Competition. Practical Hints 

 concerning Ranges, Targets, Scorin?, Rifles, Shoot- 

 ing, etc. Forms for Organization of Rifle Associa- 

 tions, By-Laws, and a Rifle Associations in America 

 Illustrated wito Maps. Sketches, and Diagram*. By 

 Major Geo. O. Stakr, Secretary American Rifle As- 

 sociation. 



1 vol. l8mo, cloth, Price 50 cents. 



Sold by all booksellers, or mailed, postpaid, on re- 

 ceipt of price, by J. B. FORD & (JO., New York. 



jn29 ____ 



Bound Volumes 



OF 



Forest and Stream. 



SIXTH VOLUME NOW READY. 

 Four First Yolumes $4 each, Others $3<50. 



I*EfcXOJE^ JRJE2X>XJCEI>! 



The Grand Pacific Hotel Chicago. 



One of the safebt and most pleasant hotels in America. Having, all the different safeguards against fire 

 makes it practically fireproof. Has recently uudergone extensive improvements — a large amount of new fur- 

 niture added, making it one of the most elegantly furnished hotels in the country— and the entire building 

 redecora'ed in a s \le that for beauty of design surpasses anything of the kind in the world. The ventillation 

 of the hotel is perfect, having every improvement. 



Cost of Hotel $1,500,000 



Cost of Furniture 400,000 



Occupies an. entire square, having a frontage of 1,050 feet. Number of rooms, fiOO; suites of rooms, with 

 baths connecting. 28 ( >; size of pailors, 100x30 feet; size of grand dining-room, 130x6S; size of ladies' promenade, 

 130s. U: size of office. 178x70. Prices of rooms with hoaid. $3. 00 $3 £0, $4.00, $4 50 and $5.00 per day, accord- 

 ing to location. The table and service unsurpassed, being the same to dtl. 



A. Reduction, -will l>e made from tlie above Prices to 

 Parties remaining a TTeels: or More: 



ROOMS CAN BE SECURED, STATING PRICE OF SAME, BY TELEGRAPH, AT OUR EXPENSE 



JOHN B. DRAKE & Co., Proprietors. 



BOSTON, TJ. S. A. 



To Travelers desiring the Best Hotel Accomodations in a choice locality, near the Public Garden, Common 

 Public Librarv ""- »•"" r,F ^—o l-*t P'mrPhDB t'-pR-iilMs-i itaHrm* And pi ..<««<» of Amusement. 



A complete set of the FOREST AND STREAM, 

 j|ve volnmee, bound handsomely rn cloth— a valuable 

 library for the eportsmaa-^a $QW b& ofrfcgJosd ojb. 



THE BRUNSWICK, 



* BOYLSTON STREET, cornkb of CLARENDON. BOSTON, offebs ptjperiok attractions. 



The struetnte is new and Fire Proof and is supplied wuh a Passenger Elevaior. 



It is furnished most elegantly and is supplied wiih every modern convenience, having hot and cold water 

 m every chamber and bath-rooms wit* every suite. The Heating and Ventilating Apparatus throughout the 

 whole house is on the mosi approved plan. 



Parties desiring information by correspondence will receive prompt attention by addressing the Proprietor, 

 or by direct application to ,!• iV. WOLCOTT, Proprietor. 



MANSION HOUSE, FERNANDINA, 

 Florida. A first-class honee. at the most at- 

 tractive winter resoit in the South An ocean 'each 

 twenty mile^ long, surf bathing, hunting and fishing. 

 Deer in the neach hammock, snipe, rail and duck in 

 countless numuers in the creeks and marshes. 

 Direct connection by rail and steamer with the North. 

 M. W. Downie, Proprietor. Sept7-7m . 



HVrriANTIC HOUSE, NIANTIC, CONN. 

 _LN Parties in search of good bass fishing can find 

 excellent accommodations at this house. Fishing 50 

 feet from door. Address W. H. KERR, Niantic, 

 Conn. SepMt 



SHOOTING AND PISHING GROUND 

 wanted to rent or purchase. For general fall 

 and spring shooting and fishing. Quail, shore-oirds, 

 woodcock, snipe, ducks, &c. Must have a comfort- 

 able house, and a small portion of the land tillable. 

 Address, with particulars, Sportsman, No. 3 Pine 

 street, Room 7, New York. Sept7 It 



PARKS HOUSE, 



MAGOG, PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, 



W. JAMIESON, Prop'r. 

 A. W. HUBBARD, Business Manager. 



This is one of the finest fishing localties in the East- 

 ern Township* of Canada, and is situated at the out- 

 let of LakeMemphremagog. Reached by stage eleven 

 miles from Ayre Flat, on Pasumpsic Railroad, or by 

 boat from Newport. jel 3m 



BELMONT HOTEL, 



623 and 625 Washington Street. Bo it on, Mass., 



(Opposite Globe Theatre.) 

 Located in the centre of the city, and easily reached 

 by street cars and stages. Elevators, steam, and all 

 modern improvements. Rooms (European plan), $1 

 per day upward. A first-class Restaurant, and Private 

 Dining-Rooms, if preferred, at moderate rates. The 

 most convenient location, a quiet and comfortable 

 home, and first-class accommodations at prices adapt- 

 ed to the stringency of the times, are the special ad- 

 vantage* afforded at toe "BELMONT.*" 



&*&££ $ oo n Zmmm.' 



Greenwood Lake. 



BRANDON HOUSE —Finest bass fishing 

 in the State; quail, ruffed grouse, and woodcock. 

 Boats, guides, &c. Hoi el rate, S3 (0 per day. Every 

 thills' firsr class. Take Montclair and Greenwood 

 Lake R. R. from Court! and and Desbrosses street, 

 New York. Ang3! 2m. 



AD1RONDACKS. 



TAYLOR HOUSE, SCHROON LAKE, ESSEX CO., 

 N. Y., NOW OPEN. 

 Eleven honrs from New York. Through tickets 

 and checks. Post, express and telegraph offices ad- 

 jacent. Finest location, scenery, fishing, boating and 

 riding in the Adirondacks. 



C. F. TAYLOR, Proprietor. 



RICE LAKE, 



IDLEWILD, HARWOOD. CANADA. 



A delightful summer resort for gentlemen and their 

 adves on Stony Point. Bass. Pickerel, Mascalonge, 

 Indians, Canoes, etc. 



A. V. DENTO. Proprietor. 



*#*Cars from Toronto to Port Hope or Coburg, or 

 )oat from Rochester to Coburg, thence to Harwood, 

 17 nttes. je22 3m 



BAY SHOOTING OF ALL VARIE- 

 ties. Shinnecock Bav. the best shooting 

 ground in the vicinity of New York. Win. N. Lane 

 respectfully informs hi^ friends that, having largely 

 added to the Springville Hou«e, he is prepared to en- 

 tertain and take care of Ws guests in ample manner 

 Moderate prices and satisfactory attention gnaran" 

 teed. The young bav birds are now coming in and 

 good bag« are the order of the day. Address Wm 

 N. LANE. Good Ground Station, L. I. Live wild 

 geese stools for spring and fall shooting. jull3-3m 



p ARM AN HOUSE, FORKED RIVER, 



V_y Oee«E County, N J., best Hunting and Fishing 

 Grounds in Barnegat Bay. House is in first-class or- 

 der. Apply to F. A. BRIGGS, Proprietor, or at the 



" 8 5i% Uoxm ' mt $$ st ^d «h Am, Pew Yorfe. 



TO SPORTSMEN: 

 THE PENNSYLVANIA R. R. COMFY 



Respectfully invite attention to the 



Superior F'ticilities 



afforded hy their lints for reaching most «f the TROT 1 

 ING PARKS and RAC. COURSES iu the Middl* 

 States. These lines being ' ONT1NUODS FROM AT r 

 IMPORTANT POINTS! avoid the difficulties and nan- 

 gets of reshipment, while the excellent cars run over 

 the nmooih steel tracks enable STOCK TO BE TRANS 

 PORTED without failure or injury. °* 



The lines of 



The Pennsylvania Railroad Company 



also reach the best localities for 

 GUNNING AND FISHING 



In Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXCURSION 

 TICKETS ar, sold at the offices of the Company in 

 all the principal cities to KANE, RENOVA BRTi 

 FORD, CREtrSON, RALSTON, MlNNE^UA anfl 

 other well-known centers for 

 Trout Fishing. Wing shooting, and Still Hunting. 



Also, to 

 TUCKERTON, BEECH HAVEN, CAPE MAY 

 SQUAN, and points on the NEW JERSEY COAST 

 renowned for t'-ALT WATER SPORT AFTER FIN 

 AND FEATHER. "" 



D. M. BOYD, Jr , Gen'l Pass. Agent. 

 Frank Thompson, Gen'l Manager. febl7tf 



rpHE SPORTSMEN'S ROUTE. 



Chicago & Northwestern Railway. 



This great corporation now owns and operates over 

 two thousand miles of road radiating from Chicago. 

 Like the fingers in a man's hand, its lines roach in all 

 directions, ani cover about all the country north, 

 northwest, and weft of Chicago. With one branch it 

 reaches Racine. Kenosha, Milwaukee, and the coun- 

 try north thereof; with another line it pubhes throath 

 Janesville, Watertown. Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, Green 

 Bay, Escanaba, to Nairannee and Marquette; wiihan- 

 other line it passes through Madison, Elroy, and for 

 St. Paul and Minneapolis; branching westward from 

 Elroy, it runs to and through Winona, Owatonna, St. 

 Pe ev, Mankaio, New Ulm. and f-topsnot until Lake 

 Kameska, Dakota, is reached; another line starts from 

 Chicago and runs through Elgin andRockford to Free- 

 port, and, via the Illinois Central, reaches Warren, 

 Galina and Dubuque, and the country beyond. Still 

 another line runs almost due westward, and pa^es 

 through Dixon. Sterling, Fulton, Clinton (Iowa), Cedar 

 Rapids, Marshalitown. Grand Junction, to Council 

 Bluffs and uniaha. This last named is the "GRK.-\T 

 TRANS-CON i'lNENTAL ROUTE," and the pioneer 

 overland line for Nehraska, Colorado, Utah k Idaho, 

 Montana, Nevada. California, and the Pacific Coast. 

 It runs through the Garden of Illinois and Iowa, and 

 is the safest, shortest, and best route to Omaha, Lin- 

 coln, and other points in Nebraska, and for Cheyenne, 

 Denver, Salt Lake City, Virginia City, Carson, Suc- 

 ramento. san Francisco, and all other points weat of 

 the Missouri River. 



TO SPORTSMEN: 



THIR LINR PRESENTS PECULIAR ADVAN 

 TAGES-FOR PRAIRJB CHICKEN, DUCK, 

 GEE E, AND BPANT SHOOTING. THE 

 IOWA LINE TO-DAY OFFERS MORE 

 FAVORABLE POINTS 

 than any other road in the country, while for Deer and 

 Bear Hunting, and for Brook Trout, Lake Salmon, 

 Hike, Pickerel, and Bass Fbhintr a hundred points oi 

 the Northern and Northwestern lines of this company 

 will be found unsurpassed by any in the West. 

 MARVIN HUGHITT, W. II. STENNETT, 

 Gen. Supt., Chicago. Gen. Pass. Agr,., Chicago 

 ap!6 



LONG ISLAND RAILROAD. 

 LESSEE, FLUSHING, N. S. AND CENTRAL 

 AND SOUTHERN R R OF LONG ISLAND. 



Trains leave Long Island City asfollowt: — 



From F. N. S. and Central Depot north of Ferry— 

 For Flushing (Bridge street). College Point and 

 White>tone-fi.35. 8.20, 9.10, 10; 11.(3 \.M.; 12 05. 1. 

 33 3.' 6, 4 06.5 03,5 31,6.05, 6.31,7 04, 7.35, 8.55; 10. 

 40 P. M.; 12.10 A, M. 



For Flushing (Main street) and Great Neck Branch. 

 6.85. 7,32 A. M ; 1.00.4.06; 5.31, 7.01 P.M., an- 12.10 

 A. M. Saturday nights. t<or Main street on ly— 9. C6, 

 11.03 A.M.; 12.05, 2.03, 3.06,4.33, 5.03,6,05,6.31,7. 

 35 P. M. 



For Flushing, Central Depot, Creedmoor, Garden 

 City and HerapsteHd-7.32. 9.05, 11 03 A. M.; 1, 2 08, 



5.03, 6.0% 7 03 P. M,; and 12.10 Wednesday and Sat- 

 urday nights. For Central Depot and Garden City — 

 4 33 P. M 



t or Bahylon-9 05 A. M.' 2 03; 4.33 P. M. For 

 Patchogne— 2 Q3, 4.33 P. M. From Long Island and 

 Southern Dt-pot. south of Ferry: For Jamaica— 

 6.35, 7 03, 8 30, &.05, 10.03. 11.30 A. M.; 1.34, 3 03, 



4.04, 5.03, 5.3a, 6.03. 6 30. 7 P. M. For Rockaway and 

 Rockaway Beach-7.03, 10.0?, 11.3 » A. M.;l 32,4.04,5 

 P.M. For Far Rockaway only— 6. b5, 9 05, A. M., 

 3.03, 6.30 7 P. M. For Locust Valley-6.35, 8.30, 

 10.03 A. M.; ".03, 4.04, 5.02, 5.30. 6.30 P. M Hemp- 

 steail-7.03, 8.30, 11.30 A. M ; 3 03. 4.04, 5.30 P. M. 

 For Port Jefferson— 8.33,10.03 A. M . ;5 .03 P.M. North- 

 port— 4.04, 6.30 P. M. For Babylon— 7.03, 8 30, 11. 

 32 A. M.; 4.03, 5- 6.03 P. M. For Islip— 7 03, 8.30 

 A. M ; 5 P. M Patcbogue. 8 30 A. M.. 5 P.M. For 

 Riverhead-9.05 A.M., 3.03.4.03 P. M For Greenport 

 and Sag Harbor Branch— 9.05 A. M., and 4.03 P. M 

 For Creedmoor onlv— 4.03 P. M. 



SUNDAY TRAINS. 

 From F. N. S, and C. Depot, north of Ferry: 



For Flushing (Bridge street), College Point and 

 Whitestone-8. 9 30. 11 A. M.; 12.30 3 30 5.!5 6.35, 

 8 P.M. For Great Neck Branch- 9. 15 A. M., 4.15, 

 6 45 P.M. For Flushing (Main street)-9.15, 10.33 A. 

 M.; U.4D, 2 05, 4.15, 6.45, 10 P. M. F;>r Garden City 

 and flempsiead-9. 15,1133 *. M., 5 05 P. M. For 

 Babylon and Patchogue— 9 15 A. M. and 5 05 P. M. 

 From Long Island and Southern Depot, south of 

 Ferry: For Far Rockaway and Rockaway Beach-9, 

 10, 11 A. M , 1.30, 6.40 P. M. For Northport and 

 Port Jefferson— 8. 9.30 A. M. Northport- 6.40 P. M. 

 For Locust Valley Bianch-9 30 A. M., 6.40 P. M. 

 For Babylon-9 A. M„ 6.40 P. M. 



Ferry boats leave New York, foot of James Slip. 

 Sundays excepted, from 7 A. M. to 7 P. M., every 30 

 minutes prev'ous to the departure of trains from 

 Long Islind City. Sunday boats from James Slip— 

 9.30. 10 30, 11.30 A. M.; 1.2 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 P. M. 



Ferry boats leave New York, f.-ot of East Thirty- 

 fonrih street, every fifteen minutes previous to the 

 departure of train-*. 



nVT E YV YORK & LONG BRANCH RR. 



-UN CENTRAL RATLROAD OF N.J. 



ALL RAIL LINE BETWEEN NEW YORK, LONG 

 BRANCH, OCHJAN GROVE, SEA GIRT 



AND SQUAN. ,. . 



Passenger stations in New York foot of Liberty 

 street and foot of Clark^on street, N. R. 



Time-table of July 10th, 1876: Trains leave New 

 York from foot of Libt-rtv street North River, at 7. 

 45, 9.15 11 45 A. M., 3.4«, 4.30 aud 5.30 P. M. ^ . 



From foot of Clarkson street at 7.35, 9.05 11.85 

 A. M., 3.20, 4.20. 5.20 P. M. 



All trainn run to Long Branch, Ocean Grove, Spring 

 Lake and Sea Girt. 



Stages to and from KEYPORT connect at MAT- 

 TEW AN STATION with all trains, 



U. P. BALDWIN, Cten. Fa« 8 ' 4*^ 



