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FOREST AND STREAM. 



T^\t ^ettml. 



Dogs and Birds. 



THE UNDERSIGNED AHE REGULAR 

 importers of Skye terriers, Pugs, King Charles 

 Spaniels, and dogs of every breed. Also all kinds of 

 birds and ferrets. Mocking bird food and cages, and 

 seeds of all kinds. Doub boarded and given ihe best 

 of care. Orders from the country promptly replied 

 to KISTEMANN & SCHACHERL, 

 Nov23-lt No. 120 Park Avenue. 



THE MARYLAND 



Poultry and Fanciers' Association 



will hold, in connection with the Poultry, a 



BENCH SHOW OF DOCS 



AT 

 BALTIMORE, MD., 

 JANUARY 2d, 3d, 4th, and 5th, 1877. 



Prizes in cash will be given amounting to nearly 

 $1,500. Entries close December 20tk. 



Chas. Lincoln, Supt. G. O. Brown, Sec, 

 nov!6 7t 1 Gay street, Baltimore, Md. 



HUMPHREYS & COLLIER, 

 Importers aad Dealers in all kinds of 



Birds, Pigeons, Rabbits, Ferrets, Gui- 

 nea Pigs, Etc. 



SCOTCH, SKYE AND BLACK AND TAN TEE- 



M IERS, AND OT HER FANCY DOGS. 



Blood-red Irish setters a specialty. 



W. H.'s Celebrated MANGE CURE. 



Goldfish, Aquarium Plants, etc. 

 49 CORTLANDT cor. GREENWICH ST. nov!6 6m 



Fleas, Fleas! Worms, Worms! 



STEADMAN'S FLEA POWDER FOR DOGS. 



A Bane to Fleas— A Boon to Dogs. 



This Powder is gnaranteed to kill fleas on dogs or 

 any other auimalsTor money returned. It is put up 

 in patent boxes with sliding pepper box top, which 

 greatly facilitates its use. Simple and efficacious. 



Price 50 cents by mail, postpaid. 



ARECA NUT for Worms In DOGS. 

 A certain remedy. Put up in boxes containing a doz 

 en powders, with full directions for use. Price 50 

 cents per box by mail. Both the above are recom- 

 mended t>y Mod and Gun and Fokest and Stream. 



HOLBEKTON & BEEMER, 



net 12 



10-3 Nassau St.. Npw York. 



C ifi JL. E Ji K A T E 1) 



American Dogs. 



Fine Engravings on card boards, ready for framing, 

 the following celebrated dogsj — 

 Pure Laverack Setter Fairy. 

 Pure Laverack Setter Pride or the Border. 

 Imported Red Irish Setter Dick. 

 Imported lied Irish Setters Dash and Bess. 

 Celebrated Dogs Peg, Don, and George, after paint- 

 ing by Bispham. 

 Black and White Pointer Whisky. 

 Liver and White Pointer Ranger. 

 Black Pointer Pete. 

 Price 25 cents each, postage paid. Address 



FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., 



1? (/JTATKAM 8TRKHVT. N. Y. 



fepratt's Patent 



Meat Fibrine Do? Cakes. 



They contain meat and that anti-scorbutic fruit, the 

 date (the only substitute for fresh vegetables), and 

 the exclusive use of which in the manufacture of dog 

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

 perfect condition without other food, and obviate 

 worms. Every cake is stamped ''Spratt's Patent." 

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

 18 South William St., N. Y., in cases of 1 cwt. 



AnglO Gna. 



HAVING TOO FULL A KENNEL I 

 will Fell some of my thoroughbred Irish setters. 

 Including a few puppies out of Kathleen by Plunket, 

 and an imported brace dog and biich, nine months 

 old; oyer distemper— winners of first prize at Cork 

 Show -by champion Basto out of Sal. For price and 

 pedigree address with stamp DR. WM. JARVIS, 

 Clare mout, N. H. Nov #31 -t 



F~OR SALE.— A SMALL BLAUK AND 

 white setter, well marked, nearly two years 

 old. pedigree excellent— dog well broken and perfectly 

 staunch -retrieves well, and excf-.ls on ruffed grouse 

 and woodcock. Address LOCK BOX 1153, Norwich, 

 Conn. Nov23 tf 



TWO SETTER PUPS (BITCHES) FOR 

 sale— 5 months old— $(, each, $10 for the pnir. 

 Address E. S, PEASE, Canaan, Conn. Nov23-lt 



WANTED-A GOOD, THOROUGH- 

 bred, well-broken setter dog, over two and 

 under four years of age; mast be broken well on 

 woodcock and ruffed grouse. No one need answer 

 this advertisement who is unwilling to send his dog 

 to me on trial at my expense. Address W . B. SUT- 

 TON. Utica, N. Y. novl63t_ 



Tn OR SALE. -ONE TAN FOX HOUND 



JD 4 years old, 2 black-tan fox hounds 2 years 

 old, 4 black-tan fox hound pups 3 months old, all 

 from impoi ted English stock. For full particulars 

 address WM. II. WHITE, Jr., Stoughton, Mass. P. 

 O. b ox 30. oct 5 tf 



TTiOR SALE.— ONE OR A BRACE OF 



_D good, staunch, thoroughbred, well broken set- 

 ters, and one pointer. Address H. SMITH at this 

 o hi ce . sep28 tf 



TpOR SALE— RED IRISH SETTER 



Jj Pups, whelped July 27th from the best stock. 

 Sire of pups, imported red Irish setter Don; dam, 

 Gipsy, by Rodman's Dash. Also, full-blooded Gor- 

 don h- si ie, Tom; dam, Jinnie; both splendid on all 

 game, and hard to beat in the field; age, two months. 

 Jbull pedigree given and guaranteed* 

 sep283m H. B. VONDEKSMITH, Lancaster, Pa. 



THOR SALE— A FINE LOT OF SCOTCH, 

 JD Skye, Dandy Dinmont, and Black-and-tan ter- 

 rors, sporting Dogs, Maltese cats, Ferrets, &c. Medi 

 cines for all diseases at L. N. MEYER, 45 Great 

 Jones street. N. Y. Septal ly. 



FEED. A. MALTBIE. JNO. W. BEERS 



Member of N. Y. Stock Exchange. 



MALTBIE & BEERS, 



BROKERS IN 



fcStoelcM, !Ooncits and Gold, 



86 BROAD (ST., New Yorlc, 



Jtoom 86, £T0Y9-4t, 



prices ;rjei>tic:ki>! 



The Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago. 



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

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

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

 redecorated in a style that for beauty of desigu surpasses anything of the kind in the world. The ventilation 

 of the hotel is perfect, having every improvement. 



Cost of Hotel . . . . . $1,500,000 



Cost of Furniture 400,000 



Ocenpies an entire square, having a frontage of 1,050 feet. Number of rooms, 600; suites of rooms, with 

 baths connecting. 280; size of parlors, 100x30 feet; size of grand dming-room, 130x68; size of ladies' promenade, 

 130xa>; size of office, 175x70. Prices of room«, with hoard. $3.00, $3.50, $4.00, $4 50 and $5.00 oer day, accord- 

 ing to location. The table and service unsurpassed, being the mme to all. 



A. Reduction -will lb>e made from the al>ove Prices to 

 I*arties remaining- a Week or More: 



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



. JOHN B. DRAKE & Co.. Proprietors. 



No country in the 

 world has such fine 

 shooting grounds as 

 those lying along the 

 Missouri, Kansas and 

 Texas R'y. Sportsmen 

 are cordially invited to 

 visitthem. The Spring 

 and Fall shooting beats 

 the world. All varieties 

 of water- fowl, game 

 birds and animals. 

 Come through SEDALIA, 110. 



An Illustrated Pamphlet with Maps and Free Guide to the north 

 west, accompanied by interesting reading matter, sent FREE to 

 anyone by addressing 



JAMES D. BROWN, 



uuco SEDALIA, MO. 



§atql8 m& ^egortejjar^portgmen. 



PALL SHOOTING AT SHINNEOOCK 

 BAY".— Ducks, geese, brant and quail. The Bay 

 "View House, a summer resort, the largest and most 

 centrally located of any hou^e on the bay, close by 

 water, and commanding a view of most of the shoot- 

 ing grounds, will be opened for fall shooting. Guides 

 with boats, batteries and decoys, at usual rates. Ac- 

 commodations ample and SHlihfuctory. Attention 

 guaranteed Addrees ORV1LLE WILCOX. Good 

 Gronn£ T, T Nov23. 



LpALL &HOOL1ING AT StiLNNECOCK 

 JD Bay— Ducks, Geese, Brant and Quail. The Bay 

 View House, a summer resort; the largest and most 

 centrally located of any house on the bay; close by 

 water, and commanding a view of most of the shoot- 

 ing giounds, will be opened for sportsmen for fall 

 shooting at reduced rates. Board SI. 50 per day. 

 Guides with boats, batteries and decoys at reduced 

 rates. Accomodations ample, and satisfactory at- 

 tention guaranteed. Address ORVILLE WILCOX, 

 Good Ground, L. I. '_ Oct 5 2m 



MANSION HOUSE, FERNANDINA, 

 Florida. A first-class house, at the most at- 

 tractive winter resoit in the South. An ocean beach 

 twenty miles long, surf battling, hunting and fishing. 

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

 countless numbers in the creeks and marshes. 

 Direct connection by rail and steamer with the North. 

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



PAVILION HOTEL, 



NEW BRIGHTON STAT EN ISLAND, 



R,. T. COLE, JPropi-ietoir. 



Weekly Hops, Boating, Fishing, Driving, Billiards, 



Bowling, Croquet. A promenade piazza 3f0 feet 

 ong. je8 6m 



Bromfield House, 



BT 



Messenger Bros., 



55 BROMFIELD STREET, 



Boaiou Mass. 



The House for Sportsmen. 



far jfafo 



FOR SALE.— TWO DOUBLE BREECH 

 loading shot guns, one Parker with 2 dozen shells, 

 loading stick &c. ; price $45. Also a Remington with 

 2 dozen shells, loading stick, &c, price $-10; both 

 guns in pood order, been used very little. It. C. 

 KENDALL, Troy Bradford Co., Pa 



FOR SALE. — PARKER BREECH- 

 loader, weight 8 lbs. 14 oas., barrels Damascus 

 steel 30-inch, 10-gauge, choke-bored; gun nearly new 

 and in perfect order; has pistol grip and rebounding 

 locks, and is a close shooter. Was made to order; 

 price was $150, with $R» for extra work; will sell low. 

 Address N, Elmore, Granby, Ct, Noy9-fcf 



DUCK GUN FOR SALE.— A CHOICE 

 Double- barreled Muzzle-loading Gun. No. 9 

 gauge: weight 16 pounds; 36 inch barrels. Made by 

 John Mullins for present owner. Warranted in every 

 rcepoct. Price $100. Address Wesley Smith, 54 St. 

 Marks Plsce, M. Y. Nov9 4t 



SPORTSMEN'S NOTICE. 



SITUATED NEAR THE GREAT 

 South Bay extensive fields for quail and par- 

 tridge shooting. Bird dog furnished oy proprietor. 

 Bay shooting with gunning boat and tiaps Live 

 geese decoys; do staging. Five minutes' walk from 

 Moriches Station. Address HARRISON J. ROGERS, 

 Proprietor, East Moriches Hotel. L. I. oct?6 5t 



BLOOMING GROVE PARK AS- 

 SOCIATION. 



FOR SALE.— ONE SHARE IN ABOVE 

 Association. The best Game Preserve in Amer- 

 ica, at a very low figure. Address E, R. WARD, this 

 office. ang3 tf 



THE LUDLOW TROUT COMPANY 

 will have for sale this season 2,500,000 "Brook 

 Trout" Eggs ready for delivery from the middle of 

 November to the last of Decemher. 



W. H. CROWELL, Supt., 

 sep28 3m Ludlow, McKean Co., Pa. 



GUtf FOR SALE. 



A STRICTLY FIRST CLASS MUZZLE- 

 Loading Double Barreled Gun, No. 7 gauge, 

 weight 16 pounds. Made to order for its present owner 

 expressly for bar shooting at brant, geese, &c. In 

 perfect order. Price $150. Less than one-half cost. 

 Will be fully warranted. Gan be seen at Mac Par- 

 land's Gun Store, 206 Spring street. AugSl. 



T WILL S AY DEER ARE UNUSUALLY 



_L plenty this fall, and partridges plenty. Can start 

 from one to ten deer per day. Partridges from 10 to 

 '10 shot per day, guaranteed to men who hunt. I am 

 an old hunter myself, have good accomodations for 

 sportsmen, for particulars, address BRADLEY, 

 Eldred, Sullivan Co., N. Y. 



OLD DOMINION LINK 



The steamers of this line reach some of the finest 

 waterfowl and upland shooting sections in the coun- 

 try. Connections direct for Chincoteague, Cobb's 

 island, and points on the Peninsula. City Point 

 James river, Currituck, Florida, and the mountainous 

 country of Virginia, Tennessee, etc. Norfolk steam- 

 ers sail Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday; Delaware 

 steamers Monday and Thursday, 3 p. m. Pull infor- 

 mation given at office, 197 Greenwich street. New 

 York. sep28 ly 



MONTCLAIR AND GREENWOOD 

 LAKE RAILWAY. 



Trains leave foot Cortlandt st. daily (Sundays ex- 

 cepted) for Greenwood Lake and intermediate sta- 

 tions at 8:30 A. M., and 4:30 P. M. 



For MONTCLAIR and ORANGE and intermediate 

 stations at 8:30 A. M., 12 M., 3:30, 4:30, 5.30, 6:30, 

 8;30 P. M. For Little Falls and intermediate stations 

 at 8:30 A. M., 4:30, 5:30 and 6:30 P. M. For Ring- 

 wood and all intermediate stations at 5:30 P. M, 



Commutation and other tickets may be obtained 

 at office in Jersey City and at Company's office, No. 

 J19 Broadway, Jfcw fork. W. E. D^JiWIN, Snpt. 



§gertsmm'8 ^crntqB. 



m 



TO SPORTSMEN: 

 THE PENNSYLVANIA R. R. COMP'Y 



Respectfully invite attention to the 



Superior liabilities 



afforded by their lints for reaching most of the TROT 

 ING PARKS and RACa. COURSES ia the Middle 

 States. These lines being CONTINUOUS FROM AT r 

 IMPORTANT POINTS; avoid the difficulties and aan- 

 geis of reshipment, while The excellent cars run over 

 the smooth steel tracks enable STOCK TO BE TRANS 

 PORTED without failure or injury. 

 The lines of 



The PennsylTaiiia Railroad Company 



also reach the best localities for 

 GUNNING AND FISHING 



in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXCURSION 

 TICKETS are sold at the offices of the Company in 

 all the principal cities to KANE, RENOVA BED 

 FORD, CRESSON, RALSTON, M1NNEQUA, and 

 other well-known centers for 



Trout Fishing, Wing Shooting, and Still Hunting. 



Also, to 

 TUCKERTON, BEECH HAVEN, CAPE MAY 

 SQHAN, and points on the NEW JERSEY COAST 

 renowned for SALT WATER SPORT AFTER FIN 

 AND FEATHER. 



D. M. BOYD, Jr., Gen'IPass. Agent. 

 Frank Thompson, Gen'l Manager. febl7 tf 



HHHE 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 reach in all 

 directions, ani cover about all the country north, 

 northwest, and west of Chicago. With one branch it 

 reaches Racine, Kenosha, Milwaukee, and the coun- 

 try north thereof; with another line it pushes through 

 Jauesville, W T aterto\vn, Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, Green 

 Bay, Escanaba, to Nagannee and Marquette; with an- 

 other line it passes through Madison, Elroy, and for 

 St. Paul and Minneapolis; branching westward from 

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

 Peter, Mankat.o, New Ulm, and stops not uutil Lake 

 Kameska, Dakota, is reached; another line starts from 

 Chicago and runs through Elgin and Rockford to Free- 

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

 Galina and Dubuque, ana the country beyond. Still 

 another line, runs almost due westward, and passes 

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

 Rapids, Marshalitown, Grand Junction, to Council 

 Bluffs and Omaha. This last named is the "GREAT 

 TRANS-CONTINENTAL ROUTE," and the pioneer 

 overland line for Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, 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 L.ike City, Virginia City, Carson, Sac- 

 ramfiito, San Francisco, and all other points west of 

 the Missouri River. 



TO SPORTSMEN: 

 THIS LINE PRESENTS PECULIAR ADVAN 

 TA GES— FOR PRAIRIE CHICKEN, DUCK, 

 GEE^'E, AND BEANT 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, 

 Pike, Pickerel, and Bass Fishing a hundred poims on 

 the Northern and Northwestern lines of this company 

 will be found uusurpasscd by any in the West. 

 MARVIN HUGH ITT, W. H. STENNETT, 

 Gen. Supt. , Chicago. Gen. Pass. Agt., Chicago. 

 aph> 



LONG ISLAND RAILROAD. 

 LESSEE, FLUSHING, N. S. AND CENTRAL 

 AND SOUTHERN R R OF LONG ISLAND. 



Trains leave Long Island City as follows: — 



From F. N. S. and Central Depot north of I*erry— 

 For Flushing (Bridge street). College Point and 

 Whitestone-6.35, 8. SO, 9.10, 10; 11.03 A.M.; 12.05, 1. 

 33. 3.f6, 4.06, 5 03, 5 31, 6.05, 6.31, 7.04, 7.35, 8.55; 1).. 

 40 P.M.; 12.10 A. M. 



For Flushing (Main street) and Great Neck Branch,. 

 6.35, 7.32 A. M ; 1.00, 4.06; 5.31, 7.04 P.M., and 12. t J 1 

 A. M. Saturday nights. For Main street only— '.06„ 

 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, Gardem 

 Citv and Hempstead— 7.32, 9.05, 11.03 A.M.; 1, 2 03 r 



5.03, 6.05, 7.03 P. M. ; and 12. 10 Wednesday and Sat- 

 urday nights. For Central Depot and Garden City— 

 4 33 P. M 



For Babylon-9 05 A. M, 2.03; 4.33 P. M. For 

 Patchogue— 2.03, 4.33 P. M. From Long Island and 

 Southern Depot, south of Ferry: For Jamaica— 

 6.35, 7.03, 8.30, 6.05, 10.03, 11.30 A. M.; 1.34, 3.03, 



4.04, 5.03, 5.30, 6.03, 6.30,7 P. M. For Rockaway and 

 Rockaway Beach— 7.03, 10.0?, 11.3') A. M.; 1.32,4.04, 5 

 P. M. For Far Rockaway only— 6.35, 9.05, A. M., 

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

 10. 03 A. M. ; 9.03, 4.04, 5.02, 5.30, 6.30 P. M. Hemp- 

 stead— 7.03, 8.30, 11.30 A. M.; 3.03. 4.04, 5.30 P. M. 

 For Port Jefferson— 6.35,10.03 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. Patchogue, 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 only— 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.; 12.30.3.80 5.15,6.85, 

 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.; 12.40, 2 05, 4.15, 6,45, 10 P. M. For Garden City 

 and Hempstead-9. 15, 11 S3 A . 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 T 

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

 Port Jefferson— §, 9.30 A. M. Northport— 6.40 P. M. 

 For Locust Vahey Branch— 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 previous to the departure of trains from 

 Long Island City. Sunday boats f rom J ames 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- 

 fourth street, every fifteen minutes previous to the 

 de parture of trains.' m 



F" OR NEW HAVEN, HARTFORD, 

 Springfield, White Mountains, Montreal and 

 intermediate points. The new and elegant steamer 

 C H. Northam leaves Pier No. 25, East River, daily 

 (Sundays excepted) at 3. A passenger tramwill be 

 in waiting on ihe wharf at New Haven and leave for 

 Springfield and wav stations on arrival of the boat. 



NIGHT LINE.— The Continental leaves New York 

 at 11 P. M., connecting with Passenger train in wait- 

 ing on wharf at New Haven, leaving at 5:15 A.M. 

 Tickets sold and baggage checked at 944 Broadway, 

 New York, and 4 Court street, Brooklyn. Excursion 

 to New Haven and return, $1.50. Apply at General 

 Omce, on the pier, or to RICHARD PECK, General 

 A«eat. My®** 



