270 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



Established^ 1820. 



C. G. GUNTHER'S 80NS 



Removed from 502-504 Broadway to 



184 FIFTH AVENUE, 



Invite inspection to their Stock of 



Seal-^liin Sacques, 



Fur-Lined Garments, 



ITixr Trimmiags. 



The Largest and most Complete 

 ever offered. 



184 Fifth Avenue, 



(Broadway & 23d St.) 

 nov30-5t 



NEW YORR. 



3£h* M mne i* 



THE MARYLAND 



Poultry and Fanciers' Association 



will hold, in connection with the Poultry, a 



BENCH SHOW OF DOGS 



AT 



BALTIMORE, MD., 

 JANUARY 2d, 3d, 4th, and 5th, 1S77. 



Prizes in cash will be given amounting to nearly 

 $1 5(0. Entries close December 20th. 



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

 nov16 7t 1 Gay street, Baltimore, Md. 



HUMPHREYS & COLLIER,, 



Importers and Dealers in all kinds of 



Birds, Pigeons, Rabbits, Ferrets, Gui- 

 nea Pigs, Etc. 



SCOTCH. SK YE AND BLACK AND TAN TER- 



IilEHH,AND OTHER fiANCYDUGti. 



Blood-red Irish setters a specially. 



W. II.'s Celebrated MANGE CURE. 



Goldfish, Aquarium Plants, etc. 

 53 C ORTLANDT cor. GREENWICH ST. nov!6 6m 



Fleas, Fleas! Worms, Worms! 



STEADMAN'S FLEA POWDER FOE 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 uo 

 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 oy Rod and Gun aud Forest and Stream. 



HOLBERTON & BEEMER, 



oct 12 102 Nassau St.. New York. 



Meat Fibrine Do? Cakes. 



They contain meat and that anti-scorbutic fruit, the 

 date (the only substitute for fresh vegetables), and 

 the. eN elusive 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 "Sprat.t's Patent." 

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

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



AuglO 6m. _ 



FOB SALE, 



A pair of beagles. Good rabbit hunters. AddresB 

 W. II. Steacy, Bart, Lancaster Co., Pa. nov30 3d 



Scotch deer hounds 



For Sale.— I have two two-year-old and two one- 

 year-old dogs, and one two-year old bitch; descended 

 from the late Gen. Custer's aud Hon. K. C. Barker's 

 stock. Price $50 each. OAKLEIGH THORNE, 

 Millbrook, N. Y. nov30 3t 



FOR SALE.— THREE GORDON SET- 

 terpnps; black and tan; very handsome; whelp- 

 ed September 6th. Out of Chloe, by Tom. Chloe by 

 J. L. Howe's dog, Duke. Tom by Horace Smith's 

 Fly, byMaj. S. Stockton's Ddsh. Address Box 365, 

 New Bedford, Mass. nov30 tf 



THOR SALE.— A SMALL BLACK AND 



JD white setter, weJl marked, nearly two years 

 old. pedigree excellent— dog well broken and perfectly 

 staunch --retrieves well, and excf Is on ruffed grouse 

 and woodcock. Address LOCK BOX 1153, Norwich, 

 Conn. Nov23 tf 



WANTED— A GOOD, THOROUGH- 

 bred, well-broken setter dog, over two and 

 nnder four years of age; must 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. STJT- 

 TON, Utica, N. Y, novl6 3t 



nm 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 impoited English stock. For full particulars 

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

 O. box 30. oct5 tf 



THOR SALE— RED IRISH SETTER 

 JD 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- 

 dons-sire, Tom; dam, Jmnie; both splendid on all 

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

 Full pedigree given and guaranteed. 

 sep 283m H. B. VONDERSMITH, Lancaster. Pa. 



TTIOR SALE— A FINE LOT OF SCOTCH, 

 JO Skye, Dandy Dinmont, and Black-andtan ter- 

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

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

 Jones itreet, N, Y, ' SeptSUy. 



PEICES I£BI>T70:FCX>! 



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 conn ry— and the entire building 

 redecorated in a style that for beauty of design surpasses anything of the kind in the world. The Yentihuion 

 of the hotel is perfect, having every improvement. 



Cost of Hotel $1,500,000 



Cost of furniture 400,000 



ites of rooms, with 



" ladies' promenade, 



00 per day, accord- 



A* Reduction will t>e made from tlie aboye Prices to 

 Parties remaining a W^ek or More: 



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



JOHN B. DRAKE & Co., Proprietors. 



Shooting 



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. 

 Corns through SEDALU, MO. 



An Illustrated Pamphlet with Maps and Free Guide to the north 

 west, accompanied by interesting reading matter, sent FREE to 

 anyone by addressing 



JASViES D. BROWN, 



^ct,o S ED ALIA, MO. 



FRE 



§otqh md ^jlegorte fjor^yortfimm. 



PALL SHOOTING AT SHINNECOCK 

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

 View House, a summer resort, the largest and roost 

 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 satisfactory. Attention 

 guaranteed Address ORVILLE WILCOX, Good 



Ornnnd T, T. Oct, 5. 



MANSION HOUSE, FERNANDINA, 

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

 tractive winter resoit in the South. An ocean beach 

 twenty miles long, surf bathing, hunting and fishing. 

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

 countless numbers in the creeks and marches. 

 Direct connection by rail and steamer with the North. 

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



Bromfield House, 



BY 



Messenger Bros., 



55 BROMFIELD STREET, 



Bostou Mass. 



The House for Sportsmen. 



for gale. 



LIVE QUAIL FOR SALE.— PRICE, 

 $2 to $2.50 per dozen, delivered at Express Co. 

 at Thomasville, N. C, boxed with feed; or $3 to $4 

 per dozen delivered in New York, in all cases cash on 

 delivery. References: Forest and Stream, Edward 

 Malley, New Haven, Conn., John Higgins, 52 West 

 Fourteenth street, New York. Address J. W. 

 BROWN, Lock Box 1097, New Haven, Conn. n30 tf 



GUN FOR SALEr 



A STRICTLY FIRST CLASS MTJZZLE- 

 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 $:50. Less than one-half cost. 

 Will be fully warranted. Gati be seen at Mac Far- 

 land's Gun Srore, 206 Spring street Ang31. 



BLOOMltsG 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. aug3 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 iast of December. 



W. H. CROWELL, Supt., 

 sep28 3m Ludlow, McKean Co., Pa. 



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 

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

 Marks Place, JN, Y, mVtt 



PARKER BREECH-LOADER FOR 

 sale low. Address N. Elmore, Grauby, Ct. 

 No\9tf 



WANTED. — A WINCHESTER 

 Sporting Rifle, model of 1873. Address 

 Charles White, P. O. Box 2773, Philadelphia, Pa. 



nov30-2t 



OLD DOMINION LINE. 



The steamers of this line reach some of the finest 

 waterfowl and upland shooting actions 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. Full infor- 

 mation given at office, 197 Greenwich street. New 

 York. sep28 ly 



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 ierry— 

 For Flushing (Bridge street), College Point and 

 Wbitestone-6.35, 8.20, 9.10, 10; 11.03 A.M.; 12.05, 1. 

 33, 3.06, 4.06, 5 03, 5 31, 6.05, 6.31, 7.04, 7.35, 8.55; 13. 

 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. 1 i 

 A. M. Saturday nights. For Main street only— i.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, Garden 

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



5.03, 6.0'S, 7.03 P. M. ; and 12.10 Wednesday and Sat- 

 urday nights. For Central Depot aud 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— 

 6.85, 7.03, 8 30, &.05, 10.03, 11.30 A. M.; 1.34, 8.03, 



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. »5, 9.05, A.M., 

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

 10.03 A. M.; 3.03,4.04,5,02, 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— «. 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, 8.3G 

 A. M.;5P. 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 30 5.15, 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.40, 2 05. 4.15, 6,45, 10 P. M. F:>r Garden City 

 and Hempstead— 9. i5, 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, 

 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 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 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, foot of East Thirty- 

 fourth street, every fifteen minutes previous to tne 

 departure pf trains, 



Sportsmen 8 ?§outy8. 

 FOR SAVAraAH^GA^ 



THE FLORIDA PORTS. 



AND THE 



South and Southwest, 



GRE\T SOUTHERN FREIGHT AND PASSEN- 

 GER LINE -CENTRAL RAILROAD OF 

 GEORGIA. AND ATLANTIC AND 

 GULF RAILROAD. 



TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS AND SAT- 

 URDAYS. 



STEAMSHIPS 



MAGNOLIA and RAPID AN will sail 



THURSDAYS AT 3 P. M. 



MURRAY, FERRIS & CO., Agents, GJ South 



Sireefc 



GEN. BARNES and H. LIVINGSTON, 



TUE -DAYS AT 3 P. M. 

 GEO. YONGE, Agent, 409 Broadway. N Y 



SAN JACINTO and SAN SALVADOR, 



SATURDAYS AT 3 P. M. 

 GEO. YONGE, Agent, 409 Broadway, IV. Y. 



N. B. The sailing days of above lines from Savan- 

 nah are same as from New York. For freight or passage 

 from Savannah apply to Octavus Cohen & Co., Sa- 

 vannah, for ships leaving Savannah on Tuesdays 

 Hunter & Gammel, Savannah, for ships leaving on 

 Thursday, Wilder & Co., for ships leaving on Satur- 

 days. 



t3F" Insurance on this line, ONE-HALF PER 

 CENT. 



Superior accommodations for passengers. 



Through rares and Bills of Lading in connection 

 with Central Railroad of Georgia to all points. 



Through rates and Bill-* of Lading in connection 

 with the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad and Florida 

 steamers. 



GEORGE YONGE. 



Agent Central Railroad of Georgia, No. 409 Broad- 

 way. nov30 3m 



TO SPORTSMEN: 

 THE PENNSYLVANIA R. R. COMP'Y 



Respectfully invite attention to the 



^»xip eiriox* F'aoilitieis 



afforded by their lints for reaching most of the TROT- 

 ING PARKS and IIACH- COURSES in the Middle 

 States. The. e lines being I ONTINUOUS PROM ALL 

 IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the difficulties and aan- 

 geisof 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 Pennsylvania 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, MINNEQUA, and 

 other well-known centers for 



Trout Fishing, Wing Shooting, and Still Hunting. 



Also, to 

 TUCKERTON, BEECH HAVEN, CAPE MAY, 

 SGUAN, and points on the NEW JERSEY COAST 

 renowned for MALT WATER SPORT AFTER FIN 

 AND FEATHER. 



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

 Fkank Thompson, Gen'l Manager. febl7 tf 



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 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 

 Janesville, Watertown, Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, Green 

 Bay, Escanaba, to Nagaunee and Marquette; withan- 

 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. 

 Peter, Mankato, New Ulm, and stops not until Lake 

 Kameska, Dakota, is reached; another line start3 from 

 Chicago and runs through Elgin andRockford to Free- 

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

 Galina and Dubuque, and 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 umaha. 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, aud other points in Nebraska, and for Cheyenne, 

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

 ramento. San Francisco, and all other points west of 

 the Missouri River. 



TO SPORTSMEN: 

 THIS LINE PRESENTS PECULIAR ADVAN 

 TAGES— FOR PRAIRIE CHICKEN, DUCK, 

 RANT SHOOTING. THE 



GEE'-E, AND Bf 



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 points on 

 the Northern and Northwestern lines of this company 

 will be found unsurpassed by any in the West. 

 MARVIN HUGH1TT, W. H. STENNETT, 

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

 ap!6 , 



FOR NEW HAVEN, HARTFORD, 

 Springfield, White Mountains, Montreal arjd 

 intermediate points. The new and elegant steamer 

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

 (Sundays excepted) at 3. A passenger trainwdl be 

 in waiting on the wharf at New Haven and leave for 

 Springfield and way 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 Hew Haven and return, $1.50. Apply at General 

 Oittce, on tne pier, or to RICHARD FECK, General 



