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FOREST AND STREAM. 



HEW YORE SHOOTING COAT. 



the^r^ui^Sr^SiSl^ Wit " 0Utlt - PleuSant t0 "-■* MW ^ ln the en * 

 MADE OF BROWN VELVETEEN. 



smi?h° w?« 8 a =o d U ° 1 , n ^. rn a : rl 1 e t0 , , take ont, so that it may be worn for early fall or winter shooting. (Horace 

 bimtn, Lsq., says it is just, his idea of a shooting coat.) For sale by ( 



H. C. SaUIHES, 1 Cortlandt St,, ST. Y,, 



Oe F. L. SHELDON, Railway, K J. 

 Rales for measurement and samples sent upon application. Prices ranging from $15 to $3f>. Ag30 tf 



Sm $foeti$munfa. 



A VICTORIOUS INVENTION 



The Eagle Claw. 



An ingenious device for the purpose of catching all kinds of 

 Animals, Fish and Game. 



The easy method of setting the Eagle Claw, combined with 

 the simplicity of removing the victim, are among its peculiar 



It Is immaterial how to place it when set. it may be buried 



flat in the ground, suspended from the limb of a tree, or, when 



occasion requires, covered with grass, leaves or other light 



L without in any way impairing its certain operation. 



It is adapted for bait, of any description, and, when, set, no 



Animal, Fish or Bird that touches the bait can possibly escape, 



It does not mangle or injure its victims in the slighest degree, 



nor need they be handled to free them from the trap. 



1 RICE LISTS 

 Ho. 1— For fishing and all kinds of small game and animals, 



sent by mail 35 cents. 



No. 2— For catching Mink, Muskrats, Raccoons, large Game, 



Pish, &c 75 cents. 



No. 3, or Rocky Mountain Giant, for catching Bears, Wolves, 



'■ Panthers, &a. Can be easily set by a boy, and will stand a 



\ strain of several hundred pounds. Weight, lo to 151bs.$]0. 



All goods sent, charges paid, to any address on receipt of price. 



Stent & Co., Gen'l Agents, 



P. O. Box 299T. 



132 Nassau St., 



NEW YORK. 



AGENTS WANTED 



SILLS LOADED TO ORDER 



AT 



J. F. N8ARSTERS, 125 Nassau Street, New York, 



AND 55 COURT STREET, BROOKLYN. 



Bavins the best facilities in New York city for loading shells, we require but two hours notice to fill 

 orders. Sportsmen fthooting pigeon matches can rely on having their shells acrttratelv loaded, having had 

 ten years' experience loading tor sportsmen. Prices of what I consider first quality ammunition, all of 

 which I constantly keep on hand, and will send to anv address on receipt of price. 



One-pound can, Curtis & Harvey Eng. powder, $1.50. One-pound can Bupon"s Blamond Grain, $1.25. 

 One-pound can Lupont'a Puck No. 2. $1. Tathara's shot, all sizes, in 5-lb. bags, fioc. ; in 25-lb bags $2 45 

 Etey's green, gas-tight shells per 100, No. 10-gauge, SF2.25; 12-gauge, $2. Kiev's brown shells per 100, No, 

 10-gailge. $1.50; 12-gange, $1.25. Ele.v's thick fell wads, Js-lb. bag. lirst quality, 00c. ; second quality, 05c. 

 EI ey's card-board wads. No. lO-gaiiae, per box of 600, 35c; K.coutl qualify, 3iie. F.ley's black-edge wads, 

 per box of 250, No. G and 7-gauge, 40c. ; 8-gauge, 35c. ; 9 and lO-gautre, 30c. ; 11, 12, IS, 14, 15, 16. 17, 18, 19. 

 20 . 21. 2-2 and v3 sraice. -jre. Kiev's pink-i-djre wads, per box of 250, No. gauge, 75c. ; 7- gauge, 05c • 8- 

 gauge, 00c; 9 and 10 gauge, 60c,: 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16-gauge, 38c. Implements for breech-loaders, 

 English make. Shot or Powder Measures, 66c. Crimpers, $3. Recappers, $1 and $3. Loaders, $1. Also 

 en hand second-hand breech-loading shot-guns and rifles. Guns, revolvers and rifles repaired under mv 

 own supervision by experienced workmen. 



MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 



Sportsman's Route. 



CANADA, SOUTHERN RAILWAY, 



Direct Connections at Buffalo with New York 

 Central and Erie Railway. 



At Detroit, with Michigan Central Railroad. 



At Toledo, with Toledo, Wabash and Western 

 Kailroad. 



DOGS CARRIED FREE 



and given special attention. 



THROUGH CARS— FAST TIME 

 AIR LINE— STEEL RAILS. 



FRANK E. SNOW, 



«. V. A'. T. Asent. »«trn!t. 



NEW HAVEN, HARTFORD, SPRINGFIELD, 

 White Mountains, Mount Mansfield, Lakes 

 Memphremagog and Willoughby, Montreal and 

 Quebec. Shortest, quickest and most pleasant 

 route. Steamers C. H. NOKTHAM and CONTINEN- 

 TAL leave Pier 25, East, River, daily (Sundays ex- 

 cepted) at 3 P. Ji. (23d St., E. R., 3:15 i>. m.) and 11 

 p. m., connecting withtrains on wharf at New Haven 

 for above and intermediate places. 



Passengers taking 11 r. m. steamer (except 'Sat- 

 urdays and Sundays) can reach White Mountain, 

 Lake's, etc. next afternoon. 



Tickets sold and baggage checked at No. 944 

 Broadway, New York, and No. 4 Court Street, 

 Brooklyn. Full particulars at office on Pier. 



RICHARD PECK, Sup't. 



St. Paul and St. Louis 

 Short Line. 



Burlington, C. Rapids &N'rth'm 



QUICKEST/' CHEAPEST AND BEST! 



TWO PASSENGER TRAINS EACH WAY DAILY, 

 crossing and connecting with all East and West 

 Lines in Iowa, running through some of the finest 

 hunting grounds in the Northwest for Geese, Ducks, 

 Pinnated and Ruffed Grouse and Quail. Sportsmen 

 and their dogs taken good care of. Reduced rates 

 on parties of ton or more upon application to General 

 Ticket Office, Cedar Rapids. O. J. IV ES, 

 E, P. Win.slow, Gen, Passenger Agent, 



• General Manager, JJjjjjS .. ~^*- U 



LONG-RANGE 



I Complete History of the International 



Long-ttange Mutches. | 873- I 877— t <>in- 



pletc Klelio Shield Scores— Rules and 



Regulations of Hie N. K. A. 



Etc., Etc;. 



FULLY ILLUSTRATED 



RIFLE EDITOR OP THE "FOREST AND 

 STREAM AND ROD AND GUN." 



New York. 

 Published by the Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 



1877. 



Folding Pocket Mosquito Bar. 



A most Ingenious device for campers, tourists and 

 travelers. Can be used at home or abroa*, and will 

 last a lifetime. It weighs less than a pound, and no 

 trouble to carry. Can be put up or taken down in 

 halt a minute. No camping outfit complete without 

 it. Every one warranted. All complete, with net, 

 $1.50. Sent on receipt of price. Address 



A. A. COWING, 

 Ag2 3m Watkins, N. Y. 



POCKETBED STEAD; 



This Bed, for Lamp. Lawn, House and Office. 

 Weight but 2,w Ins.; is one of the greatest and most 

 economical luxuries ever invented. Price $2 50. 

 W. MASON, Albany, N. Y. 



yl9 3m 



C. O. <fe B. ZETTLEII, 



GUNSMITHS AND. RIFLE GALLERY, 



807 Bowery, New Yorfc. 



SecondAnnual Bench Show 



AT ST. to PIS, MISSOURI, 



OP SPORTING AND SHEPHEBD DOGS. 



Held under theauspices of the St. Louis Fair Asso- 

 ciation, coinnic-iic.il,.. Tucsday,Ootober2d, arid dosing 

 Fi may, i ictober otti, 1*77. One Thousand Dollars in 

 premiums, cash, Entries cloBi teniber 29th, 1877. 

 All communications must be ad , o C H Tur- 



ner, Fair Association, St. Louis, Mo. The St. Louis 

 kennel Club dogs will not be entered for competition 



GhAS. LINCOLN, st, i i.evintendent 

 S ft DAVIDSON, Monroe, Mich., Judge. 



P ? gmncl 



THE NEW AMERICAN 



Breech-Loading Shot Gun 



For close hard shooting excels all others. Price $17 

 Send for circular. Duet guns, extra heavy, a speci- 

 alty. HYDE, SHATTHGK A CO., Mfrs.. nat field 

 Septfl em! 



Mass. 



REMOVAL. 



H0BGEINS~& HAIGH, 



Dealers, Manufacturers and Importers of 

 ^IKE ARMS 



AND 



In general, having removed to 



NO. 298 BROADWAY, 



respectfully solicit a continuance of the patronaee 

 heretofore extended. B 



far jf.v/c, 



FOR SALE— A beautiful fawn in spotted coat; 

 perfectly tame. Address J. C. H., this office. 



FOR SALE, CHEAP— A. first-class doable breech- 

 loadiug Scott gun, 9 lb., 10-bore. Apply to VV. 

 H. B , Fisherville, N. 11. SeptlS 2t 



FOR SALE— A Waters & Son Paper Single Shell 

 it was bought May, 1875, and has not been to 

 use this year ; is in perlect, condition, and absolutely 

 as good as new. Price, with sculls, etc., cornpleie. 

 t'.D. W I CARPENiEL Room V Gardner Fl ick 

 Ltica, N. Y. 8eptlS It 



NOTICE TO SPORTSMEN.— FOR SALE.-The 

 best shooting property tor a club or private 

 party on the New Jer-ey coast, 3U0acreson Barnegal 



Bay (west, side), about sixty miles from New York 

 or Philadelphia., two miles water front ; a single 

 breech-loading Scott, ducking gun, i; bore, a very line 

 gun, for sale, cheap. Auuress OWNER, box 168, 

 Toms River, N. J. SeptlS 2t 



FOR SALE— One Dozen Birch Bark Canoes. These 

 boats are in perfect order, from IS to 20 feet 

 iong, cost Ironi ;?.'o 10 J'-'f. according to size, and are 

 just from the Grand Lake been,,,, Maine. Address 

 their manufacturer, GUiDii .lock", care Edward 

 Thayer, Esq., Lebanon Mills, Pawtuekel, R. I. 

 Septs 3t. 



BLOOMING- GROVE PARK ASSOCIATION, 

 One share in above association for sale at a 

 very low price. The best Game Preserves in 

 America. Trout, Black Bass and Pickerel fishing 

 Address SPORT, this office. feb22.if 



A, 



VERY DESIRABLE ESTATE, either for 

 larket gardening or general sporting purposes, 



at the south, will be leased to responsible parties f >r 



a long or short term of years. 

 Persons intending to locate in Florida will do well 



to investigate. 



Ag2 3m Address "SPORTSMAN," this office. 



FOR SALE.— Forty wooden decoy ducks, price 

 $12.00. 0, E. VANDKEVEEU, Hyde Park, 

 Dutch CO., N. Y. Aug30 (it. 



|p£ Munich 



Smith's Worm Pills for DogS. 



Box sent, post paid, on receipt of 35c. Address 

 BEN J. SMITH, 

 SeplS lm SO Green st,, Charlestown, Mass. 



FOR SALE— One pair English setters, broken ; 

 also a young bitch, with a pedigree for fifty 

 years. Address E. J. EOBB1NS, VVethersneld, Conn. 

 Sept-13 2t 



FOR SALE— A brace of thoroughbred, exceedingly 

 well broken dogs, one a pointer the other a 

 setter. Will be so d singly or logr-ther. Both good 

 retrievers. Address Hc/RACE SMITH, No. 1 Cort- 

 landt street, N. Y. Septi3 3t 



FOR SALE— A large red Irish setter dog, coining 

 four years old, dam imported; would be. the 



light kind to take West, as lie is a retriver on laud 

 and from water ; has no superior in appearance or 

 on game. Inquire of JOHN KRIUER, Second and 

 Walnut ste., Philadelphia. Price $100. 



IRISH SETTER PEPS, three mouths pit 

 Countess amlGvpsev, and sire of pupa, Don and 

 York, both imported from Ireland. York, prize- 

 winner in Ireland and this country, for sale. Im- 

 ported Irish setter Don, broke on quail and snipe; 

 fast, staunch, with great endurance; pri 

 One Gordon birch, two years old, and one Gordon 

 bitch, 15 mouths; price $50 each. Address H. B. 

 VONDERSMITH, Lancaster, Pa. 



EMPIRE STATE KENNEL, BROOKLYN, L. I. 

 BELLU-KUFO. 



We are now booking orders for blood-red Irish 

 setter puppies, whelped Aug. 15, 1S77, out of our red 

 Ir.sb seller bitch Belie (Prize winnings: 

 Minneola, L. I., and Centennial medal and diploma), 

 by Arnold Bnrges' champion Ruins. 



These puppies (eight dogs and three bitches) are 

 the handsomest, we have ever seen ; they are all 

 red, with no white, and, in appearance, like their 

 noble sire. RnfoS is one of the best bred and hand- 

 somest dogs m Hie country, and winner of mere 

 show prizes than any other Irish dog, having gamed 

 three abroad and six in the U. S., including 

 championship at. New York (beating Elcho) and 

 stick dog cup. Ruins is the sire of the lollowing 

 noted prize winners, all of one litter: RuflisIL, 

 Centennial Irish champion; Rory O'More, first, New 

 York (beating the get of Elcho and Plunket); Eire 

 Fly, lirst Centennial and second New YorK 

 second Centennial, and Fanchlon tirsf Kai 

 Belle is very handsome, being the heaviest feathered 

 bitch in America. She is thoroughly broken on all 

 kincis of game. For price, etc,, address FISHER & 

 BICKEETON, 1T9 Flaibush Avenue, Brooklyn, L. I. 

 Aug23 it 



Fleas! Fleas! Worms! Worms! 



STEADMAjN/S FLEA POWDER for DOGS. 

 A Bane to Fleas— A Boon to Bogs. 



This Powder is guaranteed to kill fleas on doge or 

 any other animals, or money returned. It is put, np 

 in patent boxes witri sliding pepper box top, which 

 greatly facilitates its use. Simple and efficacious. 



Prk 



ents by mail, Postpaid 



AEECA NUT FOR WORMS IN DOGS. 



A CERTAIN REMEDY. 

 Put up in boxes containing a dozen powders, with 

 fall directions tor use. 



Price 50 cents per Box by mall. 



Both the above are recommended by Ron AND GUN 

 And Forest and stkeam. 



W. HOLBERTON. 



OCt 12 102 NASSAU STREET. 



EOIKA SSNN£L, 



JESSE SHERWOOD, Pkockietok, Edina, Knox 

 County, Mo., breeder and importer of Sporting Dogs 

 Pointers, sellers, spaniels, fox and beagle bounds. 

 "Sancho," imp. Pointer, stud dog; fee, S36. See 

 English K. C. S. B., No. 1,0(15. He is a grandson of 

 the celebrated "Hamlet," No. 886. This dog 

 "Sancho" has won seven prizes— lour in England 

 first at Crystal Palace, 1B74), three here. 



FOR SALE— Two of the best brtd and best broken 

 held I rial setters in the world. Of the . 

 Laverack, Llewellyn and Statrei strains. Per* I oi 

 game in every respect, I). lloh'LOLK, Esq., Agv 

 beare Hall, Hoitswurthy, Devonshire, England. 



Angaa 5t 



FOR SALE- S org Red setter pupits. with fall 

 pedigree, from my red and white bitotl Jessie, 



by Elcho. Jessie is fa Miu dim 



Mr. Marshall's, of the Paul Mead strain. For price 

 and pedigree, address A. I). LAW S, Bridgeport, ( lunn. 



FOR YOUNG COCKER SPANIEL STOCK EKOM 

 ihe choicest breeds, nquire of 



M. P. McKOON, 

 dec28-ly Franklin, Del. Co., N. Y. 



TRAIN your own dogs in the most artistic man- 

 ner. Swiil lor circular to M. VON COLIN, 

 Delaware City, Del. Jc21 Urn 



17<OR SALE.— A tine lot of Scotch, Sfcye, Dandy, 

 Diniiiont, and Black-and-tan Terriers, Sporting 

 Dogs, Maltese Cut-, Pen els, Ac. Medicines for al 

 diseases at L.N. A1EYKR, i."i Great Jones street 

 N. Y. septsa-ly 



FOR SALE, when eight weeks old, six puppies out 

 of my blue beitou seller Mell. by Bob I;.. ' 

 are blaokand white. Two ut theiu are blaofc white 

 and tan, ami are almost perfect images of Uieiir sire. 

 For particulars, address L. ¥. WHITMAN. 5 City 

 Hall, Detroit, Mich. je28 tf 



FOR SALE.— Trained young setters, imported 

 stock. For particulars address FRANKLIN 

 SUMNEK, Milton, Mass, Aug304t. 



17\OK SAI.IC-I'ox hounds, No. 1 stock; very fast 

 ' ami siroiig-scentt I ; some one year old and some 



FOR S \LE— One red Irish setter slut, 3 years old, 

 broke and line disposition, price $- , - 

 Also six Irish seller pups, 3 months old; 

 each. Address D. G. WEBSTER, Parks!'- 



w.:..,e.l 01 



"CHAMPION ROCK." 



We have just received from England additions 

 copies of the renowned Laverack setter, painted in 

 the mosl artistic, and life-like manner on s-ioeh nles, 

 andsuitable for framing. Theoriginal 00 



the Centennial HaIu 1 ,.'. , 



hounds, fox, terrier. Lull and other dogs, 1 

 in the best manner. For sale by SHABPLE98 & 

 WATTS Agents for Mm: . 326 Market 



Street, Philadelphia. Septfi lit. 



I>LRE BRED LAYERACK.S-.six pups by Tory, 

 Champion Hum, born Jnne 4 ids 1, 

 delivered 111 Liverpool.— Three pup-, Ivj 1 , 



born June 3. £10 ids each. Oape by Champion 



Rock; Liz by Fred II.; Pearl by Liveraek's i'.ine 



Prince. Silk.— Three pups by Blue Prince 



July 15. id. 



Champion Blue Belle. Address n ONTRYHOLLINS, 



Esq.., Stoke-iipon-Trem. England. 



}T\OE SALE— Five pups, liver and white, three 

 mid two bitch , . 

 Dash : price $15 each. Address W. A. GALLOWAY, 

 New Dorp, Richmond county, N. Y. BeptSMi 



FOE SALE.— !., . , , mkett 



out uf Hon. John E. llevcliu's imp; , 

 Irish seller bitch Moya, who too! ,,„„i 



bitch in her strain at N. Y. Reuch Miow in May. 

 Also [nippies by Dr. Jar , ftm 



Elcho, out of same bitch and puppieB by Imported \\' \ 

 red Irish setter dog Ruins, who also took lirst prize 

 in Ins strain at the sami 'iu'a 



Mollie, full Sister to Moya. Apply to 

 ARTT, North Port, Long Island. Aug30 i 



It 



