173 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



mW YOEK SHOOTING COAT. 



A stylish, handsome Coat. First-class in every particular. Pleasant to wear, durable, and m the 

 end tne cheapest. 



MADE OF BROWN VELVETEEN. 



Pockets and lining made to take out, so that tt may be worn for early fall and winter shooting. (Horace 

 Smith, Esq., savs : "His my Idea OF a shooting coat. I nave worn them for several years, and would 

 have none other.") Price for Coat, $25; Vest, $6.50. Also the best brown corduroy pants at $in per pair. 

 I make only the one grade, as the cheapest goods do not turn briars and will not give satisfaction. 



Also, In addition to the above, I am making a Waterproof Canvas Suit, cut same, style as the 

 Velveteen ; goods, not stiff' and hard, but soft and pleasant to wear ; guaranteed to turn water. Sportsmen 

 who have seen it say it is The Best Yet. Coat, :tfi 5(i. For full Suit, $ 14 00. I also make the. sleeveless 

 Coat ; Vest with sleeves if desired. Utiles lor measurement and samples sent, upon application. 



F. L. Sheldon, 



For Salt: in New York by 



liAIIWAY, N. .1. 



H. C. SQUIRES, 1 Cortlandt St., N. Y,, 



CREEDMOOR PARLOR RIFLE. 



Finely finished, carved stock. Loads at breech wi™ 

 small percussion cartridges. Will Shoot 25tl feet with 

 accuracy and force, 'there is scarcely any report, and 

 no smell from this Rifle, making it very appropriate for 

 parlor use, picnics and fairs. The shell. extractor is on the hammer, pulling out the old shell every time 



the hammer is raked. 



Price, $10 ; cartridges for rifle $3 per thousand, or $1 per box of 250; 

 sent C. O. D. or on receipt of price. Send for price list of Revolvers, 



iron bell target, with numbers, *5, 

 Skates, Novelties and Spoiling, floods. 



S»1SB & S139£l»SQ3f, 



132 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK. 



A VICTORIOUS INVENTION 



The Eagle Claw. 



An ingenious device for (he 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 Us peculiar 

 ad vantages. 



It is Immaterial how to place it when set. It may he buried 



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



occasion requires, covered with grass, leaves or other light, 



material without in any way impairing its certain operation. 



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



I Animal, Fish or Bird that touches the bail, can possibly escape. 



' It does noi, mutigle or injure its victims in t lie siighest degree, 



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

 ; PRICE LIST: 



No. 1— For fishing and all kinds of small game and animals, 



sent by mail 35 cents. 



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



Fish, Ac 75 cents. 



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

 l Panthers, &.c. Can bo easily set bv a boy, and will stand a 

 \ strain of several hundred pounds. " Weight, 10 to lfilbs.tRlO. 

 •' Al I goods sent, charges paid, to any address on receipt of price. 

 Address 



Stent & Co,, Genl Agents, 



P. O. Box 2997. 



132 Nassau St., 



NEW IOKK. 



AGENTS, WANTED 



HENRY C. SQUIRES, 



No. 1 C0ETLANDT STREET, 



i£l 



AGENT FOR THE 



Celebrated Prize Guns 



OP 



W. W. GREENER. 



These _ 

 claBB makers 

 good work, 



ot°her makers to be found in this city, including Scott.; Webley, Remington Parker and Fox Marshall's 

 new Glass Ball Trap, $5 ; three traps. $12. English chilled shot, all sizes and ' n "'f « n »"* IU e ^ r ^tS the 

 TO ft mar now der Complete outfits for hunting and camping. Best Breech-Loader ever oiteieu in me 

 UmteOSUtS i for -$36 ? Wholesale Agent for Holabird's Shooting Suits, and Camp Lounge Company. 



THE UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY, 



LOWELL, MASS. 



Manufacturers of the 



CENTRAL FIRE, SOLID HEAD, 



BRASS SHELL, RE-LOADING CARTRIDGE, 



Used by the Army and Navy of the United States and several Foreign Governments. 

 All kinds of RIM FIRE AMMUNITION. 

 Special attention paid to orders for TARGET PRACTICE CARTRIDGES, 

 Send for Illustrated Catalogue. 



WAULA©! & Wm% Agents, N. ^ @fty. 



BOSS' SINGLE-PARREL SHOT-tiUNS, $9.60 at 

 MARSTERS, 

 Tib Nassau street, New York, and 155 Court street, 

 Brooklyn, 



SHELLS LOADED FOR PARTRIDGE, QUAIL 

 WOODCOCK and SNIPE, Ji per hundred, at 

 MARSTERS, 125 Nassau street, New York, and 66 

 Court street, Brooklyn. 



M or M< i h'> 



Town Point Farm 



FOR SALE OR RENT. 



Located at the junction of tlie Elk and Bohemia 

 Rivers, head of Chesapeake Bay, Cecil county, 

 Maryland. Contains lot; acres of tine tillable laud. 

 Orchard of 900 pear trees, peaches, apples, plums, 

 cherries, and small Irait iti great abundance, A. fine 

 large modern house, tenant house and outbuildings. 

 A fine lawn from the house to the river ; no marsh, 

 hard shores. Prom front splendid view down the 

 Bay; the most healthy and beautiful site in Mary- 

 laud ; daily access to Philadelphia and Baltimore 

 by steamboat and rail ; whaif half-mile from hou.se. 

 'this farm is celebrated as one of the best of wild 

 fowl points. There are four points on the (dace, so 

 located that lour sportsmen can shout dailv from 

 each point without interfering with each other; 

 twenty varieties of ducks frequent these waters ; 

 from the place the famous Susquehanna Flats are in 

 sight, where sink-boat shooting can be indulged in. 

 The Farm and country around are stocked with 

 partridges and pheasants; plenty of woodcock m 

 season; line rail and reed shooting a short distance 

 up the river; abundance of snipe in the spring; 

 valuable herring and shad shares on the place ; 

 white perch fishing uueyualed; a most desirable place 

 for a gentlemau's rct-iUeuoo or club house. In view 

 of its many advantages of health, beauty, drives, 

 yachting, bathing, flsiuiig and extraordinary fowl- 

 shooting, if a summer boaruing-hou.-e or hotel were 

 opened here a constant influx of guests at paying 

 rates could be depended on. We have had many 

 applications for board from gentlemen from ali 

 p-rts. The Farm produces latere y with good cash 

 markets. Wilt he sold low. Two-thirds of the pur- 

 chase money may remain. If not gold iu due time 

 the place will be 10 rent. Apply to O. L. FOULKS, 

 ou the premises; JOHN E. WILSON, Elkton, Md.; 

 or WM 11. ABBOTT, 'JO N. .Seventh St., Phila. 

 Sept'27 at 



T7VOR SALE— English breech-loader ; central Are, 

 J under lever, 12-gauge, Stiin. ban els, s lbs. , will 

 sell cheap. Room 17, 9 Murray street, N. Y. 



Octi It 



IpOR SALE— A handsome, new ($75)- Peabody- 

 ' Martini mid-range rule. Soid cheap, or will ex- 

 change for a heavy Parker shot-gun. Address W. 

 L. TRACY, J6 Ford street, Providence, K. I. . 



Oct4 It. 



FOR SALE— Feirets, $1 each. Address, with 

 stamp, i. E. VANDEKVEEIt, Hyde Park, 

 Duchess County, N. Y. 



mOR SALE CHEAP— AMaynard shot gnn In good 



I 



tier, with twenty shells. Kcgular rule barrel; 

 can be used in place of shot barrel, making com- 

 plete rille or shot-gun at little expense; barrels euu 

 be changed iu a few seconds, Abo AMhiiloAN 

 Spoutsman, Vol. II, No. li to 12; Vol. Ill complete, 

 except No. tl and 4. MAVNARD GDN, 179 Prince 

 street, Brooklyn. « Oet41t 



/CARTRIDGE BAGS, $l -J5; GAME BAGS, $1 ; 

 \J POWDEi; FLASKS, .5.'.; SIPtT POIU dIF.s. 

 75c, at MAIts'TEKS, 123 KasBall street, New York, 

 and 55 coin t; street, Brook'yn. 



A Valuable Ducking Shore For Sale. 



Kor Saie-TIm well-known duckum -stioie, "Click, 

 holds Point," former, y owned ny David Townsoh. 

 This most desirable place, both tor ducking and fish- 

 ing, is located at the mouth of Dick River, and is 

 accessahle bv the new ('anion shell Road. For An- 

 ther particulars apply to DP. WW, II. K EENEli, N. 

 W. cor. of Charles and Lexington streets, Baltimore, 

 Md. Sepl20»t 



T?OR SALE— A Purdey muzzle-loader, fl-gauge, S 

 _T lb., 30,-rnoh barrels; in perfect order, with oak 



and leather casts; price $100. Address FURDEY, 

 care Mr. Bourne, 1 Cedar street, New York. 



Sept'27 2t 



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. ietMSUI 



A VERY" DESIRABLE ESTATE, cither for 

 market gardening or geneial sporting purposes, 

 at the South, will lie teased to responsible parlies for 

 a long or short term ol years. 



Persons intending to locate in Florida will do well 

 to investigate. 

 Ag2 3m Address "SPORTSMAN," this office. 



FOR SALE— A W. W. Greener, No. in uivrli- 

 loath r; s lbs., side level ; sole leather case. May 

 for shells, and apartments for tools, etc., wiiti loo 

 Dart's metal shells; but little used; price SI. 5. 

 WM. D. WHITALL, 417 Walnut street. Room No. -2, 

 Phila. Sept->7 it 



CURTIS A HARVEY rind DUPO.NT GUN- 

 POWDER at MARSTERS, 

 125 Nassau street, New York, and 55 court street, 

 Brooklyn. 



PmfeA 



WANTED— second-hand long-range breech-load- 

 ing rifle; must be in good condition and price 

 low. Address, stating kind, terms and particulars, 

 P. O. Box. 81, Albany, N. Y. Oct* It 



E LEY'S SHELLS. WADS aud CAPS at 

 MAR-TEES, 

 125 Nassau street, New York, and 55 Court street, 

 Brooklyn. 



glut gcimel 



Smith's Worm Pills for Dogs. 



Box sent, post, paid, on receipt, of 861}. Address 

 flENJ. SMITH, 

 Sepl" 1m 80 I irecii st., Charlestowu. Ma-s. 



WANTED— Dog broken to tree pMi'iridgcs: one 

 that, will stay with the bird. Adores-, giving 

 description and price, MI LI UN JO.S ES, P. O. ho* 

 J, High street olhce, liolyoake, Mass. SepfJil 



T,^OR SALE— My setter dog Bull' a little over two 

 V years did out 0* Nell; she stred by Rodman's 

 Dash. Fine disposition, well yard uroken, active, a 

 good retriever aud oi der good control ; was hunted 

 some on rutted grouse and woodcock last fall; price 

 '-■" "is, Riugliamtun, N. Y. 



Sepl W 



$115, Address LOX TIB, 



FOR SALE— Pine Irish Better seven mouths old j 

 color, bright, rid'/ price $15. Two setter pnps 

 fourteen months old, well house broken. For par- 

 ticulars, address J. H. STEELE, Ellington, Conn. 



Jciiiivl. 



EXTRA fine red Dish setter pups lor sale: One 

 dog pup, eight weeks old, out of RifTciidertYr's 

 bitch Bess, and sired by my imported red Irish stud 

 dog Fork; price $25. oue bitch pup, four months 

 Old, out of toy imported prize bitch Floss ; price $45. 

 One hue English breed pointer, two aud a half years 

 oid, broken on all kinds of game; will give him to 

 satisfactory persons on trial, t also otter for the 

 stud my imported red Irish setter dog York, a prize 

 winner at shows in Ireland, and at four in this 

 country ; terms low. For pedigree and full par- 

 ticulars, inquire ol 0. Z. MlLaY, Lancaster, Pa. 



Octt t r 



FOR SALE— Four dark red Pish setter pnppi.es— 

 two dogs and two bitches— out of mv Dish bitch 

 Bess, by imported Irish dog Y'oik. Be«s is a rich 

 dark red, a superior field dog. and I lie dam of Le- 

 go: rah, winner at New York dog show. York is 

 winner of live prizes— one in Ireland, four in this 

 country— and is one of i he hand oiliest colored red 

 dogs in America. For full pedigree, price, etc., ud- 

 di'tss F. A. RIFFENUEPFFEU, Lancaster, Pa. 



Oct 4 3t 



WANTED-Cocker spaniel dog about eight 

 months old; as dark liver 'colored as possible, 

 nd to bark on the uu. Send price and parlieulais 

 o (IDAS. PORTER, Lock Box 31, Corry, Pa. 



Ocll 2t 



O IRISH PUPS FOR SALE— Irish setter pups. 

 »J three months old, out. of Countess, Mic tiy Kott- 

 mau's Dash; sire ol pups imported Irish setter 

 Don, broken on quail and grouse; veiv siatineh and 

 fast. Two blle.h pups, Uorduii setters ; one (teuton 

 bilch, eighteen months, SlU; cue Gordon dog, hunt- 

 ed la-it fall, an; imported Irish eetjser Don, $ioo. 

 11. B. VONDERsMITII, Lancaster, Pa. 



T.10R SALE— Pointer bitch two years old, out of 

 _D impoitttl stock; thoroughly broken; price J85. 

 GEO. A. FALES,.Foxboro, Mass. Oot4 2t 



WANTED— A well-broken black and tan Gordon 

 setter slut, two or three years old; one never 

 served preferred. Address, price and pedigree, P. 

 C. FOLK, iMidibelown, Ohio. Oct4 It 



JAOR SALE VERY CHEAP— A pointer bitch pup 

 1 three months old, and a pointer dog one year 

 Old, very handsomely marked. Cau be seen al US 

 East Eighteenth street, New Y'oik. OcM it. 



IflOK SALE— A superior well bred pointer degj 

 ' a oeaulitolly framed pointer hitch, thoroughly 

 well bred, arid Uve pups now about eight weeks old, 

 as the owner oaunoi. keep mbm. Tile whole lot are 

 offered for $io, oi' any one at n low ilguie. Address 

 c. K. BftOWN. Avery Browu & Co., Halifax, N. S. 



OcU tit 



T,"K>R SALE— One red aud white pure KogllBh 

 I 1 setter bitch Uiree years tild, and thoroughly 

 broken; price . ft:,, will be worked for any person 



wislnng to see tier lleltl (pnildles. For pedigre, and 

 other particulars, adure.-s E. J. RtiltlilNS, Wetliei-- 

 -htlil, Conu. Oct t It 



Fot; SALE Four fleagle hound pups, twodogsand 

 two bitches; now uve mouths old. Address 

 iVtau.'ITT P. STKADER, Newton, Sussex Couuty, 

 N. J. HeplSlTSi 



'tMli; N. ^. Kennel Club otler for sale their Irish 

 J. bitch Flo I, . <.. years old. by Sail us' Dash out, of 

 Dr. Si rac.han'-, ladle, very hanosouie. llasbadouc 

 Idler and will make an excellent brood bitch Price 

 $5.1. Septal tf 



rjlOE SALE. - -ICed Irish Seller, '.!,'.; years old. Very 

 X 1 cautious ; shot over ail last season ; good as 

 terrier, laiulor water, l'art.icu ars by I. tt> r. I I'll 

 Springer spaniel Oyp, 6 months old, partly broken, 

 see cocker .-pan. el pit, s, very Hue, $10. THOs. f. 

 d.'iM'tt ELL, ttiaiiaid, Minn. Sep'Jiilit 



Fleas! Fleas! Worms! Worms! 



STEAnarAJSFSELEA POWI>ER Cor DOGS. 

 A llirno to Fleas— A Boon to i>ocrs. 



This Powder (s guaranteed to kill fleas on dogs or 

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

 in patent boxes with sliding pepper box top, which 

 greatly facilitates its use. Simple and efficacious. 



Price 50 ecu I* by mall, PoMpnid 



AUKUA NWFOft WORMS IN DOGS, 



A CERTAIN REMEDY. 



Put up in boxes containing a doy.cn powders, with 

 full directions loi use. 



Price 50 eeiils pel- Itox by mall. 



Bolh the above are recommended bv RonANoGlfN 

 llld FOKKBT AHII STKKAJI. 



W. HOLBtRTON. 

 oct 12 Wl NASSAU STREET. 



JESSE SHERWOOD, Pi:oei:n i oi;. Eilina, Knox 

 County, Mo., breeder and importer oi Sporting Dogs, 

 Pointers, setters, spaniels, fox and beagle hounds. 

 " Saucho," Imp. Pointer, slud dog; lee, f:ta. See 

 Englisli K. C. S. B., No. 1,005. He is a grandson of 

 the celeoraletl " Hamlet," So. SSfl. I'his dog 

 "Saucho" has won seven prizes— four in England 

 first at Crystal Palace, tS74), three heie. 



Second Annual Bench Show 



AX ST. LOUIS, JDJ.SSOU1U, 



til' ST'OKTINa AND SlIEPHEP-n DOGS. 



Held under theaiispices of the. St. Louis Fair A8BO- 

 eiation, commencing Tuesday, October-id, ami closing 

 Friday, October 5th. IST7. One Thousand Dollars iu 

 pI'CDIIUms, cash. Eliffien close September 'J'.HIi, I-,',.. 

 All eoiniiiunieations iioisl.be addressed to C. H. Tur- 

 ner. Fail' Association, St. Lotus, Mo. TUB St. Louis 

 Kennel Club dogs will not In- entered forcoe 



(Has. Lincoln, Superintendent. 



■lOlIN DA\ IDSON, Monroe, Mich., Judge. 

 Beptset 



CHAMPION LARK 



1ST THE STUD 



Orange aud white, by Rrooke 1 Phil, out of Ray- 

 mond'c Dido. I'ei feet specimen oi English etter 

 First prize in N. V. Bench Show for Engdsh sett, is 

 In largest class -ever shown in the ootintiy, beating 



Morlord's Bruce and Nip and Tuck, who beat, t.ol It 

 Purls aud Leicester. For terms apply to 



E. S. WANMAOHKi:. HbhokuB, N. J. , 



