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FOREST AND STREAM. 



fltubliitdtionz. 



LONG-RANGE 



RIFLE SHOOTING. 



A Complete History of the International 



liong-Rnnge Matches, | 873- 1 877— Com- 



plete Elctio Shield Scores— Rules and 



Regulations of the M. R. A. 



Etc., Etc. 



FULLY ILLUSTRATED 



BY THE 



RIFLE EDITOR OF THK "FOREST AND 

 STREAM AND ROD AND GUN." 



Pi 



33 i 



nts. 



New Yoke. 

 Published by the Forest and Stream Pah. Co. 



1877. 



Hound. Volumes 



OP 



Forest and Stream. 



EIGHTH VOLUME, NOW READY. 



First Four Volumes, $4 each, Others, $3.50. 



A complete set of the FOREST AND STREAM- 

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"^THl robLOGIST," 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOTED EXCLU- 

 SIVELY TO BIRDS AND BIRDS' EGGS. 



This magazine, the favorite of amateur ornitholo- 

 gists, is now in its third volume. It is rep ete with 

 all that is new or recent in Ornithology aud Oology, 

 and publishes important papers on the rarer of our 

 birds and eirgs. It is just the periodical for those 

 making collections of birds and egg ^ for scientific 

 examination, as its columns are constantly furnish- 

 ing descriptions of the eggs of new and rare species. 



Tkrsis— Forty cents a year, in advance. Speci- 

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 stamp. Address, 



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BREECH-LOADING IMPLEMENTS, at 

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 125 Nassau street New York, and 65 Court street 

 Brooklyn. 



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HERRINGS SAFES 



" The World's Champions." 



"Received inu-maiioiial Exhibition awards: 



London .1851 New York .1853 



Paris 1867 Philadelphia.. -.1876 



Also awards of gold and silver medals. 



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 Boston, 1874; Franklin Institute. Phila- 

 delphia, 1874; American Institute, 

 New York, and many others. 



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AFE AND LOCK MANUFACTURERS, 



261 and 252 Broadway, N. Y. 



igishing §nckte. 



COMPETITION IS THE LIFE OF TRADE. 



J. B. CROOK & CO., 



50 FULTON STREET, NEW TORE 

 Makes the Immense Reduction. 



GreenheartRods for Trout and Bass Fishing, $16 

 to $30. Ash and Lancewood Rods for Trout and Bass 



^•Everything else' la proportion. Goods sent C. O. 

 P. to all parts of ths United States and Canadas. 



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Warren Powder Mills, 



MANUPACTUBBB8 OF 



BLASTING AND MINING, SHIPPING AND 

 SPORTING GUNPOWDER. 



SPORTING BRANDS-Eureka, Continental, 

 " Border Rifle," Snap-Shot, and Warren Sporting 

 Cannon and Mnsket, U. S. Standard, The above can 

 be had of the dealers, or at wholesale at the office, 

 2TDoane street, Boston, Mass., and of the agents, 

 JOHN P. LOVELI, & S-ONS, corner of Wash- 

 ington, Cornhill and Brattle street, Boston, Mass. 



THE 



HAZARD POWDER CO. 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



GUNPOWDER. 



Hazard's "Electric Powder." 



Nos. 1 (fine) to 6 (coaree). Unsurpassed in point of 

 strength and cleanliness. Packed in square canis- 

 ters of 1 lb. only. 



Hazard's "American Sporting." 



Nos. 1 (fine) to 3 (coarse). In 1 lb. canisters and 

 6% lb. kegs. A fine grain, quick and clean, for 

 upland prairie shooting. Well adapted to shot- 

 guns. 



Hazard's '» Duck Snooting." 



Nos. 1 (fine) to 5 (coarse). In 1 and 5 lb. canisters 

 and 6% and 12)6 lb. kegs. Burns slowly and very 

 clean, shooting remarkably close and with great 

 penetration. For field, forest or water shooting, it 

 ranks any other brand, and it is equally serviceable 

 for muzzle orbreech-ioaders. 



Hazard's " Kentucky Rifle." 



FFFG, FFG, and " Sea Shooting " FG, in kegs of 25, 

 12^ and 6K lbs, and cans of 5 lbs. FFFG is also 

 packed in 1 and >f lb. cinisters. Burns strong and 

 moist. The FFFG and FFG are favorite brands for 

 ordinary sporting, and the "Sea Shooting" FG is 

 the standard .Si/?e' powder of the country. 



Superior Mining and Blasting Powder. 



GOVERNMENT CANNON & MUSKET POWDER; 

 ALSO, SPECIAL GRADES FOR EXPORT, OF 

 ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OR PROOF, MANU- 

 FACTURED TO ORDER. 



The above can be had of dealers, or of the Com- 

 pany's Agents in every prominent city, or wholesale 

 at our office, "*. 



88 WALL STREET, HEW YORK. 



THE 



New Bittmar Powder. 



THE CHAMPION POWDER OF THE WORLD 



For all off-hand shooting at short and long ranges. 

 Unsurpassed for Cleanliness. Pleasant to shoot on 

 account of little recoil and report. Desirable for 

 hunting on account of little or no smoke. Un- 

 equalled for rapid firing, as it does not foul and heat 

 up the barrel as black powder. Great accuracy, 

 penetration and good pattern. Safer than black 

 powder. Address 



CARL DLTTMAR, Nefonset, Mass. 



ORIENTAL 



POWDER MILLS 



MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF 



GUNPOWDER 



Offlce-13 BROAD STREET,: BOSTON. 



BRANDS-DIAMOND GRAIN. 

 FALCON DUCKING. 

 WILD FOWL SHOOTING. ^ 

 WESTERN SPORTING. 

 (Oriental Rifle.) 



The " Oriental " powder is equal to any made ; no 

 expense Is spared to make the best 



BRANCH OFFICES. 



J. G. Munro, Agent, 19 Exchange St., Buffalo, N. Y 



Cobb & Wheeler, Agents, 8 State St., Chicago, 111. 



C. J.Chapin, Agent, 21S Locust St., St. Louis, Mo. ' 



Agencies in the principal cities in the United States. 



DEAD SHOT, 



NE PLUS ULTRA, 

 TELEGRAPH, 

 DUCK SHOOTLNG. 



The above celebrated Brands are manufactured by 

 the 



tm §1M© $Mm% ' Hasten. 



GENERAL WESTERN AGENTS: 



E. B. Rambo, Chicago, III. 



F. G. Goddard, St, Louis, Mo. 



M. Babe & Co., Cincinnati, O. Oct4 tf 



N.Y. Newspaper Matting Agency 



With the latest improved Newspaper Folding and 

 Mailing Machines, No. 13 Spruce street. 



JAMES BRADY, Manager and Proprietor. 



^gortsmmi a §oodn. 



BOSTON 

 SHOOTING SUIT. 



Manufactured only by 



G- W SIMMONS & SON, 



Each article— coat, trousers, vest and hat- 

 have the name and manufacturer's address 

 stamped upon it, and no suit is genuine without 

 it bears this imprint. 



The suit can be sent, securely packed, bv mail 

 to any part of the United States or Canada on 

 receipt of $1.25 above the price of the suit. 



We make no discount except to the trade. We 

 make but one quality, and that is the veby best. 

 The price of the suit complete is $13. 



The suit consists of coat, trousers, vest, and 

 choice of either cap with havelock, or,hat. 



The material is of the best quality of duck, 

 waterproofed by a patent process. The color is 

 that known as " dead grass shade." 



The seams and pocket corners are riveted, and 

 nothing is neglected to make the whole suit com- 

 plete in every way. 



OUR PATENT DECOYS 



have entirely superseded the old-fashioned cum- 

 bersome, wooden decoys. The birds are hollow, 

 and six of them occupy about the space of one 

 wooden decoy. The Duck Decoys of all kinds 

 are $12 per dozen ; geese, $3 each ; yellow leg, 

 $4 25 per dozen ; black breast plover, $3.75 per 

 dozen; red breast plover, $3.75 per dozen; 

 golden plover, $3.75 per dozen; turnstone, 

 chicken plover, etc., $3.75 per dozen ; sandpipers, 

 $3.50 per dozen. We are now making standing 

 geese for field shooting. 



THE HUNTER'S TENT 



is made of tan-colored duck ; light, easily trans- 

 ported. Size, 7 ft. by 8 ft. Price, $10 complete, 

 made on the umbrella principle, folding into a 

 ueat roll 3 feet long. 



In the judges' report at Philadelphia they were 

 commended for excellence in every part. Very 

 novel and practicable ; adapted to all out-of-door 

 purposes where lawn, beach, hunters and camp 

 tents are used; quick folding ; all sides strongly 

 fortified; enables them to Btand against wind 

 and rain. Rev. F. B. Savage, of Albany, N. Y., 

 who camps out in Florida in winter, and the 

 Adirondacks in summer, writes this about the 

 tents : 



Albany, July 31,1877. 



Sirs— I have just returned from a three-weeks' 

 camping expedition in the Adirondack-, and have 

 bad thp three tents bought of you put to the severest 

 tests of exposure both as to wind and storm, and I 

 do most unhesitatingly say they are the most com- 

 plete thing of the kind I ever used. 



1st. They are easily put up or taken down. 



2d. They are perfectly waterproof. 



3d. They arc a good height, aud all the room i 

 available. 



Our party asked for no better. They were admired 

 by all who saw them, and one party insisted on buy- 

 irg one of ours that was to spare. Rev. Dr. Duryea, 

 of Brooklyn, and the Rev. Dr. Irwin, of Troy, both 

 indorse what I say about your tent. With kind re- 

 gards, yours truly, F B, Savage. 



Tan-Colored Leather Pliable 

 Wateroroof Suits. 



in Shooting Coats, Jackets, Breeches, Vests and 

 Hats at following prices : Coats, $22 ; Breeches, 

 $15; Jackets, $18; Vests, $12. These form the 

 most elegant shooting equipment known. They 

 are indestructible. 



A recent notice in the Forest a«d Steeasi 

 from a correspondent, says : 



Whenever a sportsman, or even one who does not 

 claim the distinction, finds a really good and useful 

 article, it. is no more than fair that he should let 

 others have the beneBt of his knowledge. For this 

 reason we would call attention to the Tan-colored 

 Leather Shooting or Fishing Suits, made by G. W. 

 SIMMONS & SON, of Boston, Mass., the manufac- 

 turers of the famous "Boston Shooting Suit." 



I saw these goods advertised in your paper, and 

 wrote to the parties for samples. 1 found the ma- 

 terial as solt and pliable as a piece of kid. I tested 

 it by soaking in water twelve hours, and found it aB 

 nearly waterproof as one could desire, and after dry- 

 ing was happily surprised to find it had notstiffened 

 in the least. 1 have since then received a f nil suit- 

 coat, vest and breeches— ordered by letter from 

 measure taken by myself. 



The goods are splendidly ma«' , well lined with 

 flannel; in fact I do not see ho/ they can be im- 

 proved. 



My friends are unanimons in their verdict that G. 

 W. Simmons & Son's leather goodB cannot be ex- 

 celled in quality or beaten in price. 



For every kind of sportsmen's goods address 

 G. W. SIMMONS & SOX, 



Oak Hall, Boston, Mass. 



^porfatqen's %oo$x. 



Sportsmen 



WILL FIND A FULL StTPPLY OF 



TENTS, CAMP STOVES, AMMUNITION, 



FISHING TACKLE, HUNTING 



SUITS, Etc., Etc. 



AT THE 



SPORTSMEN'S EMPORIUM. 



SHELLS LOADED WITH GREAT CARE. 



W. HOLBERTON, 



102 Nassau Street, corner of Ann. Second floor. 

 Octll 2t 



C. C. & B. ZKTTI.ER, 



GUNSMITHS AND RIFLE GALLERY, 



207 Bowery, New York. 



Gale's Patent Tents, 



Adapted to all purposes 

 where Lawn, Beach, 

 Hunters' and Camp Tents 

 are used ; are eight feet 

 high, seven feet square 

 at bottom, will lodge four 

 persons ; can be set up or 

 taken down and packed 

 in five minutes, making 

 ■a bundle four feet long, 

 of twenty-five pounds 

 weight. The pole in two 

 parts, is joined together by a brass tube. They 

 are wonderfully light, and yet very strong, and 

 are the handiest and cheapest tents extant. Samples 

 of goods and price list sent free, and the tent sent 

 on receipt of price, or C. O. D. Prices from $10 to 

 $16. 



GALE & CO., 



Ag2tt 



Boston, Mafl8„ 



GOOD'S OIL TANNED 



MOCCASINS. 

 The best thing in the marke 

 for hunting, fishing, canoeing 

 snow-shoeing, etc. They are 

 easy to the feet, and very 

 durable. Made to order 

 in a variety of styles, and 

 warranted the genuine 

 article. Send for illustrated circular. MARTINS 

 UUTCniNGS, T. O. Box lifiS, Dover, N. H. (Succes- 

 sor to Frank Good.) 

 \V. HOLBERTON, 102 Nassau St., N. Y., Agent. 



THE 7G SHOOTING COAT. 



(PATENTED) 



The largest variety of 



Shooting and Sporting GarnientB, 



in the World. 



Send for Illustrated Catalogue. 



GEORGE C. HENNING, 



Washington CiW. 



The Sportsman's Note Book. 



Containing Diary, Blnnk Scores for Rifle, Glass Ball 

 and HgeonShoot/ng. Game core.-.liints and receipts 

 Game Laws lor l lie piincipal States, eu>. Eogardns 

 A Holbertou's Kales for Glass Ball Snooting. By W. 

 HOLBERTON, 112 Nassau street, N. Y. Seal post 

 paid on leceipt or price, 50 cents. 



LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THK TRADE* 

 Oetll tf 



H. L. LEONARD, 



BANGOR, MAINE, 



Manufacturer of every variety of 

 FINE RODS for SALMON, BASS and TROUT 

 FISHING. 



Split Bamboo Rods a Specialty 



Great reduction In prices. M rout. Hods, full mounted, 

 S;in, formerly jSti; oilier rods in prnporti .n. 



Every 1,'od bearing my name is six strands from 

 butt to extreme tip. and raounteo with my ' patent 

 waterproof ferrule,'" and warranted agmn.-t imper- 

 fections in material at d wosknninsfcip. 



Any style of finish, hexagonal or round, as may 



be desired. Rods of Green heart, Ash, or Lance- 

 wood. MADE TO ORDER. 



I was awarded a MEDAL and DIPLOMA at the 

 Centennial for my Split Bamhoo Rods. 



Also manufacturer of Patent Reels for Salmon 

 and Trout fishing. The lightest, strongest, aud 

 handsomest Keels ever made. 



Full line of FISHING TACKLE always on hand. 

 Sand for circular and price list. 



I«t 



B. GREENWOOD, 



Manufacturer of Aquaria G reenhouBe and Aquarium 

 Cement, aud dealer in Fish Food, Gold Fish, Water 

 Plants, Fish Globes, and aquaria stock of all descrip- 

 tions, i lauaries, Cages, Rustic Baskets, Bird Houses, 

 .sea Shells, etc., wholesale and retail. 



Nos. lU to 13 COLLEGE PLACE, 

 Near Murray St. N ew York, N. Y. 



EVERY DESCRIPTION OF 



Sporting Goods. 



GTJNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS & FISHING TACKLE, 



HUNTING AND FISHING SUITS, CAMPING 



OUTFITS. 



Bogardus' Glass Ball Traps, $io.oo ; Glass Balls, per 



hundred, $2.40. 



Send $2.50 for our " Wasp " revolver, 22 cal. T shot 



nickle-plate, warranted. Satisfaction guaranteed. 



t&~ Send Stamp for Catalogue. 



WASHBURN & CO., 



P.O. bOS 622. 66 JOHN STREET, N. Y. 



Jela. 



