FOREST AND STREAM. 



488 



& 



SYRACUSE, 



MANUFACTURERS Off 



DOUBLE AND SINGLE-BARREL BREECH-LOADINC SHOT-GUNS 



Double-Barrel Breech-Loading Rifles, and Shot and Rifle combined. Muzzle-Loading Creedmoor 

 "guaranteed to be the best, and not to give " Unaccountable M 138 ^." 



Our Catalogue for 1878 will be ready January 15, giving full description of gun, recent improvements in same, matters of general interest to Sportsmen, etc., etc. 



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ST. LOUIS BENCH SHOW 



February 19th, 20th, 21st and 23d, 18T8. 



$3,000 CASH PRIZES, 



$2,500 SPECIAL. PRIZES. 



REDUCED RATES AND PASSES FOR DOGS ON 



RAILROADS— HALE RATES BY ALL THE 



EXPRESS COMPANIES. 



The richest prize list ever offered at a dog show 

 in America. Premium lists ready for mailing on ap- 

 plication to the Secretary. 



Entries Close Feb. 5, 1878, Positively. 



All entry fees must accompany entries, Certifi- 

 cates furnished exhibitors by the Association en- 

 titling the holders to reduced railroad rates aud 

 privileges. 



CHAS. LINCOLN, Superintendent. 

 JOHN W. MJJNSON, Sec, St. Louis, Mo. 



JESSE SHERWOOD, Proprietor, Edina, Knox 

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

 Pointers, setters, spaniels, fox and beagle hounds. 

 "Sancho," Imp. Pointer, stud dog; fee, $35. See 

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

 the celebrated "Hamlet," No. S36. This dog 

 "Sancho" has won seven prizes— four in England 

 first at Crystal Palace, 1874), three here. 



BALLARD'S 



FLEA KILLER! 



FOB THB 



DESTRUCTION OF FLEAS 



On Dogs and Other Animals, 



An Absolute and Perfect Exterminator of the pest. 

 May be used with, entire safety. 

 Contents of a package sufficient to rid naif a 

 dozen large dogs of the vermin. 



NO PERSON OWNING DOGS SHOULD BE WTTH. 

 OUT THE ELEA KILLER. 



Price SO Gents per Package. 



Will be sent postage paid on receipt of price* 

 Proprietors, 



LAZELL, MARSH & GARDINER, 



Jyl9 tf 10 GOLD STREET, NEW YORK, 



SPRATT'S PATENT 



MEAT FIBRINE DOG CAKES' 



Twenty-one Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals 



awarded, including Medal of English Kennel 



Club, and of Westminster Kennel 



Club, New York. 



None are genuine unless so stamped. 

 F. O. De LUZK, 



13 South William Street, N. Y., Sole Agent. 



BROWN & HILDER, St. Louis, Western Agents. 

 For sate in cases of 113 pounds. 



Fleas! Fleas '.Worms! Worms! 



STEADMAN'S PLEA POWDER for DOGS. 

 A Bane to Fleas— A Boon to Dogs. 



This Powder is guaranteed to kill fleas on doge or 

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

 in patent boxes with siidiug pepper box top, which 

 greatly facilitates its use. Simple and efficacious. 



Price SO cents by mail. Postpaid 



ARECA NUT FOR WORMS IN DOGS 



A CERTAIN REMEDY. 



Put up in boxes containing a dozen powders, with 

 full directions for use. 



Price 50 cents per Box by mall. 



Both the above, are recommended by RodakdGun 

 and Forest and Strkam. 



W. HOLBERTON. 

 oot 13 102 NASSAU STREET. 



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WE-iT MILTON KENNEL— "Lelap" in the Btnd, 

 bred by R. H. Purcel Llewellin, England, sire 

 "Leicester," dam "Doll," sister to "Dart" and 

 Adams' "Drake," color white, ticked black and tan, 

 23^4 inches high, extra quality, very handsome. 

 Fee, $25. ' 



SETTERS FOR SALE.— "Pan," black and tan, 

 pure Gordon, imp. stock, out of "Maud," by Marbles' 

 "Gronse," two years old; taught first lessons; bred 

 to "Lelap" Jan. 5, 1878; price $75, One dog, two 

 years, white and chesnut, sire Tucker's dog, Provi- 

 dence, R. I„ Copeland's "Old Pete" grand sire, dam 

 English imported, very handsome, 23>< inches high; 

 taught first lesson, and game shot over; price $75. 

 ft Bell," half imported red Irish and half English, 

 color orange, two vears old, taught first and second 

 lessons (see circular), extra in field, fast, staunch 

 and handsome, 23j£ inches high, never bred, price 

 $125; will breed her to "Lelap," same price. Dogs 

 trained and boarded. For terms and particulars, 

 send for circular. FRANKLIN SUMNER, Milton, 

 Blue Hill, Mass. jl7 4t 



HIGHEST HONORS 



AT THE 



Centennial World's Fair, 1876! 



THK 



SHONINGER ORGANS 



FOR SALE— A valuable setter dog, nearly three 

 years old, choice stock, price $30. A first-class 

 English double-barrel breech-loader, made to order 

 for A. A. Kellogg, New Haven, Conn: used very 

 little; warranted; size. No. 12; price. $50. Also, a 

 Butler Health-lift; good as new; a little shopworn; 

 cost $75, price $25. Address 213 Orange street, New 

 Haven, Conn. jl7 3t 



THE DOG BREAKER'S GUIDE.— Train your own 

 dogs in the most artistic manner. "The Dog 

 Breaker's Guide" sent for three cent stamp. M.VON 

 CULIN, Delaware City, Del. ]17 tf 



FOR SALE.— One imported red Irish setter dog, 

 Dash, from J. C. Cooper, Limerick, Ireland, of 

 good stock, sired by Grouse out of Flirt. Dash is 

 about two vears old and unbroken ; of a deep blood 

 red color, with slight marking of white on face. 

 Price moderate. One Chesapeake Bay duck dog, 

 Friday (long hair), well broken to retrieve (about one 

 year old). Price, $25. Snapshot, celebrated cham- 

 pion pointer, and Frank, imported English setter, 

 winner of first at Philadelphia, in the stiid. LIN- 

 COLN & HELLYAR, Warren, Mass. janl7 4t 



CIOCKER SPANIEL BREEDING KENNEL OF 

 J M. P. KcKOON, Franklin, Del. Co., N. Y— 

 I keep only cockers of the finest strains. I sell only 

 young stock. I guarantee satisfaction and safe de- 

 livery to every custodier. These beautiful and in- 

 telligent dogs cannot be beaten for ruffed grouse 

 and woodcock shooting and retrieving. jio tf 



FOR SALE CHEAP— Red Irish setter pups, 

 whelped Nov. 21, out of Belle II. ; she out of 

 Belle Mead, by Robinson's Jack: sire Mack, he out 

 of Carrie, by Plunket. P. DUNHAM, Leeds, Mass. 

 jan24 2t 



FULL-BLOODED— Two Irish setter bitches, fonr 

 months. Sire of pups, Don, imported from J. 

 C. Cooper, of Limerick, Ireland, by C. H. Turner, 

 Sec. Nat. Kennel Club, St. Louis, Mo.; dam, Countess, 

 by Rodman's Dash. One Gordon bitch, eighteen 

 months old; hunted this fall; staunch on quail and 

 very fast, with good nose ; will make a good one. 

 One Gordon bitch eight months old. Full pedigree 

 given with pups. H. B. VONDERSMITH, Lancas- 

 ter, Pa. Nov22 tf 



FOR SALE, when eight weeks old, six puppies out 

 of my blue belton setter Mell, bv Bob Boy. They 

 are black and white. Two df them are black, white 

 and tan, and are almost perfect images of theiir stre. 

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

 Hall, Detroit, Mich. . je2S tf 



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DR. HENRY GARDNER, 1,762 Broadway, between 

 66th and 57th st., New York Ciiy. Dogs treated and 

 purchased on commission. Thirty-one years ex- 

 perience in canine diseases. ' Ag2tf 



far Male. 



FOR SALE— A Remington, donble-barrelled, 

 breech-loading shot-gun ; cost $85 ; as good as 

 new ; will sell for $60, including reloading tools, 

 shells, etc. . Address W. H. MILLER, Sterling Run, 

 Cameron County, Pa. jan24 3t 



SECOND-HAND.— A very fine Tolley breech 

 loader, with two sets of barrels fitted to same 

 stock ; one pair 10-bore Damascus and very close 

 shooting, other pair laminated steel aud cylinder 

 bore; weight, 9 lbs. and 9X lbs. This gun was 

 made to order for the owner, and is very superior in 

 every respect. Can be examined at gun store of 

 HENRY C. SQUIRES, 1 Cortlandt street, N. Y. 

 Novl tf 



PRONOUNCED UNANIMOUSLY AS THE 



Best Instruments. 



Their comparative excellence is recognized by the 

 J udgeB in their Report, from which the following 

 is an extract : 



"The B. SHONINGER ORGAN CO.'S exhibit 

 as the best Instruments at a price rendering them 

 possible to a large class of purchasers, having a com- 

 bination of Reeds and Bells, producing novel and 

 pleasing effects, containing many desirable improve- 

 ments, will stand longer in dry or damp climate, .ess 

 liable to get out of order, all the boards being made 

 three-ply, put together so it is impossible for them 

 to either shrink, swell or split." THE ONLY 

 ORGANS AWARDED THIS RANK. 



There are 50.000 of our Instruments in this and 

 the European countries in use, and they are so made 

 that they will keep in tune, and stand" any climate. 

 They contain a magnificent Chime of Bells, tuned in 

 perfect harmony wit h the Reeds, producing wonder- 

 ful effects. The Music Back, when tuned forward, 

 will make a splendid writing desk, with our Book 

 Closets aud Swinging Lamp or Flower Brackets, with 

 a fine Stool boxed free with|each Organ, makes the 

 SHONINGER ORttANS the most substantial, con- 

 venient and perfect Organ. 



ESTABLISHED 1850. 



We are prepared to appoint a few 



new Agents. 



A liberal discount to the Clergy, Sunday Schools, 

 Teachers, Churches and Lodges. 



Illustrated Catalogues, with prices, sent by mail 

 upon application to 



B. SHONINGER ORGAN CO., 



97 to 123 Chestnut Street, 



NEW HAVEN, COMN. 



Ti T 1 ATAO Retail price $900 only $260. Parlor 

 I A \ I IS 0>-nans. Pri« #340 only $95. Paper 

 x -t" a - L iM U free - Danl F. Beattv, Wash- 



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ington, N. J. 



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CITY AND COUNTRY PROPERTY bought, sold 

 and exchanged. C. S. PECK, 8 West Twenty- 

 fifth street. New York SeptSTly 



M. C. WEDD 



MiHUfacturer of Decoy Ducks, Mallards, Blacks 

 Canvas-Backs, Blue-Bills and Red-Heads. Extra 

 size and very nice, by my customers sending their 

 best models to copy. 50 cents each. S7 Manhattan 

 street, Rochester, N. Y. jn 



Wanted. 



WANTED— An eight-gauge double breech-loader. 

 Address, with description and price. 8. E. D., 

 Office of "Forest and Stream." jioti 





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JOHN OSBORN, SON «fc CO., 



45 Beaver street, New York, 

 and 

 44 St. Sacrament street, Montreal, 

 Ootll GENERAL AGENTS." 



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Sportsman's Gazetteer 

 GENERAL GUIDE. 



WITH JIAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS, 



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BY CHARLES HALLOCK, 



EDITOR OP "FOREST AND STREAM ;" ATJTHOK OF ?ilH 

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The book is a complete manual for sportsmen : 



It gives every sportsnnniike method for capiur- 

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It designates the proper charges for guns for ?,ich 

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 and uaita and tackie for the fish. 



it gives over 4,000 localities where game and fish 

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it gives the scientific name and specific character- 

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It describes 297 varieties of edible fish alone, ihat 

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Every kind of dog used for sport is designated, 

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 The chapters relating to selection, breeding, rearing, 

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it is in itself the most concise, accurate, instinc- 

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It contains very useful recipes and remedies for 

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 every implement used for sport; for selection aud 

 use of every kind of boat employed by sportsmen; 

 a reference list of several hundred books in request 

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It instructs in taxidermy, and tells how to preserve 

 and mount specimens of animals, birds and fish. 



" THE 00L0GIST," 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOTED EXCLU- 

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This magazine, the favorite, of amateur eimrooli,. 

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