FOREST AND STREAM. 



499 



NICHOLS & LEPEVER, 



SYRACUSE, N. Y., 



MANUFACTURERS of 



DOUBLE AND SINGLE-BARREL BREECH-LOADING SHOT-GUNS 



Double-Barrel Breech-Loading Eifles, and Shot and Kifle combined. Muzzle-Loading Creedmoor 

 guaranteed to be the best, and not to give " Unaccountable Misses." 



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, 



$2,800 SPECIAL PRIZES. 



REDUCED KATES AND PASSES FOR DOGS ON 



RAILROADS— HALF RATES BY ALL THE 



EXPRESS COMPANIES. ' 



The richest prize list ever offered at a dog show 

 In America. Premium lists ready lor 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 and 

 privileges. 



CHAS. LINCOLN, Superintendent. 

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



SBIHik KENWEI,, 



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. 0. S. B., No. 1,005. He is a grandson of 

 the celebrated "Hamlet," No. 836. This dog 

 ''Sancho" has won seven prizes—four in England 

 first at Crystal Palace, 1874), three here. 



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BALLARD'S 



FLEA KlLLERl 



FOB THE 



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 half a 

 dozen large dogs of the vermin. 



NO PERSON OWNING DOGS SHOULD BE WITH. 

 OUT THE FLEA KILLER. 



Price SO Gents per Package. 



Will be sent postage paid on receipt of prloe> 

 Proprietors, 



LAZELL, MARSH & GARDINER, 

 Jyl9 if 10 GOLD STREET, NEW ?OBS> 



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 LUZE, 



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



BROWN & HILDER, St. Louis, Western Agents. 

 For sale in cases of 112 pounds. 



Fleas! Fleas! Worms! Worms! 



STEADMAN'S FLEA POWDER for DOGS. 

 A Baue 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 up 



In patent hoxes 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 dozen powders, with 

 fall directions for use. 



Price 50 cents per Box by mail. 



Both the above are recommended by RodandGuk 

 and Forest and Sthbam. 



W. HOLBERT01N. 



OOt 18 102 NASSAU STREET. 



NATIONAL 



American Kennel Club. 



RULES GOVERNING BENCH 

 SHOWS AND FIELD TRIALS. 



STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE AND 



POINTS GOVERNING BENCH 



SHOW OF DOGS. 



All Contained in "Hints on Dog Bre ailing," 

 Prica (25 cts.) by W. H. HOLABIRD, Sports- 

 man Cloth ier, Valparaiso, Ind. 1an314t 



FOR SALE, when eight weeks old, six black and 

 tan Gordon setter puppies, four dogs and two 

 gyps, whelped Dec. 15, '77, Sire, imported Prince, 

 dam, Fannie, she out of Bovdcn's Hope (imported) 

 by Marble's Grouse. Address, A. U. THOMAS. 

 Warrensburgh, N. Y. jansl It 



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•E-5T MILTON KENNEL— "Lelaps" in the stud, 

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

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

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

 2314 inches high, extra quality, very handsome. 

 Fee, $25. 



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

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

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

 to "Lelaps" Jan. 5, 1S78; price $75 One dog, two 

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

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

 English imported, very handsome, Tin inches high; 

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

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

 color orange, two years old. taught first and second 

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

 and handsome, 23^" inches high, never bred, price 

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

 trained and boarded. For terms aid particulars, 

 send for circular. FRANKLIN SUMNER, Milton, 

 Blue Hill, Mass. 317 4t 



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 shop worn: 

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

 Haven. Conn. 317 3t 



THE DOG BREAKER'S GUIDE.— Train your own 

 dogs in the niost artistic manner. "The Dog 

 Breaker's Guide" s _ -nt for three cent stamp. M.VON 

 CTJLIN, Delaware City, Del. ' 317 tf 



TpOR SALE.— One imported red Irish setter dog, 

 JC 1 Dash, from J. C. Cooper, Limerick, Ireland, of 

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

 about two years 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 stud. LIN- 

 COLN & HELLYAR, Wan-en, Mass. janl7 4t 



ClOCKER SPANIEL BREEDING KENNEL OF 

 J M. P. McKOON, Franklin, Del. Co., N. F.— 

 I keep only cockers of the finest strains. 1 sell only 

 young stock. I guarantee satisfaction and safe de- 

 livery to every customer. These beautiful and in- 

 telligent dogs cannot be beaten tor ruffed grouse 

 and woodcock shooting and retrieving. jlo tf 



FOK SALE OHEAP-«-Red Irish setter pups, 

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

 Belle Mead, bv Robinson's Jack; sire Mack, he out 

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

 jan24 at 



FULL-BLOODED— Two Irish setter bitches, four 

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

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

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

 by Rodman's Dath. 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, Laneai- 

 ter. Pa. Nov22 tf 



FOR SALE, when eight weeks old, nix puppies out 

 of my blue belton setter Moll, by Bob Boy. They 

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

 and tan, and are almost perfect images of theiir sire 

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

 Hall, Detroit, Mich. je2S tf 



FOR SALE, at a great bargain, my entire kennel 

 with the exception of one brace f r mv own 

 shooting. I have on hand, for », le: One pointer 

 dog pup, Dilley's-Ranger stock; one pointer bitch 

 pup, Don-Lina ; one Ted Irish setter pup, Pinnket- 

 Nell ; one lemon-anfl-white setter dog pup, Tarn- 

 Queen Blanche ; one black-and-white setter bitch In 

 whe'p. Will sell the above at prices very much 

 lower than ever before offered, and warrant thein 

 to be finely bred, and am confident no boiler blood 

 exists, 1 am going to be absent from home much 

 of the time henceforth, and must sell. Address W 

 H. HOLABIRD, Valparaiso, Ind. 1an3l tf 



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FOR SALE, A BARGAIN— A well-broken setter 

 dog, two years old, color blue belton ; Is fast, 

 staunch, and good rctriver. Price $30. Address T. 

 DENMEAD, P. O . box 468, Baltimore. Hid. Jan 31 it 



DR. HENRT GARDNER, 1,762 Broadway, between 

 56th and 57th St., New York City. Dogs treated and 

 purchased on commission. Thirty-one years ex- 

 perience in canine diseases. Ag 2tf 



FOR Irish and native setters, dogs and bitches 

 of all ages, broken and unbroken. address-E. J. 

 SORBINS. Wethersfleld, Conn. Oct2 



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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 and cylinder 

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

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

 every respect. Can be examined at gun store of 

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

 Novl tf 



FOR SALE CHEAP— One-fourth interest in a well- 

 located brook trout hatchery of most unlimited 

 capacity, within 2Ji miles of a depot; also a good 

 farm of 200 acres in connection with fishery. En- 

 quire at this office for further particulars. 

 jan31 tf 



FOE SALE.— A very fine new Sharps Creedmoor 

 Rifle, newmodel calibre .45, an exceedingly ac- 

 curate shooter and guaranteed ; has made 74 out of 

 a possible 75 at 1,000 yards, 100 shells, implements, 

 etc. Price, only 180 cash— no exchange— cost $115 

 Address, W. H. PIERCE, Box 300, PeekskilL N. Y. 

 Jau311t ^ 



TOLLEY 12-bore, all the lateet improvements; 

 was made to order; little used, cass and imple- 

 ments complete; cost $200; cash $125. C. M. PRIOR, 

 4S6 Pearl street. Jan31 It 



FOR SALE— A Remington, double-barrelled, 

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

 '' ■■■ <> '" ■'■•'', including reloading tooft, 

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

 Cameron County, Pa. 1au24 3t 



Rifles --Cheap. 



The following rifles, second-hand and in good con- 

 dition : 



List Price 



SHARPS Creedmoor, finest sights, Prl ° e aSked 



and shows no signs of use... $100.00 $70 00 



" Miu-range No. l, pistol-grip, finest 



8iguts,40-70 75 00 6800 



'« Sporting, ,50-cal , pistol grip, vi% 



lbs. weight, full sisrhts, made to 



order, and very fine 85 . 00 4300 



" Sporting, ,50-cal., polished stock, 



with cheek-piece, 12 lbs. weight, 



Hartford barrel 75 no -in nn 



" Business Rifle, full set reloading 



tools and shells, used one month] 



REMINGTON Creedmoor 44 105. 34-In, 45 '°° S8 '°° 

 bbl., finest Vernier and wind- 

 gauge sights and spirit level... 100.00 60.00 



" Mid-range, No 1, 40-70, 30-in, finest 



,, „ Cre ; Ml b Id I" tol-grip 75.00 55.00 



" Sporting, pist .1 grip, globe and 



« PfP^sntf, 44-77, 30-in., very fine 58.50 40.00 

 Sportim/, .38-ca]., rim or central 



lire, 30-in, bbl 3S fl0 „, nn 



MAYNARD, incase, with implements 

 complete; one. 15-cal., one. 40 -cal. 

 one.50-cal, one shot bbl. and one 

 .40-cal., with telescope sights, a 

 very complete rig. Cose over 100.00 60 00 



" Piated mountings, checked stock, 

 .10 cal., with implements in good 

 condition dn « n 



F ^cai N 4m al tr1 ftt ^ m f Dtiuss »8 it: 



.44-cai, n-m. 0.01., nearly new 



very fine " ' 9<J nn „, „ 



BALLARD .46-cal., 28-in. bbl .'.'.'. .'.'.'.'.'.' 28 00 WOO 

 " .41-cal., 30-in. bbl., with improved 

 extractor, latest model, and used 



SPLENDID TOLLEY Express Rifle" ,00 22,5 ° 



top lever, .J5-C.U, 30-in. bbl with 



reloading tools, shells, case,' and 



everything complete .... 140 00 T0 nn 



(For any person wishing first-class Engli gn Express 



Rifle tli ,-.rqi n \ P 



WHITNEY Creedmoor, 44-cal„ fiS' } 



Vernier and wind-gauge sights 



elegant curled walnut stock pis! 



WEAf^c m a1.fa^faVa^ laM0 65 -°° 



peep sights, made to order as a 

 trial piece, and is the finest of 

 the land m the city ™ 35 . 00 28 „ 



The above guns are nearly all the property of gen- 

 tlemen who have no further use for them, and are 

 sold at a great sacrifice. Each gun is exactly as 

 represented, and will be sent for examination on 

 satisfactory reference, or receipt of sufficient money 

 to pay express charges. List of second-hand shot- 

 guns next week. 



HENRY C. SQUIRES, 



No. 1 Cortlandt St./ New York 



§mts, §ifles. §tt. 



Second-Hand Guns 



AND 



SPORTING GOODS, 



WHICH CAN BE BOUGHT CHEAP AT 



J. F. M A RS T E RS, 



125 NASSAU ST., N. Y. 



One Scott Premier 10-gauge choke-bore, weight 



9 lbs., in first-class order, with esse, price ....$225 

 One Remington Sporting Rifle, made to order, 

 pistol grip, rubber heel to prevent recoil, .44- 



caliore 50 



One Hollis' 10-bore, 9 lb., pistol-grip, rebound- 

 ing locks 70 



One Remington Military Rifle, 1,000-yard range. 15 



One French Double Gun, pin-fire, 16- gauge 25 



One More & Harris Muzzle-Loader, 10-gauge, S% 



lbs., double gun 35 



One Hollis' Ducking double gun. 8 gauge, 141b. 25 

 One Scott Muzzle-Loader, 12 lb., 9-gauge, 34-in.. 25 



One Ballard Rifle, .44-cal , 10 lbs 20 



One Colt's Revolving Rifle, 6 shot 18 



OneMaynard Rifle, little the worse for wear.... 8 

 One Single Muzzle- Loader, 10-gauge, cost $15.. 16 



One Single Breech-Loader. ■■.- 10 



One Skeleton Stock Stephen's Rifle, ,22-calibre, 



In case 12 



One General Fishing Rod, will make up five dif- 

 ferent rods, German silver-mounted, cost $40.. 20 

 One large German silver trolling reel, holds 



600 feet line 10 



J- F. MARSTERS, 125 Nassau stvN. X. 



Sportsmen's 



Emporium. 



SHOOTING, FISHING AND CAMPING GOODS 

 OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. 



Send 10 cents for 50- page illustrated catalogue, 

 with rules for glass ball shooting, hints on camping, 

 s hooting and fishing, etc. 



TENTS, STOVES, JACK LAMPS, BLANKETS, 

 RUBBER GOODS, Ltc. 



THE NEW TREBLE-BOLT FOX GU9f 



Split Bamboo Fly Rods; the best in the 

 market. 



Agent for the celebrated McBride Flies, 

 Good's Moccasins, Thomson's Shooting Boots 

 and Shoes, Leather aud Canvas Suits of all 

 kinds. 



Holberton's Trout Flies, per dozen, gl. 



Holberton's full-length Russia-Leather Fly 

 Books. 



OUTFITS for FLORIDA ANO THE WEST. 



Sportsmen's Diary and Notebook, with blank 

 scores and useful receipts, etc.. mailed on receipt of 

 50 cents. " 



PURDV'S GLASS BALL TRAPS, §3.50. 



The best for wing practice. 



Paine and Bogardus' glass balls ; Kay's coraposi- 

 Lion .onus. 



Repairing, altering and boring of guns done in the 

 Dcst .m nun or. 



English and American Wading Stocking 

 and rubber goods for fishing and oampfng. 



Eaton's Ru. t Preventer. Dog Medicines for 

 worms, fleas and mange. ° w 



W. HOLBERTON <fe CO., 



P^OBox 5,109. 11 7 Ful ton St., N. Y. 



SPARKS' 



Chilled Shot, 



RIVALLING THE ENGLISH. 



Price, 9 3-4 cents per pound. 



MANUFACTURED BY 



THOMAS W SPARKS, . 



121 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA 



3anlftal 811BJECT T ° UStrAL DISCOUNT. 



