336 
FOREST AND STREAM 
lyoytsmen % (§oods. 
SCHUYLER, HARTLEY & GRAHAM, 
19 Maiden Lane, 20 & 22 John street, N. Y. 
BREECH LOADING GUNS 
a SPECIALTY. 
We would call the attention of the public to our 
arge assortment of 
Breech-Loading Shot Guns, 
Manufactured by the following celebrated makers: 
Messrs. W. & C. SCOTT & SONS (winners at the In¬ 
ternational Gun Trial of 1873); P. WEBLEY & SON, 
W W GREENER, WESTLEY RICHARDS, J. HOL¬ 
LIS & SONS, and other makers. 
A full line of fine 
PISTOLS AND RIFLES CONSTANTLY ON HAND. 
91XONS & HAWRSLEY’S SHOOTING TACKLE. 
To insure good shooting from Breech-loadmg Guns, 
we would recommend the use of the 
STURTEVANT BRASS SHOT SHELLS, 
manufactured by the Union Metallic Cartridge Co., 
Bridgeport, Conn. These shells are the cheapest and 
b jst in the market, can be easily re-capped with ordi¬ 
nary caps, without the use of the implements neces¬ 
sary in priming all other styles of shells. 
BUSSEY’S PATENT GYRO PIGEON AND TRAP, 
WITH CASE. AND 100 BIRDS. 
Black’s Patent Cartridge Vest. 
This Vest affords yjfilllk t ^ le best' ar ‘ 
rangement yet in vented for car¬ 
rying cartridges. ^k Th . e weight is 
rymg 
so evenly distribu'. 
scarcely felt. Car 
carried with the 
this vest, which L 
tance when brass 
as when carrying 
head up the weight 
en forces the wad 
bad shooting is the 
ed that it is 
,ridges can be 
.'leads down in 
of great impor- 
shells are used 
them with the 
of the shot oft- 
forward, when 
result. 
In ordering send measuicnient around tne cnest. 
Price $7.. VO. A6ENTS FOR THE 
Union Metallic Cartridge Com¬ 
pany’s Ammunition, 
WARRANTED THE BEST IN THE MARKET. 
SEND FOR CIRCULAR. 
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prRf&I 
NEW'TROLLING SPOON. 
In offering this Trolling Bait to the public the manu 
factnrer feels confident he has brought this artificial 
bait to such perfection that it needs but a trial to es¬ 
tablish its superiority over all others for catching 
Bass, Pike, Pickerel, Trout, Salmon Trout, Muska- 
longe, &c. Three sizes made—No. 20 for fish under 
3 pounds weight; No. 21 for fish under 10 pounds, No, 
22 for very large fish. If not to be found at your fish¬ 
ing tackle stores, these Spoons will be forwarded by 
the manufacturer by mail. Price $1.00 each. 
JOHN H. MANN, Syr acuse, New York 
D. HODGMAN l DOT 
27 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK, 
LARGEST ASSORTMENT 
India Rubber Goods 
COMPRISING 
Rubber Trouting Pants, 
Pishing Stockings, 
Camp Blankets, etc. 
Complete Sporting & CampingOu tfit. 
PHOTOGRAPHY! 
Oat-Door Groups, Views, 
YACHTS, 
Horses, Dog s,&e. 
PHOTOGRAPHRD AT ANY DESIRED PLACE, BY 
G. W. PAGH, 858 Broadway, ft Y. 
Samples sent and estimates given on application. 
TH0S. 0TISLER0 Y&C0. 
251 AND 268 WATER ST., NEW YORK, 
MANUFACTURERS OF THE 
Calebrated American Standard 
Patent Sifted Eagle Brand 
CHILLED 
iROP SHOT 
Buck 
-ALSO- 
COMPRESSED 
Shot and Bullets. 
BEAD’S PATENT SAFETY 
EXPLOSIVE BULLET, 
METALLIC CARTRIDGES. 
Calibre—22, 32, 38. 44, 46, 50, &c. 
Aigo BOMB SHELLS for 12 and 16 gauge Shot Guns. 
JOHN P. MOORE’S SONS, GUN D ALERS, 
300 Broadway, New York. 
Send for Ototular, describing effect on Grizzly Bears. 
E. REMINGTON & SONS. 
Manufacturers of' 
REMINGTON’S 
281 and 283 Broadway, New York, 
OR ARMORY, ILION, N. Y. 
Weight, 28 inch, 8i lbs. 30 inch, 8f lbs. 2f inch Drop. 14 inch Stock. 
DECARBONIZED STEEL BARREL. 
We are now prepared to furnish these Guns, 28 and 80 inches, No. 12 guage, at $45. 
Discounts to the trade only. Will have Twist and Laminated Barrels at $60 and $75 about 
July 1st, 1874. 
HEGEMA TV’S 
PORTABLE FOLDING BOAT, 
For use as Life Boats, Lighters, Dingies, Dorys, on board of Steamers, 
Yachts, and other Vessels, also for Sportsmen, Tourists, Trappers, 
Exploring Expeditions, Parties Camping Out, &e. 
A 
These safe and perfectly portable boats will admit of the roughest usage. A very light, 
strong and durable frame of ash or other tough wood, with canvass cover, and can be 
folded in one-eighth space, for transportation , and carried in a light buggy wagon, on horse¬ 
back, or by a single person, and can be unfolded ready for use, in thr^e minutes time. 
Boats neatly folded, packed and shipped by express to any address, however distant, at 
the same rates of freight as ordinary goods. Address JOHN HEGEMAN, 
Ballston Spa, Saratoga Co., N..Y. 
This arm was submitted, in competition with over 
.me h . dred dffle enl. systems, American and Enro- 
peL to tAe Board or United States O Jeers appomt- 
ed bv Act of Congress, 6th June, 18*2, for the pur 
pose of Selecting the best arm for the service, and of 
which Brig. Gen. A. H. Terry was President. It suc¬ 
cessfully passed through all the tests. 
The following is the report of the Board . 
“Resolved That the adoption of magazine guns for 
the military’service by all nations f J?which 
of time; that whenever an arm devised which 
shall be as effective as a single breech-loader as the 
best of the existing breech-loading arms, and shall at 
the name time possess a safe and easily manipulated 
magazine, every consideration of public policy will re¬ 
quire its adoption. 
Resolved further , That the experiments before the 
Board with the Ward-Burton Magazine System have 
so impressed the Board with the f on’ 
that they consider it as more nearly fulfilling th<i con¬ 
ditions i,bove specified than any other tned hytjem 
or of which they have any knowledge, and /t does 
recommend that a number of magazine muskets be 
made on the plan for further trial in the field. (See 
°WeTe e n?rreeeiving orders for these and due 
notice will be given in this paper when they are ready 
for delivery. „ . . 
The following is our scale of prices: SpecialMaga- 
zifie for large game, carrying from 3 to A fn 
70 to 85 grs of powder, 350 to 400 grs. of lead, 8 to 10 
lbs.weight, from $60 and upwards* according to finish. 
Snecial Long-range Magazine Rifle for Cieedmooi 
shooting 90 grs. of powder. 480 grs. of toad, carrying 
3 to 8 cartridges, weighing 10 lbs.. fr °“ 
ward. Magazine guns for general u8e ’ jJL 
9 cartridges, 60 grs. powder, 3o0 
«nrl unward. Single Breech-Loader, Cieecimoor 
shooting, for long range, 90g r sp o wdeT;480grs.leaT 
from ft (if) and upward. Single Breech-Loader tor 
Sriuse,6toflb».,60grs.powdef, 850gre. lead, 
from $30 and upward. The calibre of all our rliles, 
"tPcoSS^ 
W. G. BURTON, 
Care Ward & Co., B4 Wall St., N. Y. 
SHARPS’ 
Breech-Loading, Metallic Cartridge 
Military, 
Hunting*, 
and Targ et 
RIFLES. 
EXCELS ALL OTHERS 
-IN- 
Accuracy, Strength & Safety 
No Premature Discharges Ever Occur. 
FISHERIES.-- 
.MADE TO ORDER 
_ _ " for the trade. Every va¬ 
riety of Net, Seine, Dredge, &c. suited to Sea, Lake, 
Pond nr River. AMERICAN NET AND TWTTS E CO., 
Boston. * 5 ~ bm 
Special attention is called to their LONG RANGE 
RIFLE, weighing 10 lbs., for target practice. This 
rifle won the AMATEUR CLUB MEDAL, at Creed- 
moor Range, New York, three times, making eighty- 
one points out of a possible eighty-four —best record 
ever made on the Range. At same Range, Fall meet¬ 
ing, in “ All Comers Match” 500 and 600 yards, 75 en¬ 
tries and 10 prizes, the SHARPS’ RIFLES took five 
prizes with seven guns. At the Opening Meeting, 
Creedmoor, June 6 1874, Sharps’ took four out of six 
prizes in the match for military rifles at 500 yards; 
the first and second prizes being won with it by scores 
of 27 out of a possible 28. 
Every Rifle Warranted a good shooter : 
Calibres 40, 44 and 50-100 in., of any length 
desired; 
Charge of powder, 50 to 100 grains ; 
Weight of halls, 220 to 540 grains ; 
fetoeks, plain, also pistol grip and checked ; 
Sights, plain, globe and peep, Vernier with in¬ 
terchangeable front sight and wind guage. 
Price, from $3S OO to $126 OO. 
Every variety of ammunition for above guns con¬ 
stantly on hand. Send for circulars 
Sharps’ Rifle Manufaeturing Co., 
Hartford, Conn. 
JOHN P. MOORE’S SONS, Agts., 
June 11 300 Broadway, New York. 
J. C. CONROY & CO.. 
65 Fulton Street, New York. 
IMPOBTBE8 AND MANUFACTUBEES OF 
Fish Hooks and Fishing Tackle. 
Would invite the attention of amateurs to their 
large stock of fine goods, specially prepared for the 
wants of those visiting the Long Island Clubs, the Ad- 
irondacks, Lake Superior, the Maine woods, and the 
Black Bass regions. A full stock of their unrivalled 
Fly rods for Trout and Salmon, and the famed “Mc¬ 
Ginnis” Black Bass Rods constantly on hand. 
Nine Silver Medals and the only Gold one ever 
awarded were received by them for the superiority of 
their goods. 
PATENT TREBLE WEDGE 
Fast Breech Loader 
Indestructible by Gunpowder. 
This gun is specially designed to meet the require¬ 
ments of American sportsmen. It will stand a larger 
charge of powder, and Bhoot stronger than any other 
system. For duck and pigeon shooting these guns 
stand unrivalled. The action is simple in construc¬ 
tion, quick and easy to load. The* may he inspected 
this season at all the principle gun stores in the Uni¬ 
ted States. Prices moderate. 
The second edition of “Modern Breech Loaders, 
Sporting and Military,” will be shortly published bv 
W. W. GREENER, 
july2 St. Mary’s Works, Birmingham, England. 
THE COMMODORE’S 
SIGNAL BOOK 
AND 
YADE MECUM, 
CONTAINING 
Cliromo Chart 
OF ATLANTIC, PACIFIC AND COAST STEAM¬ 
SHIP FLAGS, FUNNELS AND NIGHT SIG-' 
NALS ; CHARTS OF ALL THF UNITED 
STATES YACHT CLUB FLAGS ; PRI¬ 
VATE SIGNALS OF YACHTS; 
LISTS OF OFFICERS OF YACHT 
CLUBS FOR 1874 ; NAMES 
OF YACHTS; OWNERS; 
RIG; DIMENSIONS; 
PILOT BOATS; 
REGATTA DAYS; LIFE SAVING STATIONS; 
TIDE TABLES, &c.,&c. 
Compiled from official sources, by 
THOMAS MANNING, 
138 Fulton Street, N. Y. 
And published under the auspices of the Cunard 
Steam Ship Co. and Brooklyn Yacht Club. 
The Compiler has the honor to announce to profes¬ 
sional Mariners and Yachtsmen that the above is now 
in piess, and will shortly he published. Price $2 50. 
The Life Saving Stations include the new districts. 
The Tide Tables will be very extensive. 
The Compilation has been carefully made, and is 
complete and accurate. 
The artistic and typographical work will he in the 
best style. 
Subscribers remitting the price of the work, with 
name and address, either to the Compiier, to John 
Filmer, 292 Broadway, or to Fobest and Stbeam 
Publishing Co., New York, will have a copy forward¬ 
ed as soon as published, mailed free. jly2 
BARNUM’S 
Letter Carrier s Walk. 
ONE MILE. 
Open to every Letter Carrier in the employ of 
the United States Government, except only 
such as are, or may have keen, professional 
walkers. 
For Six Nights, 
COMMENCING *> 
Monday, July 6tli, 1874. 
Each person entering to compete once. The names 
on the list of entries will be divided into six divisions, 
and one of the divisions assigned to each evening, in 
the order in which they stand on the list. 
Dress—their uniform. 
Prizes—each night—1st, Gold Medal; 2d, Silver 
Medal; 3d, Silver Medal. 
Monday, July 13th.- -The winners of the first Prizes 
in the six consecutive walks will compete for the 
Championship and a Diamond Medal. 
Competent Judges will be selected, who will decide 
in accordance with the rules governing Athletic Con¬ 
tests, and their decision will be final and without ap¬ 
peal. 
Any competitor not at the Judge’s Stand when his 
name is called will be ruled out of the game then an¬ 
nounced. 
Competitors will start at the firing of a pistol, anu 
in case of a false start a tap of the bell will be given 
as a recall, and whoever refuses to obey shall be ruled 
out. 
Any competitor starting before the signal Is given 
will be put back one yard, and on a repetition of the 
offence will be ruled out. 
Any competitor jostling, or willfully obstructing 
another, will be immediately compelled to leave the 
course. 
Unfair walking will be cautioned once, and upon a 
repetition the offender will be ruled out. 
All entries must be in writing, on or before July 
2d, addressed 
COMMITTEE ATHLETIC GAMES, 
Barman’s 'Roman Hippodrome, 
NEW YORK. 
NO FROGS?SS&NO HORSE. 
How to shoe Horses 
IN THE BEST AND CHEAPEST MANNER. 
How to Cure all Foot Ailments. 
RATIONAL HORSE-SHOEING. Price One Dollar 
Goodenough Hokbe Shoe, 41 Dey Street, New York. 
