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crates of wicker or wire work for travel or for security 
and comfort; dog medicines for every disease which, 
afflicts the dog — were features of the Spratts Patent dis- 
play. 
Hoses of different dog foods were placed one above an- 
ther, forming a back for the exhibit, a recess in the mid- 
dle being left for a neat medal frame, which displayed 
medals won in all parts of the world at the most noted 
exhibitions. This array of medals is sure to catch the 
eye of the visitor. The medal frame was arranged in 
1881, and though it contains many medals, their total is 
but a small percentage compared to the great number 
won in the past fourteen years. In it, however, are 22 
gold, 141 silver and 14 bronze medals, a total of 177. 
The exhibit displayed, in all styles, everything neces- 
sary for use in the kennel and poultry yard, but the spe- 
cialties of this famous firm are patent foods for dogs, cats 
and fowls, also condiments, medicines and soaps for their 
health and care. 
Their Meat Fibrine Vegetable Dog Cakes find great 
law, for that State has had a statute absolutely protecting 
the buffalo for a term of years. Of the lesser collections 
of loaned heads those belonging to Hon. Theodore Roose- 
velt, Mr. G. O. Shields and to Thomas "W. Fraine, of 
Eochester, are worthy of special note. Mr. Roosevelt 
showed specimens of buffalo, sheep, antelope, goat, 
elk, caribou, bear, cougar, white-tail deer and a 
fine mule deer, remarkably large and with many points, 
and Mr. Fraine a very symmetrical, though not large, 
sheep, and a male goat killed by Dr. Walter James, of this 
city, which is unusually large and admirably mounted. 
Mr. Shields's collection was large and showed most of the 
varieties of Western game, an. elk head with very massive 
horns, and a very large sheep's head being the most note- 
worthy. Among the single heads shown, a mountain 
sheep head killed last winter in Lower California by Mr. 
George H. Gould and exhibited in the Forest and Stream 
space, was the finest one of its kind for symmetry and 
length. It measures 16£in. at the base of horn aud 42+in. 
in length. In the cabin of the U. S. Cartridge Co. were 
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favor with bench show managers and kennel owners, and 
also they are recognized as a staple canine food in the 
civilized world. 
The next food in importance is the puppy cake, the 
staple food for all breeds of puppies. Other cakes are 
the Pet Dog Cakes, especially prepared for puppies, toy 
;and other small dogs; Cod Liver Oil Cakes, invaluable 
for delicate or old dogs, or for dogs which are recovering 
from sickness; greyhound cakes, which contain 35 per 
.cent, of meat and a large percentage of oat and wheat 
-R:eal. These cakes have proved most successful as a food 
f<#- training, many of the noted winners of the Western 
cowsing events having been trained on them. 
There are Oatmeal Dog Cakes for greyhounds, when 
preference is given to training on meat. There are also 
plain round meal cakes for use in kennels where the 
hounds or other dogs are fed on flesh. 
The next display of importance was the Puppy Food 
and Pepsinated Puppy Meal, the former being a substitute 
for natural milk if the dam dies or if she is unable to sup- 
ply sufficient milk for her young; the latter food is for use 
in weaning puppies or for delicate, poor feeders. 
In this advanced stage of civilization fowls claim and 
receive as much attention as dogs, judging from Spratts 
Patent's display of foods for all kinds of them. There was 
poultry meal in two grades of fineness for fowls and 
•chickens, and also Game Food, Pigeon Food, Prairie Meat 
Crissel, made of dried sound beef and ground beef; staple 
foods of the feathered tribe, excellent and superior to the 
natural foods. 
Adjuncts of great value are their Granulated Bone, 
Bone Meal, Granulated Oyster Shell, Cardiac Condi- 
tion Powder, and scientifically prepared remedies for 
all known ailments. Other foods are Canary and Cage 
Bird Food, and Fish Food for rearing trout, etc. 
Last, but not least (for cats have suddenly sprung into 
national prominence), is their cat food, a perfect and com- 
plete food in itself, specially prepared and cooked. 
This well-known firm, in its business scope, covers 
every detail of kennel interests. 
It boards dogs at its commodious kennels at Closter, 
IT. J.; it furnishes advice on canine diseases free. All 
kennel implements — brushes, combs, dog gloves for 
grooming the dog, dog clothing in all shapes, sizes and 
patterns, dog harness, muzzles, whips, whistles — in short, 
everything which appertains to the health, comfort annj 
management of the dog and cat is supplied by Spratts 
Patent, Limited, as is also everything for the care and 
raising of poultry. Their catalogue, besides giving the 
usual information regarding their goods, gives much 
valuable information on the diseases and care of dogs. 
Taxidermy. 
In taxidermy the exhibits were numerous. Not only 
were there considerable displays by several taxidermists 
and furriers, but a great number of mounted heads and 
horns were shown, either for decorative purposes or to 
exemplify the game found in some particular region. 
Of the heads, two collections, notable because of their 
numbers, were those of the Maine Central R. R. and of 
Mr. Phillipp Liebinger, of Brooklyn. The first of these 
comprised heads of Maine game — moose, caribou and 
Virginia deer, mounted by Mr. S. L. Crosby, the well-known 
Maine taxidermist, while the other consisted of Western 
game — moose, elk, mule deer, sheep, antelope and buffalo. 
Of the latter there were several heads and skulls, very 
large and with fine unmarred horns. They were dated 
1893 and 1894, and so must have been killed in the neigh- 
borhood of the Park, and if in Montana, in violation of 
many hides, heads and mounted animals, prepared by 
Messrs. Sputhwick & Critchley. A tiger skin and a bear 
skin were large and handsome, and a mounted Virginia 
deer stood on one side the door, while on the other was a 
two-headed ruffed grouse. 
In the exhibit of C. G. Gunther's Sons there was a great 
mass of material, some of it very good and some very 
commonplace. Among the more interesting specimens 
were two little muskox calves, a mounted bighorn with 
massive horns, 17iin., a fine mule deer with many -pointed 
horns. 
F. Sauter, the^taxidermist, had a large exhibit, not only 
last scene a gunner was supposed to have discharged his 
single barrel shotgun at a grouse, and the report has 
startled a young buck which is bounding off through the 
cedars, while an expression of deep disgust is seen on the 
hunter's face. The ideas of all these compositions are ex- 
cellent, and the execution for the most part good, but aii 
extremely difficult matter it is to represent in a lifelike 
way the humam form, features and flesh, 
W. W. Hart & Co. 
The exhibit of W. W. Hart & Co. was small, but its 
quality was of the very highest order. Here were seen 
large heads of musk ox. caribou and moose, the latter 
with a spread of 67in. Besides the usual skins and heads, 
there were two groups which are of extreme interest. One 
of these was a lioness in a cage with two tiny cubs. The 
mother has a matronly expression, which is very attract- 
ive, and the whole pose is bold, free and dignified, while 
the anatomy is well worked out. A roaring lion, stand- 
ing close by, is another good piece of work. The firmly 
braced legs, the tense belly, the drawn in ribs and the 
veins of the legs, make this single figure a remarkable 
reproduction of life. The best of Hart's groups, and the 
best example of taxidermy in the Exposition, was one 
showing two young tigers. The larger is crouched on a 
little elevation and has under his forepaws a small ante- 
lope just killed. His head is turned and he is snarling 
at a smaller tiger which, with slow and stealthy motion, 
is crawling toward him. The courage of the man who 
mounted this last animal is admirable, and he has dared 
to draw out this creature so long and so thin as to make 
it at first glance seem a caricature; yet as one looks at it, 
he realizes that it reproduces in a wonderful way the 
actions of the cats, and the anatomy is worked out with 
startling fidelity. The man who did this piece is a sculp- 
tor, who has begun to study his art at the right end. We 
believe that he has. a great future before him if he is 
faithful to this art. It appears to us remarkable that 
this group should not have attracted more attention in 
the daily newspapers, which are wont, as the saying is, 
to "catch cn to" such a thing as this without delay. 
Their moose head, 67in. spread, is the largest there is 
any record of, and the mounting is exquisite. The musk 
ox head is also the finest specimen in this country and 
beautifully set up. The tame bear, cinnamon bear, 
Russian wolf, the enormous Alaska grizzly, the otter 
group with water effect, their fine specimens of caribou 
heads, mountain sheep and goat, two choice black bison 
heads, antelope, black leopard, mountain lion, and some 
birds went to make up their well-selected exhibit. 
Schoverling, Daly & Gales. 
Perhaps the most interesting feature of this firm's com- 
prehensive exhibit was the Chas. Daly guns with the new 
Krupp steel barrels, for which Mr. Daly is the United 
States agent. These are beautiful guns in every respect, 
and have the usual high finish characteristic of Daly guns. 
The Krupp barrels are said to have withstood in tests 
twice the bursting strain of Whitworth steel, and three 
times that of Bernard Damascus. The barrels are there- 
fore especially well adapted for feather-weight guns. 
They may be very much reduced in weight without im- 
pairing their strength. In fact, barrels measuring only 
thirty-two one hundredths of an inch at the breech with- 
stood severe tests very satisfactorily. A fair selection of 
Chas. Daly hammerless and three barrel guns were also 
shown. The exhibit included one curio in the form of a 
Persian gun 200 years old, loaned by Wm. Sherer, Jr 
This gun is a handsome flint-lock with genuine Damascus 
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in his own space, but also loaned to other exhibitors. A 
group of dogs pulling down two wild boars, leopards at- 
tacking a gnu and wolves pulling down a buffalo were the 
most pretentious pieces. Besides these we noticed two 
running deer, the largest buffalo head in the exhibition — 
said to have been killed in Montana in 1894 and so illegally 
slaughtered — with its robe. This is very likely a National 
Park buffalo. 
The cyclorama of sport at the east end of the garden 
prepared by the Webster Studio, consisted of five pieces 
representing big game hunting, duck shooting, fox hunt- 
ing, trout fishing and a mischance. These pieces were 
designed by Mr. G. Muss-Arnolt and executed by Mr. 
Frederic S. Webster. The first showed a bull elk just 
killed, and two hunters looking at the^ game. The dead 
animal was remarkably well done, m the second the 
gunner and his dog were seated in a boat in a blind, 
awaiting the flight of the fowl. The motion of the water 
and of the boat gave a realism to the scene and the acces- 
sories were skillfully worked out. In the third scene the 
fox hunter was seated on a log in the woods, his hound 
lying beside him and two dead foxes, artificially preserved, 
resting on the dry leaves near him. The trout fishing 
picture showed an angler just grasping the fish which he 
lias lifted from the water of the brook at his feet. In the 
steel barrel, and has a bore at the muzzle measuring 2f in. 
in diameter. It is an ugly looking barrel from the muzzle 
end, but when one is told that it only measures ,32cal. at 
the breech it loses its formidableness. The gun would 
be a good thing for Chinese warfare, but not of much 
consequence for a man who means business. Messrs. 
Schoverling, Daly & Gales are agents for Wright & Dit- 
son, and also for A. J. Reach & Co., and exhibited a com- 
plete line of sporting goods manufactured by these firms. 
Among other novelties which they control were shown 
imported picnic hampers, Lemaire field glasses, fencing 
foils, alligator gun cases, leather goods, and fifty-six differ- 
ent styles of sporting shoes. Small gold-plated compasses 
and whist counters were given away as souveuirs, and 
were in eager demand. 
The Ideal rianufacturing Co. 
showed the various specialties which have made the name 
of this firm famous in the line of gun tools. These were 
tastefully arranged on the sides of a truncated pyramid, 
and were shown to good advantage against a dark back- 
ground. The exhibit included the new "Ideal High 
Grade Closer" and the "Spangler Ideal Closer," as well as 
a complete line of rifle and shotgun reloading tools, bullet 
moulds, measures, etc. 
