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£atr<^t from **Armv and 2^avv Journal'' Official Report, dated Oct. 3, 1874. 
.. several disputed points, as near as they can be decided: First, that there is no perceptible difference in accuracy between breech-loaders and muzzle-loaders, but that if anything 
ine former are the best, as they are certainly the quickest; second, that in our clear climate we may look for even better shooting in the future; |third, that the Remington rifle stands at the head ol au 
oiners for accuracy, as it does in simplicity of mechanism. The Remington rifles in the match scored thirteeu points ahead of the same number of muzzle-loaders, and twenty-two points ahead of the Sharps* 
breech-loaders in the same team.” t' 
In the International Match, six muzzle-loaders, three Remington, and three other breech-loaders were used. Lieut. Fulton, Col. Bodine, and L. L. Hepburn used the three Remingtons. Fulton’s score 171 
out of a possible 180-highest score ever made. 
V w see Army and Navy Journal, Oct. 3, 1874, 
jiiLiiAKY MATCH RIFLES, just out. Price $35 or $55, with Vernier and Wide-gauge Sights; also Pocket Vernier Scales for sighting military rifles, $2.60. 
Send for Treatise on Rifle Shooting (free).to JgJ ^ RE IVI 1 IV'G- T'OIM & SOIL'S 
Manufacturkbs of BREECH-LOADING GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, AMMUNITION, ETC. 
( CHICAGO OFFICE 237 State St. 
Armory, Ilion. N.'Y. 283 BROADWAY, N. Y- i WASHINGTON OFFICE 521 Seventh St. 
' I PITTSBURG OFFICE 10 Sixth St. 
Colorado! 
Missouri Pacific Through Line, 
,VIA Sy. LOUIS. 
Health and pleasnre-seekers go to Colorado. Splendid hunting 
and Ashing, invigorating climate, beautiful summer resorts among 
the parks of the Rocky Mountains. Fare, St. Louis to Denver aud 
return, $05. Tickets good three months. For full particulars ad- 
•dress -j 
E. A. FORD, 
Geueral Passenger Agent, 
2i South Fourth Street, St. Louis, Mo. 
Sportsmen’s Emporium. 
AND 
Base Ball Bepot.. 
. FISHING AND GUN TACKLE. 
BREECH-LOADING AMMUNITION. 
Fishing Rods made and repaired to order. Cartridges loaded to 
order— accuracy warranted. 
ENGLISH VELVETEEN, CORD AND DUCK, 
Imported expressly for Shooting and Fishing Suits. 
GEO. B. ELLARD,’ 
144 WALNUT ST. (below Fourth), 
Old Red-Stocking Headquarters. CINCIiijNATI, O. 
IHICHIGAIV 
Central Railroad. 
FISHING, HUNTING AND 
Pleasure Excursions 
TO THE FAMOUS 
ROCKY MOCSiTAIY RESORTS of COLORADO. 
SEASON OF 1875. 
Commencing Apri' 1, 1875, and during the summer season, 
THE ST. LOUIS, KANSAS CITY AND NORTHERN RAILWAY, 
Will sell flrst-class tickets from St. Louis to Denver, and return for 
$55, Parties of ton, or more, wishing to visit CALIFORNIA 
During the season, can secure Round Trip Tickets to San Francisco 
at Excursion Rates, on applica; ion to E. R. MOFFATT. Ticket 
Agent, No. 113 North Fourth Street. St. Louie, or C. K. LORD, Gen- 
eral Passenger and Tickit Agent, St. Louis. 
FOR GUIDES AND CIRCULARS containing full information of 
the famous resorts in Colorado and the Rocky Mountains, call on 
or address eithei of th» following Tra%elling Agents of this Line 
Middle Street Depot. St. Louis, Mo. 
TICKE I S via this line are on sale at ail principal ticket offices 
East of the Miesissippi River, and at Company’s Ticket Office, No. 
113 North Fourth Street, and Biddle Street Depot, St. Louis. 
W. R. ARTHUR, C. K. LORD, 
Gen’l Sup’t., St. Lonis. Gen’l Pass. & Ticket Agt., St. Louis. 
GRAND BENCH SHOW OF DOGS. 
THE ROD AND GUN CLUB, 
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SPRINGFIELD, MASS., . 
Will give a bench show of dogs at City Hall, Wednesday, April 28. 
Especially intended for the exhibition of doge for sporting pur- 
tnses Send furalistof nreminmtt 
poses Send furalistof premiums. 
ROBT O. MORRIS, 
Secretary. 
E. H. LATHROP, 
President, 
ROD AND GUN CLUB. 
Detroit to Chicago 284 Miles 
An important link in the 
G-reat Through Iiine of Trav* 1 
between the East an^ M" est. 
Parties desiring to visit any part of the West will find this road 
flrst-class in all respects. 
Connections are made at Chicago with all the Western Roads. 
HlSr^RV C. WENTWORTH, 
Oeneral Passenger Agt. y Chicago^ III. 
We make no charge for Guns, or other ordinary traps for Sports 
men. Dogs carried at reasonable figures. 
Chicago & Alton Rilro d. 
THE ONLY DIRECT RAILROAD from Cliicago to 
St. Louis, and Chicago to Kansas City 
■WitlAOULt ClAa, 33 .K© of Ca-i-s. 
First-class accommodations in everything 
SPORTSMEN will find splendid shooting on the line of this 
road; prairie chicken, geese, ducks, brant, qnail, etc. Connects 
direct at Kansas City with the Kansas Pacific Railroad for the greal 
BufiTalo and Antelope range of Kansas and Colorado. 
Liberal arrangmmnU for transpoi't of Dogs for sportsmen. 
.1 A >ir« Cp API TOV. Gtr Prop. Art.. Chiongo lU. 
SPORTS MEl^! 
Havb tou seen- the new SHELL, with 
“SLOTTED HE.\D” aud BERDAX PRL1IER ! 
IP NOT, 
SEND FOR A SAMPLE, 
And hereafter you will 
XJse ISTo Other Shell 1 1 
These Shells with slotted heads arc sh constructed as to enable 
sportsmen easily to r< move the exploded caps from the outside with 
any pointed instrument— even a c mnion pocket knife « ill do the 
work snccessfully. Once seen Sim trmm will use no other shell, as 
it obviates all trouble with broken down anvils, broken points in 
cap ejectors, holes punched throngh caps, screw head shells that 
corrode and cannot be unocrewed after a little use. In a word, it will 
supercede all other shells now in use. 
PRICE, $3.00 PER DOZEN. 
Sample Shell by mail 25 cts. Address, 
PARKER BROTHERS, 
West Meriden. C^n n. 
The 
Sporisman^s 
oute. 
$5 
to 
Terms free. Addreee 
V 6. Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine. 
Chicago and North-Western Railway. 
This great corporation now owns and operates over two thonsand 
miles of road, radiating from Ch cago like thi fingers in a man’s 
Iiand,«it8 lines reach in all directions and cover about all of the 
country nortli, north-west and west of Chicago. With one branch 
it reaches Raiine, Kenosha, Milwaukee, and the country north 
thereof; with another line it pushes through Janesville, M atertown. 
Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, Green Bay, Escunaha, to N gaunee and 
Marquette, with another line it passes through Madison, Elroy, and 
for St. Paul and Minneapolis; branching westward from Elroy, it 
runs to and throngh Winona, Owatonna, St. Peter, Mankato, New 
Ulm, and stops not until Lake Kameska, Dakota, is reached; an- 
other line starts from Chicago and runs Ilirough Elgin and Rockford 
to Freeport, and, via the Illinois Central, reaches Warren, Galena 
and Dnbuque, and the conntrj- beyond. St ll another Iiie runs al- 
most due westward, and passes throngh Dixon, Sterling, Fulton, 
Clinton, (Iowa,) Cedar Rapids, Marshalltown, Grand Junction, Mis- 
souri Valley Junction, to Council Bluffs and Omaha. This last 
named is the "Great Trans-Continental Rocte.” and the 
lAonetr oeerland line for Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, 
-Montana, Nevada, California, and the Pacific Coast. It runs 
throngh the Garden of Illinois and Iowa, and is the best, safest, 
shortest and best route to Omaha, Lincdlrt, and other points in 
Nebraska, and for Cheyenne, Denver, Salt Lake City. Vib- 
oiNiA City, Carson, Sacramento. San Francisco and all other 
points west of the Missouri river. 
See, then, what one company can do. If yon want to go to M 
waukee. Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Sheboygan. Janesville. Wa. 
town, Oshkosh, De Pere, Green Bay, Ripon, Madison, Barab 
Eait Claire, Hudson, Stillwater, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, 
Breckeniidge, Morehead, Fort Garry, Winona, Owatoni.a, New 
Ulm, Freeport, Warren, Plattsville, Galena. Dubuque, Waterloo, 
Fort Dodge, Sioux City, Yankton, Council Bltifls, Omaha. Lincoln, 
Denver, Salt Lake City, Sacremento, San Francisco, or a liundred 
other northern, north-western, or western points, this gnat line is 
the one you should take. The truck is of the best steel tail, and is 
well ballasted and as free from dust us a road can be made. The bridges 
are strong and durable, and all the appointments are first-class in 
every respect. The trains that run ov<t this route are made up of 
eligant new Pullman Palace Drawing Room and Sleeping Coaches, 
ImiU expressly for this line, liixurions, well-lighted and well venti- 
lated Day Coaches, and pleasant lounging and smoking cars— all 
built by this campany in their own shops. The cars are all equipped 
with the celebrated Mihcr Safety Platform, and patent Buflers and 
couplings, Wesiinghouse Safety Air Brakes, and every other appli- 
ance that has been devised for the safety of l assenger trains. All 
trains are run by telegraph. In a word this GRtAI LINE has the 
best and smoothest track, and the most elegant aud c< mfortable 
equipment of any road in the West, and has no competiK-r in the 
country. It is eminently the favorite route with the Chicagoans 
travelling west, north, or north-w est, and is acknow ledg' d by the 
travelling ^niblic to he the popular line for all points in Northern 
Illinois, Wisconsin. .Minnesota, Northern Michigan, Dakota, West- 
ern Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Idaho, 
Nevada, California, and the Pacific Slope. 
TO SPOBTSMEK: 
Thitj line presents peculiar advantages. For 
Prairie Chickens^ Ducks, Geese and Brant Shooing, 
our Iowa Line to-day offers 
More Favorable Points 
than any other road in the country, while for 
Deer and Hear Hunting and for Brook Trout, Lake Sal- 
moil, Pike, Piekerel and Buss Fisking 
a hundred points on the Northern and North-western lines of thl 
company will be found unsurpassed by any thing in the W’est. 
martin HUGHITT, Gen. Sup’t., Chicago. 
W. U« STENNETT, Gen. Paae. Agt., Chicago, 
