so 
-A.pril lO 
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PARKER’S PATENT 
Clip Caftridge. Belt, . 
Price $6.50. 
TWs belt re^rolves around the body, carries any size shell eqnally 
well; holds them open end up, thereby preventing the wads starting 
in loaded shells, and is acknowledged by all as the best de^icelor 
carrying «ihells, to be found in the market. 
This bell gives perfect ventilation to the chest. 
Address 
PARKER BROS., 
West Menden. Cl. 
In ordering belts give the loose m<'asar€ around waist over vest. 
A New and Live Book on the Gun. | 
Price To Cents. Handsomely Bound in Cloth, with 
Exquisite Frontispiece. 
Shooting on the Wing; 
A Book lor Young Sportsmen. 
BY AX OLD GAMEKEEPEIL 
A simple, reliable, practical little volume, full of useful hints con- 
cerning all that relates to Guns and Shooting, and particularly in re- 
gard to the art of Loading so as to Kill. It also emtains a large 
number of valuable receipts relating to Sporting Matters. 
** The directions are so plain that they cannot well be mistaken.” 
— Turf, Fidd and Farm. 
" For concise instruction as to how to shoot, to select, load, carry, 
and keep a gnn in order, etc., it cannot be surpassed .” — ^ytsteni 
li’tral. 
••A modest little book, but one from the reading of which a good 
deal of the right kind of knowledge is to be gained.”— 
Journal. 
May be ordered from any Bookseller, or will be sent free by mail 
on receipt of price. Address 
INDUSTRIAL PUBLICATION CO., 
176 Broadway, Xew York. 
I > I'r^K S and XKAHPtK S II ustratetT Practical 
Guide to Dse and care of arms and ammnnition; making and 
using traps, snares and nets; baits and baiting; bird-lime; prese^w- 
ing, stretching, dressing, tanning and dyeing skins and furs, fishing, 
etc. With fifty engravingp. 2ucts. 
I axideniii^i «» Manual, a guide to collecting, preparing, pre- 
serving and mounting animals, reptiles, insects, etc, Xew revised 
illustrated edition, 5«rcts. 
Uoff • raijiiut? —A complete guide to breaking and training 
sporting dogs, bow to teach all wonderful and amusing trick.<. anec- 
dotes of famous dogs. etc. Illustrated, 25 cts. Of booksellers or 
by mail. JESSE HAXEY <fc CO.. 119 Nassau St., X. Y. 
Breech-loadiug Rifles and Shot Guns. 
Central Fire 
C o m Id i n St t, i o n -A. r m s 
WITH RELOADING CAPPED CARTRIDGES. 
For conTcnience, acenraev and peDetration unequalled. Send tor 
price list and Target representations. 
MASSACHUSETTS AHMS CO., 
William R.ead & Sons, 
13 FAXEUIL HALL SQUARE, BOSTON, 
AGENTS FOR 
W. & G. Scott & Son^s 
B BEECH LOAHIXG G UN ! 
TO SP0RTS.1IE\ 
Deslflng Fine Fn^lisli Gons 
IBuLill: “to Order. 
For many years past onr specialty has been 
building FINE GUNS to the order of individ- 
ual sportsmen. 
The difScnlty of procuring a gnn ready made that will suit the 
figure, and at the same time meet all the other reqnirements of 
the sportsman as in Weight, Gauge, Length, Bend, btyle. Shooting 
Pmeen. and Price, causes the majority of first class shots to have 
their guns built to special order. The great drawback heretofore 
to this method of procuring a FINE GUN has been the extrava- 
gant and fancy prices charged for such work. To overcome this 
difficul y we have established a house in New York, thus enabling 
sportsmen to trade direct with the gnu maker. We are now pre- 
pared to accept from sportsmen orders to build FINE GUNS of 
any desired measurement, at our lift prices, which we forward with 
illusii^ted description of our guns on applicaiion. 
J. & W. TOLLEY, 
(PIONEER WORKS,) 
Biruiins^haiu, Ens^Iand. 
BRANCH HO USE 29 MAIDEN LANE NEW YORK. 
N. B.— Extra close shooting may be had if desired at same prices. 
Field, Covef, aod Trap Shooting, 
By Captain .1. II. B0G.4RDI S, 
CHAMPION WING SHOT OF AMERICA. 
WINNERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL GUN TRIAL. 
Also Westley Richards— Greener — Webley— Moore and others. 
A genuine Scott Muzzle-Loading Double Gnn, $25 op. 
. Maynard — Ballard — Remington and Sharps Rifles. 
Ballard's Breech-Loading Sporting Rifles, $18 ! ! 
Bussey’s GYRO PIGEOX TRAP for shooting practice. 
Send for circulars 
The Sturtevani Lioader^ 
By renderkig the closest of filling shells 
SAFE SDIPEE. RAPID A\D EASY. 
This book contains in sixteen chapters and about 400 pages, a foil 
and instructive account of the experience acquired by Capiaiu BO- 
GARDES in twenty years with the gnn in all seasons: the best 
methods of finding and killing with he dog and gnu Pinnated 
Grouse, Qnall. Rii5ed Grouse, \Voodcock, Plover, Snipe. &c. 
Also, the most successful methods of shooting Wild Docks, Wild 
Geese and Cranes. And the best ways of Hunting Deer and Shooting 
Wild Turkeys. ^ 
Sporting Dogs, their breeding and how to break them. 
THE COMPLETE ART OF SHOOTING ON THE WING, with 
full and clear instructions for young sportsmen, by me^ns of which 
they may become crack shots. 
The habits, haunts and varied flight of birds in their seasons. 
I^eon Shooting as an art, with the rules of the two Champion- 
ship Badges and report of chamoion matches. 
EDITED BY CHAS. J. FOSTER. 
Removes the greatest objection to breech-loading guns. 
This iimplement fills shells (pa- 
per or metallic) of any length and 
calibre; punches oS caps, turns 
over paper shells, and a type 
stamp# upon the wad the size of 
shot used. The chaises are drawn 
from ordinary flasks, held in place 
by a thumb-screw, and instantly 
removeable. No shot is scattered 
or powder spilled. The wads 
are placeu with nnnsnal firmness 
and accuracy. This loader is 
inches long, and is of the sim- 
plest character, with no springs 
or parts liable to break, or get out 
of repair. 
Price of Loader, (See Plate) 
" Type, 
“ Punch, “ 
“ Bushing “ 
“ Turnover “ 
, S5.00 
1 20 
2 for Sturtevant Shells, 3 for other 
shells, each oq 
4 for changing calibre . !.25 
5 to torn over paper shells. . ....... 50 
LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE. 
Send for Circular, and order of 
28 SCHOOL ST., BOSTON. Mass. 
BENJAMIN JONES. 
Published by J. B FORD & Co., 27 Park Place, New York. For 
sale by all Booksellers and the leading Gunsmiths. Price J2. Sent 
by m^ by the Publishers and by C'aptain Bogardns, Elkhart. Lo- 
gan county, Illinois. Also for sale at the Amecicax Sp iRtshax 
office. 
Travelers’ Official Railway Guide 
FOR THE UNITED STATES -YND CANADA, 
Containing Railway Time Schednies, Connections, and Distances: 
Ocean and Inland Steam Navigation Routes; Maps of Prin- 
cipal Lines, and Lists of General Officers, tog ther 
with snch Miscellaneous Information relative 
to Railway Improvements and Progress 
as may be nsefol to the Travel- 
ing Pnblic. 
Compiled and edited by W. F. Alles. Editor and Bnsiness Man- 
ager. under the auspices of the (Jener..l Ticket Agents' .Association. 
October. 1874. For sale by all Periodical Dealers, News Agenrs and 
Booksellers, alos on Trains, and at the several Railro.sd Depots and 
Ticket Offices in the United States and Canada. The National 
Railway Ptelicatios Co , Publishers and Proprietors, No. aiS 
South Fifth.'^treet. PbilHdelphia. 
VY. II. .lIAdlE.V, Artist, Toledo, Ohio. 
Makes a specialty ot painting single and companion 
piece.s (in oil), of game and fi.sh, — from nature only — 
Paintings for club rooms, dining room.®, tfcc.,c'o)- 
stantly on hand. Paintings of rare birds, quadrupeds, 
or animals made to order from natural specimens. 
Hegeman^s 
Portable Folding Boat, 
For use as Life boats, lighters, dingies, dorys, on steamers, yachts 
and other vessels, also for sportsmen lourisU, trapping, exploring 
expeditious, parties camping out, etc. 
These safe and perfectly portable boats will admit of the ronghes 
usage. A very light, strong and durable frame of ash or other tongh 
wood with canvas cover and cork fenders, and can be folded nt 
OXE-EIGHTH SPACE for transportation, and carried in a light buggy 
wagon, on horseback, or by a single person, and can be unfolded 
ready fortise in three niinntes time. 
Boats closely 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, 
Thomas Sparks^ 
Shot & BapLead 
Lvl a.iiuLf£Lot.uLrer , 
[Established, 18081 
Office, Xo,. 121 Walnut Street, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Figeon Trsips. 
PARKBR^S 
PATENT SELF-CLOSING 
and 
ELUXGE TBAPS. 
These naps are made after the style of the regular plnnge traps, 
with the additional improvement — which is pateuied^-of >^o con- 
neciing the covers with the plunii^er — on which the bird sits, and 
from which he is thrown when the trap is operated — asioclosethem 
when the plunger tails to place, and by its weight holds them dow n 
so that it is impossible for a bird to oi>en the covers and escape, as 
is often the case with other plunge traps The special advantages 
claimed are that the 
TIME AND BIRDS SA^^:D 
during a single season's use of 
Parker’s Patent Self-tlosing Traps, 
will more than 
REPAY ANT CLUB WHICH MAY ADOPT THEM. 
No expenae is spared in manufacturing these traps to make them 
STBOXG AXD DURABLE. 
Each trap has an 
ISxtra Water-tight Box 
outside the box, which piotects the plunger, 
4 WITH COVER FOB THE SAME, 
thus enabling the sportsman to set the trap firmly in the ground and 
remove it at any time, leaving the ontside box, with cover, on the 
field. 
PRICE. 825.00 PER PAIR 
A pair of sent by freight or express on receipt of the price. 
FAB.SDR SB.OS., 
West Meriden, Conn. 
Pteooinmeiid.at.ioiis : 
From Capt. A. H. BOGARDUS, Champion Wing Shot of America: 
“I reckon yonr pigeon trap away above all other traps I ever saw 
It is handy to nsc and sare to work. I 'ell every body 1 meet that 
It is the only trap that ought to be used. ” 
A. H. Bogabdus. 
Extract from a private letter received from Hon. A. C. Mattoon: 
“What can I say that will convey to the trap shooters of this 
country a clearer idea of the excellence and superiority of your 
Patent Self-closing Pigeon trtip, over any other pigeon trap, that I 
have seen, than to mention the fact that I have witnessed the shoot- 
ing of nearly twenty thousand birds from those traps at onr late 
convention, and cannot now call to mind a single instance when 
the shooting was delayed an instant in consequence of disarrange- 
ment of traps; they can be filled, with less loss of birds, and with 
greater facility than the old fashioned traps.” 
THESE TRAPS WERE ADOPTED 
BY THE 
I\rEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION, 
At their arnnaj convention, held at Batavia, June, 1873, as will be 
seen by thefolloiring letter; 
"In answer to yonr favor of the 17th regarding the action of the 
Association ahont the sclf-clo.sing improvement to plunge traps, I 
would say that this .Association ii.ss adopted them and engaged Jfr. 
Knapp to add to the eight traps now owned bv the Association, this 
Self-closing improvement. Yours respectfully, 
John B. Sags, Sec. N. Y. S. Assoc'n.” 
