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-A.pril 17 
PARKER’S PATENT 
Clip -Caftfiilge Belt, 
Price $6.50. 
This belt revolves around the body, carries any size shell equally 
well; holds them open end np. thereby preventing the wads starting 
1 n loaded shells, and is acknowledged by all as the best device lor 
carrying shells, to found in 'he market. 
This belt gives perfect ventilation to the chest. 
Address 
PARKER BROS., 
West Meriden. Ct. 
In ordering belts give the loose measure around waist oterve^t. 
Maynard’s Patent 
Breech-loading Rifles and Shot Guns. 
Central Fire 
C o mlo i n a.t i o n ^ r m s 
WITH RElOADISG CAPPED CABTP.IDGES. 
For convenience, accnracy and penetration unequalled. Send for 
price list and Target representations. 
JifASSACHUSETTS ARMS CO., 
CHICOPEE FALLS, M.\SS. 
Targets Made 
WITH 
.llaynard Rifles. 
HALF SIZE. 
Ten Consecutive Shot«. 
Twenty and Ten Rods, 
TO^illiam R-ead & Sons« 
13 FANEUIL HALL SQUARE, BOSTON, 
AGENTS FOR 
W. & G. Scott & Son^s 
B It EECH LOABiyC G IX: 
WINNERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL GUN TRIAL. 
Also Westley Richards— Greener — Webley — Moore and others. 
A genuine Scott Mnzzle-Loading Bonole Gnn, §25 np. 
Maynard— Ballard— Remington and Sharps Rifles. 
Ballard's Breech-Loading Sporting Rifles. §18 1 ! 
Bussey’s GYRO PIGEON TRAP for shooting practice. 
■ Send for circniara 
The Sturtevant Lioader^ 
By rendering the closest bf filling shells 
SAFE SDIPEE. RAPID A\D EASY. 
Removes the greatest objection 
to breech-loading gnns. 
This limplement fiils shells (pa- 
per or metallic) of any length and 
calibre; panches off caps, turns 
over paper shells, and a type 
stamps upon the wad the size of 
shot used. The charges are drawn 
from ordinary fiasks, held in place 
by a thumb-screw, and instantly 
removeable. No shot is scattered 
or powder spilled. The wads 
are placed with nnnsnal firmness 
and accnracy. This loader is S)4 
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) $5.00 
'• Type, “ 1 20 
“ Punch, “ 2 for Stortevant Shells, 3 for other 
shells, each 20 
“ Bashing “ 4 for changing calibre ! 25 
Turnover “ 5 to tom over paper shells 50 
LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE. 
Send for Circular, and order of 
BENJAMIN JONES. 
K SCHOOL ST., BOSTON. Masi. 
A New and Live Book on the Gnn. 
Price 75 Cents. Handsomely Bound in Cloth, with 
ExQuisite Frontispiece. 
Shooting on the Wing; 
A Book tor Young Sportsmen. 
BY AN OLD GAMEKEEPER. 
A simple, reliable, practical little volume, full of nsefnl 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 c- mains a laige 
number of valuable receipts relating to Sporting Matters. 
** The directions are so plain that they cannot weU be mistaken.*' 
— Tur^, Field and Farju. 
" For concise instruction as to how to shoot, to select, load, cany, 
and keep a gun in order, etc., it cannot be surpassed .” — Western 
Rural. 
”A modest little book, but one from the reading of which a good 
deal of the right l^d of knowledge is to be gained .” — AppletorCs 
Journal. 
May be ordered from any Bookseller, or will be sent free by mail 
on receipt of price. Address 
INDUSTRIAL PUBLICATION CO., 
176 Broadway, New York. 
H IIN I'*' K Si siud XKAPPJEK'S ll.ustrated Practical 
Guide to use and care of arms and ammunition; making and 
using traps, snares and nets; baits and baiting; bird-lime; preseiw- 
ing, stretching, dressing, tanning and dyeing skins and furs, fishing, 
etc. Wiih fifty engravings. 2ucts. 
l axideriiiiMi s Manual, agnideto collecting, preparing, pre- 
serving and moonting animals, reptiles, insects, etc. New revised 
illustrated edition, oo cts. 
Uo^ •ram ms; — A complete guide to bre-aking and training 
sporiing dogs, how to teach all wonderful and amusing tricks, anec- 
dotes of famous dogs. etc. Illustrated, 25 cts. Of booksellers or 
by mail. JESSE HANEY GO., 119 Nassau St., N. Y. 
TO SPORTS.ME.V 
Desiflog Fine English Guns 
Built, to Order. 
For many years past our specialty has been 
building FINE GUNS to the order of individ- 
nai sportsmen. 
The difficulty of procuring a gun ready made that will suit the 
figure, and at the same time meet all the other requirements of 
the sportsman as in Weight, Gauge, Length, Bend, Style, Shooting 
Poicers, 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 
difficui'y we have established a house in New York, thus enabling 
sportsmen to trade direct with the gun maker. We are now pre- 
pared to accept from spoitsmen orders to build FINE GUNS of 
any desired measurement, at our list prices, which we forward with 
illustrated description of uur guns on axrplication. 
J. A U . TOLLEY, 
(PIONEER WORKS,) 
Biruiiiig^ham, England. 
BRANCH HOUSE 29 MAIDEN LANE NEW YORK. 
N. B. — Extra close shooting may be had if desired at same prices. 
American IVild Fowl Sbooting;. 
BY JOSEPH W. LONG 
Describing the haunts, habits, and method of shooting wild fowl, 
with instructions concerning guns, blinds, boats and decoys; the 
training of water retrievers, etc. 
This book is written ia plain English,^ nd in a most attractive 
style A broad, and at the same time, accurate view is taken of 
duck shooting in all parts of the country. The habits and feeding 
grounds of the mallard, blue-winged teal, pin-tail, wood, gadwell, 
and coveller; red-headed, buffle-headed, and other kinds of ducks, 
geese, swans, etc., have been carefully and ingeniously studied and 
given to the reader. ' 
In thirty chapters the author has furnished information for the 
young as well as for the practical sportsman. 
“A book for sportsmen, by a sportsman.” — Argus. 
“Tells where to find game in the morning, in the afternoon, and 
in the evening.” — Sun. 
“Almost indispensable to the sportsman.” — Arcadian. 
Published by J. B. FORD &CO., 27 Pars Place, New York, For 
sale bv all Bov>ksellers and the leading Gunsmiths. Price $2. Sent 
by mail by the Publishers. Also for sole at the office of American 
Sportsman. 
Travelers’ Official Railway Guide 
* FOR THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, 
Containing Railway Time Schedules, Connections, and Distances; 
Ocean and Inland Steam Navigation Routes; Maps of Prin- 
cipal Lines, and Lists of General Officers, tog tber 
with such Miscellaneous Information relative 
to Railway Improvements and Progress 
as may be useful to the Travel- 
ing Public, 
Compiled and edited by W, F. Allen. Editor and Business Man- 
ager, under the auspices of the Genenl Ticket Agents' Association. 
October, 1874. For sale by all Periodical Dealers, News Agenis and 
Bo^)k8ellers. alos on Trains, and at the several Railroad Depots and 
Ticket Offices in the United States and Canada. The National 
Railway Publication Co , Publishers and I^oprietors, No. 238 
South FifthStreet, Philadelphia. 
W. H. AIA( HE.\, Artist, Toledo, Ohio. 
Make.s a specialty ot paintins single and companion 
pieces (in oil), of game and tish, — from nature onl}- — 
Paintings for clul) rooms, dining rooms, Ac., con- 
stantly on band. Paintings of rare birds, quadrupeds, 
or animals made to order from natural specimens. 
Uegemaxi^s 
Portable Folding Boat, 
For use as Life boats, lighters, dingies, dorys, on steamers, yachts 
and other vessels, also for sportsmen tourists, trapping, explering 
expeditions, parties camping out, etc. 
These safe and perfectly poruble boats will admit of the ronghes 
usage. A very light, strong and durable frame of ash or other tough 
wood with canvas cover and cork fenders, and can be folded dj 
ONE-EIGHTH SPACE for transportation, and carried in a light buggy 
wagOD, on horseback, or by a single person, and can be unfolded 
ready Yor use in three minutes 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 Sparhs^ 
Shot &; BarLead 
Is/T a.nuLfa.o'tuir er , 
[Established, 1808] • 
Office, Xo. 121 Walmit treet, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Figeon Traps. 
PARKBR^S 
PATENT SELF-CLOSING 
‘‘Pi” and 
ELEXGE TRAP . 
*7 These tiaps aie made after the style of the regular plunge traps, 
witb the additional •improvement— which is pateniedr— of so con- 
necting the covers with the plouiier — on which the bird sits, and 
from which he is thrown when the trap is operated — as to close them 
when the pluneer falls to place, and by its weight holds them down 
so that it is impossible for a bird to open the covers and escape, as 
is often ihe case with other plunge traps The special advantages 
claimed are that the 
TIME AND BIRDS SAVED 
during a single season's use of 
Parker’s Patent Self-Closing Traps, 
nill more than 
REPAY AN*Y CLUB WHICH MAY ADOPT THEM. 
No expense is spared in manufacturing these traps to maEe them 
STSONG AXD DVBABLE. 
Each trap has an 
Extra Water-tight Box 
ontside the box, which piotects the plunger, 
WITH COVER FOR THE SAME, 
thns enabling the sportsman to set the trap finniy in the ground and 
remove it at any time, leaving the outside box, with cover, on the 
fleld. 
PRICE. $25.00 PiR PAIR. 
A pair of sent by freight or express on receipt of the price. 
pa.rki:b.:sros., 
West Meriden, Conn. 
PteooinmencflsL'tioiis : 
From Capt. A. H. BOGARDUS, Champion Wing Shot of America: 
“I reckon your pigeon trap away above all other traps I ever saw 
It is handy to use and sure to work. I tell every body 1 meet that 
It is the only trap that ought to be used.” 
A. H. Bogardus. 
Extract from a pnvate 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 superioniy of your 
Patent Self-closing Pigeon trap, over any other pigeon trap, that I 
have seen, than to mention the fact that \ have witnessed the shoot- 
ing of nearly twenty thousand birds from those traps at our 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 
NEW YORK STATE "ASSOCIATION, 
At their annual convention, held at Batavia, June, 2873, as will>e 
seen by the folio wing letter: 
“In answer to your favor of the 17th’regarding the action of the 
Association about the self-closing improvement tcxplange traps, I 
: would say that *bis Association Ims adopted them and engaged Mr. 
1 Knapp to add to the eight traps now owned by the Association, thla 
self -dosing improvemenu Yours respectf!:uly,,„.“4 , 
JoHK B. Sage, Sec. N. Y. S. Assoc'u.*’ 
