1875 
7P 
ALBERT G. K ITG K 
[SnCCE30OR TO N. J. PLUMB,] 
No. 32 Park Poiv, 
Opposite New Postoffice. NEW YORK. 
nrPORTBR OP 
Needles and Fisli-llooh, 
AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OP 
Fishing Tackle, Guns, Revolvers, 
Skates and Sporting Goods. 
^ S. BARltfUM^ 
SYJRACUSJE, N. Y 
Dealer iu all kinds of Sportsmen’s goods. 
Guns, Revolvers, Fishing Tackle, Base 
Ball Supplies, &c., ' 
Also all kinds of ammunition of the rery best Quality. 
Iflazzle-Loading Guns altered to Breech- 
Loading a specialty. 
Clark & Sseii er, 
214 West Pratt street, Baltimore, Maryland. 
The Salmon Angling. 
I N THE UNDERMENTIONED Salmon Rivets will be LEASED 
for a term of FIVE YEARS. Competition above npsvt price 
named. LESSEES to obtain guardianship at private cost. Appli- 
cations will be received to Ut MAT next. 
River NatashQnan (Korth Shore) S800 
“ Trinity (near Point dee Monti) 100 
“ St. Margaret (en fau) 100 
“ Ttoal (near Moieie) 50 
“ Mistassini (near OodbOMO 20 
“ Beescie do. ... tlO 
“ Malbaie (near 100 
“ Grand Pabos, do 200 
“ Little Pabos, do 100 
“ Tobiqiie (iVetti irunatcici) 100 
“ Nashwaak, do 100 
“ N. W. Miramichi, do 200 
Jupiter (Antieoiti Island) 10 ) 
“ Salmon, do bO 
By order of the Hon. the Minister of Marine and Fisheries. 
Address, 
W. F. WHITCHER 
Commissioner of Fisheries, 
Ottawa. 
C. J. MAYXARD & CO., 
DEALERS IN SPECIMENS OF NATURAL HISTORY. 
"We have just received a fresh supply of BIRD SKINS and EGGS 
as well as other objects of Natural History, from Florida and else 
where. Collectors will do well to send for our skin catalo;;iie and 
make a selection at once, so as to secure the best of the lot. 
MOUNTED GAME BIRDS A SPECIALTY. 
WORKS ON NATURAL HISTORY FOR SALE. 
PICTURES OP GAME BIRDS AND UAMMALS. 
SOMETHING NEW. 
Game Birds and Mammals, mounted medalion-like, to hang on 
the walls of your dining room or office. 
NEW BIRD TRAP. 
Just the thing to catch living birds for the cages or for mounting 
specimens. Price 75 cents; all ready for use. 
Send stamp for the New Catalogue. 
Address C. J. MAYNARD & CO., 
. NEWTON\aLLE, MASS 
IVILBIR F. PARKER Editor and Proprietor 
Terms, Four Dollars a Year in Advance. 
Itates of Advert is in (/ : 
Single insertion. $3.00 per inch, oi 12 nonpareil linos; 
less than 1 inch 30cts. pr line. 
Liberal discount made on displayed and permanent 
adverlisements. 
TA^ROD AND THE GUN u the contionation of the AMERICAN 
SPORTSMAN. It (he recognized organ of (he Shooting 
and Fishing Fraternity, and has dtmble the circu^ 
laiion of any other paper among gunners 
and jl-'^htrs. 
It reaches ftrst-class people and is a 
FIRST-CLASS ADVERTISING MEDIUM. 
Nothing will ever be permitted to enter its columns of a low or 
vitiating tendency. Its articles are desiimcd to elevate and re- 
fine the tports of the lield, and make them as they should be, 
the pursuits of cultivated gentlemen. The object of the paper 8 
to spread a general and useful knowledge on all practical points 
relating to the Kennel and Field Management of Dogs, Guns and 
Ginnery, Fish Breeding, and Natural History. 
A great want iu this country hat been a paper through which 
sportsmen could exchange their views, and discuss matters of gen- 
eral interest. To meet this, a large portion of space is set apart 
for Letters fuon Si’orts.\ien, and those who glance through our 
pages will see that this is fully appreciated. 
1 he body of the paper will be devoted to reports of Foreign and 
Home SporHng Events, Pigeon Matches, Field and Fishing Inci- 
dents and A-dventures, and to the articles of our large and uiiequaled 
corps of contributors. 
It is with no small pride that we are enabled te quote the names 
of men who stand in (he foremost ranks as scientists, natarali 6 t^, 
and accompIi^hed sportsmen whose elegant and instructive articles 
have so lung been a power in <he columns of the Anekican 
Spoutsjian. It is with satisractioii that we can quote their ap- 
proval of our course, and announce a continuance of their very val- 
uable cooperation. 
PROF. S. F. BAIRD, 
Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 
United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheriee. 
Washington, D. C. 
PROF. TllEO. GILL. 
SmithsoBian Institution, Washington, D.C. 
PROF. O. 0. MARt^H. 
Yale College, New Haven. 
HON. J. D. CATON, L. L. D. 
Late Chief Justice of Illinois. 
Ottawa ill. 
DR. ELLIOTT COUES. U. S. A. 
Surgeon and Naturalist to Northern Boundary Survey, 
Washington, D. C. 
DR. H. C. YARROW. 
Surgeon and Naturalist to the United States Exploring Expedition. 
Washington, D. C. 
ROBERT RIDGWAY. 
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C 
DR. J. B. HOLDER. 
Curator, Ameiican Museum, Central Park, New York. 
C. J. MAYNARD. 
Newtonville, Mass. 
W. A. CONKLIN, 
Snperintendant Menagerie, Central Park, New York 
SETH GREEN, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
A. S. COLLINS, 
Caledonia, N. Y. 
DR. ROTHROCK, 
V\ aehington. 
J. A. MILNER, Esq., 
Washington. 
FRED MATHER, 
Honeoye Falls, N.Y. 
FRED. J. abbey (te CO., 
Importers and Manufacturers of Breech and Mnijs-e-loading 
Gruns^ Sliiles^ F istols^ 
Fish hi {/ Tackle and General Sjwrt- 
intf Goods, 
Bad shooting guns made to shoot well. Breech-loading guns, cen 
tral fire, at from $40 (X) to J200.00. Our own make, (F. J. Abbey 
<fe Co.’s patent), proved superior for close shootiuq and penetration 
to any other make at the recent Illinois gun trials. From $150.00 
TO $4(10.00, wiTU Implvmests and Cases Complete. Shells loaded 
to order. 
NO. 43 SOUTH CLARE STREET, 
51-tf CHICAGO. Illinois. 
E. O. Gr PL E E IST ’ S 
BltEFCH-L OA UEJiS, 
-^i'iuncrjsi ut ||ifw 6un Ctiul 
IMPORTANT — The above are now sent and delivered free. 
Prices below include the gun, duty and eApresp, and every cost. 
Eclipse Breech-lo-ader, $100. 
Nothing to equal it in the market, nnder nearly double the price. 
Prices, ^70, SbO, $100, $125, $150, $200, and a splendid special extra 
quality $250. gold. Order direct from the manufacturer, and so 
get full value for your money. Circulars mailed free Irom 
87, High St., Cheltenham, England. 
John £. Earle, 
SOLICITOR OP 
A3IER1CAN AND FOREIGN PATENTS. 
FIRE ARMS A SPECIALTY. 
Having certided copies of all English, French and American Pat- 
ents of Fire-arms on die, my facilities for rendering service to in- 
ventors in this department are unsurpassed. Patents secured, c z 
copies of patents " aiready granted, on favorable terms. 
Address JOHN E. EARLE. New Haven, Conn, 
Seth Green Fish Ponds, 
Caledonia, Livingston Co., New York. 
A. S. C-iLLINS, Proprietor, 
(Successor to Seth Green & A. S. Collins.) 
Eggs, Fry, Yearlings, etc., of Brook Trout, Salmon Tront, Sal- 
mon, White Fish, etc. Everything pertaining to fish culture. Send, 
for price List. 
Field, Cover, and Trap Sliooting;, 
By Captain A. H. BOGARDCS, 
CHAMPION WING SHOT OF AMERICA. 
This book contains in sixteen chapters and about 400 pages, a fnll 
and instructive account of the experience acquired by Captain BO- 
GaRDUS in twenty years with the gun in all seasons; the best 
methods of finding and killing with he dog and gon Pinnated 
Grouse, Quail, Kuded Grouse, Woodcock, Plover, Snipe, Asc. 
Also, the most successful methods of shooting Wila Ducks, Wild 
Geese and Cranes. And the best ways of Hunting Deeranu Shooting 
Wild Turkeys. 
Sporting Dogs, their breeding and how to break them. 
THE COMPLETE ART OF SHOOTING ON THE MTNG, with 
fnll and clear instructions for young euortsmen, by mesns of which 
they may become crack shots. 
The habits, haunts and varied flight of birds in their seasons. 
Pigeon Shooting as an art, with the rules of the two Champion- 
ship Badges and report of chamoion matches. 
EDITED BY CHAS. J. FOSTER. 
Published by J. B FORD & Co., 27 Park Place. New York. For 
sale by all Booksellers and the leading Gunsmiths. Price $2. Sent 
by mail by the Publishers and by Captain Bogardus, Elkhart. Lo- 
gan county, Illinois. Also for sale at the American SpuRTsmak 
office. 
Americau Wild Fowl Shooting. 
Dirigo Rural^ 
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Industrial interests. The paper for every farmer and mechanic. 
The friend of the loboring classes, and a necessity in every home. 
It is jnst the paper you want and have been looking for. Send fur 
specimen numbers. 
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itl Address 
DIRIGO RURAL, Rancor, Maine. 
Price. $2 per year in advai.re 4P*^ 
THADDEUS NORRIS, 
Philadelphia. Penn. 
DK. JARED P. KIRTLAND, L.L.D. 
East Brockoort Ohio. 
DR. I. I. HAYES. 
The Arctic Explorer, New York. 
DR. T. S. GARLICK. 
Author of “Fish Culture.” Bedford, Ohio. 
DR. THOS. M. BREWER. 
Boston, Mass. 
Poultry World. 
splendid illustrated Monthly, devoted entirely to Poultry. $L2{ 
lyear. Two or more volumes ’famished at $1.00 each. The third 
volume commences Jan. 1874. Address, POULTRY WORLD 
Hart ford. Conn . _ 
FILE BINDER. 
Handsome cloth covered gilt lettered binders, suitable for flies of 
Ih* SpoKTeMAN PrioeSl.fiO. For sale at this office, and sent b; 
mail OB receipt of pnee. 
H. W. HE NS HAW. 
Ornithologist of Whi eler’s Survey. 
JOHN BL^M^TEAD. 
Author of “On the Wing," Boston, Mass. 
ISA A C AIcLELLAN, 
The Poet Sportsmnn. Greinpoint, L. I. 
LIVINGSTON STONE 
Charlestown, N. H. 
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 in 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 habile and feeding 
grounds of the mallard, blue-winged teal, pin-tall, wood, gadwell, 
and coveller; red-headed, boffie-headed, and other kinds of ducks, 
geese, swans, etc., have been carefully and ingenionsly 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."— 
"Tells where to find game in the morning, in the afternoon, and 
m the evening." — Sun, 
"Almost indispensable to the sportsman." — Arcadian. 
Published by J. B. FORD A CO., ‘27 ParK Place, New York. For 
sale bv all Booksellers and the leading Guusmiths. Price $2. Sent 
by mail by the Publishers. Also for sale at the office of American 
Sinirtsman. 
B Per Day at home. Terms free. AddreM 
M) 0 , Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine. 
