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0UEB1IS a AWSVVEBS. 
Garrbttsville. How are W. W. Greener's double-close sbootins 
guns bored lo throw so thick? 2. How are the Parker guns bored, 
and can they be made to shoot as thick and strong as W. W. 
Greener's? If so. I would not give a Parker for any D. B. L. shot 
gun made in the world. I do not own one, but my consin has one, 
and I have shot it with Scott & Sons, and have whipped them every 
time, but that is not all, and I will have one of my own this fall, and 
will teach the English brothers how to shoot 3. How would a shot 
gun shoot to bs bored tapering, say 10-bore at breech and 11 or 12 at 
muzzle? 4. Can a 12-bore be made to shoot as close as a 10-bore,, 
both of the same length of barrel and weight ? 5. What is meant by 
choke-bored gnns. 6. Have yon need Carl Ditmaa's new patented 
iporting powder? What is the price per lb., and does it wear the 
barrels? Ans. - 1st and 2d. The boring is a secret with the manu- 
facturers. The Parker gun can be and isfmade to shoot as close and 
strong as any other. 3. Modern guns are made one size smaller at 
muzzle than breech. 4. Tes. 5. Smallest at muzzle. 6. Have not 
used enough to give positive opiniou. 
G. F. C. Shbldox. I would like you to tell me the breed of my 
dogs, oue old one and a pop. The old dog answers well to yonr des- 
cription of the Laverack setter given some time since, with the ex- 
ception of color. He 1ms a fine head, not very long ears, square 
ches , is broad across the shoulders, and holds his breadth well 
across the loins with a busby tail, weight about 55 pounds. In col- 
or he is liver and white, the white being thickly ticked with liver 
spots. His ears are well set on the bead with a curly fringe. He 
works well on all game. He was put to a b'tch of the same breed 
last winter, and got six fine whelps which show the same marks now 
though only six weeks old. Let me know the breed that may be 
able to designate my dogs. — Ans. It is impossible to ascribe dogs 
bred in this country to any particular breed in the absence of reli- 
able pedigrees. Our dogs have been so crossed and mixed that the 
variouB strains have become blended beyond recognition. Your 
description answers well for the English setters, from which most 
of oar dogs originally sprung, but they are certainly not Laveracks, 
as but four of those dogs have been imported into ibis country, and 
they are all owned by two gentlemen of onr acquaintance, and have 
not been here long enough for any pups from them to arrive at ma- 
turity. 
E. I have a setter that is troubled with sore feet. What will cure 
him? He is about two years old, and has always been healthy. — 
Axs. Try green iodide of mercury one part, lard sixteen parts ; 
mb a little only on a few of the places affected each day; give also 
five drops Fowler's solution of arsenic three times a day for three 
weeks till the dog is cored. In case he loses bis appetite or runs at 
the eyes discontinne the arsenic for three days. If the mercury 
does Bot cure the places substitute a weak wash of acetate of lead 
and water applied with a soft sponge, but be sure to muzzle the dog 
as this wash is poisonous. 
A . B. C.. Boston. In an off-hand shooting match is a hip rest 
allowable? By hip rest I mean bolding the barrel with the left 
hand just forward of the trigger guard, with left elbow resting on 
the left hip. I claim a man may hold his rifle in any way, provided 
he stands npright, and uses no artificial rest for the person or rifle. 
Ans. — The hip rest is allowable. You are right in vonr opinion. 
Williams, Woodbury. My pointer fourteen months since after 
bunting in briers showed signs of pain in the ear: this was followed 
by a discharge of matter in two or three days, which has kept up to 
this time. When three months old he showed an eruption of the 
flanks of a vividly rtd color, which was, however, cured by three or 
four applications of mercnrial ointment. Can yon suggest a cause 
for the present trouble and a remedy? Would Donovan's solution 
of arsenic answ'er as a tonic and alterative? Axs.— If no injury to 
Wants and Exchanffes. 
ADrERTisEXESTS luidcr this head are inserted at 25 cents for three 
lines. Send money with order. 
FOR SALE. — Setter dog pop. orange and white, six months old, 
ei^ra fine — cheap. Addre s, L. L. Weixs, 
89 E. •Ith St., Oswego, N. T. 
wanted. — N os. 1, 2 and 12 of Vol. I; and Nos. 5 and 6 of Vol. 
2 AMERICAS Sportsmas. W W. Con. Portland, Ct. 
WANTED.— A Sharps repeating pistol, JJO calibre, pearl or ivory 
handle. Inside of the chambers mnst be in perfect condition ; 
either new or second-hand. 
Address, C. H. B., 9 Pub. Sqnarc, Cleveland O. 
Figeon Traps. 
PARKER'S 
PATENT SELF-CLOSING 
“m” and 
PLVXGE TBAPS. 
TWO SETTER PUPS FOR SALE— Five weeks old, ont of Web- 
ster's setter slat. Sire imported Gordon, black, white and tan. 
Address, Westfield, Box 5,377, P. O. N. T. 
FOR SALE. — Gunsmith's shop and tools, complete. Lot 50x50 
feet, well improved. Good two-story bnilding; residence in 2d 
story. Splendid locality for business. Terms easy. Address 
S. O. Bailey, Sletamora, 111. 
These traps are made after the style of the regular plunge traps, 
with the additional improvement — which is patenledr^f so 
necting the covers with the planner — on which the bird sits, and 
from which he is thrown when the trap is operated — astoclosethem 
when the plunder lalls to place, and by its weight holds them dow n 
so that it is impossible for a bird to open 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 
FOR SALE.— Vols. 2 and 3 -Vmericax Sportsmax. bound; Vols. 
3 and 4 Americax Sportsxax, not bonnd; Vols. 1 and 2 Forest and 
Stream, bound; Vol. 15 Turf. Field and Farm, bound. Joseph E. 
Fisher, 102 Sacket Streetl. Brooklyn, N. T. 
ALL SPORTSMEN are interested in the best hunt- 
ing grounds of the South-west. The line of the Mis- 
souri, Kansas and Texas Railroad aflards untold fields 
of Game-Birds, Fish and animals. Send to General 
Passenger Agent, Sedalia, Mo , for free maps, illustr.v 
tions and descriptions. Correspondence solicited. 
daring a single season's nse of 
Parker's Patent Self-Closing Traps, 
will more than 
REPAY ANT CLUB WHICH >L\Y ADOPT THEM. 
No expense is spared in manufactnring these traps to make them 
STBOXG AXD VVRABLE. 
Each trap has an 
Extra Water-tifjht Box 
outside the box, which piotects the plunger, 
M'lTH COYER FOR THE S.4.ME, 
thns enabling the sportsman to sot the trap firmly in the gronnd and 
remove it at any time, leaving the outside box, with cover, on the 
field. 
PRICE $ 5.00 PtR PAIR 
W. H. .>I.lfUE,\, .Irtlst, Toledo, Oliio. 
A pair of sent by freight or express on receipt of the price. 
Makes a specialty of painting single and companion 
pieces (in oil), of game and fish, — from nature onlj’ — 
Paintings for club rooms, dining rooms. &c., con- 
stantly on band. Paintings of rare birds, quadrupeds, 
or animals made to order from natural specimens. 
PARKDB. £K 0 S., 
West Meriden. Conn. 
PLecom.merLc 3 .at.ioiis : 
G. GOVB GO., 
Dealers in all kinds of 
Guns, Rifles, Pistols. Po-wder, Shot, 
Caps, Wads, Cartridges and 
Sportsmen’s Supplies- 
1‘2 Blake St., Denver, Col. 
C. COX'S. JOHN P. IXIWER. FRANK CHURCH. 
From Capt. A. 11. BOGARDUS, Champion M'ingShotof America: 
“I reckon your pigeon trap away above all other traps I ever paw 
It is handy to use and -sim- to work. I tell every body 1 meet that 
It is the only trap that ought to be used." 
A H. BofiARDCS. 
Extract from a private letter received from Hox . A . C. Mattoox : 
“XYhat can I say that will convoy lo the trap shooters of this 
conniry a clearer idea of the excelieiice and su|>erionty of your 
Patent Self-closing Pigeon trap, over any other pigeon trap, that I 
have seen, than to mention tlie fact that I have « itnessed the shoot- 
ing of nearly twenty thousand birds from those traps al 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, w ith less loss of birds, and with 
greater facility than the old fashioned traps.” 
THESE TRAPS WERE ADOPTED 
BY THE 
NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION, 
the ear appeari as canned by a thorn or other foreign body, the 
trouble ii probably canker of the ear* For directions aee answer to 
**L S." of Penaacolaf in last issue. The arsenic is a good tonic, 
but does not appear necessary from jour statement. It is not given 
in similar cases. 
Purdy's Can you inform me whether there is any place in Xew 
York city where I can get a muzzle loader made over into a breech- 
loader? You will please inform me whether a man hunting for a 
living is a ipor^sman or not. Aks. — . 1 See Barber's advertisement 
at Syracuse, Clark & Sneider, Baltimore. We don't know anyone 
in New York city. 2. A man who shoots for a living can scarcely 
be called a sportsman seeing that the sportsman shoots for sport. 
Chester. Please state the size of buck-shot required to chamber 
4 in a 10-bore Parker gun allowing them to pass the muzzle without 
jamming. Ans. — No. 0 of Otis LeRoy. 
A Dangerous Boab. — While Mr. Servan was bunting in the Rue 
dee Aules, near Marines, five of bis hounds attacked a large wild 
boar, which killed the best of the five instantly. The full pack then 
joined in the attack, but before the buuuman could come up isiih 
them and shoot the boar, he had nineteen of them laid out severely 
wounded. 
A Dog's Remorse. — Being accustomed to walk out before 
breakfast with two Skye terriers, it was my custom to wash their 
feet in a tub, kept for the purpose in the garden, whenever the 
weather was wet. One morning, when I took np the dog to carry 
him to the tub, he bit me so severely that I was obliged to let him 
go. No sooner was the dog at liberty than he ran down to the 
kitchen and hid nimself. For three days he refused foixl, decltued 
to go out w ith any of the family, and appeared ver>‘ dejected with a 
distressed and unusual expression of coautenance. 
On the third morning, however, upon returning with the other 
dog, I found him sitting by tbe tub, and upon coming towards him 
he immediately jumped into it and sat dow’n in the water. After 
pretending to wash his legs, he jumped out as happy a.s possible, 
and from that moment recovered his nsual spints. 
There appears in this instance to have been a clear process of 
reasoning, accompanied by acute feeling, going on in the dog's 
mind from the moment he bit me until he hit upon a plan of show - 
iug his regret and making reparation for bis fault. It evidently 
occurred to him that I attached great importance to this foot bath , 
and if he could convince roe that his contrition was sincere, and 
thj|Z he was willing to submit to the process without a murmur , I 
ghPMid be satisfied. The dog, in this case, reasoned with perfect ac 
(Car^y, aud from his own preocUses deduced a le^il^juate pouclosioa 
j 0.911404, 1 
F or sale— fi re L.WERUK setters. The properly 
of W Wardlaw Reid. Esq: 
1. S. M. black and while, by Dash II. — .Moll III, age 7 years: 
Kennel Glub Mud Book, No 1431. Price 3<) guineas. 
2. JE.SS. black and white, own sister loabo 'e, and now in whelp 
to Mr. Laverack's Blue ^nce, warded 4th .April. Price W) guineas 
1 . ROTHAY, lemon and white, by Pilkington's Dash (K. C. S. 
Book. No. 134*2), out of above Jess; age 2 years 14th June, 1875. 
Price 30 guineas. 
4. BR.ATHAY. lemon and white: brother to ab ve. Price 30 
guineas: or .50 guineas the brace. 
The following are chiefly Laverack bloo**; 
5. FLIRT, black and white, hy ont of May, age 2 years H 
months, now in whelp to Mr. Laverack's Blue Princ^. w’arded 31st 
March. May by Grouse (No. 1719) out of Mr. Reid's Pnillis by Mr. 
Garth's Grouse (No. 1380* out of .Mr. Bayly's Judy: Judy bv Bay 
ly's Ben (No. 1309 and 10 ) out of Bayly's Flora (.No 15(r2). May was 
sent to Philadelphia, U. S., at *20 guineas. Price 50 guinea-. 
6. FLASH, red aud white, by Brierley's Fred (No. 1308) out of 
W. W Reid's Jess (see No. 2), Fred by .Mr. Garth's pure Laverack 
Grouse (No i:^) out of Whitfield's Haidee (N<». 1.^), Haidee by 
Byron (No. 3^) out of Flirt, descended f.om the late Prince Con- 
sort's kennel. Flash is in Whelp to W. W. Reid s Sam, warded loth 
April; age 3 years. Price 50 guineas, 
7. FRITZ, lemoc and whi^e, own brother to above. Price 30 
guineas. 
Apply to owner, Wm. Wardlaw Reid, Esq., Peckham Rye, Sur- 
rey, England, or. w*ith reference, to Editor of Rod and Gun . 
eARTOK, AUXANDER and WALLER, 
101 & 103 Duane Street, (near Broadwa)';, New York. 
Manufacturers and Importers of 
FISFillsTG- TACKLE, 
Rods, Reels, Lines, Artificial Flies, Xets, Baits, Fish 
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Split Bamboo Fly Rods and Reels, 
OF THE FINEST WORKMANSHIP. 
Tackle suitable for Maine, Adirondack. Canadian, and other fishing, 
ARTIFICIAL FLIES DRESSED TO ORDER. 
Breech and Mazxle-Loadinff Gans. 
Sportsmens' goods of fll kinds. 
I Sportsman’s Paradise. 
Tbe beautiful Neosho Valley of Kansas, aud tbe picturesque In- 
dian Territory, teeming with chickens, snipe, duck, nnail, sickle 
bill curlew, deer, etc .“fudy described ia the book entitled “Shoot- 
iov In the Southwi-st," illuitrated, mailed free for 25 cenU. 
Addiees, BROTHER SPORTSMAN, Bo;^ syL.SethOlA 
At their annual convention, held at Batavia, June, 1873, as will be 
seen bv the following letter: 
"In answ er to your favor of the 17lb regarding the action of the 
* ssociation about (he self-closing improvement to plunge traps, I 
would say that *his Association has • dopted them and engaged Mr. 
Knapn to add to the eight traps now* owned hy the Association, this 
salf-closing improvement. Yours respectfully, 
John B. Sage, Sec. N. Y- S. Aasoc'n.'* 
Lefever Rreecli-Loailefs, 
DOUBLE BARREL BREECH-LOADDsG SHOT 
GUNS AND RIFLES. 
Single Barrel Breech-Loading Shot Gnns, the strongest and best 
ever made forciiher lighter the kind of Duck and Dccr 
Shooting. Alro Single Barrel Breech-Loading Rifiea. 
IIuzzle-Loaders .lltered to Breech-Loaders. 
Any good muzzle-loader can be changed to a breech-loader, mak- 
ing as strong, good, and good looking gun as a new breech-loader. 
Perfect satisfaction guaranteed w;ih every gun alterea. These guns 
are conceded, where known, to have the strongest fasteninii, tbe 
best action, to 5e the best handling, the closest and hardeH shoot- 
ing, and tbe cheapest guns before the publie. Locks are made re- 
bounding, w'hen deeir^. For catalogue and price list, address, 
L. BARBER & CO-, 51 Clinton St., SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
MAIMBT’S 
Blew Trolling Spoon 
In oflTering this Trolling Bait to the p blic the maunfacturer feels 
I confident hcha^ brought this artificial bait to such perfection that 
j It nteds but a trial to establish its supe iority orer all others for 
catching Bass. Pike, Trout, t-alnion Tront, Mn-kaionge, etc. Three 
size, made— No. 20 for fish under 3 pounds weight; No, 21 for fish 
under lOpounds; Mo 22 for very large fish. If cot to be found at 
your fishing tackle .lores, these suuuns will he forwaided by tbe 
nahufacturer hy at»U, I'rUie eacn. 
iOSS a. XMm, $yracuje. »fr yorl(. 
