W. S. BARIVUM, 
SYRACUSE, A~. r 
Dealer in all kinds of Sportsmen's goods. 
Guns, Revolvers, Fishing Tackle, Base 
Ball Supplies, &c.. 
Also all kinds of ammunition of the very beet onalitv. 
Muzzle-Loading Guns altered to Breech- 
Loading a specialty. 
Clark & SNEirER, 
214 West Pratt street, Baltimore, Maryland. 
C. J. M.\Y.\ARD & CO., 
DEALERS IN SPECIMENS OF NATURAL DISTORT. 
We have .lust received a fresh supply of BIRD SKINS and EGGS 
ae well as other objects of Natural History, from Florida and else 
where. Collectors will do well to seud for our skin catalo^^e and 
make a selection at once, so as to secure the best of the lot. 
MOUNTED GAME BIRDS A SPECLVLTY, 
WORKS ON NATURAL HISTORY FOR SALE. 
riCTURBS OF OAME BIRDS AND MAMMALS. 
SOilETHmG 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.. 
NEWTONVILLE. MASS 
Poultry World. 
A splendid illustrated Monthly, devoted entirely to Poultry . $1 .at 
a year. Two or more volumes furnished at $1.00 each. The third 
volume commences Jan. 1874. Address, POULTRY WORLD 
Hartford, Conn. 
Seth Green Fish Fonds, 
Caledonia, Livingston Co., New York. 
A. S. COLLINS, Proprietor, 
(Successor to Seth Green & A. S. Collins.) 
“* Eggs, Fry, Yearlings, etc., of Brook Trout, Salmon Trout, Sal- 
mon, White Fish, etc. Everything pertaining to fish culture. Seod« 
for price List. 
STOP! Camper! Stop! 
Lightest Fed, Fver Knotrn. 
WCKCT BEDSTCAtr, 
Styles and prices — “Adirondack” and “ Miner,” $4 each. The 
“Sheridan,” with plain canvas, $.5; with both plain and ([Uilt- 
ed canvas. $10. All styles, equal to any mattrass in comfort. Un- 
approachable in excellence. Perfect in theory and perfect in actual 
use. Saves ten times its weight and space in blankets, and adds a 
thousand fold to the comfort of the camp. Ladies and gentlemen 
OAii enjoy the comfort and reposeof home in the heart of the wil 
derness; a be«l everywhere and superior to any hammock for 
lawns, piazzas or dwellings. 
CAMP LOUNOE CO., Troy, N. Y. 
Tile OeleTDrsuteci 
SPORTING AND BLASTING POWDER, 
MANUFACTURED BY 
CAFL niTTMAJl, 
Under His Own Patents, 
CAN NOW BE HAD REGULARLY AND IN ANY 
QUANTITY. 
SEE CIRCWLAKS FOR FUI.I. TESTIMONTAI.S AS TO SUPK- 
RIOKITY OVEK OTHER MAKES. 
The new patent sporling powder does not soil the gun; cleanses 
it when you use one charge of it after many with black powder; no 
smoke, little recoil, no loud report, high velocity. 
The best ever made ill this line; not to lie confounded with 
Sliiiltr.e's or English Wood Powder, or Sawdust Ponder, as it is su- 
perior to both. 
Ready-made ammunition for sporting and target rides always on 
hand. 
Send for full instructions, and if samples arc desired state if for 
ride or shot gun, as each kind is made. 
HFXUY A. GOULJ), 
Works at Neponset. SELLING AGENT, 
101 Milk Street, Boston, Mass. 
WILBIR F. IMRKER Editor and Proprietor 
Terms, Four Dollars a Year in Advance. 
Fates of Advertising : 
Single insertion. $3. 00 per incli,oi 12 nonjjareil lines; 
less than 1 inch 30cts. pr line. 
Liberal discount made on displayed, and permanent 
advertisements. 
TRE j. abbey & CO.. 
Importers and Manufacturers of Breech and MD^^.e-loading 
G-uns, Hiiles, Pistols, 
fishing Tackle and General Sport- 
ROD AND THE GUN w the eontinnation of the ALMERICAN 
SPORTSM AN. It id Ike recognized organ of tfie Sftooting 
and Fishing Fraternity^ and hax double the circu- 
lation of any other paper among gunners 
and fsherSy 
It reaches fir^t-clas$ people and is a 
FIRST-CLASS ADVERTISING MEDIUM. 
Bad shooting guns made to shoot well. Breech-loading guns, cen 
from S40 00 to $200.00. Our own make, (F. J Abbey 
A Co. s patent), proved superior for close tdiooiino and penetration 
recent Illinois gun trials. From $150.00 
JO $^>.00, WITH Implkments and Cases Complete. Shells loaded 
Nothing will ever be permitted to enter its column.s of a low or 
t'ifiafing tendency. Its articles are dcsi:;ned to elevate and re- 
fine llie Spurts of the field, and make them as they should be, 
the pursuits of cultivated gentlemen. The object of the paper s 
to spread a general and useful knowledge on all practical point.s 
relating to the Kennel and Field Management of Dogs^ Guns and 
Gunnery^ Fish Breeding^ and Natural History. 
A great want in this country hat been a paper through which 
sportsmen could exchange their views, and discuss matters of ijen- 
eral interest. To meet this, a laree portion of space is set apart 
for Letters from Sportsmen, and those \sho glance through our 
pages will see that this is fully appreciated. 
ihe body of the paper will be devoted to reports of Foreign and 
Home Sporting Events^ Pigeon Matches^ Field and Fishing Inci- 
dents and AdventureSy and to the articles of our largeand unequaled 
corps of contributors. 
It is with no small pride that wc are enabled te quote the names 
of men who stand in the foremost ranks a.s scieiiiists, naturalists, 
and accomplished sportsmen whose elegant and instructive articles 
have so long been a power in the columns of the American 
Sportsman. It is with satisfaction that we can quote their ap- 
proval of our course, and announce a conliuuauce of their very val- 
uable cooperation. 
PKOF. S. F. BAIRD, 
Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 
United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. 
Washington. D. C. 
iVO. 43 SOUTH CLARK STREET, 
CHICAGO, Illinois. 
E. o. Gr E E IsT ’ s 
FFFECIL-L OA JJFFS, 
at itjovk €)un Ctial 
IMPORT.ANT— The above are now sent and delivered free. 
1 rices below include the gun, duty and express, and every cost. 
Eclipse Breech-loader, $100. 
Nothing to equal it in the market, under nearly double the price. 
I rices, $100, $12.% $1.>0, $200, and a splendid special extra 
quality $ 2 .TiO, goid. Order direct from the manufactiuer, and so 
get full value for your money. Circulars mailed free Irom 
87, High St., Cheltenham, England. 
$4, 100,00 CAShI 
GRAYU i\.\ ITOAAL SIlOOTIiNG TOIRXAMEAT 
AT 
PROF. THEO. GILL. 
Smithsonian Institntion, Washington, D.C. 
PROF. O. G. MARSH. 
Yale College, Newuaven. 
HOK J. D. CATOX, L. L. D. 
Late Chief Justice of Illinois. 
Ottawa 111. 
DR. ELLIOTT CODES, U. S. A. 
Surgeon and Naturalist to Northern Boundary Survey. 
Washington, D. C. 
NoftDerflODioPairGroondsTrottingPaFk, 
Cleveland., Oliio, 
COM3IKNCING 
Thursday^ June lO, 
And Continuing 11th, 12th and 14th, 1875. 
Under the management of 
S. H. TUREILL of Chicago, III., and 
DR. H. C. YARROW. 
Snrs;e»i and Naturalist to the United State, Esplo.-ing Expedition. 
W’ashington, D. C. 
ROBERT RIDGWAY. 
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C 
DR. .1. B. HOLDER. 
Curator, American Museum, Central Park, New York. 
C. .1. MAYNARD. 
Newtonville, Mass. 
W. A. CONKLIN. 
Snperintendant Menagerie, Central Park, New York 
SETH GREEN, 
Kochester, N. Y. 
A. S. COLLINS, 
Caladouia, N. Y. 
W. J. FAERAR of Cleveland, Ohio. 
Open To Tlie “World., 
With the exception., of Capt. A. H. Bo^aidns, Abraham Kleinman, 
Ira A. Paine. J Ward of Canada, and J. Close of Pontiac, Mich. 
Entrance for the first three days, $10 each daj-. Entrance for ihe 
last day S^iO. All Purses to fill or be pro-rated, Birds extra. 
Admission to the Grounds 50cts each to all. 
All Shooting to be from Parker’s Patent Self-Closing 
H. and T. Plunge Traps. 
First Fag, Tlnirsda g, June 10, 
$7r>0.00. 
CLASS SHOOTING— TEN SINGLE RISES. 
First prize, C’ash $250.00 
Second “ “ 200.00 
'J'hird “ “ 1.50.00 
Fourth “ “ 100.00 
Fifth “ “ 50,00 
DR. ROTHROCK, 
\N aabingtoii. 
J. A. MILNER, Esq., 
Washington. 
FRED .MATHER, 
Honcoye Falls, N.Y. 
TIIADDEUS NORRIS, 
Philadelphi.s, Penn. 
DR. JARED P. KIRTLAXD, L.L.D. 
East Brorknort Ohio. 
DR. I. I. lIAYEvS. 
Tlie Arctic E.xpinrer, New York. 
DR. T. S. GARLICK. 
Anthor of “Fish Culture,” Bctlford. Ohio. 
DR. THOS. .M. BREWER. 
Boston, Mass. 
H. W. HENSHAW. 
Ornithologist of Wheeler’s .'tiirvey. 
.TOHN liU.MM’EAD. 
Anthor of “On the Wiin.'.” Boston, Mass. 
ISAAC McLELLAN, 
The Poet Sportsman. Greenpoint, L. I. 
LIV1XG8TOX 6TOXE 
Charleatowu, N. II. 
Second Fay, F rid fig, Jane 11. 
'$HoO.O().' 
CLASS SHOOTING— TEN SINGLE RISES. 
First prize Cash $300.00 
Second “ “ 250 00 
Third “ “ ;. .. 150 00 
Fourth “ “ 100.00 
Fifth “ “ .50.00 
Third Fag, Safardag, Jane 11, 
$000,00. 
CLASS SHOOTING— TEN SINGLE RISES. 
First prize. Cash $3.50.00 
Second “ '■ 250.00 
Third “ “ 1,50.00 
Fourlli “ “ 100.00 
Fifih “ “ 5000 
Fourth Fag, Mondag, Jane 14, 
$1, ,100. 00. 
CLASS SHOOTING- FIFTEEN SINGLE RISES. 
First prize. Cash $.500 00 
Serond “ ■* 400.00 
Third “ “ 300.0C 
Fourth “ “ 200 Of 
Filth “ “ 100.0 
For further particulars address 
W. J. FARRAR, 
147 Superior St., Cleveland, Ohio. 
