“Bull’s’eye (circular) eight inches diameter, as at piesent; the centre 
to be a “ circle*’ whose 8cmi*diamcter shall be nine Inches great* r 
than the bull’s eye, the “ inner” to be a circle, the semi-diameter of 
which shall be ten inches greater than the ” centre,” the “outer” 
to comprise the remainder of the target, three by six feet.” 
The consideration of the proper allowance to be made on the other 
sized target was laid •ver without action, especially in view of the 
deliberations of the Wimbledon conference. The discussion of the 
railroad nuisance called out more tr:;th than courtesy from the 
Directors Gen. Townsend thought the means of reaching and 
leaving Creedmoor were abominable In place of seeking the con- 
venience of passengers, the time table, the delays and the scant ac- 
commodations were especially adapted to deter visitors from going 
to the range, and in miliUiry transportation certainty of movement 
was of considerable importance. The matter was referred to the 
Executive Committee with instructions to lay the matter before the 
railroad oflicers and seek better facilities. 
Major Fulton reported on the late spring meeting that the number 
of entries in the me -ting just closed were more than double those of 
previous spring meeting, and the shooting too showed a marked im- 
provement. After the election of the following life members the 
Board adjourned: Dr J. M. Hawiston, Mr. H. Kirby, Jr., Lieut.- 
Col. J. T. Denny, Captain H. P. B. Hill. 
Wants and Exctian.^es. 
Advertisements under this head are inserted at 25 cents for two 
lines. Send m oney with order. 
PRAIRIE DOGS FOR SALE — Price per pair. Boxed and 
sent Oy express. Address, E. A. Vickrot, Brookville, Kansas. 
WANTED — To exchange a Pointer pup for a Cocker spaniel, which 
must be pure blood and healthy. Geo. Stcrrock, \Vellsboro, Pa 
FOR SALE. —Eight fine bred setter pups, two weeks old, in pairs 
or single ones. Address, R. Walker, Niagara Falls N. Y. 
FOR S^LE — A fine kennel of Setters. Warranted to give entire 
satisfaction; prices moderate. Will G. Parker, Mt. Palatine, 111. 
WANTED— A “Lavarack or Field Trial Dog.” Must be the best; 
two to twelve 3'ear8 old. D. C. Bergundtual, Indianapolis, lud. 
FOR SALE— A splendid yoang liver colored Springer Spaniel bitch 
from the finest of bred and broken stock. Price $16; worth $60; 
warranted. ]^Addaess .VI. P. McKoon, Franklin, Del. Co., N. Y. 
SETTER PUPS FOR SALE. Dam •“May,” whose pedigree ap- 
peared in this paper. Sire an Irish setter; color orange and white, 
well tickled, and Irish red; six weeks old. For parttculars address 
O. D. Foulks, Town point, Cecil Co., Ind. 
FOR SALE— A pair of Dash pups 5 months old, almost entirely 
r**d. splentJid color; will be fit for snipe next fall; dog and slut foi 
$75. They are out of the best son of old “Dash” and “Flora” the 
mother out of Grabner's “Lizzie.” They cannot be bred any finer 
or better in this country or any other. Address S. R., Rod and Gi n. 
FOR S.VLE —Two very handsome setter pups from first-class 
sleek. For full particulars, address E. Van Derwerken, 
Stamford, Conn. 
FOR SALE CHE.VP. — A rifle pistol, made by Billinghnrst, skele- 
ton stock, telescope sights, 32 cal.. 12 in. bbl., with moulds, ewedge, 
etc. Address, P. O. Box 225, Castile, N. Y. 
ADVEKTISEME^ITS, 
Three dollars per inch. Discount on permanent advertisements. 
W. H. M.lfHE.X, Artist, Toledo, Ohio. 
Makes a specialty ot painting single and companion 
pieces (in oil), of game and fish, — from nature onlj — 
Paintings for cluh rooms, dining rooms, &c., con- 
stantly on hand. Painiimrs of rare birds, quadrupeds, 
or animals made to order from natural specimens. 
IRISH PRIZE BLOOD ALL RED SETTERS FOR 
SAIiE. — Several brace of large, slashing, beautiful 
looking blood-red animals — trained and untrained — ihe 
best in Ireland, combining the blood of Dycer’s famed 
“ Dan,” Hutchinson’s renowned champion ‘‘ Bob,” 
Cooper’s prize dog “Ranger,” Hutchinson’s “Lilly,” 
Miss NVarburton’s champion bitch “Venus.” Also the 
Marquis of AVaterford’s blood in “Flounce,” and Mr 
La Louche’s in ‘ Ranger.” The above are the real true 
type of Irish Setter, famed for their pace, endurance, 
and nose, noi the red and white so often pa vned off as 
Irish. A few young dogs of the old “litisii AVatek 
Spaniel” breed now so diflicult to obtain, the best, 
most sagacious, and most endurable retriever liviug, 
Full particulars and prices from “DERG,” 
Killaloe, Co, Clare, Ireland. 
SBTTEBS. 
I have for sale another litter of Setter pups from my 
celebrated bitch “Sue.” by Mosher’s thoroughbred 
dog “Frank.” “Sue” is out of AA'arwick’s “Flora,” 
by Charles Aurand’s celebrated dog “ Colonel,” 
of Clyde, N. Y., one of the best dogs in tlie State. 
“ Frank” was bred by Mr. 11. L. AVilkinson, of AVest- 
field. Mass., and besides being very staunch, and 
possessing a wonderful nose, is one of the liautlsoniest 
dogs that ever pointed game. Color of tlie pups, lemon 
and white, and black and white. Price !j!25 .eacli. 
On account of a change in my business, I will also 
sell the bitch “ Sue.” She is thoroughly trained, and a 
splendid retriever on land or water. Price ^100. Fifty 
dollars was refused for lier wlien six months old. For 
reterences and further information lublros 
E. E. Phelps, 
Box HOC, Auburn, N. Y. 
Descriptive Guide to the Adirondacks. 
The ouly iComplete and Rcliahlc Gnide to the delightful 
Fishing and Hunting Grounds of 
THE GREAT NEW YORK WILDERNESS. 
NEWLY REVISED EDITIOM. 
Handsome 12 mo., flexible covers, red and gold, maps, etc. Abou^ 
360 pages. Beautifully illustrated. Price $200 May be obtained 
of any book seller, or will be mailed, post paid, on receipt of price, 
by WAVERLY PUBLISHING CO , 
Syracuse. N . Y. 
S. W. f^OOBRIDC^K. 
GRAFTOY, AVIXDIIAM, CO., VERMONT. 
Keeps constantlj' on hand a full supply of fishing rods. 
MY SHAD ROD, 10 feet long, made expressly for 
shad fly fishing, and approved by Mr. Thomas 
Clialmcrs. Price 8.00 
MY TBOUT FLY RODS, 3 joints, 10.00 
BLACK BASS RODS, most a pproved pattern, . . 8.00 
All are hand- made, and of the best material, silver 
plated mountings, and metal covered dowals. 
All kinds of fine bait rods on hand, or made to order. 
All orders promptly attended to. 
Sportsmens Emporium 
AND 
IBsbse IBgbll IDepot. 
FISHING AND GUN TACKLE. 
BREECH-LOADING AAIilUNITION. 
Fistiini: Rods made and repaired to order. Cartridges loaded to 
order — aceiiiaey warranted. 
ENGLISH VELVETEEN, CORD AND DUCK. 
Imported expressly for Shooting and Fishing Saits. 
GEO. B. ELLARD, 
t4-ix WALNUT ST. (below- Fourth), 
Old Red-Slocking Ileadqnarters. CINCINNATI, O. 
THE GREAT LONDON GUN TRIAL. 
W. W. GREENER begs to inform hi*? immcroue clients in the 
United States that he has liecii very successiul in the above trial, 
having secured the first prize, 
A SILVER CUP, VALUE 40 GUINEAS. 
(Class 2 for 12 bore), also winner in class 1 for 8 and III bores, and 
class 4 for 20 bore, he has won in all the classes for improved bor- 
ing, which is on a different iflan to any other maker, and is far supe- 
rior in the three mosr e'*semial points, viz.: pattern, iieneiralion, 
and regularity of shooiii.g. 
Messrs, McLi rpii. Williams & Co , of St. Louis, are now import- 
ing those Double Close Shofijing Guns to order A full report of 
this great trial will be shf-rily published, to be had from Messrs. 
McLaian, Williams A Co. 
• W. AV. GREENER, 
Champion Gun Maker, 
St. Mary’s Works, 
Birmingham, England. 
mAKrKr’'s 
Iffew Trolling Spoon 
In offering 
this Trolling 
Bait t o t h e 
p b 1 i c t h e 
manufacturer 
feels confident 
he has brought 
this artificial 
bait to such perfection that it needs but a trial to establish its su- 
pe iority over all others for catching Bass. Pike, Pickerel, Trout, 
Salmon Trout, Muskaionge, etc. Three sizes made— No. 20 for fish 
under 3 pounds weight; No, 21 for fish under 10 pounds; No 22 
for very large fi?*h. Tf not to be found at your fishing tackle stores, 
these spoons will be forw ided by the manufacturer by mail. 
Price $l.n0eacn. JOHN H. MANN, Syracuse, New York. 
HENRY C. SQUIRES, 
NO. 1 CORTLAND ST., N. Y. 
Agent for 
W .11. Holabird’s Sliootin? and Fishin? Suits. 
WATERPROOF AND CONVENIENT. 
Coat, $10; Vest, $4; Pants, $3.50; Hat, $2.50. 
All sizosiQ stock. Send lujasure. Discpuiit to the trade. 
GARTON, ALEXANDER aod WALLER, 
101 & 103 Duane Street, (near’ Broadway), New York 
Manufacturers and Importers of 
I^ISFillSrO- 
Rods, Reels, Lines, Artificial Flies, Nets, Baits, Fish 
Hooks, etc. 
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 anrl Mmizle-Loadi nf/ Guns. 
Sportsmens’ goods of fll kinds. 
OsLAition I 
Gentlemen purchasing Shooting Coats are warned against an in- 
feror article bisringmy name. Be sure to get the genuine Hola- 
biid AVaterptoof Coat. W. H. HOLABIRD, 
YalparalsOgilnd. 
miCHIGAlV 
Central Railroad. 
Detroit to Chicago 284 Miles 
An important link in the 
G-reat Through Ziine of Travel 
between the East and Wc.st. 
Parties desiring to visit any part of the West will find this road 
first-class in all respects. 
Connections are made at Chicago with all the Western Roads. 
HUNB.'X’ c. weivtwortb;, 
General Passenger Agt . , Chicago, 111. 
We make no charge for Guns, or other ordinary traps for Sports 
men. Dogs carried at reasonable figures. 
Chicago & Alton Railroad. 
THE ONLY DIRECT RAILROAD from Chicago to 
St. Louis, and Chicago to Kansas City 
'W'itlo.OTJLt Clxa-iase of Ca.o.-s- 
First-class accommodations in everything 
SPORTSMEN will find splendid shooting on the line of this 
road; prairie chicken, geese, dneks, brant, qnail, etc. Connects 
direct at Kansas City with the Kansas Pacific Railroad for the great 
Bnfl^alo and Antelope range of Kansas and Colorado. 
Liberal arrangements far transport of Hogs for spa)-tsmen. 
.r*>,FS r (.en J as-,. Agt., f liieat’o IIL 
Tlie 
Sportsman^s il^ouie. 
Chicago and North-Western Railway. 
This great corporation now owns and operates over two thonsuiid 
miles o! road, rndiuting fiom C’h cugo 1 ke llu fingeis in a mat 's 
liuiid, its )inc^^l acll in all directions and cover about all of the 
country noi 1 b, north-wesl and west <if ( hteajjo. \\ iih one btam b 
it rca* lies Kanne. Kell 0 ^ha, Milwaukee, and the country iiorib 
thereof; with another line it pushes through Janesville, M alerlown, 
0>hkoj-h, Fond du Lac, Green Bay, EscMiaha, lo N gauiiee and 
Marquette, with another line it passes through Madison, Elioy, and 
for bt. Paul and Minneapolis; branching westward from Elroy, it 
runs to and through Winona, Owatonna, St. I'eter, Mankato, New 
Ulm, and stops not until l.ake Kamp^ska, Dakota, is reached; an- 
other line starts Irom Chicago and runs through Elgin and Rockfoid 
to Freeport, and, v^a the Illinois I'entral. reaches Warren, Galena 
and Dubuque, and the couniry beyond. St. 11 another I ne runs al- 
most due westward, and passes tbrouch Dixon, Sterling, Fulton, 
Clinton, (Iowa,) Cedar Rapids, Marshalltown. Grand Jum ticn, Mis- 
souri Valley Junction, to Council Bluffs and Omaha. This last 
named is the “Gueat TKA^*s•Co^TI^E^TAL Roite." and the 
pionetr overland line for Nebraska, Colorado, Utah. Idaho, 
Montana, Nevada, California, and the Pacific €'• aat. It runs 
, through the Garden of Illinois and Iowa, and is the oebl. safest, 
I shortest and best route to OinahiG LincolHy and other points id 
Nebraska, and for Cheyenne, Denver, Salt Lake City, Vir- 
ginia City, Carson, Sacramento, San Francisco and all other 
points west of the Missouri river. 
See, then, what one company can do. If you want to go to M 
waukee. Fond du Luc, Manitowoc, Sheboygan. Janesville. \Vau 
town. Oshkosh, De Pere, Green Bay, Rioon, Madison, Barab 
Eau Claire, Hudson, Stillwater, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, 
Brcckeniidge, Morehead, Fort Garry, Winona, Owatoni.a, New 
Ulm, Freeport, Warren, Plartsville, Galena. Dubuque, Waterloo, 
Fort Dod^e, Sioux City, Yankton, Council Blutls, Omaha. Lincoln, 
Denver. Salt Lake City, Sacremento, San Francisco, or a hundred 
other northern, norni-westem. or western points, this great line is 
the one YOU should take. The track is of the best steel rail, and is 
well ballasted and as free from dust us a road can be nude. I'he bridges 
are strong and durable, and all the appointments are first-class in 
every respect. The trains that run ov<».r > his route aie made up of 
elegant new- Pullman Palace Drawing Room and Sleeping Coaches, 
built expresMy jor this line^ luxurious, well-lighted and w ell venti- 
lated Day Couches, and ))leasunt lounging and smoking cars— all 
built by this cainpany in their own shops. The t ars are all equipped 
with the celebrated Miber Safety Platform, and patent Butlers and 
couplings, Wesiinghousc Safety Air Brakes. ai»d every other appli- 
ance that has be* n devised for the saf« ty of j asseiiger irains. All 
trains are run by telegraph. In a word this GRhA3 LINE has the 
best and smoothest track, and the most elegant and ci mfortable 
equipment of any road in the West, and has no compeiilor in the 
country. It is eminently the favorite route with the Chicagoans 
travelling west, north, or north-west, and is acknow ledg« d by the 
travelling public to be the popular line for all poinisin Northern 
Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Northern Michigan, Dakota, West- 
ern Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, I tab, Montana, Idaho, 
Nevada, California, and the Pacific Slope. 
TO SPOBTSMEX: 
This line presents peculiar advantages. For 
Prairie Chickens, Ducks, Geese and Brunt Shooing, 
our Iowa Line to-day offers 
More E' a V or able Points 
* than any other road in the country, while for 
Deer and Bear Hunting and for Brook Trout, Lake Sal- 
mon, Pike, Pickerel and Bass pishing 
a hundred points on the Northern and North-western lines of tlii 
company will be found unsurpassed by any thing in the West. 
MARTIN HUGHITT, Gen. Sup’t., Chicago. 
W. II, STENNETT, Gen. Past. AgU, Chicago. 
