July 31, 1875 
269 
SETTERS. 
I l)ave for sale another litter of Setter Pups from my 
celebrated bitch “ Sue,” by Mosher’s thoroughbred 
dog “Frank.” “Sue” is out of Warwick’s “Flora,” 
by Charles Aurand’s celebrated dog “ Colonel,” of 
Clyde, N. Y.. one of the best dogs in the State. 
“Frank” was bred by Mr. H. L. Wiikinson, of West- 
field, Mass., and besides being very staunch, and pos- 
sessing a wonderful nose, is one of the handsomest dogs 
that ever pointed game. Color of the pups, lemon and 
white, and black and white. Price $25 each. 
E. E. Phelps, 
Bo.x 1166, Auburn, N. Y. 
The (ioss Revolving Cartridge Holder, 
CiBRiES Paper or Metallic Shells, either end np, revolves on 
centre slides, weighs bnt IX pounds, and is only IX inches wide. 
Holders flare at top so as to quickly receive the shells, and, being 
elastic, securely clasp the same. For ease of action and rapid shoot- 
ing it ex lels anything o' the kind invented. Price, C.O.D., 16.50. 
In ordering, give the size of shells and a loose measurement out- 
side of vest. N. S. GOSS, Neosho Falls, Kan. 
Travelers’ Official Hallway 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, together 
with such Miscellaneous Information relative 
to Railway Improvements and Prog- 
ress as may be useful to the 
Traveling Public. 
PLeoommencisL'tioiis : 
THEGREIITLOIIDONGUNTHIAUB/S, 
W. W. GREENER begs to inform h^s namerouf* clients in the 
United States thnt he has been very suc essfal in the above trial, 
having secured the first prize, 
A SILVi:/! CrP, VALUE 40 GU/XEAS 
(class 2 for 12 bore); also winner in class 1 for 8 and 10 bores, and 
class 10 for 20 bore. He has won in all the clas es for improved 
borinar, which is on a different plan to any other maker, and is far 
superior in the three most essential points, viz. : patrern, penetra- 
tion and regularity of shooting. 
Messrs. McLaran, Williams & Co., of St. Louis, are now import- 
ing those Double Close-Shooting (^uns to order. A full report of 
this great trial will be shortly published. To be had from Messrs. 
McLaren, Williams & Co. 
W. W. GREENER, 
Champion Gun Maker, 
St. Mary’s Works, 
Birmingham, England. 
Figeon Traps. 
PARKBR^S 
PATENT SELF-CLOSING 
“H” and. “T” 
PLUXGE TBAPS. 
Thcee traps are made after the style of the regular plunge traps, 
with the additional improvement — which is patented— of so con- 
necting the covers with the plunger, on which the bird fits, and 
from which he is thrown when the trap is operated, as to close them 
when the plunger falls to place, and by its weight holds tnem down, 
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 
TlilE AND BIRDS SAVED 
daring a single season's nsc ef 
Parker’s Patent Self-Closing Traps, 
will more than 
REPAY ANY CLUB WHICH MAY ADOPT THEM. 
No expense is spared in raannfacturing these traps to make them 
STROXG AXD DURABLE. 
E.ach trap has an 
E.rfra Water-Tif/ht Box, 
outside the box, which protects the plunger, 
WITH COVER FOR THE SAME. 
thus enabling the sportsman to set the trap firmly m the ground and 
remove it at any time, leaving the ontside box, with cover, on the 
field. 
PRICE, $25 PER PAIR. 
A pair sent by freight or express on receipt of the price. 
PARKER BROS., 
West Meriden, Conn. 
From Capt. A. H. BOQARDUS, Champion Wing Shot of America: 
“ I reckon your pigeon trap away above ail other trans I eve saw. 
It is handy to nse and sure to work, I tell everybody I meet that 
it is the only trap that ought to be used.’’ 
A. B. Boo ARBUS. 
Extract from a private letter received from Hon. A. C. Mattoon: 
THE 
What can I say that will convey to the trap shooters of this 
country a clearer idea of the excellence and superiority of your 
Patent Self-Closing Rgeon Trap over any other pigeon trap that we 
have seen, than to mention the fact that I have witnessed the shoot- 
ing of nearly twenty thousand birds from those traps at our late 
coo vention, and cannot now call to mind a single instante when 
the shooting was delayed an instant in cohseqnence 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, 1873, as will be 
seen by the following letter: 
“ in answer to your favor of the 17th, regarding the action of the 
Association about the self-closing improvement to plunge traps, 1 
would say that this Association has adopted them and engaged Mr. 
Knapp to add to the eight traps, now owned by the Association, 
this self-closing improvement Yours, respectfully, 
JoHW B. Sags, Sec. N. Y. S. Assoc’n.'’ 
HAZARD POWDRRCO 
MANUFACTURERS OP 
GUNPOWDER. 
Hazard’s “ Electric Powder.” 
Nos. 1 (fine) to 5 (coar.e). Unsurpassed in point of strength and 
cleanliness. Packed in square canisters of 1 lb. only. 
Hazard’s “.American Sporting.” * 
Nos. 1 (fine) to 3 (coarse). In 1 lb. canisters and 6,X lb. kegs. A 
fine grain, quick and clean, for upland prairie shooting. Well 
adapted to shot-guns. 
Hazard’s “ Duck Shooting.” 
Nos. 1 (fine) to 5 (coarse). In 1 and 5 lb. canisters and 6X and 12X 
lb. kegs. Burns slowly and very clean, shooting remarkably close 
and with great penetration. For field, forest or water shooting, it 
ranks any other brand, and it is equally serviceable for muzzle or 
breech-loaders. 
Hazard’s “ Kentucky Rifle.” 
FFFG, FFG, and “Sea Shooting” FG, in kegs of 23, 12X ami 6X 
lbs, and cans of 5 lbs. FFFG is also packed in 1 and IX lb. c m- 
isters. Barns strong and moist. The FFFG and FFG are favorite 
brands for ordinary sporting, and the “ Sea shooting ” FG is the 
standard Rifle powder of the country. 
Superior Hining and Blasting Powder. 
GOVERNMENT CANNON AND MUSKET POWDER: ALSO, 
SPECIAL GRADES FOR EXPORT. OF ANY REQUIRED 
GRAIN OR PROOF, MANUFACTURED TO ORDER. 
The above can be had of dealers, or of the Company's Agents in 
every prominent city, or wholesale at our office, 
88 WALL STREET. XEW TORE. 
MICHIGAN 
CENTRAL RAILROAD. 
Detroit to Chicago 284 Miles. 
An important link in the 
GREAT THROUGH LIRE OF TRAVEL 
Between the East and West. 
Parties desiring to visit any part of the West will find this road 
first-class in ail respects. 
Conueciions are made at Chicago with all the Western Roads. 
HENRY C. WENTWORTH, 
General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Fils. 
MANBI^S 
Hew Trolling Spoon. 
'^ANN’S 
JOHN E. EAKLE, 
We make no charge for Guns or other ordinary traps for Sports- 
men. Dogs carried at reasonable figures. 
BARTON, ALEXANDER & WALLER, 
101 & 103 Duane Street (near Broadwa}^), New York. 
Manufacturers and Importers of 
FISLillsTO- 
Rods, Reels, Lines, Artificial Flies, Nets, Baits, Fish- 
Hooks, etc. 
Split Bamboo Fly Rods and Reels 
OP THE FINEST WORKMANSHIP. 
Tackle suitable for Maine, Adirondack, Canadian and other fishing. 
ARTIFICIAL FLIES DRESSED TO ORDER. 
Breech ami Mazzle-Boailing Guns. 
Sportsmen's Goods of all kinds. 
H UNTER’S and TRAPPER’S Illustrated Practical 
Guide to use aud care of arms and ammuniiiou; making and 
using traps, snares and nets; baits and bailing; bird-lime, preserv- 
ing, stretching, dressing, tanning and dyeiug skins and furs, fishing, 
etc. With fifty engravings. 20 cents. 
Training.— A complete guide to breaking and training 
sporting dogs, how to teach all wonderful and amusing tricks, anec 
dotes of famous dogs, etc. Illustrated, 25 cents. Of booksellers 
or by mail. JESSE HANEY & CO., 119 Nassau st.. N. Y. 
In offering 
this Trolling 
i B a i t to the 
'public the 
manufacture’* 
feels confident 
he has brought 
this artificial 
bait to such perfection that it needs but a trial to establish its sa 
periority over all others for catching Bass, Pike, Pjckerel, Trou , 
Salmon Trout, Muskalonge. etc. Three sizes made— No. 20 for fish 
under 3 pounds weight; No. 21 for fish under 10 pounds; No. 22 
for very large fish. If not to be found at your fishing tackle stores, 
these spoons will be forwarned by the manufacturer by mail. 
Price, $1 00 each. JOHN H. MANN, Syracuse, N. Y. 
SOLICITOR OP 
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PATENTS. 
FIRE ARMS A SPECIALTY. 
Having certified copies of all English, French and American Pat- 
ents of Fire-arms on file, my facilities for rendering service to 
inventors in this department are unsurpassed. Patents secured, or 
“ copies of patents" already granted, on favorable terms. 
Address JOHN E. EARLE, New Haven, Conn. 
CHICAGO fi m RAILROAD, 
THE ONLY DIRECT RAILROAD from Chigago to 
St. Louis, and Chicago to Kansas City, 
WITHOUT CHANGE OF CAES. 
FIRST-CLASS ACCOMMODATIOIfS GY EVERY 
THING. 
SPORTSMEN will find splendid shooting on the line o' this 
road; prairie chicken, geese, ducks, brant, quail, etc Connects 
direct at Kansas City with the K msas Pacific Railroad for the great 
Buffalo and Antelope range of Kansa-, and Colorado. 
Liberal arrangements for transport of Dogs for Sportsmen. 
JAMES CHARLTON, 
General Passenger Agent, 
Chicago, Ills. 
Caua'tionl 
Gentlemen purchasing Shooting Coats are warned against an 
inferior article bearing my name. Be sure to get the genuine Hola- 
hird Waterproof CToat. W. H. HOLABIRD, 
Valparaiso, Ind. 
Tlie 
SEportsman’s ]Route. 
Chicago and North-Western Railway. 
This great corporation now owns and operates over two thousand 
miles of road, radiating from Chicago like the fingers in a man’s 
band; its lines reach in all d.rections and cover abont all of the 
country norih, north-west and west of Chicago, With one branch 
it reaches Racine. Kenosha, Milwaukee, and the country north 
thereof; with another line it pushes through Janesville. Watertown, 
Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, Green Bay, Escanaba. to Nagannee and 
Marqnette; with another line it passes through Madison, Elroy, and 
for St. Paul and Minneapolis; branching westward from Elroy, it 
runs to and through Winona, Owatonna, St. Peter, Mankato. New 
Ulm, and stops not until Lake Kameska, Dakota, is reached: an- 
other line starts from Chicago and runs through Elgin and Rockford 
to Freeport, ami, via the Illinois Central, reaches Warren, Galena 
anl Dubnqne, and the country beyond. Still another line runs 
almost due westward, and passes throngh Dixon, Sterling. Fnlton, 
Clinton (Iowa), Cedar Rapids, Marshalltown, Grand Jonciion, Mis- 
sonriVaUey Junction, to Council Bluffs and Omaha. This last- 
named is the “ Great Tbans-Continental Route,” and the 
pioneer oierland line for Nerraska, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, 
•VtONTANA, Nevsda, CALIFORNIA and the Pacific Coast. It rims 
throngh the Garden of Illinois and Iowa, and is the beet, safest, 
shortest and best route to Omaha, Lincoln, and other points in 
Nebraska, and for Cheyenne, Denver, Salt Lake City, Vir- 
6INIA City, Carson, Sacramento, San Francisco and aU other 
points west of the Missouri River. 
See, then, what one Company can do. If you want to go to Mil- 
waukee, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Sheboygan, Janesville, Water- 
town, Oshkosh, De Pere, Green Bay, Ripon, Madison. Baraboo, 
Eau Claire, Hudson, Stillwater, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, 
Breckenridge, Morehead, Fort Garry. Winona, Owatonna, New 
Ulm, Freeport, Warren, PlattsvUle, Galena, Dubuque. Waterloo, 
Fort Dodge. Sioux City, Yankton, Council Bluffs, Omaha, Lincoln, 
Denver. Salt Lake City, Sa-ramento, San Francisco, or a hundred 
other northern, north-western, or western points, this erea line is 
the one you should take. The track is of the best steel rail, and is 
well ballasted and as free from dust as a road can be made. The 
bridges are strong and durable, and all the appointments are first- 
class in every respect. The trains that run over this route are made 
up of elegant new Pullman Palace Drawing Room and Sleeping 
Coaches, built expressly for this line, luxorione, well- ighted ana 
well-ventilated Day Coaches, and pleasant lounging and smoking 
cars — all built by this Company in their own shops. The care are 
all equipped with ihe celebrated Miller Safety Platform, and patent 
Buffers and < onplings, Westinghouse Safely Air Brakes, and every 
other appliance that has been devised for the safety of passenger 
trains. Ail trains are run by telegraph. In a word, this GREAT 
LINE has the best and smoothest track, and the most elegant and 
comfortable equipment of any road in the West, and has no com- 
petitor in the country. It is eminently the favorite route with the 
Chicagoans traveling west, north, or north west, and is acknowl- 
edged by the traveling public to be the proper line for all points In 
Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Notthem Michigan, Da- 
kota, Western Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Man- 
tana, laaho, Nevada, Cahfornia and the Pacific Slope. 
TO SPORTSMEN: 
This line presents peculiar advantages. For 
Prairie Chickens, Ducks, Geese A; Brant Shooting 
our Iowa Line to-day offers 
3Iore Favorable Points 
than any other road in the country, while for 
Deer and Bear Hunting, and for Brook Trout, Lake 
Salmon, Pike, Pickerel and Bass Fishing 
a hundred points on the Northern and North-western lines of this 
Company will be found unsurpassed by anythmg in the West. 
.HABTIN HPGHITT, Gen. Sup’t, Chicago. 
W. H. STENNETT, Gen. Pass. Agt, Chicago. 
