PARKfZirS PATENT 
Clip Cartfidge Celt. 
Pi icp, 8<!.50. 
This belt revolves around the body, carries any size shell equally 
•well; holds- them open end up, thereby preventing the wads start- 
ing in loaded shells, and is acknowl.-dged by all as the best device 
for carrying shells to be found in the market. 
This belt gives perfect ventilation to the chest. 
Address 
PARKER BROS.,^^ 
West Meriden, Conn. 
In ordering belts give the loose measure around waist Over test. 
Breech-Loading Rifles and Shot Guns. 
CENTRAL FIRE 
00 1X1101113.1:1011 .A. r in s , 
WITH BE-nOADlNU CAPPED CAtlTlSlIKiES. 
For convenience, accuracy and penetration uneqa -lied. Send for 
price-list and target representations. 
MASSACHUSETTS ARCMS CO., 
CHICOPEE FALLS, MASS- 
Targets Made 
WITH 
.IlajTiitnl Rifles. 
HALF PTZB. 
Ten Consecutive Shots. 
Twenty hm« 1 'I'en Rods. 
William Read & Sons^ 
13 FAXELTL HALL SQUARE, BOSTON, 
AGESTS FOR 
W. & G. Scott 6c Sons^ 
B B E E CH- L OA I> I XG G V X 
WINNERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL GUTI TRIAL. 
Also Westley Richards, Greener, Webley, Moore and 
others. 
A genuine Scott Muzzle-Loading Double Gun, ^2-5 up 
Maynard, Ballard, Remington and Sharp Rifles. 1 
Ballard’s Breech-Loading Sporting Rifles, $181. 
Bussey’s GYRO PIGEON TRAP for shooting practice 
Send for circulars. 
TO SPOKTSMKN 
Desiring Fine English Guns 
Bmllt t-o Order. 
For muiiy years past onr s|>ecialtv ^ ^ ^ 
has been building FINE GUNS to the i>fu. 
order of individual sportsmen. 
The difficulty of procuring a gun ready made that will 
suit the figure, and at the same lime meet all the other 
requirements of the sportsman, as in Weight, Gatige, 
Length, Bend, Style, Shooting Powers, Ami Price, causes 
the majority of first-class shots to have their guns built to 
special order. The great drawback heretofore to this 
method of procuring a FINE GUN has been the extrava- 
gant and fancy prices charged for such work. To over- 
come this difficulty we have established a house in New 
York, thus enabling sportsmen to trade direct with the 
gun maker. We are now prepared to accept from sports- 
men orders to build FINE Guns of any desired measure- 
ment, at our list prices, which we forward with illustrated 
description of our guns on application. 
J. & W. TOLLEY, 
(PIONEER WORKS,) 
Birmiugham, England. 
BR.\NCH HOUSE 29 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK. 
N li.— .Extri clo.!' -ihoi.t Dgmay behadif desired at same prices. 
I Hegeman’s 
Portable Folding Boat, 
SPORTSmEIM! 
Have YuU sekn THE NEW "^IlELU, with 
•‘SLOTTED HEAI)^’ and BERDAN PRIMER.’ 
IF NOT, 
SEND FOB A SAMPLE, 
And hereafter you will 
Use IVTo Other Shell!! 
Thet^o Snellf? with slotted hea s are so constructed as to enable 
spor smen easily to remo c the exploded caps from the ouUide with 
any pointed instrurarnt — even a common porket-knife will do the 
work successfully. Once seen Sportsjnen will use no otaer shell, as 
it obviates all trouble wirb broke » down anvil.-*, broken points in 
c p ejectors, holes nnnehed thrt)ii*:h caps, screw-head shells that 
corrode and cannot be nnsbrewed after a little use. In a word, it 
will supercede all other shells now in use. 
PRICE $3 ro PER DOZEN. 
Sample Shell by mail 2.) crs. .-address 
PARKER BROTHERS, 
West Merideo, Conn. 
JOH.TS F. LOWER, 
SPORTSMEN’S DEPOT, 381 BLAKE ST., 
For use as life boats, lighters dingies, dorys, on steam- 
ers, yachts and other vessels, also for sport.s'men tourists, 
trapping, exploring expeditions, parties camping oiit.etc. 
These safe and perfectly portable boats will admit of 
the roughest usage . A very light, strong and durable 
frame of ash or other tough wood with canva-s cover 
and cork fenders, and can be foi.ded ix oxe-eigiith 
SPACE for transportation, and carried in a light buggy 
wagon, on horseback, or by a single person, and can be 
unfolded read}- for use in three minutes’ lime . 
Boats closely folded, packed and shipped by express 
to an)' address however distant, at the same rale of 
freight as ordinar\' goods. 
Address JOHN HEGE>f.AN. 
Ballston Spa, Saratoga Co. 
DElSrVEPt, COL. 
A full assortment of various kinds of 
GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, AMMUNITION. SPORTING GOODS, 
FISHING TACKLE, CUTLERY, ETC., 
Colt's, Smith & Wesson's, and other cartridge revolvers. Sharps, 
Wesson's, Winchester and Remington's Rifles. Breech-Loading, 
double and single guns. Ely's shells, wads, cape, powder, shot, etc. 
Indian beads, ornaments and curiosities, at Newest inarkot prices. 
Agent for the sale of Parker's Breech-Loading Shot Guns. 
Fig-eon Traps. 
PARKER’S 
PATENT SELF-CLOSING 
. “FT” and. “T” 
PLIXGE TEA PS. 
These traps are made after the style of the regular plunge traps, 
with the additional improvement— which is patented— of so con- 
neciing the covers writh the plunger, on which the bird sits, and 
from which he is throw n when the trap is operated, as to close them 
when the plunger falls to place, and by its weight holds them down, 
so that it is impossible for a bird to oi>en the covers and escape, as 
is often the case with other plunge traps. The special advantages 
claimed are that the 
TEME AND BIRDS SA\T:D 
during a single season's use of 
Parker's Patent Self-Closing Traps, 
will more than 
REPAY ANY CLUB WHICH M.tY ADOPT THEM. 
No expense is spared in mannfacturing these traps to make them 
STROXG AXD DURABLE. 
Etch trap has an 
Extra B'ater-TUjht Box 
outside the box, which protects the plunger, 
VnTB. COVER FOR THE SAME, 
thus enabling the sportsman to set the trap firmly m the ground and 
remove it at any time, leaving the outside box, with cover, on tha 
field. 
PRICE, $25 PER PAIR. 
A pair sent by freight or express on receipt of the price. 
PARKER BROS., 
West Meriden, Conn. 
PLeoorrimeiida.t,ioiis : 
The Sturtevant Loader^ 
By rendering the process of filling shells 
S.VFE, SIMPLE, RAPID AND EASY, 
Removes the greatest objection to breech-loading guns. 
This) implement fills shells (pa- 
per ormet^lic), of any length and 
calibre; punches off caps, turns 
over paper she Is, and a type 
stamps upon the wad the size of 
shot used. The charges are drawn 
by a thumb-screw, and instantly 
removable. No shot isscaitered 
or powder spilled. The wads 
are placed with unusual firmness 
and accuracy. This loader is 8H 
inches long, and is of the sim- 
plest character, with no springs 
or parts liable to break or get out 
of repair. 
Price of Loader (see Plate) $5.00 
“ Type “ 1 20 
“ Punch “ 2 for Sturtevant Shells, 8 for other 
shells, tach 20 
“ Bushing “ 4 for ch^ging calibre 25 
“ Turnover “ 5 to tain over paper shells 50 
LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE. 
Send for Circular, and order of 
IBENJAMIN JONES. 
a SCHOOL STREET, BOSTON, Mass.; 
Lefever Breech-Loadefs, 
DOUBLE BARREL BREECH-LOADING SHOT 
GUTIS AND RIFLES. 
Single Barrel Breech Loadine Shot Gnus, the strongest and best 
ever made for either light or the heaviest kind of Dnck and Deer 
Shooting. Also Single Barrel Breech-Loadmg Rifles. 
Mnzzle-Loaders Altered 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 with every gun altered These guns 
are conceded, wheie known, to have the strongest fastening, the 
best action, to be the best handling, the closest and hardest shoot- 
ing. ar d the cheapest guns before the public. Locks are made re 
bounding, when desired. For catalogue and price list, address. 
E. BARBER A: CO,, 51 Clinton St.. SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
Descriptive Guide to the Adirondacks. 
The ouly Complete and Reliable Guide to the delightful Fiehicg and 
Hunting Grounds of 
THE GREAT NEW YORK WILDERNESS. 
NEWLY REVISED EDITION. 
Handsome 12 mo., flexible covers, red and gold, maps, etc. About 
300 pages. Beantifully illnstrafed. Price iSOO. May be obtained 
of any book-seller, or will be mailed, post paid, on receipt of price, 
by WA\'ERLY PUBLISHING CO.. 
Syracuse, ;N. Y. 
From Capt. A. H. BOGARDUS, Champion Wing Shot of America: 
“ I reckon your pigeon trap away above all other traps I ever saw. 
It is handy to use and snre to work, I tell eveiybody I meet that 
it is the only trap that ought to be used." 
A. H. Bogardcs. 
Extract from a private letter rece.ved from Hon. A. C. Mattoos: 
•• What can I sav that will convey to the trap shooters of this 
country a clearer idea of the excellence and superiority of your 
Patent Self-Closing Pigeon Trap over any other pigeon trap that we 
have seen, than to men'ion the fact that I have witnessed the shoot- 
ing of nearly twenty thousand birds from those traps at onr late 
convention, and cannot now call to mind a single instance when 
the shooting was delayed an instant in cnnseqaence of disarrange- 
ment of traps; they can be filled, with less loss of birds, and with 
greater facility than the old fashioned traps." 
THEt;E TRAPS YERE ADOPTED 
BY THE 
YORK STATE ASSOCIATIOX, 
aC their auunal coDveutiou. held at Batavia June, 1&T3, aa will he 
seen by the following letter: 
in’auawer to your favor of the ITtb, regarding the action of the 
Association about the self-closing improvement to plunge traps. I 
would say that this Association has adopted them and engaged Mr. 
Knapp to add to the eight yaps, now owned by the Associ u 
this self-closing improvement Yours, respectfully, 
JoHK B. Sag£, Sec. N. Y. S. Assoc**aoii« 
Gamtion! 
Gentlemen purchasing Shooting Coats are warned against an 
inferior article bearing my name. Be sure to gel the genuine Holu- 
bird Waterproof Coat. W. H. HOLABIRD, 
Valparaiso, Ind. 
