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A GRAND VICTORY FOR____...— 
DUPONT SMOKELESS 
AT THE 
CRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP OF i899. 
Hon. Thomas A. Marshall, of Keithsburg, Ill.,in a field of 262 of the BEST 
SHOTS in the country, won FIRST PLACE for the SECOND TIME with 
DUPONT SMOKELESS POWDER. 7 
FOUR of the SIX STRAIGHT SCORES in the same event were made 
with DUPONT SMOKELESS. : 
Of those killing 24 out of 25, there were more shooting DUPONT SMOKE- 
LESS than any other powder. 
The greatest number of the 23’s used DUPONT SMOKELESS. 
The OFFICIAL SCORE shows that of the total number of participants, 
the MAJORITY preferred DUPONT SMOKELESS. 
DUPONT SMOKELESS won MORE MONEY than all the other powders 
put together. 
IT ALWAYS PAYS TO USE ‘THE BEST 
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WILMINGTON, DEL. 
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USED EVERYWHERE IN THE CIVILIZED WORLD. 
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