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Win a 
Hercules Trophy 
BY SHOOTING 
Infallible or E. C. Smokeless Shotgun Powders 
OF INTEREST TO SHOOTERS 
By shooting the powders that have won every important trapshooting event held this 
year—Hercules Infallible or E. C. shooters may win the handsomest prizes ever offered by 
a manufacturer. Hercules trophies stand for skill and good sportsmanship. I hey will be 
eagerly striven for, and to win one will be a mark of high distinction. 
In order to give the average shooters a chance, the Half- 
«_enrury Trophy is awarded for runs of fifty straight or better. 
Remember that the first run of fifty gets you a trophy and each 
succeeding run adds to it. You do not have to wait till the end 
of the season to receive the prize. 
Half Century Trophy 
The Hercules Half Century Trophy 
The Hercules Half-Century Trophy is really a series of 
trophies awarded to amateurs for each run of from 50 to 90 
straight made under the conditions given below. 
For the first Half-Century run, the contestant will receive 
a beautiful gold medallion watch charm, engraved with his name 
and score. 
Each succeeding Half-Century will entitle him to one gold 
link toward his watch chain. These links are ingeniously de¬ 
vised so that they can be easily snapped together, and on each 
one will be engraved the length of the run and the date on which 
it was made. It will not be necessary to win the whole chain 
before the links can be put in use. Three or four of them at¬ 
tached to the charm will make a handsome watch chain pend¬ 
ant, and five or six can be used as a fob. In fact, from the time 
the charm is won until the watch completes the trophy, the pos¬ 
sessor will have a prize that any one would be proud to wear. 
As soon as the amateur has won twenty links he will be 
awarded a gold watch together with a crossbar and snap swivel 
to complete the chain. The watch will be of standard make, 
guaranteed by the manufacturer, and will be suitably inscribed 
to commemorate the winner’s achievement. 
Conditions Governing Awards 
Competition for Hercules Half-Century Trophies is open to amateurs only. 
Only scores made in the regularly scheduled program events 
of tournaments registered by the Interstate Association will be 
counted. 
The shooter must use either Infallible or E. C. to have his 
run recognized. 
To count in the competition for the Half-Century Trophy, a 
run must be from 50 to 99 straight. (Runs of 100 or better win 
Hercules Century Trophies.) 
Runs may be carried over from one day to another in the 
same tournament, but not from one tournament to another. 
At registered shoots attended by a representative of the 
Hercules Powder Company, shooters making Half-Century runs 
with one of our powders have only to acquaint him of the fact 
in order to secure trophies. If no Hercules representative is 
present, the shooter should write his name, mail address, length 
of run, date and powder used on a form supplied by the com¬ 
pany to the secretaries of all gun clubs holding registered 
shoots. When this is signed by the secretary of the club it will 
be acepted as proof of the run. In case none of the forms are 
on hand, simply state the facts and get the secretary to attest 
them with his signature. Address Hercules Powder Co., Wil¬ 
mington, Del. 
WRITE FOR BOOKLET GIVING FULL DESCRIPTION OF HERCULES CENTURY AND 
HALF-CENTURY TROPHIES. 
The Hercules 1914 Century Trophies are solid gold watch 
fobs of a peculiarly attractive design with rich embossing. 
These will appeal to' the artist as well as to the lover of shot¬ 
gun and bird dog. They will be donated by the Hercules 
Powder Company to amateurs and professionals during the sea¬ 
son of 1914 under the following conditions: 
To any amateur who, in the regular program event at any 
Registered Tournament, shall break 100 straight or better when 
using either E. C. or Infallible (or both powders), will be pre¬ 
sented a Hercules Gold Century Trophy. Should an amateur, 
who has already won a Hercules 1914 Century Trophy, make at 
any time prior to January 1, 1915, one or more runs of 100 
straight or better under the above conditions, he will be award¬ 
ed a solid gold bar, suitably inscribed with length of run, date 
and place where made, for each additional long run. 
The same conditions prevail so far as Professionals are con¬ 
cerned, except that Professionals are required to break 125 
straight or better in order to entitle them to a Century Trophy 
and to additional gold bars. 
HERCULES POWDER CO., Wilmington, Delaware 
