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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Sept. 2. 1911. 
A Big Lhue Story About 
THE BLACK SHELLS 
A Bred-in-the-Bone Shooter (you know the kind who will sit and talk 
duck and pattern, powder and equipment till four in the morning) last year 
realized his long-cherished dream of having a gun made to order. In it were 
summed up all the merits that twenty years of gun-handling had taught him 
to desire. For looks it was a beauty; it balanced like a six-ounce fly rod; 
the maker’s name was one to swear by, and in cost it approached a young auto', 
BUT, when the Bred-in-the-Bone Shooter tried it out, the score showed 
a maddening, saddening six per cent, below the guarantee, and repeated 
tests repeated this result. 
Just by chance he came to us, and we showed him another test which 
interested him mightily. We unloaded a lot of his shells (high-grade smoke¬ 
less) and loaded the identical powder, shot and wads into THE BLACK 
SHELLS (to show him that our Non-Mercuric Primer really is something). 
The result was a ten per cent. improvement in the score. 
The gun was accepted, the owner was happy and he wouldn’t thank you 
for the gift of any ammunition unless it were THE BLACK SHELLS. 
N. B. and P. S. This big "ittle story has a quick, sharp moral. This Fall 
• you are going to get some of THE BLACK SHELLS to find out how good 
our NON-MERCURIC PRIMER is. Make a note to get them tomorrow. 
U.S.CARTRI D CeHcO 
DEPT. H, LOWELL, MASS 
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poster, “October Days,” sent on receipt of 10c. 
The Du Pont Gun Club. 
Wilmington, Del., Aug. 26.—In the most interesting 
match that has taken place at the traps of the Du Pont 
Gun Club this season, Edward Banks this afternoon de¬ 
feated William M. Foord for the championship of Dela¬ 
ware. The score was Banks 99, Foord 93. There was a 
large crowd present. Each man shot at 100 targets, 
Banks missing but one. The winner, who was also the 
challenger, made a phenomenal run of 80 straight, miss¬ 
ing his 81st target. This was his only miss. Banks was 
challenged by Lawrence D. Willis, of this city. They 
will shoot at 100 targets on the grounds of the Du Pont 
Club, Sept. 30. The score at the end of each round of 
25 targets was: Banks 25,'25, 25, 24—99; Foord, 24, 25, 
22, 22—93. The winner broke all records heretofore 
made in a shoot for the State championship, the best 
previous score being 97. This was made by Foord in 
his last match against E. E. du Pont. Ford missed his 
d target. In the second round both men broke 
straight. In the third round, Foord missed the 13th, 
lGth and 19th targets. In the fourth round Foord missed 
the 15th, 22d and 24th birds. 
Mr. Willis, who has challenged Mr. Banks for the 
championship, broke 98 out of 100 in a sweepstakes event 
yesterday. In the same event James T. Skelly broke 94. 
The winners of the Coleman du Pont merchandise 
event yesterday were: Class 1, H. W. Bush, 24 out of 
25; Class 2, D. J. Dougherty, 24 out of 25; Class 3, 
John A. Campbell, 22 out of 25; Class 4, L. M. Lowe, 
17 out of 25. The scores, at 25 targets each, follow: 
Isaac Turner 17, Tnorpe Martin 17, R. L. Naudain 20, 
H. Winchester 21, L. M. Lowe 17, W. Edmunson 23, 
A. J. Curley 15, J. T. Lewin 9, J. A. MacMullen 13. 
W. F. Jensen 15, T. E. Doremus 20, J. T. Roberson 24, 
E. T. Wolf 14, L. C. Lyon 12, S. G. David 12, R. S. 
Robison 12, W. A. Lindsay 20, I. T. Skelly 23, W. M. 
Hammond 22, H. W. Bush 24, J.' A. Campbell 22, W. G. 
Long 8, J. W. Anderson, Jr., 20, W. J. Highfield 14, 
D. J. Dougherty 24, D. R. Rutter 15, S. J. Newman 14, 
R. Witworth 18, E. J. Morgan 21, E. E. du Pont 12, 
Dr. IT. Betts 16, G. R. Foulke 13, A. M. L. du Pont 5, 
IT. P. Carlon 18, R. L. Conner 18, L. D. Willis 25, F. 
Megaw 15, Dr. Bedford 18, G. E. Rice 8, Dr. Bullock 12, 
W. A. Casey 20, A. Felix du Pont 21, Z. IT. Lofland 19, 
R. C. McCardle 13, T. T. Minnick 19, Chas. Haverback 
? 9 , L. A. Pike 13, H. R. England 22, S. Tuchton 22, 
David Lindsay 17, T. W. Miller 10. 
The Forest and Stream may be obtained from any 
newsdealer on order. Ask your dealer to supply you 
regularly. 
Y OU know mallards—wisest and wariest of all 
ducks- Solomons of the air. You can’t knock 
down mallards with a paddle nor can you get them 
with a gun that plasters its shots all over the face 
of creation. 
A mallard shot is generally a long shot, and long 
shots require a hard-shooting, close-shooting gun. 
That’s why the long-headed man who goes to a 
mallard country takes a Lefever. When he swings 
it on a towering pair of mallards he does not ques¬ 
tion the result. He know it— 
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But if you buy a Lefever for the taper boring 
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Clearview Gun Club. 
In one of the best-contested shoots in the history of 
the Clearview Gun Club, Elwood Bonsall Saturday after¬ 
noon won the handsome Du Pont trophy. 
It was the last of the summer shoots of the club and 
the final one for the prize. 
Previous to Saturday Ferry had two legs on the 
trophy, as had Allen, but Bonsall had only one. In 
the regular shoot he tied with Bockius and Ullman, and 
in the shoot-off he beat the other two by two targets. 
In the first shoot-off to decide the winner of the 
trophy Bonsall and Ferry tied with 25 and Allen scor. d 
24. In the second shoot-off Bonsall broke 23 to Ferry's 21. 
H. 
T. 
H. 
T. 
51 
... 6 
40 
LUlman . 
. 12 
50 
Shuster . 
... 8 
44 
Bonsa 1 . 
. 7 
50 
Paulson . 
...10 
42 
. 9 
49 
... 6 
40 
Elwell . 
. 8 
49 
Bevan . 
...13 
37 
. 15 
47 
... 0 
35 
Ferry .. 
. 6 
47 
*Backius, Jr. . 
... 0 
41 
Fisher . 
. i 
47 
*Stevans . 
... 0 
41 
♦Visitors. 
Meadow Springs Gun Club. 
Alexander led the field of gunners in the weekly 
shoot of the Meadow Springs Club Saturday by breaking 
43 targets, which gave him the main prize. Emerson 
and Keenan tied for second with 42, and the latter, 
who was aided by a liberal handicap, won the shoot-off. 
The silver spoon for high gun went to Emerson, who 
cracked 85 out of 
his 
100 
targets. 
The 
event 
for 
doubles 
was won by Soley, who 
broke 19 
out 
of 24, 
winning a 
dipper. Scores: 
Soley . 
7 
11 
9 
15 
Yards. 
10 3 
38 
80 
Keenan . 
6 
13 
5 
11 
16 
10 
42 
77 
Clegg . 
8 
8 
18 
1 
32 
Ilillpot . 
8 
12 
8 
ii 
18 
1 
3.3 
si 
Emerson . 
7 
12 
10 
14 
10 
3 
4! 
85 
Alexander . 
8 
11 
7 
11 
18 
1 
43 
80 
I lock . 
6 
10 
10 
10 
18 
5 
38 
74 
Steelman . 
8 
10 
7 
9 
10 
3 
39 
73 
Murdock . 
7 
13 
8 
12 
IS 
1 
36 
76 
Ilenery . 
10 
13 
18 
1 
39 
62 
Tackson . 
10 
10 
34 
34 
McAlenan . 
10 
10 
34 
34 
