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POWDERS 
Will Help You Win the Highest Honors Offered in 1909 
For years DU PONT powders have won more honors 
and more high averages than all others combined. 
SOME 1908 FACTS and FIGURES 
Southern Handicap _ . - - - 
Eastern Handicap _ _ _ - - 
Grand American Handicap - - - - 
TIE FOR FIRST PLACE IN: 
The Western Handicap _ _ - - 
The Professional Championship - 
TIE FOR FIRST PLACE IN: 
The Amateur Championship _ - - 
The Longest Run of the Year 
The Highest Average ever’made in any Tour 
n ament, 
High Score N. Y. Athlelic Club Amateur 
Championship _ _ _ _ 
High Amateur Run ----- 
The Olympic Individual Championship, London, Engla.nd. 
The Amateur Championship of Canada. 
Grand Canadian Championship. 
All These Important Wins Made with 
DU PONT SMOKELESS POWDERS 
If in Doubt, What More Convincing Argument Do You Need ? 
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS POWDER COMPANY, 
The Powder Pioneers of America 
Established 1802 Wilmington, Del. 
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JERSEY CITY. N. J. 
XJncle Lisha^s Shop. 
Life in a Corner of Yankeeland. By Rowland E. Robin¬ 
son. Cloth. 187 pages. Price, $1.25. 
The shop itself, the place of business of Uncle Lisha 
Peggs, bootmaker and repairer, was a sort of sportsman’s 
exchange, where, as one of the fraternity expressed it, 
'the hunters and fishermen of the widely scattered neigh- 
’■borhood used to meet of evenings and dull outdoor days 
■“to swap lies.” 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
Simplest lock on earth—no cocking levers, bars or push rods— 
cocks direct from toe of hammer; coil main spring works direct 
on hammer—not around a corner—hammer falls 1-2 inch com¬ 
pared with 1 inch in other guns, making a very fast lock, that 
works like oil, with a quick, clean, sharp, snappy pull. 
Catalog FREE—18 grades, Si7.75 net to $300 list. Remember we 
make dainty little 20-gauge guns. 
ITHACA GUN CO., Dept. No. 25, 
Ithaca, N. Y. 
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chief winners in turn received hearty cheers after the 
prize was handed to him. Col. Tewes, as was due the 
chief winner, receiving the most as a matter of course. 
Indoor Championship. 
The conditions of the 100-shot gallery championship 
match were $5 entrance, 100 shots on 20 targets of 5 
shots each, the regular twenty-five 14-inch ring target to 
be used. Each contestant to complete his score on the 
same /day on which he began. The prize for the win¬ 
ner was the gold championship medal and choice of 
prizes. Next highest score took second choice, and so 
on through the list of prizes. Ties to be decided by the 
next best score or scores of ten shots. The cash prizes 
by the Zettler Rifle Club were twenty in number, as 
follows: 120, $15, $10, $9, $8, $7, $6, $5, $5, $5, $5, 
$5, $5, $4, $4, $4, $4, $3, $3, and $3. The contestant who 
One of Dr. A. A. Stillman’s targets (% size) in 
Continuous Match; 75 possible. 
One of A. Hubalek’s targets (14 size) in Continuous 
Match; 75 possible. 
One of Rudolph Cute’s targets (% size) in Continuous 
Match; 75 possible. 
One of I. Smith’s targets (% size) in Continuous 
Match; 75 possible. 
