Feb. 10, 1912 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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The Result of Over a Century’s Experience 
Perfection in powder-making is only achieved by exercising the niost 
scrupulous care in the selection and preparation of raw materials, 
employing skilled workmen exclusively, and using only the most ; 
improved modern mechanical equipment. 
This is the Du Pont method and accounts for the unequaled repu¬ 
tation among sportsmen enjoyed by the Du Pont brands of Smoke¬ 
less Shotgun powders. One of these brands that has earned a high 
reputation among shooters is 
RALLISTITF 
A PERFECT Wmm 
DENSE" SMOKELESS POWDER 
Moderate recoil—shoots clean; no unburned grains to “blow back”. Will not deteri¬ 
orate with age. Waterproof. BALLISTITE SMOKELESS SHOTGUN POWDFR 
positively will not pit the gun barrels. 
UNEQUALED FOR FIELD AND TRAP-SHOOTING 
See that your shells are loaded with BALLISTITE 
Send today for Ballistite Smokeless Booklet No. 3 . It gives best loads 
for various kinds of game, and other information of value to the shooter. 
E. 1. DU PONT D£ NEMOURS POWDER COMPANY 
T*ioneer "Pcttfder Makers of America 
ESTABLISHED 1802 ( gUPOND WUmingtoii, Del. 
loaded with black powder and $1.25 for each 
100 cartridges loaded with smokeless, for ac¬ 
count of the powder company. 
It appears that target shooting with small- 
caliber rifles and revolvers, trapshooting, etc., 
are much more popular in the northern and 
western sections of Spain than in this immedi¬ 
ate district, and it might be worth while for 
American manufacturers of sporting arms to 
investigate those markets. Should the business 
outlook be favorable they might support their 
trade campaign by advertising. There is at 
least one periodical in Spain devoted to hunt¬ 
ing, fishing, and field sports generally, a bi¬ 
monthly called Caza y Pesca, published in 
Madrid, Calle Bolsa No. 10. A recent issue 
of this journal carried advertisements of four 
American manufacturers of firearms and sport¬ 
ing goods. 
INITIATED. 
One of the big moose in Golden Gate Park 
was standing near the fence that prevented him 
from getting into closer touch with the sur¬ 
rounding scenery the other afternoon, when a 
pretty young woman wearing just the niftiest 
hat ever came along in company with a man 
who was evidently her husband, because he was 
not paying her nearly the attention that her at¬ 
tractiveness demanded. 
When the girl saw the moose she smiled real 
prettily at him and ingratiatingly held out a 
piece of candy for his inspection. The animal 
gave a glance of disdain at the candy and then 
deliberately sneezed in the young woman’s face. 
When a moose eliminates from his system a 
really earnest sneeze there usually is some at¬ 
mospheric agitation in the immediate vicinity. 
There was in this case. The pretty young 
woman’s hat blew off. there was a rain of hair¬ 
pins and her hair—and it was her hair, too, or 
else it would have followed the hat—came down. 
The young woman pinned up her hair, put on 
her hat, and then turned to the man at her side: 
“Fred, dear,” she said, without the flicker of a 
smile, “now I know why you are usually sO' 
mussed up when you come home late from a 
meeting of that Elk or Moose lodge you be¬ 
long to. I don’t blame you a bit.”—San Fran¬ 
cisco Chronicle. 
Keiniimd D©psir{Linni(eiiiilL 
Fixtures. 
DOG SHOWS. 
Feb. 12-15.—Westminster Kennel Club, New York City. 
William Rauch. Chairman. 
Feb. 20-23.—New England Kennel Club, Boston, Mass. 
R. C. Storey, Sec’y- 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Oct. 28.—Southern Ohio Field Trial Association’s second 
annual field trials. G. R. Harris, Sec’y, 15 West 
Sixth St., Cincinnati, O. 
Southern Ohio Field Trials Ass’n. 
The Southern Ohio Field Trials Association 
will hold its second annual trials beginning on 
the 28th of October. The grounds will prob¬ 
ably be near Hamersville, a short ride on the 
traction line from Cincinnati, but this will be 
definitely settled a little later, after the Ground 
Committee has had time to look into the matter 
thoroughly. There will be twO’ stakes open to 
the world, with a purse in each that will be worth 
competing for. The club will put every dollar 
received for nomination and starting fees into the 
purses, deducting only enough to pay the legiti¬ 
mate expenses of the trials. Arrangements will 
be made so that those wishing to do so' may 
follow the dogs on horseback. These stakes are 
expected to appeal to the handlers who follow 
the big circuit, and to attract a number of them 
as they are on their way for the trials in the 
south. The club has not forgotten the ama¬ 
teurs, and will run a derby and all-age stake 
for their benefit, which will be opened to mem¬ 
bers and their invited guests, the prizes being 
cups for first and second and medal for third. 
Since the spell of cold weather which visited 
this section, inquiries have been rnade among 
the farmers as to how the quail had been 
affected. The reports were that the birds had 
suffered to some extent in the lowlands, but in 
wooded country and on the hills they had sur¬ 
vived the storms and cold and were doing well. 
The prospects are good for an abundance of 
birds next fall, barring accidents. The next 
meeting of the club will be held on Feb. 6. At 
this meeting the amount of the stakes will be 
decided upon, and the entrance fees fixed. 
A Pedigree Study. 
To those not professionally implicated in the 
not only enjoyable, but lucrative pastime of dog 
breeding, the study of a pedigree will be inter¬ 
esting; but before taking up directly the pedi¬ 
gree, we will select as a type the Airedale. 
It will be necessary to explain briefly that the 
Airedale came to be a type, or class, within the 
last century, and it came about in this wise: 
The towns of Bingley and Airedale along 
Aire River in England, were infested with rats, 
so that a rat-dog of a water type was a neces¬ 
sary adjunct to every household. The otter 
hound had the requisite qualifications and w'as 
therefore broken to rat. Naturally, where there 
were men and dogs, there was keen rivalry 
among the owners. 
It first was a question as to whose dog was 
the best ratter, then it became a question as to 
