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The Three Standard Powders 
Don’t be confused by many brands. Con¬ 
fusion leads to uncertainty, and you can¬ 
not afford to be uncertain of a gunpow¬ 
der’s quality or results. To be sure of 
your bird or that winning target look for 
the oval trademark. 
their original box, thus enabling one easily 
to keep tab on the number of shots at each 
peg whether the score keeper’s bell does 
or not. The oval-shaped pouch combines 
the advantages and sins of both pocket 
and artificial pocket and in spite of this 
they are harder to find on sale. 
S OME shooters can not accustom them¬ 
selves to ear protectors, but prefer to 
thwart nature’s scheme for an equal 
pressure of air on the ear drums by wad¬ 
ding their ears with cotton batten provided 
there happens to be any at the shooting 
grounds. The old fashioned Elliott ear 
protector with its polished ball held in 
place against the ear canal by an anchor¬ 
shaped brace, the whole thing nicely ven¬ 
tilated and looking good enough to eat, is 
a hard contrivance to beat. 
They come in nine sizes, including 
breadth of ball and length of anchor. One 
can with their use hear conversation and 
yet not experience a shock on the ear 
drums from the blast of a 12 gauge. Like 
a great many thing one has to get used to 
them though they are feather weight and 
possibly the temporary strange feeling ex¬ 
perienced when they are first used has 
been the cause of their discard in many 
individual instances. 
They are clean, do exactly what they are 
intended to do and in their aluminum box 
take up less room than half a walnut shell. 
A later vintage of the Elliott protector 
takes the form of a soft rubber disk like 
a false ear drum pierced by an amber quill 
and since it was intended for something 
more modern, more improved, it may be 
preferred by both new and old shooters 
alike. 
I N spite-of the fact that more shooting 
glasses are for sale, and no doubt more 
are possessed by shooters than five years 
ago, it would seem that they are not in 
such general use except under unusual 
conditions. A shooter who is forced to 
wear glasses because he needs a prescrip¬ 
tion ground in them will do well to get 
the peculiar amber shade of glass which 
eliminates the blue end of the spectrum. 
If, however, he intends using them for 
both trap and field shooting he had better 
get them of the usual crystal and in either 
case have the lenses mounted high, for it 
is very easy to get the eye over them. 
a successful christening at Chicago, Hart¬ 
ford, San Jose, Roanoke or St. Joseph, the 
trapshooting Meccas for 1917. 
Who may say which of the three, coat 
pocket, woven fabric holder on belt, or 
pouch fastened on belt, is the best? The 
coat pocket cannot be forgotten and left 
behind but twenty to twenty-five 12-gauge 
shells in one or two coat pockets make 
the agonized coat droop like a linen duster 
on a scarecrow; however, it isn’t for long, 
since the shells diminish in volume fast 
enough. 
The fabric holder is handy when at 
hand—it is as easy to leave behind as an 
umbrella. It allows the shells to lie in 
At the traps or in the field it is the insignia of powder 
certainty. 
When you buy loaded shells be sure to look for the 
trade name. 
It’s on the Top Shot Wad 
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO. 
Established 1802 
WILMINGTON DELAWARE 
Each has its good points and each its friends. All em¬ 
body the best that 115 years of expert powder making 
knowledge, equipment and skill can produce. Used by 
85% of the country’s shooters and 
Sold by All Good Dealers 
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A Paradise for the Camper and Angler 
Ideal Canoe Trips 
The country traversed by the Reid Newfoundland Company’s system is exceedingly rich in all 
kinds of Fish and Game. All along the route of the Railway are streams famous for their Salmon 
and Trout fishing, also Caribou barrens. Americans who have been fishing and hunting in New¬ 
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be secured and with such ease as in Newfoundland. Information, together with illustrated 
Booklet and Folder, cheerfully forwarded upon application to 
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S HOT gun ammunition is reaching up 
toward a quotation where only those 
having a yearly income of around $5,- 
000 can feel free to enjoy trapshooting 
with a clear conscience. And it is to be 
hoped that statistics will show in the 
United States a sufficient number of trap- 
shooters whose enthusiasm and pocket- 
