. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Kirkville, N. Y., March 2, 1914. Du Pont Powder Co., "Wilmington, Del., Dear Sirs: I thought perhaps you would he inter- ested to know how your Smokeless Pow- der stands water. While I was hunting last Pall I lost a shell loaded with 26 grains ot Ballistite Powder. About 3 months later I found it. It had lain in water all that time. I took it home and let it stay in the shell two days in a warm room, then I took the powder out and put it in another shell and shot it. Well, I was more than surprised with results. If I had been told I would not have believed
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Kirkville, N. Y., March 2, 1914. Du Pont Powder Co., "Wilmington, Del., Dear Sirs: I thought perhaps you would he inter- ested to know how your Smokeless Pow- der stands water. While I was hunting last Pall I lost a shell loaded with 26 grains ot Ballistite Powder. About 3 months later I found it. It had lain in water all that time. I took it home and let it stay in the shell two days in a warm room, then I took the powder out and put it in another shell and shot it. Well, I was more than surprised with results. If I had been told I would not have believed it. You could not tell that the powder had been near water, and it shot just as good as a shell just out of the factory. It sent every shot through a one inch pine board at 100 feet using No. 6 chilled shot. Yours respectfully, Dry Ballistite with Blotter Make the test as pictured. We ABSOLUTELY WATERPROOF. FRED J. SCHIEBLER. guarantee BALLISTITE to be DU PONT POWDER CO. Established Wilmington 1802 Delaware C. A. Haight, Mgr Chronicle Bldg. San Francisco, J. H. Willman, Mgr. Maynard Bldg. Seattle, Wash. W. C. Howard, Mgr. Savings Bank Denver, Colo SECOND NEW YORK STATE FUTURITY VALUE $20,000 AND SU TABLE CUPS Entries Close April 15,1914 Fee $ per mare Opened by the New York State Fair Commission, for foals of 1914, the produce of mares nominated April 15th, 1914, or their substitutes as provided hereafter, as follows: $3,500 FOR TWO-YEAROLD TROT. AT FALL MEETING, 1916. $2,000 to first; $100 to nominator of Dam of first. 750 to second; 60 to nominator of Dam of second. 450 to third: 40 to nominator of Dam of third. 300 to fourth; 20 to nominator of Dam of fourth. $10,000 FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD TROT. AJ FALL MEETING, 1917. $6,000 to first; $200 to nominator of Dam of first. 2,500 to second; 75 to nominator of Dam of second. 1,000 to third; 50 to nominator of Dam of third. 500 to fourth; 25 to nominator of Dam of fourth. $2,000 FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD PACE. AT FALL MEETING, 1917. $1,2
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