GBE made horrible gaffs in his writing about Harold Money (De Shootinest Gent'man) in the book he put together, The Best of Nash Buckingham.
GBE states about Harold -- "His father, Captain E.C. Money, should not be confused with Captain A.W. Money, a live-bird shot who wrote Pigeon Shooting in 1896 under the pseudonym 'Blue Rock.'" That is totally wrong, as Harold most certainly was the younger son of Capt. Albert W. Money who ran the American E.C. and Schultze Powder Company from 1890 to about 1904.
GBE writes – “John Olin described Harold Money to me as he first saw him in 1913, after John had left Cornell and was working at his father’s Western Cartridge plant at East Alton, Illinois: “Money was tall – six feet four or five – and he had been loading and handling the Velox smokeless powder, which we obtained from his father. It was made with picric acid and he was as yellow as a Chinaman.”” GBE obviously didn't verify the information he got from John. Velox Smokeless Powder was manufactured and sold by The Economic Smokeless Powder Co., of Hammond, Indiana, while Harold’s father, Capt. A.W. Money had operated The American “E.C.” & “Schultze” Gunpowder Company, Ltd., with works in Oakland, Bergen County, New Jersey, and with offices at 318 Broadway, New York City. Likewise this date couldn't possily be correct, as in early 1904 Capt. A.W. Money was retired out of the powder business and by the April 2, 1904, issue of The American Field, “New E.C.” and “Schultze” celebrated Bulk Powders were being advertised as products of Laflin & Rand Powder Co. Through the end of 1906 L & R advertised “New E.C. (Improved)” and “New Schultze” bulk powders in addition to their “Infallible Smokeless” dense powder. Beginning in mid-February 1907, “New E.C. (Improved)” and “New Schultze” bulk powders, and “Infallible Smokeless” dense powder were being advertised as products of E.I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company, Wilmington, Del. And, finally 1913 would be about the time Harold was off in Ceylon trying his hand in the rubber business, and by 1912, Albert W. Money had returned to England for his retirement.
In the 1941 Scribner’s book, De Shootinest Gent'man, Nash wrote “Harold Money was just under six feet, a graceful, well muscled middleweight with a keen mind, delightful smile, superbly rounded educationally, and one of the most adaptable chaps I’ve ever known. With a gorgeous sense of humor and polished by the contacts of high birth, he could put all hands at ease on any occasion. “He is the only man I’ve ever seen,” the late Captain Arthur du Bray used to say, “who could shoot craps on the mud floor of a Diggers Indian hutch and then change for a bow at the Court of St James.” They were great pals Captain Arthur du Bray, gallant gentleman and father of the twenty gauge shotgun in the United States.”
