286 MODERN TRAINING. 



When you visit a friend whom you know is always plenti- 

 fully provided with cartridges, make it a special point to for- 

 get yours, and as a guest you are sure to be supplied. Talk 

 genially in respect' to replacing them at some indeterminate 

 time in futurity. By using them, you will demonstrate your 

 confidence in your friend's loading, and if you make several 

 successful shots you can delicately ascribe them to the 

 superiority of his cartridges. Several sportsmen who under- 

 stand this art, reinforced with skill in the art of borrowing, 

 make some very beneficial gains in financial economy by 

 their wiles and nerve every season. It is a trait worthy of 

 note. 



If your friend has a bevy scattered nicely, thus affording 

 several nice shots, forthwith abandon your 'own range and 

 go to him, get into the thick of the swim, and help him to 

 kill all that you can. Often friends need help, and it is 

 surely friendly to then give it. If you have a bevy similarly 

 scattered yourself, keep the matter to yourself. You do not 

 need any help, and besides, you are the best judge of the 

 situation. 



If you have been fortunate in marking birds which your 

 friend, who is in company with you, did not see, send him a 

 few yards away to hunt in the place where they are not. 

 When you flush and kill them, tell him that they ran from 

 the place where you marked them, and that you are grieved 

 that he did not get the shots. It is so subtle that your 

 friend will not detect it, hence you can play the trick 

 repeatedly. 



If. your friend's dog points a bevy, mention an incident 

 respecting your own dog, namely, that he smelt them a short 

 time before and was taking a cast to them, be the same long 

 or short, when your friend's dog stupidly pointed them. Let 

 this incident occur in unbroken succession with every point, 

 and be sure to mention it. What your dog did in your mind 



