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the fact that it depends on the individual, just as it does in general field 

 shooting, as to whether the taking of game under the conditions just de- 

 scribed shall be done in a sportsmanlike manner. One who cares nothing 

 for the ethics of sport will transgress in whatever circumstances he finds 

 himself placed while the real sportsman will be all that the name implies, 

 however placed. I do know that some of the keenest sportsmen of my 

 acquaintance belong to the Clove Valley Club and that they are enthusias- 

 tic about the sport the system in vogue there affords. 



Furthermore, let us consider the fact that the Clove Valley system 

 makes possible an extension of sport throughout the country that would 

 not have been thought possible a few years ago. Under it there is no sec- 

 tion of the country, however depleted its covers may be of native game, that 

 cannot have pheasant shooting and have it at cost or less. 



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FIGURE 18. Illustrating treatment given field boundaries so as to afford cover for 

 pheasant planting on Clove Valley Club's Preserve. 



