CHAPTER I 

 THE KEYNOTE OF SPORT 



IN all the various branches of sport in which 

 the heart delighteth I have often philo- 

 sophised to myself to arrive at a justifiable 

 reason for a never-ending fascination. There 

 are some to whom sport may appeal in only 

 one form, be it hunting, stalking, shooting, 

 fishing, or what not, but it is to the more cos- 

 mopolitan sporting soul to whom I turn my 

 philosophy. 



To stalk a stag, to hunt the fox, to shoot 

 driven grouse, whirring partridge, and rocket- 

 ing pheasant, to tempt a salmon to hook him- 

 self on to a glaring fly, or play a fat trout on a 

 gossamer web, each of these things demands 

 a different s^t of nerve and eye, skill, daring, 

 or patience. 



Is the keynote therefore, the use and culti- 



