MY. PAKTKIDC.K SHOOT/ NO (PART //), 'DR/WXG' 247 



in order to prevent the birds escaping downwind at the 

 corner of (A), which they might otherwise do without 

 offering shots even to the left-hand guns. No flankers 

 are placed on the right of the line, as the birds will not 

 break out of the drive against the wind, or, if they 

 do, are sure to afterwards wheel round with the wind 

 into (c). 



Drivers and flankers should always act on this 

 system, and guard the weak point in a drive ; for 

 there will be a weak point in cren/ partridge drive, 

 unless the wind is quite 'fair for the birds en route to 

 the guns, and the cover beyond you wish them to fly to. 



The men acting as * stops ' are, it will be seen, posted 

 with the wind right in their faces, so that they may be 

 in the line of flight of the partridges as they fly into 

 the field (c). The birds will then plainly see these men 

 ahead, and rather than pass close to them will alight 

 in (c). If the stops were posted anywhere but where 

 they are, they would probably cause the birds to fly 

 beyond (c) rather than to settle in it. 



Remember, when partridge driving, your chief aim 

 should be to send the bulk of the birds over the three 

 or four central guns, the flank guns must take their 

 chance of birds that fly right and left of the centre, 

 and look forward to being centre guns in a future 

 drive. If you try to drive the birds equally to the 

 shooters, those which rise wide of the beaters may 

 not pass within shot of even the flank guns. 



