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which abound round London marks- 

 manship ; much may be picked up by 

 having to work hard with a good keeper 

 for a small bag woodcraft ; and many 

 hints may be taken by watching good 

 performers at work in the field form. 

 The good sportsman as we understand 

 the word should not only possess some 

 modicum of these three qualities, marks- 

 manship, woodcraft and good form, but 

 he should in addition have learnt to be 

 master of himself at all times, cheerful 

 when things go wrong, making the best 

 of rough and smooth, and always doing 

 what he can to make the day a success. 

 We are all apt to grumble too much if 

 things are not exactly to our liking, 

 forgetting that * grousing' is not among 

 the best traditions of British sport as 

 fine a code of honour as ever man 

 devised. 



The last few years have seen consider- 

 able changes in the standard patterns of 

 our sporting guns. The modern nitro 

 powders are almost entirely consumed 



