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gratuity after a pheasant shoot, and base 

 your donation on a much smaller scale 

 after a day with the partridges. This 

 was doubtless connected with the old 

 idea that partridges required little atten- 

 tion ; but as under modern conditions it 

 takes just as much time and trouble to 

 look after partridge ground properly as 

 it does to rear pheasants, it is to be hoped 

 that sportsmen will be more impartial in 

 their recognition of the man who pro- 

 vides their sport. 



The practice of tipping by results is 

 almost universal, though, personally, I 

 can see little justice in it. I would 

 always rather use my own judgment as 

 to whether the keeper has done his best 

 with the means at his disposal and give 

 accordingly, without considering whether 

 the bag is 100 brace or 500. 



In this connection it may not be amiss 

 to remind those who find their pleasure 

 in shooting that there is a society 1 in 



1 The Keepers' Benefit Society, 236 Regent Street, 

 London, W. Secretary, Mr. William Whitmore. 



