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what any persistent sportsman may accom- 

 plish even with a poor start. Perhaps no 

 habitual hunter pays more for his entertain- 

 ment than I do, and, figuring losses in business, 

 time wasted, etc., etc., I truthfully can say 

 that I enjoy the sport of kings. 



This year there were five of us in the party 

 Maximilian Foster and Grantland Rice, fellow 

 scribes, and Duke and Duchess, two English 

 setters of breeding that we took along to 

 investigate the quail resources of the country. 



Max had made the trip once before; so he 

 needed no urging to go again only an excuse. 

 We hit upon a good one. He is an abandoned 

 trout fisherman and he ties his own flies. 

 Feathers are expensive and hard to get. Why 

 not lay in a good supply? It was the best we 

 could think of at short notice; so he went 

 home to try it out. 



There was every reason why Grant snould 

 remain at his desk, but we argued that there 

 might well be problems of trajectory involved 

 in goose shooting which would revolutionize 

 the golf industry if thoughtfully studied. Who 

 could better investigate this promising field 

 than a recognized golf paranoiac like him? We 

 had only to suggest this line of thought ; Grant 



