The Tyro Angler 27 



Truly there is, and so there is in the early 

 play with dog and gun and rod and reel. 

 Some of the poorest shots and flailers in 

 the world are the best of sportsmen. The 

 bird and fish are but two of the millions 

 of grand features encountered in the path 

 of true field sports. 



To adore the fields, the meadows, the 

 waters, the hills, the trees, and the living 

 creatures of the wilderness; to go out 

 into the rural districts and show un- 

 bounded appreciation of Nature's health- 

 ful and beautiful offerings; to take true 

 game ungreedily and honorably, in a way 

 that will permit the quarry equal methods 

 in the chase, and to be humane in your 

 catch or kill, are the axioms of the true 

 sportsman. 



If we estimate men by the amount of 

 game they secure, the market supplier 

 might be looked upon as a leader in 

 sportsmanship. Though this individual 

 is despised by the gentle rodster and 

 fieldman, he is judged a far more honor- 



