26o SHOOTING-LADIES 



ness, courage, self-control, as well as 

 health and cheerfulness." 



Now, some of the above-named qualities 

 are no doubt most desirable in women, 

 but I venture to think they are to be 

 obtained otherwise than with the gun. 

 Endurance and courage (other than 

 moral) we don't expect in our wives and 

 daughters. Self - controlled, healthy, and 

 cheerful women we meet daily, who 

 neither hunt nor shoot. 



But if I don't like shooting for women, 

 there is one form of it which especially 

 raises my bile. I refer to deer-stalking. 

 Every autumn we read in the papers how 

 Lady A., Mrs B., or Miss C. has "bagged 

 a royal," or "grassed a nine-pointer." 



Now, I consider a man but half a 

 sportsman whose joy is not tempered with 



