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haze of dust. You spring into the saddle and gallop 

 after them as hard as you can over the next rise and 

 half-way down the gentle slope on the other side. 



You pull up your horse on his haunches and spring 

 to the ground, letting the reins trail (for a shooting horse 

 will not move from the spot if the rein trails), and, as 

 the blessbuck are careering up the next slope, you put 

 in a few more shots at constantly increasing ranges, and 

 bring down one or two more of them. You then 

 signal the cart to drive up and gather the dead. 



Some people will say this is not sport. If it is not 

 sport it requires uncommonly good and quick shooting. 

 Let those who deride such sport try it for once. They 

 will probably find that it takes them about three months 

 of constant practice to get into the knack of killing buck 

 well under these conditions. However, it is all a matter 

 of taste. There are some people who say that shooting 

 driven grouse and partridges is not sport. 



Let me recommend the tyro at this kind of shooting 

 to move his rifle with the game as he fires. I mean, 

 not aim in front of your buck and then check the rifle 

 while you fire, but rather fire on the swing. Do not 

 give the rifle a jerk forward, as you would at a driven 

 bird ; but aim in front of him, moving the rifle steadily 

 the whole time as you aim, increasing the pressure on 

 the trigger until the rifle explodes. You will probably 

 miss a great number, but sometime or other you will 

 knock one over, and then, if rifle shooting is in you at 

 all, you will see the reason why you succeeded the 

 whole thing will become as clear as daylight to you, and 

 you will discover that you have acquired the knack. Ex- 

 perience and knowledge of the particular weapon you are 

 using will enable you to judge the pace, the distance, 



