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CHAPTER XII 



Glencalater Collinson Hall and his wife The River Calater An 

 unworthy snatching And ditto wetting My first grouse Alec 

 Grant the stalker We start after the stags But I drop on ptar- 

 migan And make a good bag My partner's wrath I try for the 

 royal herd And miss a fine opportunity Mrs. Macfarlane and 

 Her Majesty Ma name's no MacTavish . . . . .115 



CHAPTER XIII 



The veracious (?) anglers The angling and the fishing warden 

 Baitin' with whales Why the Indian was bald The pike and a 

 lock ticket The Pond of Tinspoon Teddy's turpitude . .125 



CHAPTER XIV 



Pigeon shooting, a pastime not a sport Unfairly condemned The 

 faddists and their dangerous wedge Invidious comparisons 

 The draw of the Riviera Monte Carlo The devil's martingale 

 Short-lived success The punter's one chance Harry Roberts 

 wins the Grand Prix du Casino Cosmopolitan shooters Harry 

 initiates me I adopt the game And meet with fair success 

 My best show in the Grand Prix Cruel luck ! I annex " Le 

 Grand Prix du Cloture " A " kill to win ! " A desperately 

 close thing Le Championnat Triennal I meet the Comte de 

 Paris, Le Due d' Orleans and Prince Henri A friendly com- 

 petition King Nicholas of Montenegro, a cheery and urbane soul 

 His comic-opera capital King Peter of Serbia A keen pigeon 

 shot My penchant for matches Gun trouble Why I shoot 

 with the left barrel first A hammerless gun lets me down A shot 

 too many Jesse Curling wins the Grand Prix An underrated shot 

 I win " The Grand Aristocratic Cup " Also the following year 

 The Portland Cup and gun headache The Grand International 

 Cup A friendly warning The Marquis de Granja prophesies 

 correctly ! I take long odds A tie between myself and Captain 

 Shelley I win the Great Event with seventeen kills A really 

 beautiful cup .......... 133 



CHAPTER XV 



Gambier puts me wise My average at the Gun Club tops the bill And 

 I win the special average prize But am only second at Hurlingham 

 " Bizzy ' Robinson A one-eyed shooter We issue a challenge to 

 the world Boreel (Holland) and Count O'Brien (Spain) take it up 

 The match at Le Cercle des Patineurs in Paris We triumph 

 And also win the return match Bizzy loses his glass eye But I re- 

 trieve it I am invited to Bosnia Baron Brebner Boswell- 

 Preston and I represent Great Britain at Ilidji My wretched 

 display A middle distant shot only Pigeon-shooters kindly and 

 courteous gentlemen Sir John Willoughby's big bet " Dr. 

 Jim " A fellow passenger to Norway Notabilities at Monte I 

 am invited to sample the Tzar's game preserves Wolf coursing 

 with borzois The Rothschild family . . . . .157 



CHAPTER XVI 



The ancient sport of coursing 120 B.C. Arrian a true sportsman I 

 write the Badminton book on " Coursing " for the Duke of Beau- 

 fort Mespilus, my first greyhound Dick Dunn lays the odds 



