CHAPTER II 



THE IDEAL KEEPER 



WHAT has been written will enable the reader to 

 picture the main lines upon which the good keeper may 

 be constructed. Much will depend on the man's char- 

 acter, on his sense of responsibility, his sense of duty, his 

 ambitions, his perseverance and persistence under diffi- 

 culties, his determination to succeed in a career that has 

 a history behind it of honour and fame. No man ever 

 did much in this world who started in life with the reso- 

 lution only to be as competent as his fellows. It is well 

 to have the ambition to be better. The history of 

 general progress is the story of personal endeavour. 

 This is no doubt a truism, an oft-repeated commonplace, 

 but commonplaces after all are the most neglected 

 things in our modern world of superior beings. If a 

 keeper would only make up his mind that, in addition to 

 the careful carrying out of his duties, he would add one 

 single fact to our practical knowledge of the science of 

 sport, he would have done no little thing for that 

 vast army of men who find in this form of recreation 

 the best way to attain to the mens sana in corpore 



sano. 



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