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consider what they might have been had they not taken to sport, and 

 let them feel thankful for escaping the bad habits they might have 

 otherwise acquired. 



As wrote someone : '' To become rich, perhaps not until the power 

 of enjoyment be over, some men labour hard and refuse themselves 

 pleasures which can only be enjoyed when man is in his prime." In 

 the case of a young and healthy min without a family dependent upon 

 him, I consider that to ba a very foolish doctrine. If he has the 

 means he should enjoy himself when he is young and able. Life is 

 short and always uncertain, it is therefore best to utilise the present, 

 for the past is gone and the future we may not see. Then if we do 

 come to the winter of life we need not repine but can, through its 

 "flickering twilight," look back with pleasure, though mayhap with 

 regret, upon the joys which sport in bygone days afforded us. 



That being so, it is highly desirable that boys who show a love 

 for sport should be encouraged, no matter how humble their station, 

 80 long as they don't do mischief. Let them be taught what the little 

 word "straight" implies, and how to the walk of life, as well as to 

 sport, it can be applied. Act straight, think straight, speak straight, 

 look straigh^ walk straight, ride straight, shoot straight, hit straight. 

 Verily there is not a grander word in the English dictionary than this 

 little monosyllable. 



Far better is it to give youth a good English education, and inculcate 

 within him the sound principles of honesty and the advantages which 

 are to be derived from manly exercise, than to stuff his head with dead 

 languages and useless sciences. How to take the measure of one's 

 opponents will not be learned by scanning Greek or Latin verse, nor 

 can the battle of life be fought upon algebraic or trigonometrical 

 principles. 



Depend upon it, the man who can best get through life and surmount 

 the difficulties which surround him daily is he who has by nature 

 manly instincts, which he gives effect to by indulgence in Sport. 

 Every soldier and sailor, be he officer or private, O.S. or A.B., that is 

 any good, has in him love of and ability to take part in Sport. 



No undertaking between man and man can have a lasting existence 

 unless each party, in one way or other, derive mutual benefit therefrom. 

 Each must give as well as get. Moreover, each must place confi- 

 dence in the other, for without it harmony cannot be maintained. 

 From a moral point of view these essentials should be the basis upon 

 which all arrangements which are expected to be continuous should 

 be made. In these days, when we see the fruit of equality fast ripen- 

 ing into maturity, the man is a fool who thinks he can make a one- 

 sided bargain. Farmers, if hunting is to be continued, must not use 

 ivire. Gentlemen who want sport must pay for it. 



We all know scores of instances where foxhunters abuse game- 

 preservers because they object to have their coverts disturbed before 

 they are shot, while the shooter, who does not hunt, will ofttimes 



