SUCCESSFUL PHEASANT HUNT 73 
performance the little Setter had ever seen, 
and she did not know what to make of it. 
This pheasant had previously been wounded 
and could not fly far. It was easily bagged. 
A 1 Hochwalt was asking me not long 
since about pheasant shooting and inquired 
as to the difficulty of bagging them as easily 
as their size would seem to warrant. He said 
that once at a field trial out in the northwest 
an old quail shot spoke lightly of pheasant 
shooting. They asked him how many he 
thought he could hit and he replied that if 
he could not kill ten straight he would buy 
the dinner for the crowd. The wager was 
promptly accepted and a hunt arranged for 
the following day. After missing the first 
three straight he old quail shooter gave up 
further effort in disgust—and paid the bet. 
I have seen fellows who can pretty regu¬ 
larly knock them cold—but it isn’t quite as 
easy as rolling off a log. 
From the orchard we entered directly into 
a very wide expanse of splendid cover, across 
which we tramped four abreast with Byrd 
quartering the field diligently in front of 
us. Yet we crossed this entire field without 
