876 
FOREST AND STREAM 
[Nov. 28, 1908. 
397 out of 400 
99.25 Per Cent! 
The above wonderful record was made by 
Fred 
Gilbert 
At Council Bluffs, Iowa, November 16-17, 1908. 
Mr. Gilbert used his favorite load of 3 % drams of 
and thus gave one more proof of its 
Regularity and Reliability 
NOTE.—In making the above record Mr. Gilbert scored 197 out of 200 on the 
first day, with a run of 118 straight. On the second day he shot through the entire 
program of 200 targets without a miss! 
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from the task of entering a young man to big 
game shooting, because they do not know how 
he will shape in the jungle; he may be every¬ 
thing that is pleasant and agreeable amid civil¬ 
ized surroundings, but it is in the jungle that 
the real man comes out, and the real man may 
be a very different being from the same indi¬ 
vidual restrained by the conditions of civilized 
life. The shrewdest judge of character may be 
at fault in these matters, and we are inclined to 
think the old hand right who, when asked to 
give a new one a chance, asked one question. 
“Will he do what he is told?” 
If the reply were favorable the obedient young 
sportsman got the chance he sought, and had 
the opportunity of proving his mettle. If his 
obedience were not guaranteed, there was an 
end of it. Not a few men, when approached on 
behalf of a beginner, are apt to inquire if the 
beginner “thinks he knows anything,” and a 
reply in the affirmative is probably fatal. In¬ 
finitely more agreeable, satisfactory, and by 
no means least safe, as a companion is the 
beginner who confesses blank ignorance. Ig¬ 
norance is far more likely to do what it is told 
than confidence in book knowledge; put the 
confessed ignoramus in his place and tell him 
not to stir till he has leave, and he will do it; 
place the bookinformed beginner with the same 
injunction, and his book knowledge surges up 
within him; no sooner is* he left alone than he 
begins to measure the merits of his situation 
against others within sight; he sees a rock, 
tree or cover which promises much better 
things than the post he occupies, if his mentor 
has been at the pains to explain why he has 
selected this situation, the beginner may resist 
the temptation to move, if he has not, it is ten 
to one the move is made and carefully thought 
out arrangements badly marred. 
The man who accepts the task of initiating a 
beginner should not do the thing by halves, the 
masterly reticence of Ali Baba’s famous shikari 
is a mistake and pains should be taken to en¬ 
lighten the new hand concerning the reasons 
why he is requested to do this, stay there, or 
go thither. He may not take in the full sig¬ 
nificance of the reasons, but he will take pride 
in the feeling that he is being initiated in the 
lore o? shikar, and will be a much more docile 
and willing pupil than he would be if treated as 
the rank duffer he perhaps actually is. It is of 
course only after a few days that the beginner’s 
real quality becomes apparent; whether he can 
keep his head in emergency, can be depended 
on not to shoot wild: has discretion in dealing 
with natives, is enduring and patient; has, in a 
word, his share of the qualities which go to 
make both a sportsman and a pleasant com¬ 
panion in the wilds. He must not be expected 
to possess more than his share, and promise 
must be largely accepted in lieu of performance. 
Mentor and pupil must bear in mind that the 
active apprenticeship is pregnant with trials for 
both. Consideration on the one side and 
scrupulous attention to advice and instruction 
on the other, are the secrets of successful in¬ 
itiation in the main. 
SETTER, COLLIE AND CAT. 
Several years ago I had at my country place 
an old hunting dog—a cross between a water 
spaniel and an Irish setter—and a young Scotch 
collie pup. The old dog had a marked antipathy 
toward cats, an antipathy in which the collie 
as he grew older frankly shared. Among a 
number of cats that I brought to the farm, was 
one to which both dogs apparently took great 
fancy. They killed or drove away all the others, 
and whenever thereafter a strange cat appeared 
on the premises the dogs made common cause 
against it. The elder dog soon taught his young 
companion to hunt gophers and the two spent 
much time in this diversion. The cat was taken 
into their campanionship and usually accom¬ 
panied her canine friends upon their hunting 
expeditions. Prince, the young collie, having 
developed a penchant for chasing young 
chickens, I was compelled to have him chained 
up during the daytime. Pussy did not forget 
her friend, and, being mindful of his fondness 
