September 26, 19 14 
LAND AND WATER 
The Shooting of Game 
T^HE idea of giving official encouragement to co-operation 
in game-shooting originated with Lord Leith, of Fyvie. 
At his suggestion the County Clerk of Aberdeenshire 
approached the administrative authorities, and the response 
to his appeal was prompt and satisfactory. The Com- 
missioners of Inland Revenue have intimated that they will 
make no additional claim for licence duty in respect of duly 
hcensed keepers who, for the purposes of the Prince of Wales's 
National Relief Fund, shoot on the lands of and by permission 
of others than their employers. This means that a keeper 
with a £2 licence may help in shooting game on neighbouring 
estates without having to provide himself with a £3 game 
licence. The concession is highly appreciated by preservers, 
and we are informed that it has already borne excellent fruit. 
In all parts of the country keepers belonging to different 
estates are carrying out joint shoots. They fully realised 
that it is only by clubbing together that they can possibly 
accomplish the thinning out that is indispensably necessary 
in the different preserves. There is little danger that the 
military and naval hospitals will suffer for lack of game or 
venison during the shooting season. 
River and Loch 
'T'HE angling season is now tapering to a point, and on some 
leading waters the rod has been definitely laid aside. In 
the majority of Scottish districts the sport has been rather 
indifferent, the protracted drought preventing salmon and 
sea-trout from ascending the rivers with the requisite ease 
and freedom. Trout were impeded more, perhaps, than the 
lordly fish. The former often frequent small streams which 
are Hable to dry up, whereas the latter are invariably found 
in large rivers which are never without a moderate flow of 
water, even in the longest and brightest summer. Within 
the last few days the weather has been marked with heavy 
and frequent showers, and in many places good baskets have 
been obtained. On Loch Shiel Mr. Wilson secured thirteen 
sea-trout in four days and Mr. Chalmers had ten sea-trout, 
and five brown trout in one day. Mr. MacQueen creeled 
seven sea-trout in two days and also landed a salmon weighing 
15 lb. In Kyle of Sutherland, Mr John MacLennan brought 
to gaff in a single day four fine sea-trout, the heaviest scaling 
6 lb. 13 oz. On the Esk and Liddle herling continue to give 
fine sport. In one of the Xetherby reaches a single rod 
accounted for fifty in less than a week, and another rod 
had a score in one day The Spcv. the Garrv, the Shiel, 
and other rivers have recently yielded some capital salmon 
fishing. 
On the Links 
'T'HE camping and drilling of troops on many of the best- 
■*■ known Scottish hnks has interfered to some extent witli 
golf playing, but in very few places has it been found necessary 
to put a complete veto on the ancient game. The men in khaki 
have everywhere evinced a laudable desire to interfere as little 
as possible with the wielders of the clubs ; but of course it is 
impossible that practice should go on " just as usual." Half 
a loaf, however, is better than no bread. The autumn medal 
competed for by the Montrose Mercantile Club was won by 
J. C. Jessop with a score of 73. Other scores were :■ — W. S. 
Pairman (i), 75 ; A. P. Mitchell (4), D. Patterson (2), and 
J. Fyfe, jun. (plus i), 78 ; A. Harley (i) and G. M. Smith (2), 
79 ; C. Lamb (scratch) and D. Thomson (plus 3), 80 ; and 
R. Middleton (i) and A. Patterson (3), 81. The hole com- 
petition of the Hawick Club was keenly played, and the 
following is the result : — J. S. Reid beat W. Boyd by 3 and 2 ; 
C. S. Rennie beat A. Elder by 3 and i ; W. Burnett beat 
H. L. Purdon by 6 and 5 ; H. M. Duncan beat R. H. Lindsay 
Watson by 3 and i. In the semi-final W. Burnett beat 
H. M. Duncan by 2 and i ; J. S. Reid a bye. The final 
resulted in W. Burnett beating J. S. Reid by 3 and 2. 
Polo in Ireland 
T IKE most other Irish pastimes, polo has been severely 
-'-' handicapped by the war, and the game jmay be said 
to have been brought to an abrupt close with the departure 
for the front of most if not all the principal players in 
Ireland. All the important fixtures have been abandoned, 
and while regret is widespread there is hope of a speedy re- 
sumption of the play. The military, who have popularised 
polo in Ireland, hope to render a good account of them- 
selves in the more real opportunity afforded them for the 
display of coolness and courage. That they have 
done so is already a matter of history, and next year 
when the Open Cup Tournament, now in its thirty-sixth j'ear, 
is played, it is anticipated the contest will arouse a degree 
of enthusiasm never previously experienced. One or two 
famous players of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers and several 
" strong men " of the i6th Lancers have rendered a good 
account of themselves under fire, and that they do not forget 
the game is evidenced by references to it in their home 
correspondence. 
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