The Badminton Magazine Of Sports And Pastimes Vol 6

Excerpt from The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Vol. 6: January to June 1898 By the time they were ready to start again, it became known that the mules had both fallen lame, and there was nothing for it but to stable them under a ledge of rock, and to push on as well as they could, each man with an extra load. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898-01-01 edition. Excerpt: ...a good average shot ought to kill at least forty to forty-five in one hundred all the season round, and without any picking.' Well! I have very rarely seen anything like that done, and I have given the views of such authorities as Lord Walsingham, Mr. John Scott-Montagu, M.P., and Mr. A. J. Stuart-Wortley, amongst others. One of my contributors, Mr. G. Christopher Davies, writes to me: 'A discussion as to the proportion of cartridges to kills is as vain as the question which is the best nitro. There is, however, a point which is surely capable of decision, and that is, the comparative value of the short two-inch cartridges, with a small charge of concentrated powder, which, under the name of 'Pigmies, ' are sold by one of the leading London gunmakers. I shot an experimental hundred one day partridge driving, and never killed quicker or cleaner, particularly high birds coming down wind. It may be that I myself was in better form than usual, or the powder (Walsrode) is quicker than Schultze, which I otherwise invariably use, but certainly the short cartridge suited my gun, which has the usual length of chamber. As there is a considerable saving of bulk and weight in the short cartridge, why, if other things are equal, use long ones?' I see no harm in mentioning that the gunmaker in question is Mr. Charles Lancaster, and I may add that I have heard these Pigmies much commended, though I never used any; and it is unfortunately too late this season. I never publish verse in the body of the Magazine because good verse is so rare and bad verse so depressing; but these Sapphics by Mr. Guy C. Pollock, son of a well-known literary father, struck me as so good that I must devote a page of Notes to them. TO A DEIVEN PARTRIDGE You, driven, neatly...

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