Outing . othe city, when a large flock of gold-en legged plover swept into view fromthe southeast. It was the first bunchof golden-legs they had seen. Theywere flying low and the hunters waited,keenly alive to the fact that the mi-grants approaching are the swiftest ofall birds and they could hope for butone shot. Six plover dropped. at thedischarge of the guns. One bird flewstraight up after the manner of gamebirds, hit in the head. It rose a hun-dred feet above the plane of flight andthen fluttered downward, apparentlyabout to fall, yet struggling to main-tain its flight. Its comrades circle
Outing . othe city, when a large flock of gold-en legged plover swept into view fromthe southeast. It was the first bunchof golden-legs they had seen. Theywere flying low and the hunters waited,keenly alive to the fact that the mi-grants approaching are the swiftest ofall birds and they could hope for butone shot. Six plover dropped. at thedischarge of the guns. One bird flewstraight up after the manner of gamebirds, hit in the head. It rose a hun-dred feet above the plane of flight andthen fluttered downward, apparentlyabout to fall, yet struggling to main-tain its flight. Its comrades circled back and formed 634 THE OUTING MAGAZINE a compact body underneath the hurt oneand carried it forward a hundred wounded bird tried it again andwas again rescued from a fall and car-ried forward upon the wings of its loyal comrades. The hunters saw the plovercircle back and carry the wounded oneon their wings for the third time, beforethey were lost to view in the distanceand gathering THE WORLD OF SPORT AMERICA KEEPS THE POLO CUP IT was admittedly the best team thatwon in the international matchesfor the polo cup at Meadowbrook,but that implies no criticism of the Eng-lish playing. At no time was the resultsure until the gong sounded for the closeof play. The visitors rode hard and hitwith wonderful accuracy. Their teamplay was far above the standard they hadset in preliminary practice—so far abovethat in the first game they swept theAmericans off their feet in the first fourperiods and forced the playing intoAmerican territory constantly. A littlemore accuracy—or luck—in long drivesfor the goal, and there would certainlyhave been a third game, if not an Eng-lish victory in the match. It was team play that won. In indi-vidual work, man for man, the Englishwere nowhere outclassed by the Ameri-cans, except possibly at back, where Mil-burn shone resplendent. In the secondgame the Americans had a shade the ad-vantage in covering their men and rid-ing off
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