The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . 74 PHEASANT SHOOTING IN COVERTS. By NICHOLAS SHOOTING WITH THREE GUNS IN A HOT CORNER.[Photo . Mrs. Ricardo, Newbury.) IT 7HY such an authority as Mr. Daniel should\ \ ridicule the use ot pointers with bellsupon their collars as absurd, is ratherbeyond comprehension, as in forest-shooting onthe Continent and elsewhere such a practice hasalways been adhered to, and found conducive togood results. In Scandinavia at the present davany good Jager who possesses, or has the controlot, pointers or setters would not
The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . 74 PHEASANT SHOOTING IN COVERTS. By NICHOLAS SHOOTING WITH THREE GUNS IN A HOT CORNER.[Photo . Mrs. Ricardo, Newbury.) IT 7HY such an authority as Mr. Daniel should\ \ ridicule the use ot pointers with bellsupon their collars as absurd, is ratherbeyond comprehension, as in forest-shooting onthe Continent and elsewhere such a practice hasalways been adhered to, and found conducive togood results. In Scandinavia at the present davany good Jager who possesses, or has the controlot, pointers or setters would not think of huntingthem in thick woods for blackgame or capercailzie,without first attaching the tinkling musical littlebell, and the writer, who has many times partici-pated in hunting so conducted, can give the bestot testimony to the effectiveness and enhancedenjoyment therein obtained. In England, in the old days, our forbears werewont to sail) forth in the early morning, before theautumnal dews had left the grass and undergrowth,accompanied by their favourite pointers, setters,or spaniels, to double the hedgerows and to hu
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