"Punch" (London) 1910

First Dog (hired for the season). "That's the fifteenth time running he's missed."
Second Dog. "None too safe either; let's chuck it."




In 1918 Badminton Magazine said that a man might consider himself a good shot who killed 40% of the birds he fired at. Lord Walsingham reduced this to 30%. Judging from typical game books of the time, these assessments in many cases were very generous.

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