Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 115
gs round this class of bird renders it doublyan object of commiseration, and the reflectionthat a large percentage of the pigeons consignedto the pigeon flat are not killed at all, but aredoomed to drag out a maimed existence, isone that causes a grave feeling of doubt whetherafter all the sport… … wing and the sharpest flying bird for trap shoot-ing. ■ -The ordinary tame, fan-tail pigeon, is atoncej^too heavy and too slow for this purpose.The flight of the pigeon and the flight of gameare appreciably different, and it is obvious thatin pigeon shooting judgment of distance (oneof the most…
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