6 AUGUST 1910, Page 17

THE TWELFTH.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIB,—Now on the eve of another "Twelfth " will you allow me to appeal to the sportsmen among your readers, and to beg that throughout the coming season each individual gun may make it his special care to see that no bird among his " pick-up " is put into a beater's pocket or game-bag alive ? Beaters are, I fear, sometimes careless on this point, but a little supervision may make all the difference and save much

unnecessary suffering.—I am, Sir, &e., Z.