11 DECEMBER 1926, page 14

So Are Some Gamekeepers. I Am Credibly Informed About The

details of a recent dispute between hunters of the fox and shooters of the pheasant. The dispute arose over an unfortu. nate coincidence. Certain coverts were drawn on the......

A Chess Skit.

All chess players will be amused—and humour is not the commonest attribute in the game—at a little skit of a few pages privately edited in New York. It refers chiefly to the......

0 • A Long Swim.

A marvellous example of the endurance of a hunted stag is sent me by the author of The Old Stag. Lord Dunraven wrote to him to record the fact that in his grandfather's time a......

More Cheap Land. -

In a curious duel between Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Waite Guinness about the purchase price of land in England, bot contestants omit reference to the most surprising and disturb......

Country Life And Sport

EVICTING FOXES. A SUBJECT discussed in this place last week is worth some further comment, because it seems not improbable that some definite results may be reached. Private......

What Bird Was Rr ?

A quite abnormal number of rare birds—and one rare mammal—have been recorded in England this year ; and the odd appearances continue. A very good observer sends me the following......

The " Spectator " Subscription Rates.

The following rates include postage to any part of the world : - 52 weeks .. .. • e 30/ — 16 „ • • • • 15/ 13 .. .. .. 7/6 Postal 4 Orders and Cheques should be crossed and made......