UNSPORTSMANLIKE BEHAVIOUR.
The fanners surrounding Masterton have, in most cases, always been very good-natured towards townsmen desiring a little "sport," fresh air and exercise, and have allowed the latter to roam over their properties, practically, at will. The surest way to put a stop to the privileges mentioned is for young fellows to abuse them. Mr H. A. Bygum, of Mungarapu, writes to us as follows: "Men come up on Sundays and holidays shooting and leave my gates open, and go through my ewes with dogs, the ewes being only a few days off lambing. I have found some of my ewes quite lame, which have been shot in the legs. It is not good enough. lam tired of telling them not to go in among my ewes —they don't seem to care." Mr Bygum has decided to prosecute trespassers in future, and it would be a good thing if those who behave as he describes were convicted and fined, for their conduct is the reverse of sportdmanlike, and is calculated to bring discredit upon others who indulge in shooting, but are not guilty of similar conduct. "
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9165, 13 August 1908, Page 4
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187UNSPORTSMANLIKE BEHAVIOUR. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9165, 13 August 1908, Page 4
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