An American tourist had an invitation to shoot over a large estate in England. On the evening before the After the shoot the gamekeeper went "Say. I'm one of the crack shots in the States,” he said. ' Tomorrow you’ll be loading for me, and for every bird I miss I'll give you half a dollar.” After the shoot the- gamekeper went to the local pub and recounted the American's boast to a friend. "And how did you get on?” asked the other. “Fine!” retorted the gamekeeper. '‘lf I’d had another blank cartridge I'd have made a level fiver!”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 April 1938, Page 9
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