The Field

Every day should have dogs

SOME years ago I was asked to report on an end-of-season partridge day that had been bought, at a bargain price, by a group of students from an agricultural college. The expected bag was around 125 birds; the shoot was semi-commercial, letting a number of days during the season to help pay its costs. I joined the guns for the first drive and did my usual check behind the line to see where the pickers-up were standing. I struggled to find anyone, but eventually spotted a single figure accompanied by a

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