Word: snipe
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...college days become a fair wing shot and acquired a taste for shooting will find open to him during his vacation a never ending means of enjoyment. Nothing will more refresh an overworked mind and body than a day spent with that zest which only a sportsman knows, after snipe and ducks in the marsh, or among woody haunts of ruffled grouse. It is almost needless to mention the pleasures of wing shooting, to recall the never-to-be-forgotten thrill of excitement when a grouse or bunch of quail rises with its whir, or, if the gunner...
...VanLenup. The Freshmen crew are also doing some light work, and promise well. The University ball nine have not yet thought of organizing; but we shall probably have a good team. Of last year's nine we lose only Moffat. Gunners here are looking forward to a good English snipe season in the spring...