Excerpt from The Sportsman's Cyclopaedia: Comprising a Complete Elucidation of the Science and Practice of Hunting, Shooting, Coursing, Racing, Fishing, Hawking, Cockfighting, and Other Sports and Pastimes of Great Britain, Interspersed With Entertaining and Illustrative Anecdotes At the same time, the author and compiler very frankly acknowledges, that he has freely availed himself of whatever has hitherto appeared in print upon subjects connected with the present publication: this, however, was not a task of very great or extensive labour; since, comparatively speak ing, little has been written upon subjects evidently interest ing to the human feelings above all others. The reason is obvious: Sportsmen capable of expressing their opinions upon paper are almost uniformly placed in situations and. Circumstances where literary exertion is not necessary as a means of existence; and, being occupied with the fascia nating pleasures of the Chase, feel no desire to give their Opinions to the world thro' the medium of the press. In consequence, works of this nature have been for the most part, put together by men, who, whatever might be their attainments in other respects, possessed no practical know ledge of Field Sports. These observations are not intended to apply to Veterinary Subjects, upon which many publica tions have appeared, several of them evidently the pro ductions of acute and enlightened minds; tho' the art of healing, as far as relates to horses, must still be considered in its infancy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ...it off, the weight was 84 grains. When hit with a pencil twice, weight was 85 grains. When hit with a pencil three times, weight was 88 grains, and when jarred by hitting the measure with a knife, which jarred the powder below the edge of the measure, then filling the measure up again and striking it off we secured 92 grains, which you will please note is 9% grains in excess of the standard weight. Going through the same operation with the New "E. C." smokeless powder, we secured weights as follows, in their order 33, 33J4, 35-4, 36)4, 37 grains. Now please note that with the Ideal measure set at' three drachms, and using Hazard's F. F. G. black powder, the weight secured was 82'A grains, which is identical with the weight secured in the Dixon measure, using the same powder, when the latter is not jarred. This shows pretty plainly that the Ideal measure and the Dixon measure are of the same ca pacity. We prove this over again, when with the New "E. C "smokeless powder, the Ideal measure when set at three drachms, will be found to throw 33 grains, which is the same as that thrown by the Dixon measure, when it is used by simply dipping and striking off, without any hitting or jarring. With the Ideal Universal Powder Measure there is no hitting or jarring required. With a simple movement of the handle back and fourth, which all persons can do alike, the quantity delivered will be found regular and uniform. As to which should be the standard, each one must decide for himself. We, however, recognize no standard other than the Apothecaries' Scales, .to which all manufacturers of powder and ammunition refer when testing for scientific and accurate results. As most of the tables of charges published by the powder and ammunition...