The Archive · 1925

A Great Sportsman and Traveller

eoxsrn Purcuano: A Meson, ere Varker tu, Mace' though Major Pritchard, Macy, lived! no more than 45 few' lives which awe reached" the full span have held more of adven-Jot 22 he travelled alone through th ture and achievement, At th

heart of Haiti, a Journey which ha not been attempted since the natives massacred the European settlers a hundred years before; at 23 he Was chosen to lead an expedition into the unexplored "regions of Patayoni he was the first Englishman to. ex: lore Labrador; as a cricketer he played "for three years. for. the Gentlemen v. Players; he was a big game shot of wide experience; at Story-teller of genius he was known 1 "English-speaking "readers the whole worl over; trid he crowned his life's work by his services in the Great War, Realizing that the initiative. of the British Army in the trenches was hampered by. the German aystem of sniping, he set himself to organise x British snip: ing corps, and. in due course sue. ceded "so completely, that not single German sniper dared to lift strife, This was probably the most Temarkable individual achievement

ime, receives its proper tribute In the war, and now, forthe fat

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