Shooting. "Peace upon Earth, Goodwill to men!" So greet we Christmas Day. Oh Christian load your gun and then, O Christian, out and slay! [Illustration: September.] Golf. Why Golf is Art and Art is Golf we have not far to seek-- So much depends upon the lie, so much upon the cleek. [Illustration: October.] Boxing. Read here the Moral roundly writ For him that into battle goes-- Each soul that, hitting hard and hit, Encounters gross or ghostly foes:-- Prince, blown by many overthrows Half blind with shame, half choked with dirt _Man cannot tell but Allah knows How much the other side was hurt!_ [Illustration: November.] Skating. Over the ice she flies Perfect and poised and fair-- Stars in my true-love's eyes Teach me to do and to dare! Now will I fly as she flies ... Woe for the stars that misled! Stars that I saw in her eyes Now do I see in my head! [Illustration: December.] Now we must come away. What are you out of pocket? 'Sorry to spoil your play, But Somebody says we must pay-- And the candle's down to the socket-- Its horrible tallowy socket! End of Project Gutenberg's An Almanac of Twelve Sports, by Rudyard Kipling