"Mrs. Packletide is determined to shoot a tiger in order to get one up on her arch rival Loona Bimberton. In a comical and at times ironic sequence of events, Mrs. Packletide finds herself at the mercy of another rival, just when she had least expected it." Blurb from Red Door Audiobooks
According to Brian Gibson in Reading Saki, this story was first published in the Bystander, date unknown.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1911 |
|
The Chronicles of Clovis | John Lane, The Bodley Head | Collection | 27 |
| September 1945 |
|
A Saki Sampler | Superior Reprint / The Military Service Publishing Co. | Collection | 43 |
| October 1948 |
|
The Chronicles of Clovis | Penguin Books | Collection | |
| March 1965 |
|
Humor Horror and the Supernatural | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | 28 |
| March 1966 |
|
Incredible Tales | Dell | Collection | 53 |
| January 1968 |
|
Humor Horror and the Supernatural | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | 28 |
| September 1970 | Humor Horror and the Supernatural | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | 28 | |
| August 1971 | Incredible Tales | Dell Laurel-Leaf | Collection | 53 | |
| January 1972 |
|
Humor Horror and the Supernatural | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | 28 |
| December 1974 |
|
Humor Horror and the Supernatural | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | 28 |
| 1976 |
|
The Complete Works of Saki | Doubleday | Omnibus | 115 |
| 1978 | Short Stories | J. M. Dent | Collection | 159 | |
| 1982 | The Complete Saki | Penguin Books | Omnibus | 115 | |
| 1983 |
|
The Best of Saki | Picador | Collection | 36 |
| 1985 | Short Stories | J. M. Dent | Collection | 159 | |
| 1986 |
|
The Chronicles of Clovis | Penguin Books | Collection | 25 |
| 1993 |
|
The Complete Stories of Saki | Wordsworth Editions | Omnibus | 84 |
| May 1998 |
|
The Complete Saki | Penguin Books | Omnibus | 115 |
| October 2000 |
|
Saki: The Complete Short Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 115 |
| January 2003 | The Chronicles of Clovis | Project Gutenberg | Collection | ||
| February 2008 |
|
The Chronicles of Clovis | LibriVox | Collection | |4 |
| November 2012 |
|
The Chronicles of Clovis | CreateSpace | Collection | |
| May 2016 |
|
The Chronicles of Clovis | LibriVox | Collection | |4 |