Editing Bertie Wooster (section)

===Hobbies===

Bertie participates in a number of physical activities. He likes swimming under ordinary circumstances; he is less fond of it when he falls into water unexpectedly while dressed in regular attire, which occurs multiple times in the stories. He plays tennis with [[Bingo Little]] in "[[Jeeves and the Impending Doom]]". Bertie also plays golf in the same story.<ref>Wodehouse (2008) [1930], ''Very Good, Jeeves'', chapter 1, p. 22.</ref> His golf handicap is 16, and he plays in the Drones Club golf tournament every year.<ref>Wodehouse (2008) [1930], ''Very Good, Jeeves'', chapter 7, p. 163.</ref> At Oxford, he obtained a [[Blue (university sport)|blue]] for [[Rackets (sport)|rackets]] playing with his friend Harold "Beefy" Anstruther, and briefly went in for rowing under the coaching of [[Stilton Cheesewright]].<ref>Ring & Jaggard (1999), pp. 287–288.</ref> Later, he rows a boat that Jeeves is steering in "Jeeves and the Impending Doom". Bertie plays [[Squash (sport)|squash]] and was runner-up one year in the [[Drones Club]] Annual Squash Handicap.<ref>Wodehouse (2008) [1930], ''Very Good, Jeeves'', chapter 3, p. 69.</ref> There is no doubt in his mind that he will win the Drones Club [[darts]] competition in ''[[Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit]]''. Claiming that he can "out-Fred the nimblest [[Fred Astaire|Astaire]]" Bertie enjoys dancing and likes fancy dress balls.<ref>Wodehouse (2008) [1947], ''Joy in the Morning'', chapter 5, p. 46. Bertie states that "as a dancer I out-Fred the nimblest Astaire, and fancy dress binges have always been my dish".</ref>

Capable of reading sheet music, Bertie has a light baritone voice and sings often, most prominently in "[[Jeeves and the Song of Songs]]".<ref>Ring & Jaggard (1999), p. 287.</ref> He keeps a piano in his flat,<ref>Wodehouse (1968) [1966], ''Plum Pie'', "Jeeves and the Greasy Bird", p. 42.</ref> and once played "[[Happy Days Are Here Again]]" with one finger on the piano at [[Totleigh Towers]] when there was no other method of self-expression available.<ref>Wodehouse (2008) [1938], ''The Code of the Woosters'', chapter 10, p. 210. Relieved after Madeline Bassett leaves the room to retrieve Gussie's notebook, Bertie says, "She hurried out, and I sat down at the piano and began to play 'Happy Days Are Here Again' with one finger. It was the only method of self-expression that seemed to present itself."</ref> In ''[[Thank You, Jeeves]]'', he attempts to play the banjolele, apparently with little success despite his enthusiasm. In an early story, Bertie claims that "bar a weekly wrestle with the '[[The Sporting Times|Pink 'Un]]' and an occasional dip into the [[Form (horse racing)|form book]] I'm not much of a lad for reading",<ref>Wodehouse (2008) [1923], ''The Inimitable Jeeves'', chapter 17, p. 236.</ref> yet Bertie is frequently in the middle of reading a mystery or crime novel in later stories. He states that he is never happier than when curled up with the latest [[Agatha Christie]],<ref>Wodehouse (2008) [1974], ''Aunts Aren't Gentlemen'', chapter 8, p. 83.</ref> and regularly references literary characters in mystery and crime fiction, including Christie's [[Hercule Poirot]] and others such as [[Sherlock Holmes]], [[A. J. Raffles]], and [[Nero Wolfe]].