The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-12-06 00:00:00

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Low AND LADY WINIORNI are entertaining oorn-
pany at Danford Manor, Dorset, the guests stai ing
there including the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe,
the Earl and Countess of Jersey, the Donato.' of
Normanton and Lady B. Agar, the Earl of &afield,
Lori and La.ly Brooke, Prince Delgorouiri. Hon.
Edward and Lady Fanny hiarjoribanks, Mr. and
Mre. Tall) it. Mr. Balfour, Mr. IL B. Portman, and
Mr. In. Bligh. On Wednesday about 750 pheasants
and 100 hare. and rabbit. were killed. The guns
were those of the Duke of Roxburgha, Lord Brooke,
Lord &afield, Lord Wimborne, the Hon. Edward
Mujoribanke. Mr. Talbot, and Mr. IL B. Portman.
Birds were plentiful and strong on the wing, but the
wind was very high and unfevourable for shouting.
Some very large bags were made on Thursday. The
total number killed was 1.418 pheasants, 35 hares, 48
rabbits, and two partridges. the latter being scarce.
The guns were the Duke of Roxburgh., Lord Seafield,
Lord Wimhorne, Lord Brooke, the Hon. Mr. Merjori-
banks, the Hon. Ivo Bligh, the Hon Mr. Talbot, and
Mr. E. W. B. Portman. On Thursday eight of the
Party went out shooting, the addition to the gone of
the previous day being that of the Hon. Ivo Bligh.
Birds were very plentiful, end the result of the day's
sport was the bagging of 1,418 pbeseanta, 35 hares, 20
rabbits, and two partridges. The Royal Italian Band
played during dinner on Thursday and Friday evenings,
On Friday the following joined in • shooting party—
The Duke of Roxburgh., Lord &afield, Lord Brook,
Lord Wimborne, Hon. K. Majoribanks, Hon. Iro
Blies, and Mr. Talbot. The party started about heli-
port nine, and shot through the home covers, where
game was found plentiful. The total number of
t bagged was one thousand d thirty-three.
C",.:le an
fifty and arty hares were killed, The
distinguished oompany left Danford on Saturday.
Pirrn 8118,10 NS, Friday.—Before Rev. C. J. Glyn
(chairmen), Colonel Paget, H. Monro, W. Rolls Fryer,
and H. Z. hiouro, Ear..—An old man, named Philip
Taylor, summoned • mischievous young game, one
Alfred White, for throwing • stone at him, and
Master White was fined 61. and costs.—Saineon
Light had to pay El and costs for the information ,
that he could not keep • dog without a license any '
more than other people.—John and Ambrose
Sherwood were summoned by the police for drunken-
nem—John appeared; but plaintively pleaded he
could not have been drunk as he had only had five
pints.—lie was fined 10e. and coste.—Amorie, who
had declined to take any notice of the official invite,
was fined £1 and °mtg.—Walter Sidney Allen, of
Newton, appeared in answer to four summonses
charging him with haring sold intoxiesUng liquors to
be consumed on the highway, he having • license to
sell off the premises only.—Ele pleaded (dips and
ignorance Sept.
.—Mr. Batty upset the latter es by
stating that he had previously cautioned h
however, the mortgagee of the premises, Mr.
would promise to put in a fresh tenant, he would, by
permission f the Bench, withdraw two of the charges,
so that the license need only be endorsed twice, and
its forfeiture would thus be avoided—Mr. Habgoed
having made the requisite promise, and the Bench being
agreeable, the defendant was fined £1 each and costs
in the two cases, and the license twice endorsed, the
other two cases being adjouroed.--George Berfoot and
Charism Miller, of Lytchett Minster. were summoned
for unlawfully aged maliciously killing • dog, the
capr.rty of James Randall, on the 16th October.—Mr.
-Hill was for the complainant, Mr. TY/realm
for the defendants—The animal wee veined at £s.
It would seem the defendants are in the emply of Mr.
Styring, who has • lags sheep farm at Lytchett, and
of late • number of his sheep have been worried by
dogs. On one occasion • sheep was killed, 16 were
almost worried to death, and • large number were
driven more than • mile from the fold-. As it is • well.
known fact that dogs which once commence these
tricks never leave them off, Mr Styring's bailiff, Mr.
McAlister, gave 'Detractions to the defendants to lie
In wait for the doers and shoot theca. They accordingly
borrowed a gun, and about half.pest two on the Sunday
morning two dogs attacked the fold. The defendants
shot one, and the other flew at them, but they beat it
off with the butt end of the gun. —The Bench di/mined
the sass. [So we should think.}--Ale Haskell, a
well•known poacher, was fined 40s. and costs for being
found on the highway with • pheasant In his possession
' of which he could give no satisfactory account.