The New York herald., 1871-11-24
IMPERIAL SPORT IN PRUSSIA.
st. Hubert's Day In and Around Berlin, and
G Its Sporting Ccrcmoniss.
Kaiser William in the Harz Notwithstanding
& Deer and Wild Boar aud Fishing for
Duohy-A Hars Legend About Kaiser
Heinrich, the Bird snarsr, and
Modern One Of KaiSar Wilhelu.
BERLIN. Nov. 4 1871.

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.9t BERLIN, Nov. 4 1871.
The Ka ser is as youthful as ever. No sooner has
he returned from hla huntng expedition to the
harz Mounta ns connected TO be sure with lltslc
private AMI political talk with the Duke OF arunswck
relation to the iuture OF that genueman's pretty
little duchy than he u booted ana spurred and clad
In crimson FOR the ST. Huberps Chase. which,
omitted ast year on account OF the absence OF HIS
Majesty before Paris, was ordained this year to
come of IN all the pomp anl vanity that the Berlin
roSal sporting corps Is capable OF.
-GceA sr nuBERr's DAY
has become now regular holiday for the Eerliners
especially since tho August festivities connected
Win the Stralan Fish Day have almost zone out of
date. and yesterday. the Sd, over twenty thou.
sand Eeriincra leaving tine CITY bv every kind OF To-
comouol and by oil conceivable ways in order to
reach the Old Joachim Ennnns schloss and the
Saubucht In the Grunewaid. where the hero OF the
day-the noar--is released Tor
the SPORT or THg EMPEROR
beautiful Iall day, almost as sunshlny and warm
as summer d a not fall to make the huntiAg Ieast
as LAY as could ne possibly desired. Tsas hunt IS
gotten MP In style peculiar 70 itself. Invitations
arc given By ,hs Kaiser principally to tas members
OF tae "Parroree Jag1 verein." under tAs hgh pre-
eciorate OF Prince Carr, st Prussia. It Is essen
TALLY court hunting day, though tao Dcrliners have
hong ago GAINED III parf for themselves aa1 their
number At the fcsIcal increases with every year,
10 The no little annoyance Of the prnccy xfMrods.
The whole OF tae imperial and pvinccly members Of
she cOnrt appear, cad In scarlet hunting costume
and unost eesant toisttes, upon richly capariscned
ssseds. Tne Wress and hanttng esncias ap.
pear W an the spleuder OF gala uniferms.
The whole scene Is essentially PruJssau; the whole
thing IS seni-nn5sary In csiarsster, ami music Of
m ard Ia rae catSor fan
fare grseunRs whIcn the wsipssrs n give 70 every
rv4nceiy member arriving upon the ground, ana
thc Strangely sounding "hp, h,r, hurrah " or The
people reMlnds You OF notnng Similar N the
wor,G
THE BERLNERS' nOIIDAY.
The Bcrllners were there q. early morning, being
sesermiaed 70 make as mucn OF the holiday as
possible. Alter soBe hours Of patient waiting they
were finally rewarded BY the appearance Of
THE IMPERIAL CAvALCAps,
arriving about one o'clOcK from schloss GrAno.
wald Among the impcrlai and prlnceU crowd
present were the Crown Prince, Prlnoes CAR,
Frederic Carl Aibrcchr; Processes Carl, Friedrich
Carl and number Of younger prla.
ossses besides the Princes August and
w,iasin Of wur!emberx. Duke wMnelm Of
Prince ast.er,I and all tho high disnitares OF ne
ycr.in couri, Hunting lunch psrtaken OF, Srepara-
ncrr Solomon. atcndei by three underling whip
pers, lei Ine gallant pack OF some thirty couples
gers and aosl Of the higncr order OF hunting and
iVrest officials, all mounted Their services being.
Ie:aap as tar as ine unlnl,latsd could nni ont %
lowed tho Kaiser, well mounted And looking superb.
Then followed Fritz. the Princes Of tho royal house
aul princes o. lower degree, nnd dnaiy the equip.
ages Wearing tac precious burdens ot royal prin-
cesses sarron "a q and protectea ~ guard Of 200
hunterS, III red. foiiowc'i, again, by the
TWENTY THOUSAND BBRLdRsRs.
The latter. composed OF all stratas OF society,
Ss was vs. ns :ne ssors "a. ~ @
wherein tho game Ia preserved, ami. ~ II
w:ile % the y wnips Up We're ncidias in the ,iogs IN:
III aua.ed jagers mad their hanis iuil with ths task
o, ~ ~ uS sl as asosan nr 1e
Trying their speed WIN the wild monster Of the
w announced w. tc asssued nunsr F0m nubc c
xud doas tntt the game vas let ioo.e and making
ne Sss his Us zen unacs s grace s' M .ne .crssrs
fearful yell tnev 5roso through tue mounted cor.
doA OF lagcrS and a few Thousand OF them gave
the polr nll chase, the dogs barking, fne whips
swearing. Nsd fne Kaiser AMI princes laiignant at
tnis jeconng conduct On tne part Of their loving
INTO THE TnIcYEsr OF TIE FORREST
went the game And atcy t he crown, and very
soon boar ana a conpe OF thousand Gcftlners ds.
appeared in fail run over tus brow or neighbor-
ins nal. Very Baruraly Ns doss-whicn nave
very good repatatiUs Tor 3esanes seen, u Aaouid
he se. luscc-we.e unaDio 10 Iollew Lac irail OF
tue game, losing !, entirely Tor long iiae In The
Royrstn OF sweet scenaet trails let by tue good
a.
however, a few NZers discovered tno game In tno
wa,er. boat was quickly launched, the boar
anl safely anuod. wheroaroa ne was aaain SET oG
on nh hia JosrneY tals Line the PACK geiiag safely
stcr at bay ana the Crown Prince was the nrst to
gei IN al tac death. II tie roya bnn.ers bad tncir
sport near.y spoiled by tac Bcr.iaers they DEER
mined 10 forget the aiin0; ance III
THE nuarNG DINNER
provided for them lii t-e bcno.s Grapewaid, where
music an tonats AMI CONCENTRATION, and eating
continued n1tL SIX In the evehnL- wnon Inc return
IoGruey was commenced, Bal 81 hubert mad made
good his o.. rlats and by the un,c that the Roy Al
Prncesses and the waoie royai hunting train mad
asscped the courtyard oi the castle preparatory
ta aepar,ure he sent down lourlag iain IN nj,
usual stY,e Dripping wet ana iearfu ly faded. the
hunters returned 20 Lie city, passing on tne.r way
IN, etili more jadet yet good-natnred crowd tnat
had zone inem such ondefiui service at the chase.
The hunters arc now discussing whether they are 70
Call the affair .spv-t or not and are determined TO
must eventually ue given up. The Emperor Is aiso
sali not 10 be III tie best numor at tho ridiculous
ness OF the chase, winch compares so u1favorably
WI h mis- recent nunt IN the narz rhe Har1 hunt
Ing expeiitioa was. Indeed, qune an anair, ana
Yaa re%e@Ser % nh we sne sor, o. the
OLD GERMAN EMPEROR HEINRICH, rHH BIRD
wno when the deputar,oa nSa' came to him with the
imperial crown found alm employed at his favorite
pa time OF ensnaring the little birds rms Incident
took place In the Hartz Mountains, though In what
particular locality the wlso men or Germany have
never been aoie TO prove. Lake the seven cities OF
Homer 40 does nt least that number O places In the
nartz Mountains claim to be the place near which
Kaiser Ielnricn was catching birds wneN the depu-
ties Drought MIN the Kaiser crown. Ono OF these
villages laying tits claim Il Blankenburx, ut the
foot Of the lartz Mountains. In future TINS quiet
little town will have 10 he permitted not only TO
assert It's claims aDont Heinrich the Bird Snarer
say that there |, WAS that KAISER Wilhelm came to
WOO FOR the duca crown OF Brunswick and the
100000 good people Of Brunswick In short,
the IMPERfAL HUNTING EXPEDITION IN THB HARrZ
Is intimately connected with pOillcai NOV cp8nt--
nanclv, Inc future destiny Of the duchy Uf Bruns-
WICK. Ill confidently whispered that the invita-
ti0n to Berth was not glvon voluntarily ON the part
Of the Duke. Whether the Emperor's interview
course, say. Here, az aIl events II Ia thought that
tue Duke win be prevailed upon before his death,
CLAIMS beng made by The rlghtful heirs OF rnc
duchf--tnc House OF Hanover. The peop,e OF
Brunswick are said TO be fav0rably inclined towards
Prussia, ana have 90 ueslre 10 retain al inde-
pendcnce Which Is, after all, only nominal. SSn u
THE ROYAL HUNT.