The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-21

Grey and Kaiser William.
In the course of last year there appeared
in a sporting cen temporary Lord de
de Grey's wonderful record Of game kill
ed from 1867 to 1895. In vet another jour.
nal the present Kaiser Williams record
up to May, 1896. was published. Com
parison of course, is out of the question,
but, in placing the Emperor's figures by
the side of the Earl's, we realize what a
marvellous shot the latter gentleman is.
for the Emperor is no mean sportsman.
and yet his figures look very mean when
placed side by side with those of the heir
to the Marquisate of Ripon.
or pheasants the Kaiser has disposed of
1887 to the EarPs III, 100; +07 partridGes
are all the Emperor can put forward.
while the Earls score Is SO. 40l; the i'm
perial record of grouse has apparently not
been kept, a., 46s are Lord de Grey's fig
ures; of rabbits the Kaiser has shot 63s
Lord do Grey killed 800 more in tho
course OF 1898 alone-duriDg mis- career
he has disposed Of 20, 747. Hares are the
Emperor's strong point He has shot H.
466, and even Lord dc Grey can only
point to two and half times as many.
Two thousands seven hundred and thir-
ty-five snipe have fallen to the unerring
aim Of the Earl, and he has also shot
2077 woodcock to the Kaiser's 2 The
81 wild duck shot By the Emperor compare
but poorly with the 1898 that the Earl
has killed; but the imperial record OF
red deer is 73S, while that OF the Earl Is
3Sl. One thousand five hundred and
twenty-four large wild boars and Is.
small boars appear In the Emperor's list.
against % pigs in the Earl's; but, while
the latter can point to ~ buffaloes. IL
tigers, - rhinoceros, and 1924 various
boasts. the Emperor can but quote
whale and $50 different sorts of game-at
least in this country, but at home h, can
boast of II foxes. Altogether the imper-
ial bag shows rs, 3s6 head of game. while
Earl dc Grey's contains 3l6, 900.
The King OF Naples, In sporting tour
through Austria, disposed Of loss head
of game in the year 1893 alone-shooting
twenty times as many foxes as the Elm.
peror has done i'm all his sporting career.
Exactly 100 years later Earl de Grey
disposed of ~. 1856 head of game, but no
foxes, inthe same time. In. view OF the
fact that some 5000 head OF game were
bagged in one day at the Marquis of
Rpon's moor at sutton last ycar. the
great record of the Duke of Rutland, who
in one day in October of Waterloo year
killed .25 head of game does not look
very formidable bag for five hours shoot
ing although early in the century it was
considered to be prod giously fine
achievement, and worthy to be quoted
with the forty -one and half Of bracs
partridpcs Lord Kingston shot at Hey
don on Sept /, 1910. between sunrise and
sunset therepy winning considerable
wager. For wagers to be made on "bags"
was quite n common thing early in the
century. In 1871 for instance a MIR.
Clark OF Nottingham. Suffolk, made a
bet OF 30 guineas that he would kill and
bag forty seven shots out Of fifty; rs
matter OF fact he killed nifty nine birds
i'm sixty shots IL Is also recorded about
this time that gamekeeper in tho en-
ploy Of Sir II. Mildmay for n considera-
BILE wager. "bit n cricket ball, with com
mon shot, twelve times successfully, be.
tween the wlckets bowled by Harris, one
OF the sharpcst bowlors Of the Bambledon
club" Can 10 BE- possible that the ex.
preston "bspging q brace when n bats
man rctircs the second time from the
wicket with n nought 10 his discrsdit
arose from this conjunction OF gun and
cricket bailg-Iopdou Standard