The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-09-29
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In the course OF last year there APP
peared in a sporting contemporary
Lord de Grey's wonderful record of
game killed from 1867 to 1895. In yet
another journal the present Kaiser
Williams record up to May, 1886, was
published. Comparison, OF course, is
out of the question, but in placing the
emperor's figures by the side of the
earrs. we realize what 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 Kaiser of Ripon.
OF pheasants the kaiser has disposed
Of 7 3S7 to the earPs 111,190; 407 part
ridges are all the emperor can put for
ward. while the earl's score is 89,401;
the imperial record of grouse has APP
parently not been kept, 47,46S are Lord
de Grey's figures; Of rabbits the kaiser
/ has shot $685. Lord de Grey killed 800
more in the course of 1893 alone; dur
ing his career he has disposed of 26,747.
| Hares are the emperor's strong point.
He has shot 11,466, and even Lord de
Grey can only point to two and half
times as many. Two thousand seven
hundred and thirty-fve snipe have
fallen to the unerring aim of the earl
and he has also shot 2077 woodcock to
the kaiser's two. The Sc 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
1888. while that of the earl is 381. One
thousand five hundred and twenty-four
large wild boars and 1871 small bears
appear in the emperor's list, against
81 pigs in the earl's but while the lat
ter can point to IL buffaIoes, II tigers,
2 rhinoceros, and 8424 various beasts,
the emperor can but quote one whale
and $50 different sorts Of game-at least
in this country, but at home he can
boast of II foxes. Altogether the inn
perial bag shows 25,376 head of game,
while Earl de Grey's contains 316,e99.
The king of Naples in sporting tour
through Austria disposed of ,05S head
of game in the year 1893 alone--shoot-
ing twenty times as many foxes as the
emperor has done in all his sporting
career Exactly one hundred years
later Earl de Grey disposed Of 1875
head Of game, but no foxes, in the same
time. In view of the fact that some
5000 head Of game were bagged in one
day at the Marques Of Ripon's moor
at Sutton last year, the great record
Of the Duke Of Rutland. who in one day
In the October Of Waterloo year killed
125 head of game, does not look very
formidable bag for five hours shooting,
although early in the century it was
considered to be a prodigiously fine
achievement and worthy to be quoted
with the Az brace Of partridge that
Lord Kingston shot at Heydon on Sep
TENDER 1, 1910, between sunrise and
sunset, thereby winning considerable
wager. For wagers to be made on
bags was quite common thing early
in the century. In 1911, for instance, a
Mr.. Clark Of Nottingham, Suffolk made
bet Of so guineas that he would kill
and bag AZ shots out NJ 70: as a mat
ter of fact, he killed 50 birds in go sno.s.
It is also recorded abont this time that
a gamekeeper in the employ Of Sir fl.
Mldmay, for a considerable wager,
chit cricket bal, with common shot,
twelve times successfully, between the
wickets, bowled by Harris, one of the
sharpest bowlers of the Hanbledon
club" Can it be possible that the ex-
preston "bagging a brace" when a
batsman retires the second time from
the wicket with a nought to his dis
credit arose from this conjunction Of
gun and cricket ball?-London Stand
ard