The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12
eUTcAeRY IN "sPORT."
Comparison of the Records of Lord de
Grey and Kaiser William.

| Ufeg anu hu1Ser w illtum.
In the course of last year there APP
! peared in 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, 1896, was published.
/ Comparison, of course, is out of the
question, but, in placing the emperor's
| figures by the side of the earl's. we re-
alize 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
marquisate of Ripon. -
Of pheasants the kaiser has disposed
of 1887 TO the earl's 111,19O: 4O7 part
ridges are all the emperor can put for
ward, while the earl's score is Sc. 4O1;
the imperial record of grouse has APP
parently not been kept. Al 46s are Lord
de Grey's figures; of rabbits the kaiser
has shot 63s, Lord de Grey killed 300
more in the course of 1898 alone-dur-
ing his career he has disposed of Co.
TAT. 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 thous-
and seven hundred and thirty-five snipe
have fallen to the unerring aim of the
earl. and he has also shot 2,077 wood
cock to the kaiser's 2. The Sc wild duck
shot by the emperor compare but poor
lywith the /, 1893 that the earl has killed;
but the imperial record of red deer is
73s, while that of the earl is 3s1. One
thousand five hundred and twenty -four
large wild boars and 1S1 small boars
appear in the emperor's list, again 81
pigs in the earl's; but, while the latter
can point to ~ buffaloes. II tigers, 2
rhinoceros, and s,424 various beasts. the
emperor can but quote whale and $50
different sorts of game at least in this
country, but at home he can boast of II
foxes. Altogether the imperial bag
shows 1886 head of game. while Earl
de Grey's contains 316.699.
The king of Naples. in a sporting
tour through Austria, disposed of ST.
05S head of game in the year 1898 alone
shooting 20 times as many foxes as the
emperor has done in all his sporting
career. Exactly 100 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 marquis
of Ripon's moor at Sutton last year.
the greatest record of the duke of Rut-
land, who in one day in the October of
Waterloo year killed 1875 head of game.
does not look a 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 cartridges that Lord Kingston shot
at Heydon on September l. 1910. be-
tween sunrise and sunset, thereby
winning a considerable wager. For
wagers to be made on bags" was quite
a common thing early in the century.
In 1911, for instance, Mr.. Clark. of
Nottingham, Suffolk made bet of so
guineas that he would kill and bag
AZ shots out of so; as a matter of fact
he killed 50 birds in 60 shots. 1t is also
recorded about this time that a game
keeper in the employ of Sir II. Mildmay,
for a considerable wager. "hit cricket
ball. with common shot. 70 times sue
cessively, between the wickets. bowled
by Harris. one of the sharpest bowlers
of the Hambledon club" Can il be pos
sible that the expression "bagging
brace" when batsman retires the Sec
ond time from the wicket with a nought
to his discredit arose from this con-
junction of gun and cricket ball?-Lon-
don Standard.