The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-13

WRITTEN FOR Z SUNDAY REPUBLIC
King Edward VII holds en- easy record
against all sovereigns, living or dead. for
military honors. reviews and practical COM
mands.
He is Colonel Of eleven regimsnts-apert
from his office as Field MarshAl-commRnd-
ing two German regiments, one Russian,
one Italian and the corps OF Greek Guards.
All these regiments he has reviewed in per-
son. and since his twsnty-irst year he has
held $50 reviews, Is against the Kaisers
two hundred odd. and his various regiments
give him command over L2Oo men, not
counting the household troops The Kaiser
Is generally supposed to have done more
army work than any other living monarch.
but he is a bad second to King Edward.
holding command over seven regiments,
three Of them foreign, and the Gear ranks
behind both.
King Edward has also the record for quick
shooting, against ell corners OF any nation,
1T birds on the wing or running game.
There are plenty who have made bigger
bags, for he does not care for piling up the
slain against time, preferring to shoot quiet
" and kill his game in good style But In
actual shooting be holds the record with g
feat he often perfOrms-that OF neatly
bringing down six partridges with six sepa-
rate shots, out Of a single covey. These
shots are all delivered within as many sec
onds, each bird being picked out from the
same bunch. flying at a god fifty miles an
Ahour. This "a far more difficult shooting
Nhau walking ths birds up and killing them
a they rise, for they are put up at & dis
tsuce, and come past Ike a fash Of light
ming. The Kings method Is to drop
two Of the birds as they approach him. take
a second gun from his loader, and snap two
more as they .lass over head, and q third
brace are killed with q third gun before
they can get out Of range This Is wonder
Iul shooting, requiring absolute precision
and Hg~htning-like handling OF the gun; and,
though many crack shots can XIII four. and
one or two five, birds In this way, no one
but King Edward can grass" six
Another record King Edward holds Is that
OF yacht racing, IN which he stands easily
at the top Of the tree, having won more
prizes and made q better average than any
past or present yachtsmRn, whether royal
noble or
His vessel, the Britannia, has taken over
go prizes and ups. all round the British
coasts, amounting to a money value OF
more than E2l.O00, or $500 In value, and
twenty-three IN number above any other
yachts record The Britannia would prob
ABLY have won the America Cup, too, II
she had been sent over, FOR abe used TO
easily beat the challenger. Velkyrie Ill, be-
fore that vessel went out to be beaten, only
by q very little, by the American yacht, De-
fender. And in practical seRmanship the
King holds 8 record. for he is the only
monarch who can steer & large yacht.
A Iaborious record that must be set down
20 Edward VII IL the laying OF "a founda-
ton stones and first pieces" OF bridges
and railways since be came OF age. Each
Of these was q long, and generally a rather
dull taking about a couple Of
hours. Including the receptions and reading
Of addresses. Here. again the Kaiser
comes second, having laid one hundred and
twenty ODD, including his OWN palaces and
country houses, which. when he mas .