The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-09
ROYAL N|MR0DS
IN THE FIELD
King Edward VII Can Handle a
Gun With the Best Of
Shots.
ITALY's QUEEN RIFLE EXPERT.
Don Carlos Of Portugal, Often
Called the Modern William
Tell, Is a Champion With
His Revolver.

~ Oct. G-Nost Of Europe's rulers
ar. exc.pt,onaI Nimrods and among the
bes, of them are the Kaiser. KIM Ed
ward and Dor Carlos OF Portugal al
though the venerable monarchs OF Den
mark and Saxony. King Victor Emman''ei
and President Loubet can give good &C
counts of themselves with the gun.
King Edward has always had a keen
love of shooting and he can handle 4 gun
with the best field shots. u.
When In India he went In for that most
exciting Of sports. tiger shooting. and II
ia on record that when out with Sir jung
Bahadur in Nepa he brought down SIX
tigers in one day. Nowadays the King is
never happier than when he has donneo
his tweeds and, with rife IN hand, Is
shooting and managing the SHOOTS in VOL
ferton Woods, about two miles from IAN
dringham.
A few weeks before he became King his
Majesty. when staying at Chastwortn'
took part in a battue over the we'll
stocked preserves. With the assistance OF
Lord de Grey and other notable shots he
brought down more han a thousand head
OF game on an average on each day OF his
stay upon which shooting took place.
OF course, shooting is comparatively
Easy when tho feathered game Is thus
driven up before the guns. but the TACT
that snow to the depth Of several inches
fwhose dazzling effect would not be pom
ductive to good shooting) covered the
ground during a portion OF the visit. gives
the feat a more sportsmanlike excellence.
His Majesty formed one Of the six guns
that succeeded in bringing down 1880
head of game in three days. which gives
an average Of 600 head per gun a day,
when entertained by Lord Carnarvon at
Highclere.
KAISER HANDICAPPED.
TIL Kaiser's chief o~ut-of-door relaxation
is with his gun. He has always been an
indefatigable hunter of wild things. from
grouse to bears
A congeniaI malformation OF the left arm
leaves it useless for all purposes save to
repose on his sword hilt at his side. He
takes aim and shoots with his RICH: arm
alone. h court hunts are generally
what are known as ~treibjagden. and the
mode OF procedure is a follows: Thai
part of the forest containing the quarry
destined to be shot is bounded on all sides
by ropes. to which are attached thick rows
OF gayly colored rags.
These startle the timid deer and prevent
their breaking away. n the heaters
gradually drive them toward the guns.
The shooters are concealed behind stands
Of evergreen, they themselves being
raised about a foot above the ground.
Sometimes the frightened deer pass
quite close to the stands. and It Is in this
ma rffctriaY 'Hhr-nf' fred1ently No great fest
of skill to knock them down.
BY the kaiser's side stand a couple OF
keepers. whose respective duty 1t Is to re-
ceive the empty u and load another.
During a single shooting visit to Letzingen
he bagged thirty-one stays and thirty-four
bears, while the Crown Prince accounted
for eleven stags. and that he performed
this feat when Swallowed by forty-four
gendarmes and three private detectives
certainly does not detract from his per-
Torrance.
Once when his Majesty was shooting
near Magdeburg. a man was seen to dart
from behind a tree. pick up a hard that
had fallen a victim to the deadly aim of
Germany's Emperor and make OFF rs fast
as his legs would carry him The identity
of the hare-lifter was revealed through
the agency of a reward. the malefactor
being a respectable inhabitant of Berlin
who was DESTROYS Of possessing some
connected with his beloved mon
arch.
The most specimens Of the
bag, however. consist of two Eu-
ropean bison. seven elk. three bear. and
twenty-five foxes. for, although he has one
whale to his credit. 1t can scarcely be
classified under the heading Of game.
MODERN WILLIAM TELL
King Carlos Is not only a wonderful
shot with his gun. as he has demonstrated
during his recent visits to King Edward
President Loubet. but he is a cham
pion with his revolver. While being en-
by the members Of the Pistolet
Club Of Paris. during his recent visit to
the French capital. his Majesty took part
in the shooting competition. winning the
ninth sweepstake. Before winning the
sweepstakes, the King. shooting at sew
yards distance. knocked over six
teen dolls in succession. His Majesty then
his revolver on a running me-
.hanical rabbit and put twelve balls into |
Its body. 1t is a singular fact that King |
Carlos shoots as well with his left hand
as with the right. His skill Is so well
known that the Queen has stood with an
the son of william Tell, while her nus
band fired at 1t.
The King Of Italy is a capital shot and
q t~horoughgoing sportsman. and can give
q frst-class account of himself and his
rife at the royal shoots arranged for
him upon his recent visit to France and
England. But perhaps the most successful |
shot of the Italian royal family is Queen |
who. when Princess of Naples. |
frequently beat her husband in the revolt |
yer shooting competitions he inaugurated |
shortly after her marriage In the garden |