Evening star., 1905-11-11

These stands are made like little forts
when royalty hunts especially when the
game is such vicious game as wild boars
There is little danger that even desperate
stag or a ravenng mother SOW will be able
to charge the station of the hunter with
any chance OF hurting the sportsman.
Past these stands the game fees in steady
procession, driven out by the hidden men.
The hunter has nothing to do except to
shoot. TO a real. wilderness hunter, with
whom the kill is cny the final act. and not
the most thrilling, of the hunt, royal hunt
ing would be like fishing. But poor old
royalty does not know any better and, II
1t did, could rarely get anything better, for
royalty may not permit itself to go of
alone into the wilderness and be real
dead game sport. .--------- ---..---
Within their limits, however, there are
many degrees of sporting blood. Kaiser
Wilhelm and Franz Joseph, for instance,
though they are willing TO shoot at driven
deer. would disdain to shoot like the czar
and the grand dukes and grand duchesses
of fvssia, who shoot pheasants that have
be/ carefully carried to the designated
Spot in the baskets just before they arrive
People wonder at the energy of Emperor
Wilhelm. He is young man. Franz Jo-
seph is seventy-fivc years old. and still
climbs sturdily around his Austrian Alps
to hunt chanlois and eagles. Wlhelm's
grandfather, Wilhelm l, hunted till his
ninetieth year. The Grand Duke Adolf OF
Luxembourg was SO enthusiastic hunter
until nearly into the ninetieS that it became
a regular practice with his huntsmen to
weigh all his game before it was drawn,
while that of the guests was weighed in
regular fashion after 1t had been cleaned
Then the old gentleman would smile all
over and chuckle at the ever-recurring dis
covery that he still was able to beat all the
young men.
There is one royal hunter who was almost
democratic, and who really did play earn
estly at being just plain human when he
went a-hunting. That was Prince Regent
Luitpold of Bavaria.
A few years ago, when he was eighty
two years old, he went into of the
deer preserves to hunt. The inhabitants
had prepared a reception for him. Among
other things they had selected the most
skillful driver for the honorable post of
driving the royal guest to the shooting
grounds.
A Prince Incognito.
When everything was in readiness word
was received that the prince regent did not
wish to have any formality, and that he
would arrive incognito Mr.. Somebody
or-Other. The committee told the driver
Immediately that he would not drive the
prince, but would have a plain mister as
passenger.
The disappointed man. who did not under
stand the subtle principles of travelling in
cognito, Indignantly tore the decorations
from the carriage and began to swear with
the f1uency of Bavarian swearers, which
Is pretty good.
The prince regent climbed into the car
riage, and the driver whipped up his horses
and continued to swear The passenger
tried to engage him in simpler conversation.
without success. At last he fell back on
cigars. He handed out a - ul to the
driver, and passed a gold piece to him at
the same time.
The driver looked at the generous gifts
for a moment. Then he whistled and
turned around
Say he said, you, there! I was plen-
ty good and mad when they told me that
| wasn't going to drive his royal highness
But now | feel better. That miserable old
prince regent can go and drive wherever he
darned well pleases for all of me. | guess
you re as good any old relic of a royaI
highness. and me and you will Just have
corking good time hey?"
And the prince regent laughed and said.
Yes, old boy; me and you will"
And they did.