The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-28
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
MANY ARE LESSEES or BRITISH
MOORS AND FORESTS.
Young birds Are Plentiful. strong and
Plump Royalty Handles . Gun and
Enjoys the sport-Owners. Tenants
and Gamekeepers Need Licenses.

other years are on the British moors this
year for the grouse shooting. In all parts
Of England. Scotland. Ireland and Wales
the young birds are reported IN he plenti-
full. strong on the wing and plump IN con-
dition. The reports from the moors are
now being compiled by the sporting
journals at London as carefully a. Amer
lean news editors tabulate the election
returns, % that sportsmen ali over the
world. especially Englishmen in the
colonies. who would fam bs afield at home
with gun in hand. may keep posted on the
bags. IL is no light task TO jot up the
returns. for The Macintosh got more than
5000 brace OF grouse last season az Moy and
IL IL thought this bag will be exceeded
this year.
The grouse shooting began on August
~ and the season IL open until December
10. The law Is up on partridges Sep
| TENDER l and on pheasants October /.
both seasons closing on February !.
August 20 90 December 10 IL the open
season for black game except In Devon,
Somerset and New Forest. The legal
definition Of game in Great Britain includes
also woodcook. snipe. landrail. rabbit
and deer water fowl coming under n diff
ferent statute. To shoot abroad In not
a mere fashionable within nor a display
in any degree Of Anglomania. Instead
the sgort is the best in the world for wing
shots, for one thing because the red
grouse il only found In the British Isles.
On the opening day after n belated
start. TO note what the Americans are
doing. seventy one brace OF grouse fell
to six guns In the party OF A. Cochrane.
tenant OF the Featherstone moor. in
Kincardineshire. Scotland. and in Perth
shire X. 3. Craig OF New York and Charles
Craven OF Indiana had also an excellent
bag. II. =. Whitney will soon be at Hol-
wick Hall. Teesdale. with a shooting party
Of Americans. Mrs W. Vanderbilt has
leased Beaufort Castle in Inverness shire.
A list OF Scottish shooting q for the season
shows that Andrew Carnegie is to he
AZ Skibo the Bradley Martins a. Bal
mscann. in Inverness-shire; in Perth
shire MIR. Whitridge and c. W. Ogden
at Balnekeilly. and Tulloch in Ross shire.
the scene last season OF the wedding Of
Miss Anita Stewart. daughter OF Mrs.
Rhinelander Stewart Smith. and Prince
Miguel Of BraganZA. has again been taken
by the Drexels OF Philadelphia. Many
more Americans are on the moors a.
tenants or guests. among them Mr.. and
Mrs. Percy Chubb OF Manhattan. who
were fishing in Canada and Maine before
going abroad. but the lists do not reveal
their identity.
Every sure shot who IL presentAble
in good society. no matter where he
may hail from IL always in demand for
the grouse. partridge or pheasant shoot
ing. especially ON the early days OF the
10 - a rivalry
the owners Of many moors or preserves
70 return the largest score Of kills to each
gun Both owners and lessee- Of estates
in the majority OF instances contract
for tn. sale Of the bag with London or
other dealers in game who supply the
hotels and clubs. yet there are many who
keen up the patTiclan habit Of presenting
10 their friends. farming tenants or TO
institutions the birds not needed for the
hall table A cock pheasant NJ Christmas
- deemed the finest gift in England TO .
friend
III. leasing OF the moors or preserves
Il a we'll established business in Great
Britain, but sal.s are 80 infrequent owing
to the restrictions OF entail or similar
reasons a. TO always demand a special
notice, The list states, for instance
that Baron Schroeder. who has Just bought
the estate. " at Attadale. in Ross-shire
The announcement OF every real estate
broker in Great Britain regarding country
property for sale or TO be let ~ always
precise. IL not alluring. concerning the
shooting or fishing rights to 20 with the
est ate.
No owner, however wealthy. thinks
Il out Of the ordinary to leaSs his shoot
ings or salmon or trout streams. IN would
be regarded as a wilful waste not to do
so. probably with justice for thS years
birds or game fab, even II not caught by
poachsrS would probably not come hack
again The owners motto 10 that 81 this
American song. There V no quail on
such Items as The Duke OF Sutherland.
al usual. will he az Dunrobin. in Suther
Lancashire, and most OF his shootings have
been let again TO last years tenants.
Also At Rosehall. par OF Mr.. Ewing
Gilmour's magnificent estate OF a quar-.
ter OF million acres Of land. will be found
Major Winterbottom
KING George will b. shooting grouse
a. Balmoral in Aberdeen-hire. and among
the sporting holdings Of many persons !
OF title Cawdor " retained 10y the Earl
OF Cawdor Four women are named az
tenants besides Mrs W Vanderbilt
Mrs Ieith az Westhall. in Aberdeenshire: |
Miss J. d, sales la Terriere. at Dun |
BlasfaiT. Perthshire; Mrs. Jameson at |
Reswallie. Forfarshire. and Lady Allen al |
GlengonnaT
On a scotch moor the grouse are beaten |
up for the gInnen-. who walk after the /
dogs. and only on "A lew holdings are they /
driven to the guns. The latter custom |
i general on the moor- 81 the north OF
England. so that a nag of fifty or seventy
five brace is regarded very good for
five or six guns IN Scotland who walk q
moor. while where the grouse II driven
to the shooters "A similar party would
expect 2U brace or mor'. In walking a
moor the men are AZ careful Of the weight
and make Of their guns a. pigeon shots
at tho trap. hut IN drive shooting auto
matic loading shotgims which may be
fired Ave times without being handed to
the attendant for reloading are IN use
Quick work " essential when the grouse
come sailing along in a drive. as when
partridges or pheasants are shot at on the
preserves.
An American who shoots his own hold
ings or ID n guest must have a game license
A. they are only Issued To a subject ~
the King an American usually gaiLs his
privileges by using double license
which gives a subject the right to invite
a friend out shooting The cost Of a
single license for a year II SIS. bur there
are reductions for shorter periods Game
keepers also must have a license and 10
costs $40 Only the holder OF n full icenae