The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-16
ENPLOITS ~ M WING FIELD.
some R~niArkable Performances At Game
Btrd shooting.

some idea ~ whaA could b. done in
the old DAYS may h. gathered from, IN.
writings Of col Hawker and other- an the
last century. IN" former tells vs. thai
IA" has seen fourteen suc,r-siv. double
shots at part ridges scored without a miss.
and on anoih occasion fifteen rights
and let's straigh, "a ia" reel In
both instances. says the London Globe.
the guns used were II a smaller CaIibrc
than those employed to-day-the one
a II borc and he other -,
Any twentieth century sportsman who
could do equally well with a modern
- bore would have reason to he proud
Il his performance. but IN. feat would
H. very much less remarkable than EFT her
% tho-e just referred 20. And how many
Of as could emulate the prowess 81 a
certain friend 81 the Colonels Whose
record for five days shooting was sixty
head 81 game 70 various kinds in an equal
number II shots
/ Lord Nalsingham ~ course holds the
record for the most remarkable single
handed days shooting ever recorded
IN these islands, On August - is72 his
lordship. using Two muzZle loading guns
and two brreCh leaders in turn. bagged
st2 grouse ON Bluhherhnuses Moor. York
shire. shooting for about twelve hourS
! sixteen YEAR, later however Lord Wal
singham eclpSed his earlier perform
ance
Beginning 10 shoot soon after 5 O'Clock
/ in the morning on August ~. sSS. his lord
ship had killed To his own gun no fewer
than | 90 grouse by 40 in the evening
The birds on this occasion were driven
to the butts nv forty heaters. and four
breeCh leaders loaded with black pow
der werc employed
The late Sir Frederick Milbank. one
NJ the most skilful all round shots ever
seen in this country, had rs grouse to
his own gun during a days driving a.
one Of a party 81 several guns in August
1872
Heavy bags Of snipe and woodcock
are. one hears. chiefly a thing OF the
past: they are at leas, much less common
nowadays than formerly But strangely
enough IL IL only fifteen years ago thar
the biggest bag Of woodcock on record
for a single day was obtained
This was at Ashford. ireland. on Lord
Ardilaun's estate. where NO fewer than
POS cock were killed on January IS. isaS
The bag for six days was SOS cock Lord
at Muckro-s. ireland. $50 Of these being
obtained in ten davs shooting Nothing
like this has ever been done in En- gland
the best single days nag ever recorded
being one Of los woodcocl. IN Swanton
Wood. Norfolk. during December. 1890
Probably the most famous shot ~ wood
cock ever made was tina, which ChAntrev.
the sculptor. brought on. quite by acct
dent ~ j. sAid By great good fortune
a couple Of wOOdcOck rose simultaneously
and happening 20 cross at tho moment
that Chantrey pulled the trigger both
were brought down by tho single. shot
THIS remarkable performance was i'm
mortaiIzed 10y it, hero. who carved tn.
two woodcock in imperishAble marble
Though heavy bags Of rnipe have often
been obtained in Great Britain 10 to "
couple have been killed In a day b.for.
now India will always hold the. rpcnri
In this branch Of shooting - far A. Eng
lishmsn are concerned
Col P"yton. who was n renowned snip.
shot, frequently had his ~ couple b.for.
midday In the Indian paddy fields There
" "A story 81 an lrishman who once, hagg.d
2i2 snipc IN the days of muZZls Ioadar-.
Tut the name Of the gunner has never
been given and Their" ~ therefore, som.
doubt a. To the authenticity Of the per-
foTnAnc.
The hest seasons bag Of snipe ever nut
together in Great Britain u stated 10 ho
6ss couple. shot by Patrick HalIoran in
County Clare in the season lHSl-SI hut
Mr PTingle'z Snipe shooting exploits in
Louisiana. L y A. constitute the worlds
record In the years is74-75 that gunner
baggsd o.sl5 snipe ~ his own gun aud
three years later killed s8s birds IN a
single day. His total for twenty seasons
was nearly % 900 couples