Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-13
KING IS MARKSMAN
George v of England Great
Game Shot.
RECREATIONS OF ROYALTY
Stands Fourth in List Of Remarkable
Hunters.
CLEAN LIFE IS DEMONSTRATED
Strenuous Life of Monarch Shown
by Diary of Queen
Victoria.
REcREATIoNs OF ROYALTY
CLEAN LIFE IS DEMONSTRATE
From the London Mail.

From the London Mail.
A mans amusements are often q Surel
test of his character than his occupations
His amusements are his own, whereas his
occupations are either shared or imposed
by other people.
This is a test that may be applied even
to king, and especially to king who
rules not by Divine right but by a con-
stitution.
His duties are an in alienable part OF
his inheritance He cannot divest himself
of them or delegate them to others
There are burrows that even monarch
must plow with his own hands, and they
are neither light nor few.
Those who imagine that the court cir
cular is complete record of the king
duties can have no conception OF his posi-
ton. The court circular may speak oil
visits made and returned. OF public and
private ceremonies performed, and OF
speeches delivered, of Populations re-
ceived and councils attended, of host OF
duties that would make an ordinary man
feel, with the village blacksmith, that he
had earned his nights repose.
Queen Victoria's Strenuous Life.
But the court circular does not tell half
the story of a days work in the palace.
Let any one who thinks SO turn over the
pages of Queen Victoria's life and glance
for moment at her correspondence.
He will see there the true record of a
monarch's day-the intricate and import
ant problems to be solved, the letters 10
be written and dictated, the consultations
to be held, the instructions to be given,
the documents to be signed, the persona
attention that must be given to multi
tudinous details, both private and pubic
No man can perform these tasks VINO
has not industry and the habit OF sell
control. The business of sovereign IN
a country like ours cannot wait on an
inclination to work. 1t is insistent and
demands for it's performance strength
resolution. industry. punctuality-in short
all the qualities Of sound nina III
sound body.
And no man has these qualities at tne
age of forty who has not created and
confirmed them by his habits. II he has
a flaw in his armor it must have stood
revealed, for no armor that is not per
feet in temper and complete IN every
detail could bear the continuous strain.
The armor of King George had been
proved before he came to the throne. IL
was proved in the navy by comrades
who Judge a sailors character ana ca
pacity not by the gold stripes on MS
sleeve. 1t was proved. TOO. by MS Joul
news in India and the Dominions, WheIe'
month after month, every hour mad us
appointed duty, and every duty was
faithfully discharged.
A Great Game Shot.
AS he works so he plays, with industry
and conscience, but the play is OF his
own choosing. And his choice lies In d
field the most arduous and exacting IL
the world of sports.
The stand at a race course and the
deck Of a yacht make little demand Oh
physical energy. King George does nov
ignore their attractions, but he prefers
q more energetic field
He is first and foremost great game
shot. A pebiscite Of sportsmen mas
placed him fourth-after the MARQUIS oI
Grew. Lord Walsingham and Mr.. Head
" Noble-among the remarkable shotS
in this country. There are experts WIZ
would give him the second place.
No one has devoted more eHort 10 pc
fecting himself in this difficult art since
he took his first lesson from the late
Duke of Cambridge, who was himsell al
that time a clever marksman, ana wiz
declared that if his relative were not
prince he would have been famous O.
q shot The art has been cultivated as
siduously since boyhood, and its attrac-
lions are as strong today as ever.
F:xcept live pigeons from trap-a
snort of which his majesty strongly u's.
apprOVeS-klng George mas sho. o.'
every kind of game-from tigers IN III
dia to crested screamers on the Arse,i-
tine pampas The elk and tne puhdio
have fallen to his rifle, and the cover
hear testimony to his pre-em,nence WIN
the gun OF twenty-five stays, me re-
suits of a weeks stalk at Balhlorai' ho
fewer than thirteen fell TO MS rine.
There is a story told Of him at MlhusoI
which confirms his reputation. reward
the close of the day the German EN-,
neror-himself devoted to field sports aha
on excellent shetland the Prince OF
wales. as he then was, found themselves
in a hollow between two coverts IN the
Great park. The pheasants were flying
hieh overhead at tremendous speed and
uere difficuIt marks in the fading light
The king and the emperor agreed TO
take the birds alternately, with the result
that George missed only one shot OF nj
tv-four. while the emperor failed to get
his bird only seven times. The king mas
even performed the astonishing feat OF
firing both barrels of two guns In such
amid succession that he has had four
pheasants falling through the air at the
same moment.
A Sportsman's Qualities.
Now the indispensable qualifications OF
a good shot are sureness OF eye, steadi-
ness of nerve and hand. cool and prompt
decision Without these man may be
a sportsman, but he can never be an eX-
merit Shot: He could never face with
equal mind the tiger or the buffalo, or
o.o, rho pbea SAINT and SHINE