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Show KING GEORGE WINS I MLSJTH M 1 English Monarch Is Accounted One of Country's Three H Finest Shots. jH RECORDS WORLD-WIDE j I Has Tigers, Bears, Deer and : Innumerable Srpall Game H to His Credit. H BY PHILLIP EVERETT. jjjfl Special Cable to The Tribune. H LONDON, Fob. 10. King George h HH not only ono of the three finest gamo Ifl shots in England, but also his records ifffl extend to all part? of the world, aud fllfifl he Is easily the greatest all-round 3I10L ijil In the empire. ofjl The tiger hunt in the Nepal jungle wan jtfffl the latest record added to hia majesty' ififfl Ions list of successes. Out of a total liH bag of thirty-nine tigers, twenty-four iufl fell to the king's rifle, and it waa re- Sfl ported that he brought down a tiger Rl and a bear with a right and left barrel SH His majesty's records extend to almost fiH all forms of gamo shooting not only in fl England, but also in Scotland, Canada. Hfll Australia and India. He headed the list SfflA of eight guns who brought down 2Uf ifctlH head at Lord Lathom'a shoot in 3001. H Shooting began shortly after 0 o'clock OsH and finished at 4. BUI His majesty, then prlnco of Wales, tUsE worked three guns aud, on more than HH one occasion, there were four dead birds BdlH in the air falling together to his gun. l'-lo I SIB was a membor of n great duck-shooting 1 191 party Jn Cumberland, when nine guns IBI brought down 1H1 head on Iho first dn-v, 1 KII 11S I on the second day, and 1160 on tlio ' m third day, shooting one guir short. I jCji Record in Canada. j vM At Lake Manitoba, in Canada, he was Hi ono of the guns that bagged 7-12 ducka Wail and seventy snipe in ouo and a half Mmi days' shooting. nl During a week's stalk, at Balmoral f fif twenty-two stags were ahot, of which H thirteen fell to his majesty's rifle, and IB during a seven-hour stalk, with the young u H prlnco of Wales he got four more." S jH Onco at Windsor his majesty had a 1 fl friendly shooting competition with the WimH kaiser, who had been enjoying a davx Offfl shooting in the preserves. The wind was fil 9K high, the light was fading, and the birds jfil wore very strong on the wine. Thti g III competitors made flfty-fOur alternate B Iffl shots his majesty missed once, tho a IM kaiser seven ximes. 9 9m Ills majesty is dovoted to all forms of 8 Ami game shooting; except pigeons in a trap jl KN a sport that ho abominates. 1-J has a never yet shot at a bird from a trap. HI Shooting in Programme. When he toured the world in the Ophlr fill a day's shooting was pa.rt of the pro- Mffl gramme of entertainment arranged for Kfl1 him In every country visited. mm After tbe long and tiring cei-omonlal as- Sly soclntcd with a slate visit to overseas Uffi capitals, It was a never-falling delight flftft for the Duke of Cornwall, as he then Mill was. to get Into his loose and comfortable fill shooting costume, which suited him Wmm so well, and have a day among- the game MmI of the country. ffiMI Unfortunately, when he visited South WlM Africa tho war w.-s still In progress, and Wfl his majesty never had an opportunity of lu testing Ills skill in what is perhaps one mtBS of the best all-around same countries in Wm the world. Wm With tho exception of the African WW colonies, King Georgo has -shot snme th I BIB world around, from Jifnurltlus to the West IDS Indies. Hu began to handle a gun at tin. II ago of 8, when hla grand undo, the lot f HI Duka or Cambridge, taught him how ti . (11 9 shoot, and reported lrim as a wonderful IS J A gentleman who has been on rottny ! If 3 big1 shoots with his majesty describes Sufi 1 him as a shot with an original atyl of fiB his own. ! nW Has Natural Style. m "It Is not the stylo generally reospJzel Mj as that of a brilliant-shot." ho sayn, "but Jjjl It Is his natural style which ho has care- nV fully developed and found to nult him sHU best, much aa some golf players- do. Wcw Win m on keep -such a clear cyo tnd steady, inUra cool nervo after tho ago of 40 as hJn fiiffl maje6ly has don." aWm His majesty ixad an unusual expnrfenc IfilrK while enjoying a day's shooting- on W SfffS Pearson's estate, hJlmanv- park, near vHH Sale, In Glppsland, Australia. It was a ntflB holiday after a strenuous week of cere- 9 19 monia!. and his majesty hod traveled all if Ml night by a train to reach th rtfl,tc. if HI Eleven gun took. part, accounting for m mm 162 brace of quail, of which thirty-two & fiM braco fell on the royal gim. Tt was on jlj Ma this occasion that he brought down three mM birds with two barrels, iwD Durlmr tills Ophlr tour the Dulce of mm Cornwall decided to have four days of itfUl strict privacy while .staying at IwTauritUia. mMM Two of these da-3 he spent dcer-snl!dng jfgH on tho Plaina liaoul. B Tn Canada, during a similar period of ftfiU retirement, ho spent a dav In e. canon IfViH with a noted old trapper John Atkinson H9 and shot Ilfty-two birds from this un- hBoI accustomed position. ?OH |
