King Edward VIIas a sportsman . ter where wildfowl had been encouraged to congregate. With theable co-operation of Jackson, the head keeper, all thishad been well thought out beforehand, and the resultswere worthy of the careful preparations. On the Brick Kiln beat, which was famous forwoodcocks, I well remember an incident which markedour Royal host as not only a master of hospitality,but a most unselfish and true sportsman. One ofthe guns, who had been placed on a rough pathinside the covert, followed it until it emerged at theside about half-way down. There he found himselfalongside of the
King Edward VIIas a sportsman . ter where wildfowl had been encouraged to congregate. With theable co-operation of Jackson, the head keeper, all thishad been well thought out beforehand, and the resultswere worthy of the careful preparations. On the Brick Kiln beat, which was famous forwoodcocks, I well remember an incident which markedour Royal host as not only a master of hospitality,but a most unselfish and true sportsman. One ofthe guns, who had been placed on a rough pathinside the covert, followed it until it emerged at theside about half-way down. There he found himselfalongside of the Prince, who was in line with thebeaters outside, and who at once insisted upon givingup his place, and walking on the extreme right ofthe line on an open heath, where there were com-paratively few chances of letting off his gun. Thiswas on a Saturday. At the end of the day notes werecompared, and we claimed to have killed, so far asI can remember, forty-four woodcocks, but forty-one only had been brought in. I volunteered to 40. The Kennels, Sandringham Reproduced by specialperinission of Queen Alexandra.
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