King Edward VIIas a sportsman . e. It was the custom to draw up what may be calledthe orders of the day, and have them printed on acard for the convenience of His Majestys copy of this card for the last weeks shootingwhich took place before King Edwards death maybe given :— 71 King Edward VII. as a Sportsman WINDSOR CASTLE Shooting List, January 1910 Wednesday^ 26th Plain Fields and Bears Rails Meet at Cumberland Gate at . . at Cumberland Lodge at . . to take up at the top of the Statue Hill at Thursdayy 2jth Flemish Farm Meet at the Farm at 10-45 Lunch a
King Edward VIIas a sportsman . e. It was the custom to draw up what may be calledthe orders of the day, and have them printed on acard for the convenience of His Majestys copy of this card for the last weeks shootingwhich took place before King Edwards death maybe given :— 71 King Edward VII. as a Sportsman WINDSOR CASTLE Shooting List, January 1910 Wednesday^ 26th Plain Fields and Bears Rails Meet at Cumberland Gate at . . at Cumberland Lodge at . . to take up at the top of the Statue Hill at Thursdayy 2jth Flemish Farm Meet at the Farm at 10-45 Lunch at Cranbourne Tower at . Carriages to take up at Cranbourne Tower at Saturday^ 2gth Western Walk Meet at Head Keepers House at . Lunch in a tent, Dukes Lane, at . to take up near Royal Schools at . Monday J 315/ Manor Hill and Preserves Meet at Keepers House, Manor Hill, at . at Fishing Temple, Virginia Water, at to take up at Sir David Welchs Gate at 72. -1 Tt XPh — o O n to t* ^ 3 H <;o HO o KC/2 SSO ?< rt 3c3t^ ^^ I £«Ph Oi rt rtin C X Windsor In the year 1904 a new pheasantry was startedunder the immediate direction of Sir Walter Campbell,Deputy Ranger of Windsor Park, His Majesty, aswas always the case, himself watching the progress ofthe work. The old deer paddocks at Swinley wereutilised, the abandonment of the Royal Buck-Houndshaving left them vacant, for it was here that the deerused to be kept. An ideal breeding ground graduallycame into existence, and that the birds should havethriven was a matter of course. Here are convenientpatches of undergrowth in which the hens can maketheir nests, and an abundant supply of water, the littlestreams being of course kept so shallow that the chickscannot be drowned in them. At Windsor, as atSandringham, anything in the nature of record-makingwas regarded with contempt ; but His Majesty wasanxious to provide abundant sport for his guests, andthe few hundred
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