THE BEST SHOT IN ENGLAND

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1789, 14 March 1888, Page 3

THE BEST SHOT IN ENGLAND

Earl de Grey, who was Bhooting with Colonel Tomaline at Stratton Hall, ro« C3ntly, Ib reputed to be the befit shot In England. It In a carious thing that our orack shots are both Greys, the eeocnd Glrey being Lord Walalngham, who is very little behind hla namesake with the prefix " de." Perhaps the story !b not true that Lord de Grey tried to drop a driven partridge down the chimney of his keeper'u oottage, and «t last aucoeededj bat a really tme and still bolter anecdote of him la related. The writer of It waa grouae driving In Yorkshire, and Lord de Grey, the psst master of gunnery, was In the batt. He had three gunß ready for use. and towards him a BtnaU oovoy of five birds came flying. How to kill the lot was the problem. A braoo coming and a brace going wonld bo eaay to auoh an adopt, but the fifth bird would get away. Ova of the groase was a bit In advance, and taking a long shot at it, Lord de Grey killed it, and without using tho oocond barrel, dropped gun No 1, took np gun No 2, killed two blr4e poking, Ut&ki took tjp guft No 3, and killod tvfo Birds going 1 . Probably thereto no other nian m England who Gould huve flong it,-— < ( Osast Journal; 1 '