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had his biggest drive, 128 birds, later on the same 

 day, especially since we have both taken part in 

 larger bags than the total of that particular occa- 

 sion. 



Lord de Grey, who is admittedly the best game 

 shot of our generation, and who has of course 

 immense experience, has killed to his own gun 575 

 grouse in one day, shooting as one of a party of seven 

 guns on the Studley Royal moors. Sir Frederick 

 Milbank's performance ' exceeds this in numbers, and 

 will probably, as the performance of an individual 

 making one of a party of guns, never be surpassed. 

 Lord de Grey's view is that, without disparagement 

 of any such feat as this or Lord Walsingham's, which 

 is only possible to a first-rate man, there is a great 

 deal of luck as to whether the chance ever presents 

 itself to perform it, and that the general shooting 

 throughout a succession of days under every variety of 

 condition is the test which the most experienced will 

 apply to a man's form. 



It is necessary to notice an exceptional per- 

 formance, and to recognise it as such. It is rarely 

 achieved but by the first-rate man, and does not alter 

 the general conditions which govern the sport in 



1 Badminton Library, Moor anil Marsh, p. 37. 



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