THE GUN AT HOME AND ABROAD 
EUSTON 
Mr Pearson Gregory, who for years rented the Duke of Grafton’s 
estate at Euston, has very kindly sent the following particulars of 
best mixed days in various years. The chief point about the shooting on 
this estate is that, besides plenty of partridges, a very large number of 
field-bred pheasants come over the guns, flying beautifully, and varying 
the sport. 
Pheasants Partridges Hares Pheasants Partridges Hares 
1897. 
Oct. 
27 
270 
448 
76 
1903. 
Oct. 27 
340 
373 
. not given 
Oct. 
28 
330 
626 
136 
1904. 
Oct. 19 
328 
563 
• yy 
1898. 
Nov 
1 
289 
509 
70 
Nov. 
1 
427 
702 
• yy 
Nov 
4 
380 
615 
168 
Nov. 
2 
282 
414 
115 
1899. 
Oct. 
17 
210 
348 
45 
1905. 
Oct. 
17 
267 
638 
. not given 
Oct. 
31 
259 
402 
98 
Nov. 
1 
627 
604 
101 
Nov 
2 
304 
503 
97 
Nov. 
2 
150 
542 
106 
1900. 
Oct. 
11 
244 
269 
40 
1906. 
Oct. 31 
228 
346 
. not given 
Oct. 
30 
238 
337 
42 
Nov. 
1 
154 
362 
Oct. 
31 
194 
541 
171 
1907. 
Oct. 29 
191 
459 
1901. 
Oct. 
18 
240 
280 
. not given 
1908. 
Nov. 
3 
277 
457 
Oct. 
29 
307 
551 
• 
Nov. 
5 
266 
369 
• 
Oct. 
30 
423 
517 
• M 
1909. 
Nov. 
2 
240 
251 
• 
1902. 
Oct. 
29 
213 
512 
121 
1910. 
Nov. 
1 
315 
203 
Oct. 
30 
305 
511 
. not given 
Nov. 
2 
244 
210 
The object at Euston has been to have a succession of good weeks, rather 
than a few enormous bags. The beat for each day is always strictly 
adhered to, and they are not of very large extent. 
The best weeks for partridges were the following : 
1896. 
Nov. 3-6 
353, 635, 615, 458 birds. 
Total for the year, 6,162 
1898. 
Oct. 11-14 
317, 457, 535, 389 
9 9 
f f 
Nov. 2-5. 
509, 265, 615, 760 
99 
9 9 
„ 5,171 
1902. 
Oct. 28-31 
516, 512, 511, 509 
S 9 
9 9 
„ „ 4,812 
1904. 
Sept. 27-30 
384, 336, 804, 234 
99 
yy 
Oct. 18-21 
408, 663, 603, 459 
99 
yy 
Nov. 1-4 
702, 526, 414, 742 
9 9 
99 
,, ,, 6,541 
1905. 
Oct. 17-20 
638, 566, 383, 318 
9 * 
99 
Oct. 31 to 
yy 
Nov. 3 
438, 604, 542, 657 
9 9 
99 
„ 4,146 
Since 1905 the seasons have been very bad, but bags of over 200 brace 
in the day have frequently been made. 
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