SOME NOTABLE BAGS 
THE GRANGE, ALRESFORD 
This estate of Lord Ashburton’s, in Hampshire, is reputed to afford, 
perhaps, the finest partridge shooting in England. It was here that Mr 
Archie Wortley’s picture of “ Partridge Driving ” was painted in a 
field called Newland Glade, and it was in this field in 1887 that 1,000 
partridges were killed without ever going out of it ; the drives being 
towards this common centre. 
Lord Ashburton writes ; “ There were, as you probably know, no 
imported birds, Hungarian or others, no bought eggs or hand-reared 
birds — ^the bags were the result of a good season. . . . These last two years 
have been disastrous, but I think I have a good useful stock left.” 
1887. Oct. 18 . New House .... 1,344 partridges. 
Oct. 19 . Itchen Down .... 1,093 ,, 
Oct. 20 . Totford 732 ,, 
Oct. 21 . Swarraton 940 ,, 
Guns : H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Roxburgh, Lord 
Walsingham, Mr A. H. Wood, Col the Hon. E. Digby, Capt. Mildmay, 
and the Hon. F. Baring. 
Another week the same year, on different beats, produced 2,604 par- 
tridges in the four days. Total bag for the year a little over 9,000 birds. 
1897. Nov. 2 . Itchen New House . 1,374 partridges . 30 drives. 
Nov. 3 . No shooting, wet. 
Nov. 4 . Chilton Valley . . . 1,461 „ 25 ,, 
Nov. 5 . Dunridge 691 „ 16 „ 
Guns: Prince Victor Dhuleep Singh, Lord Pembroke, Lord Lathom, 
Lord Walsingham, Lord Newport and Lord Ashburton. 
Very strong wind each day; on the last day could not go out till 12. 
On four other days that year 2,071 partridges were killed. 
Total bag for the year 6,000 partridges. 
HONINGHAM, NORFOLK 
On this estate of Sir Ailwyn Fellowes there are five beats, and in 1905 
the owner had the best of the many good weeks his friends have enjoyed 
there. 
In this part of Norfolk the fields are not so large as in the north-western 
part of the county, and the beats are smaller, seldom averaging much 
over 600 acres. The weather was splendid, and so was the show of birds. 
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