SOME NOTABLE BAGS 
PIGKENHAM HALL 
Capt. G. W. Taylor has kindly furnished the following details of a 
good day’s shooting on his estate : 
Date 
Beat 
Pheasants Partridges 
Hares Rabbits 
Ducks 
Oct. 3 . 
Pickenham Warren 
. 6 . 
1,017 . 
43 . 
9 . 
- 
Oct. 4 . 
Houghton-on-Hill . 
. 87 . 
736 . 
29 . 
2 . 
250 
Oct. 5 . 
Valley Farm . . . 
. 68 . 
707 . 
57 . 
2 . 
- 
Oct. 7 . 
Great Gressingham 
. 22 . 
663 . 
33 . 
4 . 
- 
Guns : Lord Deerhurst, Lord Chelsea, Hon. P. Thelhusson, Mr G. Sloane 
Stanley and Gapt. G. W. Taylor. 
Lord Wilton shot two drives on October 3, but damaged his arm, and 
was unable to shoot the remainder of the week, his place being taken on 
October 7 by Mr W. Johnson. 
This is a wonderful good week, especially considering the number of 
guns. 
ORWELL PARK, IPSWICH 
On this typical Suffolk shooting, belonging to Gapt. E. Pretyman, M.P., 
the following is reported as the best week for many years : 
Pheasants Partridges Hares 
1897. Oct. 12 . 14 . 367 . 4 
Oct. 13 . 41 . 702 . 12 
Oct. 14 . 2 . 718 . 1 
Oct. 15 . 52 . 493 . 11 
Only one lot of drivers on the last day. 
Guns : Lord Ashburton, Hon. O. Molyneux, Mr A. Stuart Wortley, 
Mr R. H. Rimington Wilson, Mr W. J. Beart, and Sir J. Rowley. On the 
last three days Sir J. Rowley left and Capt. Pretyman took his place. 
STRATTON PARK, MIGHELDEVER 
On this estate there are now only three beats, one of which principally 
consists of grass. The owner, Lord Northbrook, says : “I think we 
began driving regularly about 1881 or 1882 : we got up to 
100 brace in the day in 1884. 300 brace in the day in 1897. 
150 „ „ 1892. 400 „ „ 1906. 
200 „ „ 1895. 500 „ „ 1908. 
Concerning the last mentioned, he adds : “ I don’t expect ever to have 
such a good year again.” 
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