Identifier: kingedwardviiass00wats (find matches)
Title: King Edward VII. as a sportsman
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Watson, Alfred Edward Thomas, 1849-1922
Subjects: Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910 Horses Sports -- Great Britain
Publisher: London : Longmans, Green and Co.
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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in theimmediate neighbourhood of Balmoral that Scrope shotthe great Braemar hart, the successful quest of whichhe describes with graphic force. Twice the stag escapedwhen his fate had seemed certain, but at length Thomasthe gillie again sighted him. 1 could pick him outfrom aw the harts in the forest, and gie evidence againsthim, Thomas declared, for he is a wary beast, andwe have had sair work wi him ; he has led us monya mile ! The stalk was so far successful that the bulletwent home, but it was still uncertain whether the stagwould fall. A deerhound called Tarff was loosed,and another gillie, Sandy, looking through his glass,describes the scene. Why, sure, the deer is chasingTarfF all ower the moor, and Tarff is rinnin awa joostahead o him—I never kent the like ! Now the hartstops ; now Tarff is at him again ; ah, take care, Tarff!Now the deer has beaten him off and is rinnin afterhim again ! io8 * ~«*.- vr»xy- ^iTBwt GROUSE MOOR AT BALMORALFrom a Painting by Archibald Thorburn
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Balmoral Another hound, Derig, was sent off to assisthis companion, and ultimately the great Braemarhart, whose descendants still fall to the rifles ofvisitors to Balmoral, ended his life and an excitingchapter. The Royal forest of Balmoral, including Birk-hall, Abergeldie (leased), and Ballochbuie, extends to44,000 acres ; and, for the edification of ill-informedpersons who declaim against the utilisation of theland for sport, it may be remarked that the natureof the soil throughout nearly the whole of the districtrenders agricultural occupations impossible. GlenBeg, about 1000 acres, is seldom entered, but thereis fine shelter on Strath Garnock, White Mount,Glen Gelder, and Ballochbuie. The annual average isabout eighty deer. A few years since it was HisMajestys intention to establish a deer park at Bal-moral, but after a couple of years trial the fenceswere opened up and the imported strangers allowedto mix with the other deer. There were too manyof them in the neighbourhood to ren

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