The Complete English Wing Shot

by George Teasdale Teasdale-Buckell

Obviously, if the Field is right now, Dr. Klein did not discover the grouse disease bacillus. And if he did discover it, any fowls dead from or sick with disease may at once be regarded as victims of something else; and other gallinaceous birds must be suspected in consequence of being refractory to the grouse disease.

The author’s belief is that Dr. Klein did discover the bacillus, although he failed to prove it, and that his experiments on buntings, fowls, and other creatures went to suggest that the grouse is not a natural host of the bacilli, that it or its virus becomes attenuated or weakened every time it passes through a grouse, but that, on the contrary, it becomes more virulent in passing through buntings and yellow-hammers. This was suggested by the weakness of the virulence from the bacilli cultivated from the diseased autumnal grouse after a severer spring outbreak, and it is also suggested by the fact that in such cases the grouse do not die rapidly, and that it is a slow disease from which perhaps some grouse recover; whereas they do not recover in the spring. The writer’s suggestion is, therefore, that when the bacillus is carried from grouse to grouse it may be weakened, but that in spring it is not originated in the grouse, but in some creature unknown, and possibly a migrant bird of the bunting, hammer, or finch families. The importance of finding this out, and testing the attenuation theory more thoroughly in live grouse, is obvious, for if it is true that the blood of successive grouse gradually weakens the bacilli or their virus, then it is clear that the safety of grouse will be the constant presence of some few diseased grouse on the moor.

The author only dwells on this aspect because it is not receiving as much attention as some others, which are constantly being discussed, and are therefore less necessary to mention.

At present thought is mostly in the contrary direction. But it is to be hoped and believed that the Commissioners will investigate every possible view from a scientific standpoint, and more important still, from a practical one. For instance, if on a disease affected moor grouse can be kept in health in a pen of midge-proof netting, we shall hardly need to know where the midge gets his poison, but shall be exceedingly likely to dry up his breeding-places and exterminate him as nearly as may be.

INDEX

• Abbott, Mr., [184].
• Accident to valuable dog, [104].
• Actions of guns, [48].
• Aldridge’s annual dog sales, [104].
• Alexander, Mr., [199].
• Alington, Mr. Charles, [259], [262], [289].
• Alnwick, [338].
• Ames, Mr. Hobart, [97].
• Ammunition, [56]–62.
• Ancient and Middle Age shooting, [13]–22.
• Ancient actions, [1]–3.
• —— breech-loader, [2], [3].
• —— Venetian cannon, [3].
• —— weapon without cartridge-case, [1].
• Antelopes, [358].
• Ardilaun, Lord, [335].
• Arkwright, Mr. W., [126], [224].
• Armstrong, John, [141].
• Ashburton, Lord, [249].
• Ashford, [335], [340].
• Assheton-Smith, Mr., [323].
• Automatic rifles, [4]–12.
• Avon Tyrrell, [317].
• Backing, [112].
• Badminton Books, [101].
• Balmacaan, [270].
• Bamboo partridge (Bambusicola), [269].
• Bang, Mr. Sam Price’s, [130].
• Barclay, Mr. James W., [245].
• Beaters, clothes for, [300].
• Beaulieu, [286].
• Bedford, Duke and Duchess of, [346].
• Beechgrove Bee, [199].
• Bell, Robert, letter from, [257].
• Belle, Mr. Lloyd Price’s, [130].
• Big game, [358]–360.
• Bishop, Mr. Elias, [132].
• —— Mr. James, [140].
• Black-and-tan setter, the, [168]–175.
• Black game, bags, [344], [345].
• —— —— colouring, [341].
• —— —— counties for, [341].
• —— —— eggs, [346].
• —— —— season, [341].
• —— —— species, [341].
• —— —— stalking, [343].
• Blubberhouses Moor, [226].
• Boar-hounds (German), [196].
• Boss & Co., [52].
• Boughey, Sir Thomas, [132], [198].
• Brackenbury, Mr., [129].
• Bradford, Lord (Lord Newport), [245].
• Brailsford, Mr. W., [135].
• Branches of pointers, [128].
• Breaking dogs, [107].
• Breech-loader, ancient, [23].
• Broomhead, [230], [231].
• Brown, Mr. Allan, [229].
• Buccleuch, Duke of, [344].
• Buffalo, [358].
• Butter, Mr. H. E., [105].
• Caminelleo Vitelli of Pistoia, [4].
• Campbell, Colonel, of Monzie, [230].
• Cannon, ancient Venetian, [3].
• Capercailzie, [361].
• —— at Woburn Abbey, [346].
• Chantrey, [340].
• Chapman, Mr., [172].
• —— Mr. Abel, [314].
• Cheetham, Mr., [161].
• Chemists, [1].
• Chesterfield, Lord, [174].
• Cheveley, [253].
• Chippenham, [253].
• Chipping Norton, [253].
• Choke-bore shot gun, [29].
• Christie, Mr. Charles, [245].
• Chronographic testing, [38].
• “Circling” dogs of old, [16].
• Close time, [234].
• Coke, Lord, [255].
• Colt revolver, [6].
• Compton Pride, Mr. B. J. Warwick’s, [137].
• Cooke, Mr. Radcliffe, [185].
• Coot, the, [368].
• Corbet, Sir Vincent, [140].
• Corrie, Mr. Wynn, [224], [228], [229].
• Cotes, Colonel C. J., [132].
• Country Life, [269], [323].
• Count Wind’em, [143].
• County Gentleman, [53].
• Coverts, [293].
• Crack shots, [88]–100.
• Cross-eyed stocks, [50].
• Cumming, Sir William Gordon, [253].
• —— —— and his keeper, letters from, [256]–258.
• Cylinder shot gun, [29].
• Dallowgill Moor, [226], [231].
• Dan, Mr. Statter’s, [141].
• Dan Wind’em, Mr. Llewellin’s, [143].
• Darwinism, [193].
• Dash II, John Armstrong’s, [141].
• Davies, Mr. George, [161].
• De Grey, Lord, [70].
• Deer in Scotland, [354].
• —— rifles and shot for, [354].
• —— roe, [365].
• Deer-hound, Scotch, [196].
• Delnadamph, [222], [230], [245].
• Derby, Lord, [273].
• Diseases of game birds, [370].
• Dog’s point, walking up to, [224].
• Dog sales, Aldridge’s annual, [104].
• —— shows, [103].
• —— trials, [102].
• Dogs and sport in America, [151]–159.
• —— colour of, [197].
• —— evolution, [193].
• —— gun-shy, [108].
• Drake, Sir Richard Garth’s, [129].
• Drumlanrig Castle, [344].
• Drumour, [353].
• Ducie, Lord, [247].
• Duck shooting, best shot for, [306].
• Ducks, difficulty in driving, [302].
• —— encouraging the fowl, [316].
• —— flapper shooting, [316].
• —— flight shooting, [308].
• —— management of, when shooting, [304], [305], [306].
• —— shore shooting, [309].
• —— the “gaze” system, [313].
• Duke of Wellington and the rifle, [18].
• Duleep Singh, Prince F., [99].
• —— Prince Victor, [99].
• Dunbar, Mr., [216].
• Dunmore, Lord, [245].
• Durnford Bridge, [226].
• Duryea, Mr. H. B., [97].
• —— Mrs., [97].
• Edinglassie, [245].
• Ejectors, [49].
• Elephants, [359].
• Eley, Mr. C. C., [184].
• —— Mr. Charles, [184].
• Ellesmere, Lord, [252].
• Ellis, Mr. Thomas, [183].
• Elvedon, [247].
• English setters, [139]–150.
• Euston, [250], [263], [286], [291].
• Eversfield, Mr., [199].
• Evolution of the dog, [193].
• Eynsham Hall, [253], [353].
• Falcons, [208].
• Faskally Bragg, [105].
• Fast birds, [45].
• Fellowes, Mr., [253], [333].
• Field, Mr. Barclay, [158].
• Field, The, [269].
• Field trials, [114].
• Forbes, Sir Charles, [245].
• —— Sir Charles John, [245].
• —— Mr. George, [245].
• Form in game shooting, [76]–87.
• Forsyth, Rev. A. J., [1].
• Fortnightly Review, [220].
• Fosbery automatic pistol, [6].
• Foxes and partridges, [247].
• French army, [1].
• Fryer, Mr. F. E. R., [70], [253].
• Gallwey, Sir R. Payne, [333].
• Garth, Sir Richard, [129].
• Gas-tar, [320].
• Geddies, Mr. J., [289].
• Geese, grey-lag, [208].
• —— wild, [368].
• Gethin, Mr. Edward, [333].
• Gilbertson & Page, Messrs., [289].
• Gladstone, Sir John, [230], [253].
• Glenbuchat, [209], [222], [230], [245].
• Glenquoich, [231].
• Good points in pointers and setters, [122].
• Goose, pink-footed, [369].
• Gorse, Mr., [182].
• Grafton, Duke of, [250].
• Graham, Sir R., [249].
• Granby, Lord, [251], [262], [297].
• Grandtully, [230], [223].
• Gray, Mr. Thomson, [172].
• Greener, Mr. W. W., [7].
• Gregory, Mr. Pearson, [251].
• Griffith, late Mr., [38].
• Grouse, bags, [209], [226], [231], [232], [245].
• —— bags over dogs, [227].
• —— beating for, with dogs, [241].
• —— becking, [221], [242].
• —— breeding by hand, [214].
• —— burning the heather, [214].
• —— butts, [239].
• —— carting, [243].
• —— commission, [209].
• —— distribution of, [204].
• —— draining the moors, [214].
• —— driving, [238].
• —— effect of Act of Parliament on, [208], [225].
• —— effect of bad weather, [208].
• —— effect of colour of dogs on, [244].
• —— effect of driving, [209].
• —— effect of falcons on, [207].
• —— flankers, [239].
• —— gruffing, [243].
• —— kiting, [221], [242].
• —— methods of shooting, [214].
• —— on tops, [222].
• —— presence of sheep, [214].
• —— preserving and bags, [214].
• —— shooting on the stooks, [243].
• —— that lie and grouse that fly, [204]–213.
• —— wet-day method of shooting, [244].
• —— Yorkshire, [207].
• Guisichan, [270].
• Gun Club, Notting Hill, [349].
• Gun-makers’ opinions of rifles wanted to shoot different animals, [8]–12.
• Gun metal for old cannon, [22].
• Gun-shy dogs, [108].
• Guns at Waterloo, [15].
• Hackett, Mr., [140].
• Hagenbach, Mr., [269].
• Hail-shot forbidden in England and France, [17].
• Hall, Mr. A., [157].
• Hall’s Field B powder, [95].
• Hardcastle, Lieutenant, [62].
• Harding, Captain, [185].
• Hares, bags, [324].
• —— blue, [323].
• —— brown, [323].
• —— shooting, [326].
• Hargreaves, Mr. Robert, [314].
• Harlaxton, [263].
• Harting, Mr., [269].
• Hastings, Lord, [340].
• Hawker, Colonel, [206], [225], [335].
• —— —— method of trying guns, etc., [61].
• Heather beetle, [219].
• —— destruction, [219].
• Hibbert, Hon. A. Holland, [192], [193], [262], [289].
• High Force, [231].
• Hill, Hon. G., [85].
• —— late Lord, [85].
• Hirsch, Baron, [259].
• Holkham, [249], [254], [286], [292].
• Honingham, [253].
• Houghton, [291].
• Hutchinson, Rev. Mr., [169].
• Invention of gunpowder, [15].
• —— of rifles, [171].
• —— of wheel-lock, [17].
• Inventions made by chemists, [1].
• Involuntary pull of single triggers, [5], [52].
• Irish setter, the, [160]–167.
• Italy’s invention of pistols, [4].
• Judy, Mr. Statter’s, [140].
• Karolyi, Count, [324].
• Kennels, [103].
• —— Duke of Gordon’s, [103].
• —— Lord Cawdor’s, [103].
• —— Lord Lovat’s, [103].
• —— Lord Rosslyn’s, [104].
• Kidston, Mr. Glen, [252].
• Kinds of retrievers, [177].
• King, Mr. John, [164].
• Klein, Dr., [220], [370].
• Kynoch, Messrs., [357].
• Labrador retriever, the, [191]–194.
• Labradors, early, [194].
• Landrail, the, [364].
• Lang, Joseph, [131].
• Laverack, Mr., [141].
• Law-suit, Robertson v. Purdey, [55].
• Leicester, Lord, [253], [292], [333].
• Leverets, [324].
• Lichfield, Lord, [136].
• Lilford, Lord, [270].
• Lions, [358].
• Llewellin, Mr., [143].
• Lloyd, Mr., [333].
• Lloyd Price, Mr., [130].
• Lonsdale, Captain H. Heywood, [135].
• —— late Mr. A. P., [135].
• Louis XV., [1].
• Lovat, Lord, [141].
• Mackintosh, The, [240].
• Manners, Lord, [317].
• Mannlicher, [357].
• Mansfield, Lord, [324].
• Markham, Gervaise, [173].
• Mark II. Lee-Enfield carbine, [7].
• Marlow, keeper at The Grange, [254], [290].
• Mary Rose’s ancient cannon, [3].
• Mason, Mr. J. F., [253], [353].
• Match between bow and gun at Pacton Green, [19].
• Mauser pistol, [5].
• Mawson, Mr., [133].
• Menzies Castle, [225], [230].
• Methods of shooting the red grouse, [235]–245.
• Milbank, Sir Fred., [58], [199].
• Millais, Mr. J. G., [270].
• Millard, Mr., [285], [289].
• Mills, Mr. John, of Bisterne, [316].
• Mindszent, [324].
• Minie rifle adopted by army, [20].
• Missing, source of, [240].
• Mitchell, Mr. Herbert, [146].
• Montague, Lord, [254].
• Moor, draining of, [233].
• Moors of Aberdeen, [205].
• —— of Allan and Islay, [205].
• —— of Caithness and Wigtonshire, [205].
• —— of Devonshire and Dartmoor, [204].
• —— of Ross-shire, Sutherland, Caithness, the Lews, Skye, [206].
• —— of South Wales, [205].
• Mottram, Mr., [333].
• Moulton Paddocks, [253].
• Moy Hall, [232].
• Muckross, [340].
• Munden Single, [193].
• Naumann, Mr., [360].
• Navy and Army competition, [7].
• Netherby, [303].
• New Forest, [200], [254].
• —— —— shooting, [15].
• Nicholson, Mr., [133].
• Nitro powders, [56].
• Northumberland, Duke of, [338].
• Notting Hill Gun Club, [349].
• Orwell Park, [249].
• Pacton Green, [19].
• Pallavicini, Count A., [324].
• Partridge bags and driving, [259]–266.
• —— in Bohemia, Hungary, etc., [259], [266].
• —— eggs, imported, etc., [258].
• Partridges, distribution, [249].
• —— food, ants’ eggs, etc., [248].
• —— hand rearing, [247].
• —— incubation, [255].
• —— methods of preservation of, [246]–258.
• —— over dogs, [262].
• —— “packed,” 247.
• —— protection by sense, [246].
• Pasteur, M., [370].
• Peregrines, destruction of, [222].
• Pheasant, Reeves, [268].
• Pheasants, buying eggs of, [275].
• —— coops, [281].
• —— difference in wild and tame bred, [297].
• —— feathering, colours, etc., [268].
• —— food, [277], [278], [279], [283], [284].
• —— made difficult, [235].
• —— made to fly high, [293], [294], [295].
• —— Mongolian, crosses with partridges, [254].
• —— nests taken, [287].
• —— origin of, [274].
• —— penning, [275], [279], [280], [281], [282], [283].
• —— protection from foxes, [290].
• —— scent, [288].
• —— species of, [267].
• —— timidity of, [293].
• Pheasant shooting a hundred years ago, [298].
• —— —— beaters, [299].
• —— —— dogs for, [300].
• —— —— nets, [300], [301].
• —— —— over spaniels, [202].
• —— —— “sewin,” 300.
• —— —— through leaves, [296].
• Pictures of sport, old and new, [13].
• Pigeon shooting, [347]–353.
• —— species of, [347].
• —— trap shooting, [347].
• —— wild rock, [351].
• —— wood, [351].
• —— wood, bags, [353].
• Pilkington, Mr., [133].
• Pink-footed goose, [369].
• Plover, the golden, [365].
• Pointer, origin of, [127].
• Pointers, branches of, [128].
• Pointers and setters, [101]–125.
• —— —— points in, [122].
• —— —— purchase of, [121].
• Portland, Duke of, [253].
• Powerscourt, Lord, [323].
• Practice of shooting, the, [69]–75.
• Priam, Mr. Whitehouse’s, [131].
• Price, Mr. Lloyd, [183], [215], [321].
• —— Mr. Sam, [130].
• Principles of making automatic rifles, [6].
• Pringle, Mr., [330], [332].
• Ptarmigan, the, [366].
• Quail, the, [362].
• Quartering, [111].
• Rabbit shooting, [318]–322.
• —— —— with beaters, [319].
• —— —— with dogs, [318].
• —— warrens, enclosing of, [322].
• Rabbits, destruction of vermin, [320].
• —— ferreting, [321].
• —— food, [322].
• —— hunted by beagles, [318].
• —— in bracken, [318].
• —— in covert, [318].
• —— in heather, [318].
• —— lime-dressing, [321].
• —— preservation of, [320].
• Rake, Mr. Hackett’s, [140].
• Ranger, Newton’s, [129].
• Recoil, [57].
• Red grouse, [214]–234.
• Renardine, [289].
• Repeating shot guns, [6].
• Retriever, the Labrador, [191]–194.
• —— origin of, [191].
• Retrievers and their breaking, [176].
• —— breaking, [188].
• —— entering on game, [189].
• —— kinds of, [177].
• Rhiwlas, [215].
• —— warren, [321].
• Rhœbe, Mr. Statter’s, [140].
• Rifle taken up by the army, [20].
• Rifles for different animals, [8].
• Rob Roy, Captain Lonsdale’s, [150].
• Roe deer, [365].
• Romp’s Baby, [129].
• Romp, Mr. Brackenbury’s, [129].
• Rose of Gerwn, [105].
• Ross, Horatio, [350].
• Rothschild, Hon. Walter, [269], [270], [271].
• Ruabon Hills, [215], [224].
• Rushmore, [252].
• Safety of guns, [49].
• Sanquhar, [345].
• Schultze gunpowder, [38].
• Seafield, Lord, [270].
• Seal shooting, [361].
• Second-hand shot guns, [23].
• Serjeantson, Rev. W., [97].
• Setter, the black-and-tan, [168]–175.
• —— the Irish, [160]–167.
• Setters, dog-show, [105].
• —— English, [139]–150.
• —— liver-and-white, [197].
• Shamrock, Mr. W. Arkwright’s, [131].
• Sharp, Mr. Isaac, [170].
• Shaw, Mr., [332], [339].
• Sheep, removal, [233].
• Shirley, Mr., [182].
• Shooting, ancient and Middle Age, [13]–22.
• —— schools, [25].
• Shot guns, on the choice of, [23].
• Shots, twelve best, in Bailey’s Magazine, [73].
• Shuter, Mr. Allan, [185].
• Sinclair, Sir Tollemache, [216].
• Single-trigger double guns, [52].
• Six Mile Bottom, [255].
• Size of shot pellets, [32].
• Smith, Mr. Winton, [199].
• Smokeless powder, [56].
• Smyth, Sir John, [19].
• Snipe, [329]–334.
• —— bags, [332], [333].
• —— difficulty of shooting, [329].
• —— species of, [329].
• —— Wilson, [330].
• Spaniel, Blenheim, [195].
• —— breaking of, [200].
• —— values, [201].
• Spaniels, black-and-tan, [197].
• —— black field, [196].
• —— clumber, [198].
• —— cocker, [195].
• —— dachshund formation, [195].
• —— English springer, [195], [200].
• —— Mr. Eversfield, [198].
• —— field trial and show, [202].
• —— King Charles, [195].
• —— leaving game behind, [203].
• —— liver-and-white, [197].
• —— Nimrod, [198].
• —— of South Wales, [199].
• —— red, [197].
• —— retrieving, [201].
• —— Rosehill, [196], [198].
• —— Sussex, [195].
• —— water, [198].
• —— Welsh springer, [195].
• Spur fowl (Galloperdix), [269].
• Stamina trials, [102].
• Stanhope, Sir Spencer, [226].
• Statter, Mr. Thomas, [135].
• Stetchworth, [251], [252], [253], [254], [263].
• St. Mary’s Loch, [342].
• Stone, Dr., [166].
• Suffolk, sportsman in, [176], [198].
• Swanton Wood, [340].
• Tar-paper, [320].
• Teal, [364].
• Tegetmeier, Mr., [285], [374].
• Tomasson, Captain, [209].
• —— Captain, letter from, [210].
• Thornton, Colonel, [52], [208], [225].
• Tot-Megyr, [324].
• Turner, Mr. Sidney, [137].
• Tweedmouth, Lord, [185], [270].
• Twelve best shots, [92].
• Twelve-bore guns, [26].
• Twici, William, verses by, [328].
• Ussher, Mr. R. J., [339].
• Varied bag, a, [361]–369.
• Varieties and species of the pheasant, [266]–273.
• Vaynol Park, [323], [350].
• Velocity of light, [65].
• Venetian cannon, ancient, [3].
• Verses in head keeper’s room at Sandringham, [87].
• Walsh, Mr. J. H., [170].
• Walsingham, Lord, [37], [215], [227], [233], [239], [353].
• Wapiti, [358].
• Warwick, Mr. B. J., [137].
• Webley Foster revolver, [5].
• Welbeck, [253].
• Wemmergill, [231].
• Westminster, late Duke of, [136].
• Whitehouse, Mr., [131].
• Widgeon, the, [368].
• Wild geese, [368].
• Wild wild-duck, [308]–317.
• Williams, Mr. A. T., [105], [199].
• Wilson, Mr. Rimington, [73], [217], [220], [228], [239].
• Winans, Mr. Walter, [69].
• Woburn Abbey, [346].
• Wolf-hound, Irish, [196].
• Wolseley, Lord, [40].
• Woodcock bags, [335].
• Woodcocks, [335]–340.
• Wortley, Mr. A. Stuart, [70].
• Wynn, Sir Watkin William, [131].
• Xenophon, [325].
• Zebra, [358].

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