EARLY RISING
King’s Enthusiasm For Shooting "Dominion” Special Service—By Air Mall. London, January 8. The King’s favourite outdoor recreation at Sandringham Is duck shooting, a sport at which his father excelled. Frequently he rises before dawn to visit the marshes of the 11,000-acre .Norfolk estate. At 5 a.m. the lights of his car are seen going down the country lanes to the marshes, where specially-built barrels have been sunk in the ground as butts from which he shoots at the duck as they make their early-morning search for food. There, in overcoat, mackintosh and waders, he stays some days till dusk, taking home up to 60 or 70 birds. During this holiday the King is carrying out his plan to bring Sandringham House, its estate, its valuable pedigree cattle, horses, and dogs back to the flourishing state in which his father left them. The King was born at Sandringham. To him it is “home.” He means to make it homely, and while there to live, like King George V, the life of a country squire, liked and respected by his tenants. ■ In the great house he has arranged modern improvements. The Queen has had all the old stoves in the kitchens replaced by new ones.
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Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 129, 25 February 1938, Page 11
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205EARLY RISING Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 129, 25 February 1938, Page 11
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