A first-rate shot, sport was for him a question of murdering _en masse_, and the number of game shot by him reached hundreds of thousands.

A few years before his death he shot his 5,000th stag.
His ability as a good shot was phenomenal.

When in India, during his voyage round the world, and while staying with a certain Maharajah, an Indian marksman gave an exhibition of his skill.

Coins were thrown into the air which the man hit with bullets.

The Archduke tried the same and beat the Indian.