KING’S HORSE
WORLD'S HARDEST JUIi. Worth his weight in gold, is how the Royal stablemen describe Anzac, the King’s favorite charger, according to .Mr JlonuTville Hague, who is painting a picture of the. horse lor exhibition in the Paris Salon next vein. Mr Hague says that An/.ac, an upstanding bay, who has been trained fur ceremonial work' since 11)21, when he was a colt, is a marvellous subject. He poses exactly as he is told to do. lie is the most intelligent horse Mr Hague has known, (hough all his lilo he has been interested in horses. “Anzac,'’ he say.-, “is wonder!ally docile. It must he remembered Ilia I. when the King rides him on ceremonial occasions ho carries a bat on in his bridle hand. His right hand must be free to return salutes. “ Poor Anzac, dealened by cheery guns, and hands, must understand the King's every wish. Perhaps he is the most sorely Irioii hor-e in the world, but ho has never faulted. “When the King rides Anzac. lor pleasure he carries a carrot, in his pocket as a reward at the end of the ride.” Mr Hague is- completing a hackground of the Hor'C Guards’ parade. The painter at) rads sightseer. Ihe King will shonty give sittings.
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Evening Star, Issue 19662, 15 September 1927, Page 1
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210KING’S HORSE Evening Star, Issue 19662, 15 September 1927, Page 1
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