A Strange Wager.
Pari , Aug. 31.—Count Tyskiewiez, a wealthy Polo well known in clubland, and who made a stir by his attempt to throw himself from the top of the Eiffel Tower on the closing day of the Exposition to test a new style of parachute, has just wagered 40.000 roubles (£4000) with the editor of the Autovelo that he will ride his pet camel Cleopatra from AYarsaw to Paris in a fortnight through Vienna, Zurich and Lyons, including crossing the Alps. Among the conditions is one that the Count's fiancee must ride with him always.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 242, 21 October 1901, Page 3
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96A Strange Wager. Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 242, 21 October 1901, Page 3
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