PRINCE OF WALES

Hokitika Guardian, 13 February 1929, Page 6

PRINCE OF WALES

SALE OF HORSES AND DOGS. (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) LONDON, Feb. 11. Tim Prince of Wales spent to-day among bis dogs and horses, wandciing through til© stables and grounds saying good-bye to favourite hunters, which lie has decided to sell. They will- he disposed by auction, and not privately. It is not known yet whether the Prince will continue to spend his leisure at Melton Mowbray. His simple residence, Craven Lodge, within a stone’s throw of the railway, has Ibcen on© of liis most favourite resorts. The news of the, Prince’s decision was something of a sensation to the Melton -Mowbray hotels and tradesmen. MELTON MOWBRAY’S LOSS. LONDON, February 11. Tu connection with the Prince of Wales’s sale of his horses, the news of the Prince’s decision was something of a sensation to the Melton Mowbiaj ’hotels and tradesmen, who have prospered as the result of the town’s popularity. They are afraid of .a slump. Melton Mowbray knows of nothing hut hunting. The Horn is its idol, and the pink coat, saddles, and bridles are tbe trappings of its worship. The townsfolk are deeply sympathetic with the Prince of Wales in his having to give up sport. nn ii a T f iiuMMMmimwmfcj—