ANOTHER BRITISH PRINCE.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3532, 21 July 1920, Page 3

ANOTHER BRITISH PRINCE.

king's «OjN thk jikko of thk day AT OKVMI*LA. Hecond-Lient. H.H.li. Prince Henry ; , s thf* programme of the Koval Tournninent lias it, was in every sense of vhe Wo‘d (lie hero of Olympia. The Kind's third son was the individual ■-winner of the Oxford and i ’am bridge F Diversities 0.T.0. tent-pegging compel 51 ion. and with his victory he won an ovation from the crowd -that for siu'er honest enthusiasm literally ‘‘beat the band.” Few of thi' spectators probably expected anythin”' more from the young; prince than (lie standard of 'Ordinary excellence that, every competitor in such an event is supposed to possess. So ranch was up to him. and so much they did not doubt he would achieve. What they did not expect was a display that wen praise even from those been critics, veterans at the game. Everybody anrW' 1 vl t l,n outset the self-possession of Die Princ«. His bearing, in the face of a multitude who were of course, keenly observant of him on many counts, was perhaps the most promising omen of the result. He betrayed no feeling that wag not bent on the purpose of the sport. He

was never self Conscious, though eager all the lime. Little distinction can be made between the Prince's successes in the three courses oT the competition! All were characterised by speed and accuracy and an ardour that trover relaxed until the end. Three times he ‘ ‘ flicked ’ •’—the word is true of the way it was done—and the peg leapt out upon th<* end of his lance. the public howled with delight, they roust have howled at such a thing whosoever had done it. They howled again, with as rich a pleasure, when the victor went up with his sergeant-major to receive his prize. from Princess Victoria. There was no distinctive pomp about this little ceremony. The Priricb took his cup, said “Thank you,’’ saluted, and was ■■ ;T with the -est before the crowd had pco no rly finished gazing. His first care, like that of the other winners. was to arrange for the proper inscription of the trophy. “One of the best things I've ever :v-cmi,” said a veteran cavalryman, with a smack of Ids lips am! a click of his heels. 'Lind he can do it. mind j vim. The P’ince took ten out of | eleven pegs in practice hcie. I runny can dc that. But the best thing 1 to it, in my mind, was that thorn was j no old buck about H- Ho wasn’t norP vniis. but he didn t swank.