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51_30 Stonehenge, England called my attention to a field of white pigs. We are running through Berkshire! And he told an especially amusing story of Prince Edward, later King Edward VII, who,entertaining the Shah of Persia or some other Oriental potentate, took him to see the Derby race on Epsom Downs. The Shah could not understand so much fuss, so much preparation, so much to-do over racing horses: "Do not the unbelievers know that one horse can run faster than another?" And the brevity of the race astonished him very much. He suggested to His Royal Highness that two of the horses legs should be hobbled in order to make the race longer and more interesting. This thoroughly shocked Lord Somebody or |
51_31 July 20, 1930. Other, the aristocratic President of the English Jockey Club, but the Prince was heartily amused. I, myself, when seeing the Derby run in 1926, noticed its exceeding brevity. - California Oaks. See article: "Oaks of California," Garden 3:17(1873), anon. - Umbellularia californica and Sequoia sempervirens. Rich paneling of Laurel and Redwood in Capitol building at Sacramento. Garden, 6: 382(1874). _ Cont. from p. 18. This person is A.E. Miles, 66 Cedars Road, Hampton Wick. He knew the tablet because being born in Hampton Wick. He invited me into his house for a cup of tea and I accepted; being pleasantly entertained and meeting his wife. |
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