King Edward VIIas a sportsman . to H K ^5 U U) ^ H ^ o — c-i c >< 2 y < —1 w M M. The King in the Hunting Field On the 4th of January 1866 we read of anothermeet at Sandringham, when about five hundred horse-men and two hundred carriages assembled, the crowd,for there were also foot-people innumerable, seriouslyhampering sport. The Prince was hunting regularlyat this period. Two days afterwards hounds met atBadgthorpe, some eight or nine miles from the Royalresidence. The Princess was also out, and, after a fastthirty minutes, an unfortunate incident happened at acheck. One of the fol
King Edward VIIas a sportsman . to H K ^5 U U) ^ H ^ o — c-i c >< 2 y < —1 w M M. The King in the Hunting Field On the 4th of January 1866 we read of anothermeet at Sandringham, when about five hundred horse-men and two hundred carriages assembled, the crowd,for there were also foot-people innumerable, seriouslyhampering sport. The Prince was hunting regularlyat this period. Two days afterwards hounds met atBadgthorpe, some eight or nine miles from the Royalresidence. The Princess was also out, and, after a fastthirty minutes, an unfortunate incident happened at acheck. One of the followers, mounted on a younghorse which he could not hold, charged straight intothe Prince, knocking him out of the saddle. He wason his favourite chestnut, and the animal, terrified,made off at top-speed. Happily His Royal Highnesswas uninjured, and it is easy to imagine the sincerity ofthe apologies offered by the luckless offender, who alsobegged the Prince to make use of the animal that haddone the mischief—not, perhaps, in the circumstances,a very tempting suggestion. The chestnut
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