EXERCISE AND PLAY

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 297, 1 October 1928, Page 6

EXERCISE AND PLAY

ROYAL BROTHERS’ TOUR. -GOLF AT THE PYRAMIDS. LONDON, September 19. A wireless message from the liner Alalda, oil which the Prince of Wales and his brother, the Duke of Gloucester, are voyaging to East Africa, says that, despite the sweltering heat, necessitating the .vessel steaming in a circle to permit the following wind to sweep the decks, the Princes are resolutely taking daily exercise. Their Royal Highnesses joined 30 men and women passengers bathing in a small canvas swimming pool, and were among the most active in a battle with hoses. They also delightfully hosed a- number of children wlio were bathing. Prior to leaving Cairo their Royai Highnesses spent a busy morning at the Pyramids. They converted one of the wonders of the world into a gigantic tee. The Duke, who was dissuaded from entering the Great Pyramid owing to the disemoforts, commenced to climb to the top. He rested frequently, then, joined by the Prince, who had started 20 minutes later, they clambered to the summit together, assisted by Egyptian gaffirs, with whom they chatted. The Prince, taking a golf club, which a gaffir carried, teed a ball in the mud and drov,e off against the wind, the hall travelling a great distance. A member of the suite also drove, off a ball, but failed to out-distance the Prince’s effort.

The (Prince was amused at the records which the gaffirs established in ascending and descending the Pyramid. He organised a race, and sat. watch in hand, while two leapt down the Great Pyramid, raced across the intervening ground, and climbed the second Pyramid, taking eight minutes. The Duke afterwards motored to the Sphinx. The car stuck in the sand, and was resceued by a police lorry, the Duke walking on. The Prince later visited the Snhinx. Both princes declared themselves stiff after their efforts. They joined the Malda for Mombasa at Ismailla.