LONG TOUR.
Round the World on Horseback. INCIDENTB OK THE WAT. (Rwvirpd 12.30 p.m t LISBON*. February 20. A German. Eno» Kliemek. who ;• attempting to win the 1000 gold mark* which the German Government reputedly offered, and is accompanied l»y the Austrian. Franz Zapeltal. collecting not** for a book on a world tour on horse back, started from Flensburg in Mar. 102.V They traversed Osecbo-Slovakja. Hungary, Austria. Italy. Switzerland. Belgium, France and Spain, where one horse died. The pair continued alternately riding the other horse and arrived at Oporto during the recent rebellion, where a shell killed the remaining animal. Accordingly the pair trained to Lisbon and arc embarking for the Canaries. They have already covered 12,700 miles and intend visiting Africa, America, Australia, Asia and Russia.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 43, 21 February 1927, Page 7
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