THE PRINCE AND HIS REGIMENT

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21199, 25 June 1934, Page 16

THE PRINCE AND HIS REGIMENT

+ PROWESS AS GOLFER

LEARNING THE BAGPIPES (FBOJI OCK OW* COiBKSFOEDSBT.) LONDON, May 15. The Prince of Wales, Colonel of the Welsh Guards, dined with past and present members of the regiment at the Horns Hotel, Kennington, which is in the Duchy of Cornwall estate, near The Oval cricket ground. The whole proceedings were most informal. The Prince, in a dinner jacket, sat at the top table with a number of other officers, and the other tables were filled with warrant officers, non commissioned officers and men. Major Dudley-Ward (chairman), proposing the Prince's health, said: "I want you to drink the health of one of our best-loved comrades, our Colonel. He does a great deal for us, and he has been taking part in ail kinds of regimental 'do's' this year." . The toast was drunk with cheers, and the company sang "God Bless the Prince of Wales." Addressing the company as "Comrades," the Prince thanked them. "As a matter of fact, I believe my , health is fairly good," he said. "I i was playing golf with the regimen- ! tal team the other day at St. Andrews. It was not good golf, but we did not disgrace ourselves too badly against superior players. This afternoon I was not able to go and see the Cup Final, because I had a very important golfing engagement, and I won both my matches in the Parliamentary golf handicap." (Cheers.) The Hymn it Played He was reminded, he said, of the story of a man who went to see a doctor and complained that he had a lot of pains. When the doctor asked where he felt these pains, the man said, "I don't really know." The doctor told him to put a piece of paper under his vest and make a mark wherever he felt a pain. "A few days later the doctor called on' the man, and asked for the paper. The man asked his wife and then his daughter what they had done with it. " 'Do you mean the piece of paper with all the holes in it?' said the daughter. 'We put it on the pianola and it played "O God, Our Help in Ages Past." '" For some moments the Prince was unable to continue because of the laughter. Sand Dunes Practice A correspondent at St. Andrews divulges the information that the Prince did not confine his activities to golf, but spent some time perfecting his knowledge of the bagpipes. On a recent occasion he admitted that he was a player. Twice, in the dusk, his Royal Highness strolled out to the end of the links, accompanied by his host of the hotel in which he was residing, and enjoyed some bagpipe practice. He and Captain D. Welsh Rusack marched up and down round the sand dunes, playing the pipes. No one knew of this at the time, and there were no onlookers. It is understood that the Prince has attained a considerable degree of proficiency. His favourite airs are "The Road to the l3les" and "The Skye Boat Song."