RUSSIAN PRINCE’S DEATH
* KICKED BY POLO PONY (Received March 16, 7 p.m.) PALM BEACH, March 15. Prince Serge Mdivani, the brother of Prince Alexis Mdivani, who was killed in an automobile accident, was fatally injured while playing in a polo match. The prince’s horse collided with one ridden by Cecil Smith, one of America’s leading players. Prince Mdivani was thrown to the ground. He attempted to regain his feet, but »the pony kicked backwards, striking him a terrific blow on the head .with steel-shod hoofs. He died within 15 minutes from cerebral haemorrhage. A fashionable society audience, including Mdivani’s wife, witnessed the accident.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21734, 17 March 1936, Page 11
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