Rich prizes for camel-race winner
NZPA-AP Riyadh A field of 2350 camels thundered across the Arabian Desert, their riders vying for air-conditioned limousines and water trucks as top prizes in the annual camel race. King Fahd, watching through a binocular, was among those cheering as 12-year-old Muslette al-Sah-meen raced his mount across the finishing line ahead of the others. The boy finished the 18km course in 40 minutes. The king presented the champion with an assortment of prizes and gifts, including a limousine, a water truck, and an undisclosed cash prize. The next four fastest camels earned for their, owners such prizes as desert
Land-Rovers, Jeep cars, anc cash. Wearing gilded cloaks and Arabian headgear, the king and his entourage and kin watched the camels gallop by. Cabinet Ministers, Arab and foreign diplomats, businessmen and bedouin were among the estimated 10,000 spectators who crowded the Janadriya race track. Almost every camel got a prize after the race, with some winning sacks of barley. Kirig Fahd is known for his love of camels. His father, the late King Abdelaziz ibn Abdul-Rahman alSaud, in 1902 led 40 warriors on camelback and conquered a stronghold of his political rivals, laying down the foundation of the kingdom.
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Press, 2 April 1985, Page 27
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