Duke of Edinburgh

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 202, 23 May 1936, Page 19

Duke of Edinburgh

iVhen the Duke of Edinburgh visited the Dominion in 1869, there was much friendly rivalry among the centres to see which would provide him with the best team of horses, as there were few trains in those days and practically all the travelling was .done by coach. Wellington and Nelson furnished four greys, Christchurch did better with six jet black horses perfectly matched, but Dunedin capped them all with eight superb greys. The Duke aroused much admiration by his masterly handling of his team of four greys,- which though they bolted with him in Nelson, he brought under control in fine style. Accompanied by the Governor, Sir George Bowen, the Duke travelled from Wellington to Lyttelton and Christchurch, to Dunedin,' and finally ' to-Auckland. He returned to New Zealand twice. On all his visits be shared the pleasures and recreations of the colonists. It is interesting to recall that he went pigshooting at Wellington on the Miramar peninsula which is now a prosperous suburb. He shot one boar and finished it with his hunting knife. A second, which he wounded, charged straight for a member of his escort who finished it with his sabre.—H.W. (Wanganui).