LIKE ROCKS
HOUSES ON POINT DUTY
LONDON, September 27
Tor file first Lime, mounted police were employed on point duty in London to-day and achieve/.! a remarkable success in regulating the traffic from their unusual point ol vantage on their horses’ backs. The tusf. was a notable demonstration of tho thoroughness of,tlie horses’ training. The animals sfood like statues while their riders used both arms for the code signals employed by foot police. The innova--1 ion follows experiments which convinced Llm authorities that mounted police can be of great usefulness in traffic control,.' aldjhoughf, Giving to the strain, < tlie horses are , not employed for long periods, buf alternate:,point fluty with periods of patrolling. The mounted, men are at present posted , in 'Whitehall, and at.-three other points. Before they are used at tho busiest centres, like Oxford Circits and Piccadilly, further ■ experiments will be necessary.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11760, 6 October 1932, Page 2
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