A BERESFORD STORY.
At- one time the sport of knoekerwrenching was popular among bloods of society (observes a London paper). A lively tale is told of Lord Beresford, who in liis youth, longed to' possess a once famous pair of knockers at 48, Berkeley square, belonging to tlie Marquis of Bath. The possession of these specimens /as- a trophy was, long sought ; but many .attempts had ended in failure, when it occdred to the enterprising sportsman to try a hitherto unheard-of method of detaching these well secured knockers. ; ' x Driving up in a hansom, he and a friend secured one end of a stout rope to the back Of tlie cab and tied the- other firmly to the knockers, leaving a good slack. They then resumed their seats in the cab, while the cabman (Lord RibblesdaLe) smartly whipped up the horse, The rope came up tight, and the knockers came away, but two of the door panels with them ! The affair was settled by surrendering the knockers, and payment for the damage caused.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 7 February 1925, Page 3
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173A BERESFORD STORY. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 7 February 1925, Page 3
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