PRINCE AS FOX HUNTER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18577, 8 December 1923, Page 2 (Supplement)

PRINCE AS FOX HUNTER.

D>ARE*DEVIL horseman.

POPULARITY IN THE FIELD. The Prince of Wales is this season hunting f/um Craven Lodge, Melton Mowbray, where his horses have been installed for some time. The most famous hunting countries in England are within easy reach of Mellon. . The Prince hunted chieSy with the Pytchley before he went to India, and last - season •ho was in the West with the Duke of -Beaufort's. 'J After Christmas he went up:,tp"; Milton,:'find then decided that • his- next season - should be there. The Prince lias J»y how. sampled .. many countries," -and liis * seen V.! sport . under varying aspects and conditions. He is *ii bold, in fact a dare-devil horseman. . In the- worry Midlands,, a crowd can spread itself, a horse fan gallop: and be let right out over the big grass enclosures, and the fences are assailable anywhere. One is therefore sure of the maximum of enjoyment in . the minimum Of time, an important factor for the Prince, who has to snatch a day when can and often only arrives from London the morning of a meet and dashes away in tne afternoon to keep his public engagements. The sporting farmers of the West will miss him sadly. He made, great friends with them and they-''will never forget his season anion,* them. He was always first to offer help when any one fell, to hold a heavy gate, to assist a sportsman in difficulty: and his hospitality was always offered to jthe homeward-bound who passed near ~ his hunting-box, Easton Grey. One day a fox wag killed after a great run over a vety "'tough " country. The farmer on whose land the finish occurred was introduced to the Prince. " Well, I've had ike- devil of a good hunt," said the Royal' visitor, . with a laugh. '* The country's a bit awkward I round here, but as-.long as there's no wire, that only makes it more /un ! " Afterwards the farmer said : "I went down and looked at the big place by the withies. I can't, think how he got over —but he did, and, to tell you the truth. I'd only just taken the wire down the week before! " •