DUKE OF GLOUCESTER
POLO AT COLOMBO HORSEMANSHIP IMPRESSES TO-MORROW'S CEREMONY (Received September 21. 6.15 p.m.) COLOMBO, Sept. 21 The Duke of Gloucester yesterday afternoon took part in three polo chukkas and twice was on the winning side. He especially impressed the crowd of onlookers by the way in which he mastered a particularly tricky pony named Begorrah. - . His Royal Highness at midnight joined a train for Nuwaraeliya, in order to rest in preparation for Sunday's ceremony of the presentation of the historic Kandvan throne and crown, which are to be transferred from the cruiser Sussex to-morrow to the safekeeping of the Ceylon police.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21912, 22 September 1934, Page 11
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