PRINCE GEORGE
THROWN WHILE HUNTING. A SHOULDER DISLOCATED, (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, December 27. (Received Dec. 28, at 5.5 p.m.) Wliile he was hunting with ‘the Belvoir hounds', Prince George was thrown heavily on his left shoulder, his horse turning a somersault. The Prince of Wales, who was riding nearby, rendered assistance. Prince George was X-rayed at Melton-Mowbray Hospital. His shoulder is badly bruised and dislocated. It was the first appearance, of the brothers in the hunting field since the King’s illness, HORSE STUMBLES AT DITCH. LONDON, December 27. (Received Dec. 28, at 8 p.m.) The Sunday Express says that the Prince of Wales was riding shoulder to shoulder with Prince George at a fast pace, when the latter’s horse stumbled at a flooded ditch and threw his rider clear. The Prince of Wales ran to his brother, who was lying helpless in the mud. He requested a cigarette, and set his teeth while his shoulder was being strapped with a stirrup leather. A woman spectator drove Prince George over bumpy roads eight miles to a hospital, where his shoulder was set. His condition is satisfactory.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21220, 29 December 1930, Page 7
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