KAISER'S SPOTTED PIG.

Waikato Times, Volume 84, Issue 13067, 7 January 1915, Page 7

KAISER'S SPOTTED PIG.

_—_—« —_—. — CASH ORDER LROM POTSDAM

Hon the Kaiser just before the outbreak of war bought a piji of the newlyrevived breed known as Gloucester Old Spots and sent the money but never received the pip, bas lieen told to a representative of tho Daily Mail by the secretary of the Old Spots Society. Details of the 'evival of the Old Spots and of their merits as bacon pigs, with a picture of a typical specimen, appeared in the Daily Mail last May. A few days later « he society received from the Kaiser's agent an application for particulars to be sent to Potsdam. This was followed by an order*for a thoroughly representative l>oar. There was some delay in sending the pig owing to questions of transport into Germany. On Jnly 18 the secretary receives the money asked, with instructions for shipping "he animal via Hamburg, where it was to be franked ashore. The pig was on the point of being embarked when the war broke out, and an urgent telegram was received: "Don't ship pig until further orders." No orders have yet been received. As the secretary said: "We have the pig and the money, too. Of eourse, we shall ship it or an equally good animal when the order arrives. By that time the Kaiser may be setting up as a farmer, and as a tribute to his discernment in the matter of farm stock we will give him a start by making him a i mate with the boar." i