Three o'clock on the hottest afternoon this sum "78 in the shade. "Wel, that's nothing. to kick about Perhaps not. But 78 dressed up in London clothes, a black morning coat and tall hat is mot to be lightly borne. The cool white drill or the even more cool flannel of June in Shanghai makes all the difference.
"The vast amphitheatre at Olympia was packed to its utmost in spite of the heat. From its glass roof to the flower-bedecked tan ring tier upon tiers of seats met the eye. Filled, too, with the exceedingly becoming frocks of the 1924 season. London has a reputation to keep up for "good-lookers." Nor has this summer belied her reputation, 'The piece de resistance this brill-lunt afternoon was the Officers International Jumping Competition for the Prince of Wales' Cup, Teams of three from the armies of Great Britain, America, France, Italy and Switzerland, Everyone who loves a horse has made or intends to make the pil-Hrecea not only of Sfohammedans, image to Olympiay it is, the
of all- admirers of the horse ity highest level, That the Sfon pony has not yot figured there Probably due to'an oversight on the Part of My. Ho Moor othe: Hauneh supporters. "But now that "Old Bu" ty destined to" end anys in the besee and seclusion of Tord Roseberry's paddocks, no Joube the overnight will noone. made No Such Morses Anywhere, Where in all the world can such horses be seen as at Olympia? Hunters, chargers, ponies, hacks, jumpers' of the highest class, Was hot ale feet eight inches the record jump only this week? Coaches and Zoach-herves there still are, though even Mr. Barron's coach and well-ian oven team of chestnuts looked A'yomewhat" prehistoric mode of progression as he tooled them smartly round the arena.
Tt was close upon. four o'clock when the Band of the Royal Marines truck up. "God Bless the Prince Wales" Englishmen and for~ ciigners alike ose, hatless, to, their feet to do honour to, the "Fiest Gentleman in. Burop 3 Ties the head. that Wears a crown wwe know, but all the world also Knows that in the prospective wear this particular crown the Himpire possesses one of its greatest aauets. The Prince of Wales wall tal quietly to the. front of Royal fox, a slim," boyish, figure, then stood gazing down over the huge oneourse of people' surrounding the arena, When the bund finished gat down, incidentally doing a eud old-fashioned "mop" while he fettled comfortably in his seat to watch the Jumping. have adopted. "Sam-Brown" belt and the English out of uniform and Only between. the caps, could any difference be Ours looked the - most! comfortable. The somewhat. hea jek-topped Italian Lepi with its. yel-fow piping was a land-mark. "Ca the other hand the only competitors to Rose their caps during a round Were two of the British team.
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