Peer's Tour In Abyssinin,
Lord Cranworth, who, it will bo remembered, eattled in Brish East Africa some three years ago, has recently arrived in London, having just completed a five months" tramp" through Abye sinia and the surrounding torri tory. To a raportor Lord Crau- worth described some portion of his journey, and incidor ially added his quota to the mystery of King Monolok.
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MYSTERY OF MENELEK. People are downtrodden by the stantly, Sunstar's at 300 guineas
army, some of whom, I may men and Sundor's nt 200 guineas. tion, are armed with the latest Other horses, who have just European rifles. It is commonly gone to the stud are Bachelor's supposed that there are upwords Double, who at 898, is standing Pictures of active life, then, of a million rifles in the coun ry, at Mrs. Bailey's place on the pictures of still life, pictures and they are still coming in. If outskirts of the city of Lime-revent or pictures taken months wae can got these people to supply rick; the luckless Seaforth, who us with eattle I do not anticipate wasso successful as a two-year-old, ago, pictures of life or scenes in thero will be any dilliouty in and who, through an accident, in Hongkong or pictures taken in getting them couth across the now. blind, or nearly so; he is at any part of China, pictures taken desort, as they could be brought the Granfieldle Stud; Tipporary, at Home-any picture, general or during the wet season, and, as along with Lally; Marajax, Jack local, may be sent along if it well-known, African cattle en Suipe, Magic (who so sensational- travel quite a long way without ly defeated Bayarda in the race possesses interest at all. With
for the Goodwood Cup), and Dibs, the competition of so all of whom are at the Compton probansivo a character there is a Stud in Dorsetshire Buckwheat, chance for any amateur photo- who is at Higholere; Senseless; grapher in Hongkong, to win one quartered at Sheveley, near Now of the prizes. The rules of com- market; Howick, who keeps Neil petition appeared in the issue of Gow company at Adstock, in Buckinghamshire; and King's Proctor, a son of Persimmon, stationed at the Stockwell Stud, where the other morning the first foal born to Bayardo came into the world.
water.
"We went up from the South,” Lord Crunworth is returning, "said his lordship, "starting from with Lady Cranworth, to his Nairobi, and, naturally, as Abys home in British East Africa vory sinia has not, to my knowledge, shortly, proferring that country, boon entered from the South be-in whose fature ho strongly be fore by white mon, we went over lioves, to England. much now ground. The object.
of our journey was to endeavour to establish trading rolatione, if possible, both with the Abyssinians and the tributary tribes, and M". Storoy, who was with me, repro- sentod the Government of British East Africa for that purpose.
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A Waterless Track. "Our first trouble was the 300. These are prosperous times for miles of desort to be crossed, but, English breeders. From all as we carried plenty of water, we parts of the world there are i got over that all right, and assistent demands for our thorough soon as this waterloss, track was breds. Prices are advancing all erossed we found that what we round. Naturally owners of what had hoped for was the case, and are called fashionable stallions that there was plenty of cattle. are not oblivious to this state of By the way, contrary to expecta-things, and so we find stud fees tion, there was a lot of big game going higher and higher. Mind reverse side to in the country we went through, you, there is a elephants, lions, rhinoceroses this roscate picture. The task abounding.
of "illing" a moderate horse is "We entered Abyssinian torri- just as difficult as ever it was. tory at Moyali, and went right When I say a "moderate" horse through to the coast on the North I mean one that did not shine on calling on many chiefs on our the racecourse, says a writer in way. The Boran tribe wore most. Home paper. It does not follow friendly, and willingly agreed to that they are not just as worthy
JANIED a Junior Odise Arist-PLUNKET'S GAP. enter into trading arrangements of patronnge us some of the the scope of the competition. To 'swells.". Now and agiin one restrict it largely to notive life in number of cattle, and appear to of them forces himself into pro- the Colony oxcludes many ama- App'y i F. Q. It, ofɔ “Hongkong
Telegraph." be vory populous and wealthy. I'minence. Tretlennis is a notable Of course, they have not had very example. His Turf record was tours who are not yet experien-Hongkong, 10th March, 1912. much exporiones, of white men, beneath contempt, and only a cod in this class of work. As the and raust have been something few years ago his stud foe was whole purpose of the competition W^ Teacher for the Dlocosan of a novelty to them. Certainly only £5. Then came along his is to stimulate intorost in photo-School. Apply to The Hondmaster. they looked up to us in a manner son, Bachelor's Double, who was which was in marked contract to inmediately backed up by Hor-graphy in Hongkong it has been Hongkong, 19th March, 1912. (249 WM. POWELL, Blackett, Mr. and Maitland, Mr. and Hughes, Mr. and
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the manner of the Abyssinians not's Beauty. Consequently we themselves, the lattor appearing now find Trodennis run aftor at rather to look down on us.
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that the groat bulk of the popula-witch he carried the record weight LARGE. STOCKS held of all Electrical Supplies, Wires, Cables tien believe the king is dead.
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all too rare, oven in England, It is well, therefore, that we should make the most of thom when they do come along. Our breeders worò quick to appro- "The Crown Prince, a strapciate the situation. Within a ping follow of 16, collects the few lars of the announcement tribute from the district wherein that Willonyx was to go to the lis 50,000 soldiers give him con-stud this soason all available trol, and when I passed through nominations to him for the pre-1 the north a big battle had just sent your wore snapped up. The been fought betweon his soldiers
foo was 250 guineas, and at that
and those of the Orna of tlust dis-breadora li to subscribe for triot, a battle in which the Royal three years.. Additional nomina- troops were victorious. I hadtions can be obtained for 1913 through an interpreter, a number and 1014, but they will cost 300 of talks with the Crown Prince,
guineas each. and he struck me as being fairly intelligent. Already he keeps a harem, and ho never goes out of doors unless accompanied by 6,000 rifles.
A State of Chaos.
The Sundridge Family," Another beginner at the stud this son is Sunder, who has retired to Mr. S. D. Joel's place at Maidon Erlegh, near Roading. "The Abyssinions, though His qualities ure, of course, very ignorant, seemed to me be more different from those possessed by intelligent than the Boran and Willonyx. Sunder's metier was other local tribes, who are of a spood. In his own department very low order indoed. I saw he was as brilliant as the son of more land under corn than there William the Third, or very nearly is in the whole of the rost. of Bo. He is a typical representa- Africs, and even Monelok's sub- tive of the Sundridge family joots took to the ides of trading. vastly more so than Bunstar, who The whole country, however, is also starts his stud career this soa- in a state of ohnos, and it is imson. The latter, of course, is at
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