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ESTABLISHED 1857.

19th, 1927. ##

DIARY OF EVENTS.

To-day...

PICCADILLY TAKES POLO PONIES FOR BULL-

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SURVIVING THE UPHEAVAL.

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PICCADILLY.

English people who have just re- I congratulated my friend Bill turned from Spain are describing new form of excellent with enthusiasm a the navvy, 00 character which the folk around bull-fighting-free from the most piccadilly, were giving him and unpleasant features disfiguring the bis mates, and upon the excel pastime-which has obtained as an lent advertisement they were prov-experiment at San Sebastian, near ing for Piccadilly. In fact there the French frontier. " are lots of less favoured streets which are "rather envious of the notoriety which Piccadilly has ac- quired and the number of visitors it has attracted.

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Instead of using decrepit horses which are ripped by the horns of the infuriated bull, the fighters are agile polo ponies, mounted which eluds the rushes of the At the same time the animal. points of the bull's horns are pro- teeted with brass knobs so that the pony cannot be seriously injured.

For instance, the manager of the Piccadilly Hotel had a lot of nice things to say about the street breakers. They have been very "they have

Marvellons Dodging. decent," he told me," shown a great amount of considera-

Describing as exhibition of this tion for us and for our guests. It modified form of bull-fighting was to be feared that the noise which he saw at San Sebastian & would drive away clients, but they few days ago, a London visitor who bave arranged things so satisfac-kaows Spain well said the Spanish torily. A few guests at the out people prescat at the arena greeted side asked to be transferred from it with enthusiasm.

the Piccadilly side to the Regent. In the old form of bull-fighting street side, away from the noise, the bull was attacked by picaders but a few nighter convinced them mounted on old horses, and they that the noise was inconsiderable, tried to drive into the bull's and we have had no More com shoulder long, pointed spears. In the course of the operations the plaints.

drills and bull, more often than not, ripped breakers do not start until dine open the side of the horse, which o'clock in the morning and they died in agony.. Afterwards the leave off sufficiently early to allow bandoleres on foot drove into the good night's sleep. And it not bull's shouldersturbs on which affecting our clientele."

were coloured streamers or crac-| ters...

Is The

fearsome

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Worst Fears Not Realised.

In the new form of bull-fighting It is very difficult to arrive at any defnite idea as

to bow the the picadors and bandoleros are street-breaking has, affected trade substituted by a on a palo in the street. Those who are liable pony, who thrusts the barbs with the hull's to be most affected are the high-the streamers into

for class traders catering the shoulder. He uses both hands to "mag-about-town," whose street hold the barbs and steers the pony Piccadilly essentially is. But with his knees. The agility of the August is their dull season; most ponies is marvellous Where the of their customers are in Scotland, old horses stood stupidly to receive or abroad, and for them London the charge of the bull the pelo is "empty."

pony, twisting and turning with The manager of Godfrey and amazing rapidity again and again, Duchene, the wine inerchants, said avoids the lunge of the bull. that the upheaval had certainly It was quite cemmen to see the kept their customers away, but pony and the bull flank to flank most of them were in Scotland, any after one of these 'marvellous dis- was, and the others still managed plays of dodging. Now and again to keep in touch, and business was the bull did strike the pony a not affected.

glancing "blow with its horas, but as these were protected with the brass khobs the pony was not hurt, though on one occasion I saw a peny nearly knocked over,

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At Robert Jackson's, the big grocers and wine merchants, I was told that many of their calling customers and been frightened away by the dust and uproar, and that the idle crowd which stream-

Royal Influence,

The Spaniards were delighted by ed past every day watching opera- the display of skill shown by the tions were not the "buying kind." ponies and their riders, and I Nevertheless, business was quite should imagine that the new kind satisfactory.

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Forbes Russell Comedy Company present The House of Unrest, Theatre Royal, 9.13 p.m.

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WOMICA to faint on seeing the a very

briak season. They find that there are a great many people mutilation of the horses, and I my- who come to Piccadilly to see the self felt so sick on seeing it that aight of London in Ruins-and f had to leave the stands. stay to buy. "A big, percentage of Of course the pastime is still by

Our customers at this time of the

year manager,

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are Americans," said the no means pleasant, as the unfor- and they are coming in tunate bull is first wounded by the plenty. They look in to see the pricking of the barb and later is inside of London and then look in to see as I have discussed this killed by the rapier of the matador. with many of the shopkeepers and I understand that the Eoyal. they can find no cause for com Society for the Prevention of plaint"

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Jewellers Hindered. These principally hit are, accord- ing to themselves, the cigarette the terrible cruelty inflicted to the merchants and tobacconists who horses, and I have beard, too, that stock expensive brands for a partithe inducnce of the Spanish Royal cular class of customer and find the Family has also been brought to

spectator's

taste

in

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curious cigarettes rather common "1,And bear. then the jewellers are finding that milady who used to visit them in her car and take away a diamond ing without horses was tried, but is so much pendant or a string of pearls dis was fasto There i likes the dust and the class of skill, however, in the new pastime society which jostles her in the in which polo ponies are used that street nowadays,

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