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Title: King Edward VII. as a sportsman
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Watson, Alfred Edward Thomas, 1849-1922
Subjects: Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910 Horses Sports -- Great Britain
Publisher: London : Longmans, Green and Co.
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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ides cruelly clawing the elephant : itthen leaped on to the mahout of the elephant whichwas carrying Colonel Ellis, and was tearing him downwhen the Colonel, leaning over the howdah, got in abullet and ended the fight. On March 2nd the Princeshot a huge tiger upwards of 10 feet long. On the3rd he got a couple more, and on the 4th one of thebiggest that had been seen, 10 feet long and 19 inchesround the forearm. On the 5th a farewell Durbar was held. Sir Jungand his brethren rode into camp—the host on a mansback, as was usual when he was not in good health andfelt disinclined to ride a horse. The Prince presentedhim with several very fine rifles, a silver statuette ofHis Royal Highness in the uniform of the loth Hussars,of which regiment he was Colonel, and many othervaluable souvenirs. Next day the Prince, with cordialexpressions of the pleasure he had received, bade hishost farewell, and set off for Bareilly along a new roadwhich had been made for many miles through the forest. 368
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