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angloboerwar.com THE WOMAN OF THE HOUR - MADAME SARAH BERNHARDT (Pholo by \V. and L). Dowi.ey) 354 BLACK AND WHITE BUDGE 'I JUNi-: 15, 1901 The death of Archie, who carried the King (then Prince of Wales) in India It will be remembered that he broke loose not long ago at the Crystal Palace, when Charlie had to be shot Archie, the elephant thatangloboerwar.comcarried the Prince of Wales the pertinacity ot his kind. When within sight 6f his during- his visit to India in the early seventies, after a destination Archie collapsed in Stanwell Road, Penarth. famous career died ingloriously in the street at Penarth. Here he remained in a sinking condition for some hours, Archie, a fine type of the Indian elephant, first became and eventually expired in the afternoon and lay for hours in famous on account of the patronag;e of the present King, the gutter. In the evening, with the aid of a derrick and and after living in the reflected glory of this honour for chains, the carcase was raised and lifted on to a con- some years he eventually drifted to Hamburg. Here he veyance and removed. This was no light task, for he passed into the possession of Sanger's Circus, and has weighed 4 tons 15 cwt. Archie has led a quiet, uneventful formed a conspicuous part of their show during the past existence during the last two years. His last bid for seven years. After taking part in the performance —Archie notoriety was about a couple of years ago, when he accom- was an educated fellow—at Newport, he accompanied the panied Charlie (a huge Africfn beast) on nn unauthorised rest of the circus to Penarth. He showed signs of illness i ramble from the Crystal Palace. He was valued at some at the start, but he stuck to Lis fotuteen-mile journey with I ;£J6oo or ;^7oo- The performing lions nt the Hippodrome I June is, 1901 BLACK AND WHITE BUDGET S3J Mr. J. Dawson's Rambling Katie winning the Manchester Cup Race angloboerwar.com Flooded out — An incident of the recent floods in Birmingham 356 BLACK AND WHITE BUDGET June 15, 1901 < < r U 2 to -a < s U ^ oi s" O S O s Q -5 angloboerwar.com f-< Si h * on -n w ^ §1 o D Oi June 15, 1901 BLACK AND WHITE BUDGET y:)7 angloboerwar.com 353 BLACK AND WHITE BUDGET June 15, 1901 Si,' Iraiicis Cook and Lady (Xiok Lord Newlands COACHING assemble at the Powder Magazine. This is, in one sense, a good thing ; for it enables those who are present to get a It seemed at one time on Saturday (June I) that the first better view of the coaches and of their occupants, while it meet of the Coaching- Chib diminishes the risk of acci- would be more or less spoilt dent which has, upon more b}- a downfall of rain ; but than one occasion, been the sky cleared before the very imminent. There hour of starting, and were not so many people nothing occurred to mar either on foot or in car- the enjoyment of what riages, and the police, who many people regard as the manage these meets re- most attractive outdoor markably well, had no function of the London difficulty in keeping- a clear season. The interest which space for the coach^, these meets excite is not, although the muster, while perhaps, quite so keen as not quite equal to those ot it ^yas before the noyelty some previous years, was of them had worn off ; for nearly double that of a the attendance last year twelvemonth ago, twenty- was very much below the six members being present general standard, and, as against sixteen. This though it was rather larger was quite sufficient to this }ear, it can hardly be angloboerwar.commake up a very interesting said that there was the meet, and there was little crowd which used to Mr. E. Stern and Mrs. Stem fault found v^-ith the teamr. Colonel Baldock and the Hon. Mrs, Benyon THE MEET OF THE COACHING CLUB IN HYDE PARK June 15. 1901 BLACK AND WHITE BUDGET vyj Xôrd Doneraile talking to Mr. "U. Kingston' Ladies' Singles—Miss SoAver, 1st angloboerwar.com Mr. R. X. Roper— 1st, Mr. "H. Kingston"—2nd, Gents' Singles Ladies' Singles—Miss Gents' Singles Beausire, 2nd Mr. WiUis Uandicap Singles— Sir C. Hughes and Mr. B. Cartcj- THE CROQUET CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES AT WIMBLEDON 3Co BLACK AND WHITE BUDGET June j> 1901 of both scxc» would bi-i»oiiK' domesticated and prove useful for transport service, and also in propajâtiiijc tlieir species. Tlie second jêneration, if my experiment prove in any way successful, would Ije even more domesticated llian tlieir parents, and I am sure that in course of time a larj^ê supply of the domesticated zebra would be forllicoming' for the future use of transport work at home and abroad. The initial cost niijfht be a little more than tlie first results mig^ht justify, but there is no reason to doubt that in the lonjj run the ultimate results would far moje than compensate for the initial expenditure." A bri:at.h from the tropicus has been imparted to tlic 1 Thames by the appearance ofi Waterloo Bridfcc of the stern- wheeler Livings/one (see pajje 377), which has just liad a successful trial trip, and now lies at the pier for inspection by the public before being- sent on an errand of usefulness and mercy. The vessel has been built by Thornycrolts to the order of the "Regions Be3ond " Missionary Union, or Harley House, Bow, for service on the rivers within the sphere of the Congo Balolo Mission. She is of the two- decker type, built of steel, is 111ft. long', iQi't. beam, and draws but 2J/2II. of water when canying her lull complement of passengers and twenty tons of cargo. She will be taken to pieces for shipment to Matadi. In 1361, the elder line of the Dukes of Buigundv having become extinct, King John of France seized the Duch\', and a couple of vears later presented it to his son Philip as a reward for llie latter's great bravery at the battle of Poictiers. This was the beginning of that famous line of Dukes whose lives form so important a part of the iiistorj' of P'rance Aged IO,S — Ann Simms, who lias just died at during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, and whose Glastonbury Women's Almshouses splendour of achievement and mag'nificence of state rivalled Iha-t of the gieatest families in Europe of that age. Philip THE DOMESTICATION OF THE ZEBRA jlhe Bold, as he was named, the first of the series, slrength- I ening himself by a fortunate marriage with Margaret of Tin? Foreign Office has just issued (Diplomatic and : Flanders, proved himself both a soldier and an administrator Consular Reports, Miscellaneous Series, No. 556) a report jof the first class in the troubled politics of the reign of the by Mr. R. J. Stordy on veterinary work in the British East .minor Charles VI. The discomfiture of the English during Africa and Uganda Protectoratesangloboerwar.comfor 1898- 1900. After ;tlie rc^ginie of this King, who was no sooner of age than he dealing- with the occurrence of the tsetse fly disease, South ( became insane, is to be largely attributed to the masterful African horse sickness in its various forms, rinderpest, liver- I policy of the Duke of Burgundy, though his struggle for fluke, &.^., Mr. Stordy urges the advisability of utilising for domestic supremacy, and with the foreign invaders as well, purposes of transport an animal — the zebra — which is was not always marked by disinterestedness. He died " naturally imnuined against the ravages of the tsetse fly .'\pi-il 27th, 1404. disease and horse sickness," ;ind which exists in enormous numbers. He saj's : "I am convinced that, should the Government enter upon a scheme for its domestication, it would piove one of great value; and that at no ver}' distant date a supply of animals would be available, not only for African service, but also for Army transport work at home or in India. The great difficulty so far has been the domestication of the adult animal. I have, however, to suggest the following plan for obtaining a possible way out of the difficulty :— I would propose that a kraal be formed -within a district where fire- arms are non-existent, as in the case of a preserve. The kraal would have two extending^ arms leading from the open country into it, and would be constructed large enough to hold a herd of, say, fifty adult animals. Several mounted Cape boys would be employed, whose duly, in the first instance, would be to accustom the zebras in the neighbour- hood of the kraal to the sight of horses or mules. If my anticipations prove correct, the zebras will in the course of a few days follow the horses or mules, and advantage could be taken of this to lead them into the kraal. If it were, however, found that they would not be led it would be necessary to have them driven in by the Cape boys, assisted by swift-footed natives. The animals being in this way confined within the kraal they would naturally propagate their species. It is with the offspring that I would propose that the experiment in the way of domesticity would begin. As is well known, it has been found nearly impossible to rear a zebra foal apart from its mother.

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