The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-22

Percy Smith will leave Wenatchee on
a journey to the old country. He
will go direct to London and remain
in England until next spring, when
he will return to the care of his
beautiful thirty-acre orchard across
the Columbia river.
The purpose of the trip is not for
pleasure, although the captain will
surely enjoy meeting his hosts OF
friends of earlier days. He goes to
interest Englishmen Of means in
North Central Washington and hopes
to be instrumental in leading them
10 invest a million dollars in this Sec
ton Captain Smith has done we'll
here himself and is confident that
hundreds of his countrymen will ap-
preciate the opportunity of securing
land in a district which pays such
enormous returns as are the common
thing here.
Captain Smith is not going as a
stranger to a strange land. He has
a record which is the envy of thou
sands in the mother country. To
the Daily World reporter, this morn
ing he showed the autograph sigma
ture of Queen Victoria, appointing
him a Queens Cadet" This is a
81 cri1y hv tho
twice yearly TO the sons of disting-
uished families. 1t was conferred
upon the captain on Aug 4th, 1897
A queens cadet Or a kings cadet is
given free admission to the Royal
Military College, exempt from the
usual competitive examination. He
has all his educational bills paid by
the Crown and is given an officer s
commission ana his choice of any
regiment in the British army.
For eleven years Captain Smith
was in command of crack regiment
o. cavalry. A love for adventure
gave him special appointments in the
following countries: Egypt, India
China, Burmah, Africa and Thibet
One of the captains most unique
experiences was when he acted as
host and escort of the eX-king OF
Roumania on a three months tiger
hunt in tropical Burmah. He him.
self killed two elephants, four tigers
one rhinoceros, eight bears, two buff
faloes, eleven panthers, two bison
and many hundreds of deer and GRO
coolies.
The narrative of this hunt, writ
ten by the prince and printed with
effusive half-tone illustrations, has
met with wide circulation. A copy
is on the tables of the Commercial
Club of this city In this interesting
work, the prince refers to his friend
thus:
''On my arrival in Burmah, | was
met by Captain Percy Smith, with
whom | had been friends ever since
my childhood His amicable and
loyal character, his courage. his mi
tiative and his love of sport and dan
ger had enticed me. | owe him pub
tic thanks for his services and adj
vice in search of dangerous game
in so difficult and unknown coun-
try"
The feet of the rhinoceros which
was killed by the Captain during this
hunt. are also in the Commercial
Club.
Among other adventures, Captain
Percy Smith led an expedition 400
miles into the mountains of Thibet
in central Asia, the least known
country of the globe.
He was chosen to command the
escort of His Royal Highness, the
Duke of Connaught (brother of King
Edward) during his tour, and rode
with a drawn sword at the head OF
a squadron of cavalry to the Dukes
carriage door.
A wandering spirit and financial
ambitions led him across Canada
from Montreal through British Co,
lumbia to Alaska. On returning
through Seattle, he was advised to
investigate Wenatchee. He decided