Evening star., 1923-07-16
BY THE MARaUIsE DE FoNTENoY

Strong emphasis is laid upon the
official announcement from London to
the effect that the visit of the Prince
Of Wales to Canada at the end of next
month is to be- a purely private af-
, fair, and that it has been decided
upon for the purpose of giving him
relaxation and complete rest from the
continuous and therefore monoto-
nous round of public and social obli-
cations with which his existence has
been crowded beyond all belief dur
ing the past three years, to the detri-
ment both of his bodily health and
of his overstrained nerves.
T. King Edward used to say that of all
the tortures that he had been called
upon to endure, there was none that
he remembered with greater horror
than that of having to keep a smiling
face before the public and to say
pleasant things when suffering from
what is known as a jumping tooth
ache. Every day that the prince has
spent since his return from India
last year has been devoted to opening
some charitable or patriotic institu-
ton, or to- some social function at
which he was the observed of all OBJ
servers, and was required to keep q
smiling face and a pleased manner, no
matter how morally or physically
tired and bored. None save those
who have lived in the encourage of
| royalty can form any idea of the
strain it entails.
That is why. when the Prince of
Wales comes to Canada at the end
| of next month those who have his
! interests and welfare at heart with
out any selfish desire to- socially ex-
ploit themselves at his expense will
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privacy. - :
I There will be no official receptions
go straight to his ranch in Alberta,
formerly known as the Bedding Field
run, some twenty-five miles west of
High river, on the Calgary Macleod
branch of the Canadian Pacific rail-
road. 1t is now known throughout
all that portion of the Dominion as
the "E. P."-ranch, the. Initials stand
ing for Edward Prince He made
the purchase in October, 1919. after
having been entertained by George
Lane, owner of the Bar "U'' ranch, In
the Immediate vicinity. Indeed, the
transaction was carried out in his be-
half by George Lane and by the lat
ter's manager. Charles Carlyle, who
faS now become the active manager
of the princes ranch.
The latter embraces several thou
sand acres, the buildings consisting
of one very large and commodious
log cabin, and the other somewhat
smaller, with the necessary barns
and stables. These are situated on
the lowland. on the banks OF. Il trout
stocked river. The grazing lands, ex-
tending back from either bank, fur
nish a most luxurious growth of
grass, and bordering the lowland,
only few miles distance from the
cabins. cabin are the Rocky mountains,
abounding in deer. bear. mountain
! sheep. mountain goats, as well as all
sorts of other game. The entire re-
gion is sportsman's paradise. and
| the prince, who is never tred OF
talking about his ranch. claims that
the entire scenery recalls that of the
Deesfde home of his parents. King
George and Queen Mary, at Bal
moral.
the ranch has been out of the princes
mind. He has been sending out to IT
n considerable quantity of thorough-
bred stock from his farms in Devon
and in Cornwall. They have included
very fine herd of short-horn cat
tie. with two superb young bulls. an
excellent lot of percheron horses,
some thoroughbred running horses.
large sized flock of Shropshire sheep.
Berkshire pigs and prize poultry. Il
NAV mention that the two short horn
bulls were valued at 100000 apiece.
the princes object being to do his
part in improving the standard of
live stock in the Dominion by in
Producing as much as possible thor
oughbred stock from the royal farms
and studs in the mother country.
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Nearly. four years have elapsed
since he last saw his ranch, before
all the improvements which he has
devised had been undertaken. Nat
urally, he is keen about revisiting
II and observing all it's new develops
ments, which. accordingrto his own
account, have converted it into a
concern that is, at any rate, already
paying it's way.
One of the difficulties with which
he and his manager. Charles Carlyle,
have had to contend has been to dis
courage gifts. Indeed, last year he
was obliged to issue notice to the
effect that deeply grateful as he is
to all those breeders of fine cattle,
prize pigs, sheep, horses. ponies.
jackasses and poultry and to the
societies In all parts OF the world