Evening star., 1936-11-09
Travelling Around in Europe =
Joe Sees King Edwards Coronation Coach But It's the Horses
That Mean Most
mo. 10 of a SerteS.)
BY /. WILLIAM HILL,
staf Correspondent OF The Star.

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STAFF Correspondent OF The Star.
r ONDON.-Joe was about IT or
18, slight of build, with unruiy
brown hair and q ruddy face.
- Ordinarily, you wouldn't have
even noticed him. He was that much
like so many other people.
But, as he signed the register at
the Buckingham; Palace royal news,
there was a gleam in his brown eyes
| that made you wonder. Then sud-
denly you realized he was different
from the other persons around you.
Joe was English and full of enthusi-
asm. The others looked bored and
definitely tourist. The contrast made
Joe striking. You wanted to know
Just what he was doing there.
A Bobby's Suggestion.
1t was only by chance that we
knew you could write in to the Buck
ingham Palace royal news, inclosing
a self-addressed envelope, and get
permission to visit the news on a
Wednesday or Saturday afternoon.
We had been standing in Clapham
Common, watching one of the most
popular open-air diversions-chess
playing-when we happened to begin
talking to bobby We told him what
we'd seen, and asked for some sug-
gestions. He proposed the royal news.
News.
This news is the royal stable and
coach house, built on a courtyard di-
rectly to the rear of Buckingham
Palace. Originally, a news was the
inclosure in which molting hawks
were kept, back before the hawk gave
way to the flintlock as the most
sportsmanlike way to hunt birds. 1t
was in the early part of the seven
teenth century that the mark OF
sporting gentleman ceased to be a
hawk perched on ones hand. and
became a fowling piece inlaid with
gold and silver. Something had to
be done with the news, so it kept its
name and turned into stable. To-
day the royal news is show place,
where grooms proudly display the
finest saddlery in the world to foreign
visitors in parties.
Guides Like Enthusiasm.
AS the party started out Joe was
! right beside the groom. The latter
wore a black uniform that was a
combination Of riding clothes and
full dress, touched of with high
silk hat with q small whiskbroomlike
decoration on the left side.
1t was apparent at once that the
groom was going to direct most OF
| his conversation to Joe. It Is an
effect that apparent enthusiasm has
on guides.
That is the horse Of the Duke
of Kent-Lady Loch," said the groom
leading the way into a stable as
clean as any dining room table. And
that is Marchioness-the mount Of
the Duke of Gloucester"
Joe stared long and wide-eyed at
the two animals. There was that ad-
mira ton in his expression that is
almost akin to love. He petted one
Of the horses on the nose. and Lady
Loeb gently nuzzled his hand.
A little further on the groom
pointed to a small bay, standing pa
tiently in stall.
The Riderless Horse.
THAT is Brownie" he said, "the
smallest horse in the news. Brownie
was the favorite charger Of the late
King George. Since his majesty's
death no one is allowed to ride
Brownie except the groom who exer-
cises him for short period each
day."
Joe eyed the lonely looking little
horse.
But what will happen to him?" Joe
| asked.
Very soon he will be taken out to
Sandringham Palace, where he will
spend the rest of his days"