a __ ( an ARP A TT TT OT IT Nn LTT RL LTT antl | SY COURTESY OF C.AR (1) The Prince of Wales and the Duke of York at the Combe Hill Golf Club, where the Prince played a three- ball match with Sandy Herd the Club professional (2) The Prince of Wales Tour.~Some of the 15-in. guns of H. M. 8. "Renown" at practice at Bermuda. (3) The Wonder Dog.~--~From time immemorial some dogs have shown such marvellous ntelligence that they have dumbfounded humans, but a dog named "Taxie," which has been discovered by Geo, A. Allen, an old-time circus trainer, seems to be the last word in canine wonders,' Taxle understands the English language so well that he has attratted the attention of scientists, He does all kinds of tricks, and can learn any trick within fifteen minutes. Twice a week Taxie has his ngils manicured and his head massaged at the Vander- bilt Hotel, where his master lives. When he goes out it is in a taxicab, (4) Mr. Winston Churchill and Sir Hamar Greenwood, Chief Secretary for Ireland, leaving a special Cabinet meeting' at 10 Downing Street, London, (6) Prince and Princess Arthur of Connaught, with Earl of Macduff, at Waterloo Station, London, prior to their embarking for South Africa. (6) The funeral of the Lord Mayor of Tork passing through the streets of London. - = il TET 1 lH HBA! OTTO OTITIS . f TT ' AE a3 8Y COURTESY OF ERR iti OE CTT THT TAT TI TTT Ram, now on the Western Canada, Earl of Minto's Champion Oxford Earl's Ranch in : Xd ETI % N] : 3 or Ri d a -- 7 EE - THE PRINCE AS AN AGRICULTURIST Of the countless spots where beauty of surroundings combines with utility of situation which the Prince of Wales must have encoun- tered on his recently concluded tour of the British Dominions, one par- ticular sector would seem to have especially charmed him, and the heir of the British throne lost his heart not to a fair daughter of the Domin- . foms, but to a stretch of brown pra- irie An Southern Alberta's cattle country, a ranch flanked by creek and coulee, lying within shadow of the foothills, over which in the bleak winter the Chinook wind wafts its arm breath. The Prince left the rovince of Alberta the owner of the Beddington Ranch, adjoining the fam- ous Percheron Ranch of the Bar U, and committed to enter actively upon the pursuit of Canada's first indus- try. : ¢ There / is really nothing unusual about this, for the fact is well known that some of the happiest days the Prince spent in Canada were on the Alberta ranches, hobnobbing with the cowboys and riding on a broncho to the round-up. The most character- istic photographs of the Prince taken during' his tour Are those in western saddle astride a cow pony, Having acquired the ranch and added the title of rancher to his many distinctions, the Prince entered whole-heartedly into the project and before he went away from the south to continue on his way through the British Empire he made arrange- ments for the shipment of the best stock of England to the ranch. This was a step of tremendous importance to the agricultural industry of the Province and of the Aeginion. Though some of the dest animals procurable on the American contin- ent could have been secured locally, the stock raisers of the province were benefitted by the introduction of yet more regal animals, "Thoroughbred horses came, from the royal stud, Shorthorns from the King's fa¥m, Shropshire sheep from the Duke of Westminster's, estate, and rugged, hardy little ponies from the Devon moors, a type of animal previously upknown in Canada. = THroughout their travels all animals had the care and superintendence of a most ex- pert stockman in J. Carlyle, formerly Superintendent of Experimental Farms for the Alberta Government, now manager of the Bar. U Ranch of world-renowned Percherons. The Prince; through his manage- ment, lost no time in entering prom- inently into the livestock activities of Alberts, and a from Engldfid in the nick of time for rd of sheep arriving, the Calgary Fall Show went straight to an exhibition pen. Despite this handicap, one ram, a winner at Royal shows in England, carried off the all-round champlonship honors for the ram class, and then brought the highest revenue of the show with a purchase price of $225. Three ani- mals from the Prince's ranch sold for an aggregate of $563. The interest that the heir to the British throne is taking in stock- raising is-very gratifying to the peo- ple of Canada, and is a warm tribute to agriculture as the premier indus try of the Dominion. Agriculture in Cunada is a profession drawing its following from men in every walk of life, and from those who have sue cessfully followed a diversity of pro- fesslons before hearing the call of the land and visioning the prosperity to be gecured fn following it. The benefits to accrue from the establishe ment of a Royal ranch in Alberta's cattle land can be _presaged in the recent success at the western fair-- the appgarance of some of England's best thoroughbreds upon Western race tracks, the raising of cattle ana heep standards, and the institution in the west of a new breed of horses having many traits in common with the native cayuse, fast disappearing.