Thousands of goat-skin-coated, wool-embroidered peasants danced and ate roast oxen to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Greater Rumania. The long festival ended last week. As a crowning touch, seven-year-old King Mihai was gravely elected President of the National Jockey Club.
Accepting his election with reciprocal gravity, King Mihai at once ordered the club to organize Shetland pony races this season in which His Majesty's own shaggy-legged favorite, Black Beauty, could be entered.
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