FROM KARLSRUHE TO THE HAGUE ON HORSEBACK, 1889. Lieutenant Harry von Bohlen Halbach, of the Life Dragoon Regiment of the Grand Duke of Baden (third son of the Baron von Bohlen Halbach, Grand Seneschal to H.R.H. the Grand Duke of Baden), lately rode a mare from Karlsruhe to the Hague, a distance of about 650 kilometres, in seven and a-quarter days, including a day's rest on the road. Lieutenant von Bohlen Halbach left Karlsruhe on Tuesday morning, May 28th, at five o'clock. He rested from eleven till two in Speyer, and slept at Worms. He had been ten and a half hours on horseback, and had ridden 95 kilometres on his first day. On the 29th he left at 4.30 a.m., rested three hours, arrived at St. Goar six p.m., 10.5 hours in saddle. Distance, 110 kilometres. 30th May. Left at five a.m., rested three hours, arrived in Obercassel, near Bonn, at seven p.m. Twelve hours in saddle. Distance 95 kilometres. 31st May. Rested at Obercassel. June 1. Left five a.m., rested on road three hours, arrived Crefeld six p.m., 10 hours in saddle. 100 kilometres. June 2. Left five p.m., rest two hours. arrived at six p.m. in Nymwegen, nine hours in the saddle. 95 kilometres. June 3. Left Nymwegen six a.m., arrived at Dordrecht seven p.m., eleven hours in saddle. 100 kilometres. June 4. Left six a.m., arrived in the Hague eleven a.m., five hours in saddle, 30 kilometeres. Reimagined by Gibon. Classic art with a modern twist.

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