1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

Of these sections, the Accommodation Bureau began its labours inthe spring of 1911, by making agreements respecting rooms and boardwith a number of large hotels in Stockholm.The Stabling Bureau commenced operations at the beginning of 1912.An application to the King-in Council resulted in horses from abroadthat were to take part in the Olympic Games, being allowed to enterSweden without staying in quarantine. The condition was attached,however, that the horses from abroad should be brought into aslittle contact as possible with Swedish mounts. It therefore becamenecessary to procure special stables for the horses in question, and,permission being obtained of the military authorities to fit up the socallednorth Summer Stables of the Svea Artillery Regiments for thehorses from abroad, the building was provided with boxes, accommodationfor the grooms, etc.The Travelling Bureau. Representatives were appointed at Gothenburg,Malmö, Trelleborg and Stockholm, and special instructions issuedto them, according to which they had to render assistance to competitors,of whose arrival (with or without horses), at the various ports,information had been sent by the Committee. Special instructionswere also issued for the transport of the horses, and for the journeyof the competitors, to and from the Games, all of which will be foundon pp. 613—615.Guides were appointed by the Reception Committee, each foreignnation being assigned one of the number, whose duty it was to keepthe competitors entrusted to his charge informed of the time andplace of the competitions, entertainments, etc., during the whole periodof their stay in Stockholm. The guides had also to see that thehotels satisfactorily carried out the engagements they had undertaken.During the Games, the guides assembled daily in order to receivetheir instructions, etc. The guides had also to be fully acquaintedwith all the rules and regulations and the programme of the competitions,so as to be able to supply the guests with the informationthey might desire.The Executive Committee also published a Memorandum forthe Horse Riding competitions, together with a P. M. for the competitors,the little book being distributed by the guides to all the foreignerstaking part in the Horse Riding competitions. Its contents aregiven on pp. 612—613.During the spring of 1912 it proved necessary for the Committeeto hire special offices, and with the kind help of H. R. H. PrinceCarl, President of the Red Cross Society, large central offices wereobtained at the premises of the Society, 4 Karlavägen.CHALLENGE PRIZES.During the course of the Olympic Games in London, Count GézaAndrássy had presented a challenge prize for the Horse Riding Competitions,but as none were held in 1908, the prize was placed in thehands of the Committee for the Horse Riding Competitions of the579