Later Life
Mick spent the next two years at stud in Norfolk, although was a special guest at the opening of Catford Stadium on 30 July 1932. He appeared with Flanagan and Allen in the 1934 movie The Wild Boy. Although the Evening News predicted that it would be the "one of the most popular British films of the year", no box office records were kept and the only known copy is in the possession of the British Film Institute. It was reported as being badly received by critics and ran massively over budget.
Mick died on 6 May 1939, a few weeks short of his thirteenth birthday, having amassed around £20,000 in stud fees, from appearances in films, and in prize money. After his death he was stuffed and given by his last owner, A.H. Kempton, to the Natural History Museum in London; he has since been moved to the Natural History Museum at Tring in Hertfordshire where he is still on public view. He stands in cabinet 58 of the household dogs section at the museum in an airtight case filled with an insecticide called Vapona in order to prevent any damage by insects.
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