AN ATHLETIC KING.
Sport appeals, perhaps, more strongly to the average person of to-day than any other diversion, and in this connection Mr A. F. Pollard, in his 'Life of Henry VUL,' indulges in an interesting supposition as to wnat might happen rf another Henry VHI. came to the throne. He says: "In archery, in wrestling, in joust* and in tourney, as well as in the tennis court or on the hunting field, Henry VOL wag a match for the psst in big kingdom. None could draw a bow, tame a sWd, or shiver a lance ipore deftly than he. are no raere trifles below w dignity pf history; they he|p to explain the exjtrar ordinary hojd Henry obtained over popular imagination. Suppose there amended tho throne a young prince, the hero pf the athletic world) the finest oar, the best bat, the crack marksman of his day, it is easy to imagine the enthusiastic support he would receive from thousands of his people who care much for sport and nothing at ajl for politics. Suppose also that that prince were endowed yr\\h the iron will, $© instinctive insight into the hearts of his people, the profound aptitude for government that Henry VIII. displayed, he would be a rash man who would guarantee even now the integrity of parliamentary' j*>wer-or the continuance of Cabinet rak. w
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Evening Star, Issue 11830, 9 March 1903, Page 4
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225AN ATHLETIC KING. Evening Star, Issue 11830, 9 March 1903, Page 4
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