KING CARLOS.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2659, 12 May 1908, Page 2

KING CARLOS.

Of all foreign sovereigns, King Carlos of Portugal is probably the finest sportsman. In his younger days, when he was less burdened with regal flesh than now, he once got himself into a nasty scrape through his love of sport in every form. Some of his friends had been relating their exploits, and in a spirit of emulation King Carlos announced that he would play the. part of bullfighter, and that, contrary to the Portuguese custom, the animals horns should not be protected by pads. The King was to fight incognito, but the secret leaked out, and on the day appointed the theatre was packed to suffocation. When the King appeared the bull rushed at him, but at that moment the amateur fighter slipped and fell. A cry of horror rose from the audience, but an assistant succeeded in luring the bull away. King Carlos had hardly regained his feet, however, when the bull at once charged again. Without hesitation, his Majesty, made for the barrier. and he had just managed to scramble over it when the furious brute buried its horn in the woodwork.

King Carlos docs not boast of this little adventure, but his friends do not forget it.