, 1875-10-10
THE SPORT OF A KING.
Extraordinary sing Flunt by Order OF
the EaYarian Mouarch-kkoYll.y
As11 SauSuYeK.

MUNICH, Aug. 14.-His Majesty Ring Louis II
OF Bavaria is earning genuine immortality by h,,
! eccentEicitles. He is neither statesman nor war
| rior, nor are his dominious, even had they moi
] been reduced to q Eort Of Tassalage under tht
| newly reconstructed Empire, large enough te
! make him of any consequence in the world
| Still ho occupies large share OF public atten.
tion. Sometimes he suddenly absents himBeli
from the palace, aud his Ministers arc left in
| utter ignorsrcc OF his whereabouts. Whiio seol.
itary and alone" he wanders about the crags Of
bis mountains, or plays the recluse in soma
| abandoned old castle. When the tit strikes him,
J he orders au opera or drama to be performed
before him as sole spectator, and within a
week past he arrived at the Royal theatre just az
| the performance closed. and the public we're
| leaving. Nevertheless he entered the Royal boz,
and sent word to the actora to play the whole
four-act comedy over again, not 3 person being
allowed to remain in the audience part OF the
nouee except the King and his few attendants.
As be pays we'll on such occasions, his whln1s
are cheerfully g1atifed. Lately he has taken to
study the life and times OF Louis XIV. the
/ "Grand Monarque" Of France, who died in
IT'S, after havip, reignsd Tor seyentY-two years.
This WAS undoubtedly the ablest, but also the
most absolute aud dissolute Of all the Cape
tan Kings Of France vet so much has the Ba-
varian King fallen in lore with him that some
months ago one OF the Kings country residences
WAS transformed into miniature imitation OF 8
palace Of the great French King Of q hundred
made in Paris. modelled after the originals, as
we're also the dresses for the King and all the
Royal servants, the carriages, the harnesses, sad
dies, oven the table china was specially ordered
were ia force under the French King have been
adopted; the French language alone is spoken
on such occasions, and when thus attired and
surrounded, King Lonis Of Bavaria actually be-
1ie7es himself to be the great and puiasant King
Louis Of France. About two months ago he had
-nhI irtf 1,1a
sake, and was reading one OF the exciting stag
hunts that had been arranged for Louis NV. ia
the forest OF Vincenues. He resolved at once
that he must have q stag hunt also, and gave
necessary orders TO the master Of the horse.
This chasing the deer with hounds came OF three
days ago at his French1fed palace Of Hohen-
schwangan, and it was the most 1udcrona event
living nnn has yet set eyes on. OF course it was
to be at night, wish torches, the King to witness
it in state from the large balcony OF the palace,
and tho deer, with tho hunters, tho hounds and
the torch-boarers, were all to pass in front OF
him. But here was the trouble. The officer in
charge Of the arrangements Knew that It there
was real live dear in the case the animal
would choose hia own course to escape from the
hounds, and might speed away in IN opposite
direction from where it Was wanted to go. An
idea struck him, and he buried of to Munich to
an ingenious mechanlcian to whom he confded
Lis difficulty. The artisan promised to construct
IN artificial deer, to be set running like lighten-
when once sek in motion. This secured, pack
Of bloode0 hounds was bought in England and
brought here. AtrAck was cleared TOR them,
running on abee-line from one end OF the park to
the other, passing in front OF the Royal balcony.
The mechanical deer WAS completed in time coy-
cred with fresh deerskin and tho force OF the
mechanism tried, being found to work admirably
The officers Were dellghted when another diff
culty eeomed to mar their SUCCESS. The artif-
cial deer gave out no scent and the hounds would
not follow it. One OF the chamberlains at Inst
worked ont plan. "Weu keep tho hounds On
meagre dict few days before the performance,
he said, .'then al hour bsfore the start we'll
give them slight taste Of smoked sausage; on
the deer we'll hang string OF these sausages,
aud then you'll see the dogs run afser the
sausages ike devils.' And thus it was done.
At tho appointed hour the King sat in state Oh
his throne erected on the balcony, surrounded
by his Court oil clad in silks and satns after the
fashions OF Louis XIV On came the deer. the
hunters, the hounds the torch-bearers, shout
ing, yelling. be1io1inS barking. Just in front
OF his Majesty two OF the foremost hounds had
reached the deer, and plunged upon tho
eausagos. The jump of the dogs upset the me-
cllanical deer. and the contrivance lay upon tho
ground, striking out fur1ously With its legs in
tho air. Yet the hounds gave it no heed. as
they should ln regular stag hunt. but fell to
fighting among themselves for the possession Of
the sausagcs. The King. left in disgust and
shut himself up in the mountains, while the
burgers OF Munich are laughing over the mon
archs remarkable hunting experience.