The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
Prince i'm Role CT a Bull Fighter.

Dom Luiz Philippe, Duke of Bragan-
"a and Crown Prince OF Portugal. wao
has turned eighteen. made his lfrs.
appearance in the bull ring as a bull
bull fighter ten days ago at yid:eaI.
The bull fight had been organize ty
King Carlos in honor of the visit of
his mother-in-law, the widowed Coda-
tess OF Paris, and Of his sis
ter-in-law, Prin Ass Louise of Dreams.
The fight was in full swing when sud-
denly, the Jung prince unexnectedlv
appeared in the arena il the role eff a
picadoT. Instead CT being ~raounfe on
the sorry backs usually used for this
purpose, he was superbly horsed. and
with consumma:e skill managed 10
cyade charges OF the bull, the hours OF
which on n occasion grazed his iegs.
Finally, after a most exciting contest
Of fifteen minutes, he alighted from
his horse, and, exchanging his lance
for Il sword, killed the bull with q /
gle stroke OF his rapier deIiye. ID at the
right SPIT, wlen it fia@hed past mir af-
ter he had stepped aside to avoid re-
ceiying the full force of the charge Of
the animal.
Dom Luis own father, who was a
delighted and enthusiastic witness OF
the spectacle, could not have lone her-
ter. Before he became so enormously
fat, King Carlos was renowned for his
proves in the bull ring. He is the.
only monarch who has ever achieved
distinction in that particular branch
of sport of the Latln races. Until about
+or v-oorC ouo ho bod Driy,a+1 l-,1I -:~
of his own near Lisbon, and there in
the presence Of members of his family
and of his court, of army officers and
Of personal friends. he was wont To
give exhibitions of his skill as an es-
pada, as a picado", as a banderilero and
as a puntlIlerO.
Still more enthusiastic, however, was
the young princes grandmother, the
widowed Countess de Paris, who, ACE ct
in all sorts OF masculine sports, is cred
tied with having herself figured in the
bull ring OF her superb country place
in Spain, near Seville.
King Carlos, with the two queens,
one of them his wife and the other mis-
mother, and the entire royal family,
will take part, at the end OF this week
in a curious and ancient ceremony at
Coimbra, which has been celebrated
each year in August for six centuries.
It consists of the solemn removal OF
the body of the canonized Queen Isa-
bella, who died in 124G, from the Con-
vent of Santa Clara to h Church OF
Santa Cruz, Wnere it lies for a few
days exposed to the alteration of the
faithful, and is then taken back with
equal pomp and ceremony to her tomb
in the convent. Of course, the Holy
Queen, is a drled-up and mummlfied
skeleton, treasured piOusly in a silver
shrine all the year round, but on The
anniversary of ner death she is con-l
veyed in procession to the Church o1
Santa Cruz. King Carlos, with his sons
and his brother following, bareheaded,
and on foot, Immediately after the rel
mains. while the two Queens wait uni
der an awning erected close to the
bridge that spans the River MondeSo.
falling on their knees in devout wor-
ship when the cOrtege passes by Last
wear Queen Marie Anelie expressed al
wish to see the face of her sacred pre-
dcessor on the throne to gratl1y
her desire the folds of b silken wlnI-i
sheet were opened. thus permitting
not only the two queens, but also the
king as we'll, to have a peep at the
grisly and sunken features OF his can
.nized Observation-Disclosures de FoIie-
nov in Washington Post.