The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-07

Il don't deserve it," said he; real sports
are not for Kings. They haven't time.
1t is true | have made many voyages by
sea, but ! nave never made one on q sailing
properly call yachting. When have
travelled by sea l have always used steam
because l had TO get somewhere on time
and not because | preferred it,
The King fell into a meditative silence
for a minute or two. The visitor coniec-
tured that he was thinking OF some memoir
able occurrences that marked his yachting
trips.
Ii was on his yacht Gaiola that as Prince
of Naples ne started on a mysterious cruise
in August, 1895, landing at Antivari, whence
he hurried . Cettinie . propose for the
Queen Of Italy. Again he was on a yacht,
the Yela (Montenegrin for Helena), on
july 20, 1900, when his father was murdered
at Mona by the anarchist Bresci.
The first news reached him by semaphore
signal of Cape Spartivento in the message
King very in.' Soon afterward 2 torpedo
boat picked UP his yacht with the full ira gic
story. 1t is said too hat he was cruising
when his second daughter was born n
in his haste to reach the Queen he jumped
into a stormy sea and swan 20 boat which
bad trouble in getting alongside his yacht.
The only sport l can enjoy 10 hunting
the King resumed.
There are many sorts OF hunting was
Yes, many sorts, but only one way-the
not by crushing your adversary in advance.
l have no use for planned battues.
What I like is TO follow the game through
forest and over mountain. overtake II II
you can and kill it ~singlehanded. My
ideal is hunting the wild goat, the ibex, over
a chance to save his life as you have to kill
him. and il you succeed II must be by hard
effort and skill.
by the way, do. you know that thirty
years ago the flock OF ibexes was run down
TO from forty to fifty head. but through
careful preserving they have multiplied
again to at least two thousand' So there
will be no hunting, you see. Tor the next
three months.
Even for a King7'
Naturally. Since the chase in closed to
Italians il is closed 70 me. The King must
be the first to respect the law"
The sun came out from behind n cloud
az the talk went on and Victor Emmanuel
stepped TO the window and looked out. He
smoke Of the beauty Of Rome and dwelt
do you know" said he. that IL you
wanted to settle here you'd find IL hard to
secure a dwelling9 The city has grown
crowded"
bardy-all Italy the same way. Industry
has spread its wings for a full flight. Italy
is in sound health morally n materially.
and gill grow"
Then the King talked Of the discoveries
OF ancient art that are being made daily.
He said they would be constantly on the in
crease.
Agricultural development is going on all
over the country" he remarked. and every
new field that is ploughed may prove to be a
mine Of antiquities.
"One Of my own best finds was an antique
head built in ages ago by some thrifty
farmer in a rubble~ boundary wall. Since I
dug it out from among the cobblestones I
have had a longing to tear down every old
wall in Italy"
The King said he had not had a photo
graph taken. except snapshots, since his
coronation seven years ago
I'm unpopular with the photographers."
said he. -but l haven't time.'
When told that the old one still resembled
him closely. he replied:
Thanks; but the uniform has been COM
pletely changed. We have got rid OF the
plumes that the foreign illustrated papers
still clap on my head. Our Italian uniforms
are now smart and military
A day or two after his long talk the
Frenchman read in the Roman papers the
statement hat anarchists had gone from
America to Italy to kill the King. That
same afternoon he met the King and Queen
driving through the streets OF Rome in an
open barouche without military or police
escort. bowling and smiling to the crowds
who saluted them IA they passed.