Duchesne Courier | 1930-10-10 | Page 4 | Warrior and Athlete

Warrior and Athleto Babar the magnificent warring oriental ori-ental monarch of the Fifteenth century, cen-tury, was apparently tireless, and as proud of his skill as an athlete as of his ability as a general, says an article ar-ticle in the Boston Globe. Once, for the fun of It, he swam the Ganges, performing per-forming this stunt, as he explains in his memoirs, "In 33 strokes." At another an-other time he ran around the battlements battle-ments of a fortress with a man under each arm, leaping the embrasures. But these feats, added to his endless campaigns, weakened him, and he died suddenly at the age of forty-eight, leaving his new empire to a son whose ability was less conspicuous.