again, Boris

Last week King Boris of Bulgaria, consistently well press agented* monarch, performed an act of heroism. Motoring regally along the road which connects Sumen and Kaspican (Bulgaria) he saw a runaway team approaching, shouted to his chauffeur to stop.

Neither the chauffeur nor horses slackened speed sufficiently to suit King Boris. He leaped to the running board of his car, leaped for the bridle of one of the horses as it dashed past, hung on until the team halted, and "probably saved the lives of several children who were riding in the wagon."

*A fortnight ago Boris was reported the near victim of typhus bacilii interlarded by "a suspicious cook" in his dessert. Last April he returned the fire of assassins who intercepted his car near Sofia. Last December he made a "courting tour of Europe, in search of a bride." TIME chronicled these events (Sept. 14 and April 27, 1925 ; Dec. 29, 1924).