The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-18

half drains of black in his cartridge for
duck and an ounce and one-eighth Of No.
shot on top Of the powder, he thinks is
about the correct thing. He shoots with
great deliberation, and usually let's a duck
get well up and away before he puts up
his gun. At least. this was what he did
IN Louisiana, for the birds being very
abundant and not frightened with being
much shot at gave him plenty of time
and all the leisure he wanted. He stands
iatgue We'll too, coming up sturdily each
evening, with no sign OF being tired and
Notwithstanding the heavy charges he
shoots, he has no sore shoulder next MORN
ing Ills sole preventive OF this, the bette
nolre or persons who have not shot for
some time, Is a thorough bath, rubbing
me gun shoulder"-the r!ght-hard, and
iaNlng 1t completely In cold, sailed water.
IN tnis way he escapes the usual tender
shoulder that Is the almost invariable con-
comitant of ten-bore duck gun and its
every sportsman can shoot well at All
sorts OF game. Mr.. Cleveland Is better
perhaps, at ducks than at any kind OF
game he has thus far attempted.
me president gets over ground in a way
Inat astonishes his guests and atten-
uahts' lie wears good solid, high-laced
SHOES, with heavy wide soles, and thick
wooden socks As the shooting season
IS usually in cool weather, this gear is not
uno9miortanle. In this way he can tramp
az day, and as he dips his feet into sea-
salt water when he changes his shoot
ing clothes on returning TO his quarters
at night, he never has the sore feet that
are the almost inVariable accompa niment
OF long tramp. TO man not used to
walking all day. He never drinks -spir-
us on these trips; II he takes any drink
besides water, IL is glass of bottled ale.
or "a little red wine at dinner. IL is cu-
rlous how these shooting trips reduce the
adlpose that accumulates In a sedentary
lie Il can take off pound day from
my weight on these trips" the Presi-
| dent SAID TO physician whom he knows,
ana not overeNercise in doing II, eth
or. i sleep we'll. and come back TO my
work as hard as nails
The President has long desired to go
down into the Suntlower river country
OF Mississippi and try bear hunting.
That region is the finest big-game Sec
ton of the south, and for some varieties
man who shoots game to sell, is utterly
unknown there, and would be tolerated
ABOUT twenty-tour hours. The planters
OF Missisalppl DO not preserve their deer
and other Wild game Tor men from Chi
eago and other places to shoot and sell.
With a JudiciOus system of game protec-
ton. the RESULT has been that there is
credited.
Col. John Bobo. a planter about 100
miles below Memphis. killed in one year
200 bears, besides panthers, deer, and
/ other beasts. When Senator Walthall told
| the President this story, and assured him
he was not drawing the long-bow Mr.
Cleveland said he must try TO have a hunt
In that favored region, and 1t is not inn
possible that he may take the outing this
winter. Col Bobo is not only the greatest
bear hunter in his state. but most agree
able man as well. He owns fine estate,
and lives handsomely In planter style.
There is but one difficulty attending a Wis
1t to him. You find IL almost impossible 20
get away. There Is 50 much OF interest
TO see, your host has the charm of the
southern planter and gentleman In know
ing how to make his guest feel at home,
and then, too, the hunting or the shooting
is so excellent that it very hard to say
goodbye, This Mississippi paradise of bird
and beast Is in the district represented in
congress by Thomas G. Catchings, SO he.
with Senator Walthall also mighty hum
ter, win probably be of the party should
the President hnd'it possible this winter
to go.
1t is as q fisherman, however. that Mr.
Cleveland is best known. He is equally at
home on the river side, the lake shore, or
out in a catboat on the salt sea. As far as
Is known. the President has not yet tried
the king of angling sports, salmon fishing.
But he can handle with equal skill the dell
icate light fly rod In taking trout, or the
heavier bass-nshing tackle, and the short
stff rod used by the deep-sea fishermen, or
tho trolling line with which the voracious
buefish is captured. OF the three sports
mentioned, Mr.. Cleveland prefers the fish
ing in open sea. lie can manage catboat
with the best OF the craft, and Is neversO
pleased as when he can stand in and out
three or four miles from land, where a
school Of bluefish are around him.
Then, too, he can handle the 2O0-yard
line so dear to the veteran OF the Cut
tyhunk Club, and beguile the great fifty
pound striped bass with the skill OF the
most cunning of his fellows. 1t is no
easy thing to drop the Well-baited hook
seventy-five or eighty feet away In the
boiling foam and make no splash in tho
doing, but the President accOmpushes
this with no more difficulty than he finds
in writing the veto Of an Objectionable
bill In truth. with his superb health
and physique, our President is the type
and model Of the best all-around Amer
lean sportsman. He has yet to try his
skill with the rife on the elk or mountain
sheep, but Gen. Miles will introduce him
to this kind Of American mountain sport
before his presidential term is ended. The
Americans love a manly man, and 1t may
for ex-President Harrison and the pres
ent chief magistrate can be found in the
love of both for sports in the forest and
field and by river and sea.