The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-18

and Went swimming ~ tAS rotSHnae
Bsk orths Executive aIaRslon.
Every President since the time OF
Washlngton says tho Washington Post,
h6d SOME particular pet omlpse-
mint 6nd Che old Stagtra afe 'Fans'er-
a. what air. Mckinley win Jevclope
n this IlnA. Men who know HIM we'll
diIinF MS coRgrcG solnal terms cantOt
elu anY cun-l0vlug proelivltT exhibit
tea 81 che mon who Is now President.
Ir. MeIsIalay i not knoEn as hum
tef. d d hefmah, Q card player, OH
iiffd rool lover, d horseback rider, Q
IA blGVll8t OF Q society man, He
~ a steady reader and regular smoker
fitft those are such ordinary alause-
in&nts that they vii not entlele him 70
rank With his more active predecessors
10 Is something Of walker, but, IKE
everything else. be indnlges thIs WIEN
moderation. Il he walked SWentg, OF
3 even ten, mllsA q day no would go down
IN history NS q pedestrian President,
hut D bout three miles 10 his average,
One ot the regulars IN the arlington
said: .WAit until he gets Into the PrH3sie
dental stride here. Il13t walt until the
mighty horde Of busybOdles ofall kinds
ut lfteF him, day after day, and Night
after night He Is Gmlable. kindly man,
aHd these traits will be his biggest enc
Z mlea h Wall Sry the hereGulsan tlSS
Of 6eailG. pleasant to Al baNdl, ana thts
iu6nssibllity win drive him to the pitch
or desperation. Then he will look
around for some means 70 relieve the
ON Ilfs on bis nina and he viii hlnd
Z ldne amusement. and this amusement
m carry hIEa sway from the scens OF
W0rrieS Nr, Cleveland vas tcVer
much OF spOrtsmNn until he became
PreSidsIl. Then 20 set little mental
relief lle took TO hshlng and then 70
shonainR Be found these sports 2
Sniei1(lid foIl 10 the worries OF ONCE. and
/ viii wager something that inside OF
SIX months Mr. Mckinley will adopt
some form Of open-Alr amusement.
q. ". Followed the Hounds.
AZ every Ona knows George Washing
.ton was great sportsman. HIS great
Ell pleasure was In following the
hounds, mounted on tIP-top hunter.
He was an athlete In his youth and his
love u OtIt-d0og life continued 10 the
d6y OF his death. When he was PreAi-
Z dent his chief diversion Was horseback
riding. He was fond OF dancing. too
aud regularly attended the assemblies
Z inthe hong room in the CitY. Tavern at
Alexandria.
Thomas JeRerVon sought relief from
the cares OF the state IN his love for
music. He vas clever performer on
thc violin and .Whlled many hours SAW
ing. RWay on his beloved hddie. He had
4 taste for mechanical inventions, too,
and some Of his hnppiest moments were
those spent IN trying to evolve some Ia
Hfkssn L
tribute any startling success to him In
this line, but "a mis- mechanical knowl-
etlEe Wa the means Of creating q Pat
eRt once II was productive OF some
good
President Tyler had . deep and abid.
Ing love for the good American game OF
poker Surrounded by u few chums ne
spent many pleasant evenings drawing
10 bOhiniI flnSheS, filling against four
ffE on ducss, bucIGinG ante. The stakes
were invariably small but history says
that he WIS > bad lOSeT
Caused EIIm EmbaraSEmSnt.
Nj. Tyler was great swimmer and
hls fancy In this direction once caused
} him come worry and considerable em-
barFassment. The historian Of this In
j eldent says that at this time the whole
city was annoyed by a notorious
wonsln named Ann Royal. who edited
an Offensive paper called Paul Pry.
oDe bilmY day when Ar. Tyler was
walking aiOne DE banks Of the Poto-
Fl1e tie suItEy weather tempted him to
take q swim. Small boy fashion lie un.
dressed on the river bank and Jumped
into The water, clad "a Adam.
But when he wAS about to eSnaIBe he
SaW a.lady alttlng on bis clothes. u
was Ann Royal, and she told him she
Intended to SIT there until he wonM
consent TO be interviewed. standing
In the water up TO his neck he threat
eled multitude OF disasters, hut Ann
80 on. Then he became chilled. and
finally had to give In. He gave the In
terView, Ann departed. and the Prest.
dent Of the United States was allowed
to dress IN peace.
Jack, On'S Game Cocks
Andrea Jackson had a form of
amusemAnt which 1t would rot be wise
for President Mckinley to adopt. Old
! Hickory was passlonately fond Of cock
lighting, and when he lett the Hermit
10 Ia run the nation at Washington
he bronEht with fItU two OF his finest
fiEhtlng cocks These ne matched
RSalnst the ganlest ROSTERS In the sur
rounding country. but the Tennessee
aftIcle made but feeble showing
agalnt the Virginia breed. President
IS6kson brought ON several other pairs,
liut his birds invariably. met defeat,
and IN this respect he said that his Ad-
rIilulstratIon was a lamentable failure
President ". L. Harrison was MOI
much OF an epicure, but he had Q great
fancy for doing the marketing for the
family. Every morning nc would
ffudge TO the market place with has
ket on tis arm and return an holT
later carrying forty or fifty pounds OF
produce.
Gen. Grant was fond OF fast driving.
ana he had some notable trottcrB In his
stable during bis two terms. In the
evening Be would play Boston with
t0tne OF his army CHUNG He cared
little for riding, and ne was rarely seen
on horseback In Washington.
wide Riended Gilt Borders lOc atChew's.