The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-19
ROOSEVELT PIG HUNT
HIS POLITICAL ENEMIES ARE IN
CLINED TO MAKE MERRY
OVER 1T
COL. CASTLEMAN IS A MYTH
New YOrlk's Governor Acusecd of
Furnishing the Interesting
Story of the Days Hunt
In Texas.
COL. CAsTLEMAN IS A MYTH

A few Sundays ago the G / o e print
ed an interesting story of Col. Roose-
velt's trip from New York to Texas for
one days sport shooting wild boar. AS
those who read it will admit 1t was
thrilling narrative, well written, now
some of the newspapers of the East say
the story was a, gold brick. Here is the
rough treatment 1t receives from the New
York Telegraph:
When got TO the little clearing where
L could see what was going on, 1 saw
Mr. Roosevelt standing there with his
back against scrubby live oak tree
pumping bullets from his revolevr into q
mammoth wild boar that was lunging at
him with his (the boar's) long tusks
Lying around the tree within a
radius of ten yards were four other large
javelines which Mr. Roosevelt had killed
before the old boar cornered him.
Who do you think wrote that? Why.
Roosevelt The attempt Of the governor
to exploit himself as a sure enough MINI
rod, and man who fears not to meet
the wild boar tusk to tusk has been de-
tected by comparing the literary style
of several stories which are going the
rounds OF the Republican newspapers
with that of the Life Of Cromwell,
which the rough rider perpetrated re-
Gently
1.-THE word picture quoted above. for
instance. when one places it side by side
with Roosevelts confessed account of
divers prowess in battle, shows con-
clusively that the boar hunting story
headed Col. Teddy as a Hunter" which
= or -
tiers as one of the many weird campaing
documents, could not have been written
by any other man than the man who took
Kettle Hill-after the regulars had chased
the Spaniards into the canes beyond.
THE bear story is credited to Col.
Tom d. Castleman, "a prominent Texas
ranchman, who is a mythical person.
or has been staked to stand for IT, Were
there any such Texan he would know
enough not to say one pumped bullets
from a revolver, as the word pump is
applied only to a repeating rifle of the
Winchester family, and never to a pis-
toll
''As matter Of fact everybody knows
the only true story of Roosevelt s
slaughtering of big game is that of his
shooting a gaunt grizzly which had been
in a trap for several days, and which
the colonel practIced upon from a safe
distance, a story the mere mention of
which causes the famous hunter to throw
fits of berserk rage.
Indeed, there is only one thing which
makes him more angry, and that is a
reference to the wordy war he had with
former Comptroller Fitch, who called
him down at a board meeting, and sug-
gested that II Roosevelt cared to resort
to the code he would be glad to name his
weapons, and see what could be done.
When the message was carried to Roose-
welt, who was then president of the po-
lice board he snorted with indignation
at the idea any man should talk so care
lessly of blood letting.
But to return to Roosevelt's account
of the wild hog slaughter in Texas, the
ranchman who is supposed to relate the
tale In an interview says land here Is
the Filipino in the woodpile) he has been
lifelong Democrat, but will surely vote
for the Republican ticket this fall solely
because Roosevelt is McKinley's running
mate. Col Castleman Chat is really
Col. RoosevelO adds that every. cowman
in Texas admires the man and will sup
port him at the polls.
isn't II ingenious? This crafty liter
ature is not only being distributed In
pamphlet form. but has been sent to
Republican editors throughout the coun-
try with orders to print 1t conspicu-
ously and give it commendatory editor
rial mention.
THE mythical ranchman is made to say
Roosevelt went all the way from. this
city to Texas for one single days carnage
among the javelInes, and after adven-
lures which challenge Munchausen for
variety and Ney for courage, did not
appear to show even a symptom Of fear
No mention IS made Of the coloneTs
natural fitness for a combat with the
tuskers, nor the inevitable effect Of his
displaying the teeth, which have not
their like among the jungle folk
In one Of the finest passages, Col
Roosevelt writes of himself Though Cas-
tleman is supposed to he speaking): !
met Roosevelt in New York, and he