The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-07-31

Uap Uthcr Presidents Have spent Their
Holtaay--Hr. Mchiaies Most Re-em-
br- lincoln in Ides- to Recreation,
PEE. Iert Mckinley g. taking his vaca-
4 sections this summer. but for,u-
r.. .. able ro manage Uncle sam
... chinese difficulty from H.s
. cottage home iu Canton a enes-
... az .. be- were .u she White House.
direct communication by ie,e-
-... .... a. the officers Of his CaDinr'.
.... fY converse with Mr. Hay CT
a. ... Secretaries Of Wan and the Navy
Cd. 10 r.ey were close al hand,
.... ....f counsel and issuing his
-.-..EE.U Instruments 30 The
-.. Bod. g touch with all parts a.
... .....-I world.
-....... L.E Mckinley has 90 WO-k
-..-. .... ---a while ou vacation, bug
... those men 90 whom toll b.
.... .. Be- has remarkably .gW
.... BE enjoys his friends and
likes. .... ..Ldr. Whlle occasionally he
... .. ... ...4t.r. but 30 other form of
........... seems 90 appeal 20 him
......... .ll he cares nothing az all
..... .. aa. kind. Ia This last respe.t
....a notable exception among our Pres
.....- most 10 whom have been ardent
81. .m-.. hunting, fishing OF riding.
when Cleveland Lost Himself.
Ordinarily 'H- President while on yaca-.
'r -..- communication with the
r... House AMI with the departments al
.....re.ua lut sir. Cleveland used 10 20
.... .,.sg .JW and then Tor d week dur
..as... De- could not be- reached by mai
.r a-.. though Hc might have been hunt
.... .r 900 emergency by displtch-buaJ
. search party. He loved. beyond all
-r.- .. Jose himself n the great Chesd-
pax. I.. which has been called the
.u-a .ruual game preserve" because 0f
... ..IH,-s which many Of our Chi,i
.......r- have had for seeking recrra-
-. ..-r- DOB The pursuit OF cauyasback
t- -n.rs. and other game, as well as
f.. Hr 'Iryolpnd's f1yOrite amusement
a. H..E hunting. and more than once he
frE leisure Tor a spell Of waterfowl
.....rg with hie friend. Joe jefferson. ON
u.a.-. Island, o piece Of real estate br
...e rp tine famous actor. which is tee
.-.r.r of am extinct volcano, much fire.
,...'.d hy birds
.'aIA AAHi 7 i7'il N'iT I'M. y ~
SPORTSMAN and d good shot notWithstauI g.
his unfortunate adventure with d
-F.rrlu5 pig. which hr mistook for a
I..1on and killed. He offered 10 pay for
-.- Unfortunate animal. but the negro
a.1 owned 10 declined 10 receive com
I..-.tiou, considering it a sufficient honor
'a' his porker should have been a target
t.r Presidential shot
KINGS and t1ng4rg ire ont IN frg,r.1 ~
'.us.rIy white on vacation but there is
.. GuWTitten law which forbids the Presi
dent OF the United States 10 90 out Of the
..Hr,Ty-that is 10 say. beyond the terri
.Hrial borders or pas' the three-miie limit
90 sea. on one occasion when Mr. Ar
i.lr breaktastel on board OF a British
Man-oi-War question was raised as 10 the
propriety Of his doing so, inasmUch a. she
vessel was lawfully part Of foreign SOIL.
-" was by nature a syhdTite and made
every EFFORT 20 mitigate The cares OF his
great office. on one occasion escaping to
'ar Adirondacks and cutting of an con-
1."riDn between himself and civilization
,ar a fortnight.
Arthur Fond Of Fishing.
Mr. Arthur was passionatelv fond Of
fishing, and used often 10 say that ne
.u.sr in any other amusement Each
grfr while he was in The White House he
",U, on a fishing tour and during that
period he became affiliated with several
clubs on the Chesapeake. One summer
De- and Phil Sheridan, who was a great
r-aly of his, went out To the Yellowstone
Park and camped there, hunting and FISH
ing for bass and trout. \ Louisville fish
.as club gave him beautiful rod with a
silver zee, engraved with Izaak Walton
words about his love for good fishermen
ass Cd gentle. kindly race. Il may be said
indeed mat Arthur was foremost of the
fishing Presidents.
Garfield was no fisherman but was fond
a. baseball, played the game himself. and
".- frequently seen 7at the ball grounds
n Washington when the local team was
n'trd against some visiting nine. lie en-
iH.ei billiards, and at pin-pool was quite
a expert playing the latter for small
stakes During his administration the
hUari-room az the White House was
renovated by his order. and he and his
'r.r.f- spent many a Jolly evening in il.
Rutherford b. Hayes was a capital wing
shot, hut during his term in the White
House Doe found no opportunity for in
aa.-u- iu This amusement. For a num-
hrr of years before he was made Presi-
d.rf Do was accustomed in the autumn 10
wish certain favCrite hunting grounds,
-... .- those near Sandusky Bay, or else
... ST. Clair flats. Now and then he
would go 90 the so-caled Black Swamp
>.. ."'7'''" On" III pursuit 81 ueei'
'.lh' "'S 'h' 'rS- ITeSluehl 10
..r bis abode in summer 10 a sea-
-.'~ '.'"E hi'",n ptl"E 'he Pilro
.' "'S '''- "'d'"eI ou''iis'' 10 -
..'.. ''""-'i'eh' was uTiNlhs' ana ne
t.t .',"'L- 'h the WoIlo 80 Hlucn as
'.' i-n''H7 n'hlHd par Oh 'hT
Also -' Wake" Sood "e'I, anu
1000 evenings "r frequently played bods-
VIVA "i- army '"AmS- HIS iohdhesa
' good cigar became prOYerolal' ana