Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-10

On hunting trip just before his in
auguration as vice president Col.
| Roosevelt killed twelve mounte.n
lions, four of them at such close quar-
tiers that he put an end to them with
his hunting knife.
Col. Roosevelt has hunted the Adj
rondacks until he knows every foot
of the game region. During his Short
term as governor he used often to slip
| away for few days hunting.
AS a wrestler and boxer, Roose-
welt is also famous. He hired NJ. J.
Dwyer, professional fighter, to stay
at Albany and put him through
course of training every day. The
billiard room on the top floor of the
New York executive mansion was fit
ted up as gymnasium, and here
the governor spent about two hours
day wrestling, bag punching and box
ing.
Roosevelt likes nothing better than
a gallop on a wild day along the Long
Island shore with the wind dashing
the rain and spray over his bronzed
face.
While he was police commissioner
of New York he let it be known that
he would never interfere with a legiti-
mate boxing contest. He witnessed
the Maher Choynski fight and after
the bout was over peremptorily for
babe arrests,
1T was one of the best contests l
ever Witnessed he said. What |
like to see is two evenly matched men.
There can be no possible harm in such
an exhibition. In my opinion it is
much better for a man tC know how
to protect himself with his fists than
to be forced to resort to firearms, !
knives or clubs
Gov. Roosevelt signed the bill |
which put an end to prize-fghting in
New York. He has consistently OF
posed fights for money. He is, how
ever, an enthusiastic admirer of JEFF |
fries, whom he calls a great man and !
an honest fighter.
Glad He Was Elected.
Late in the night of the day that |
Col. Roosevelt was elected vice presi-
dent two newspaper men rode out to |
his house at Oyster Bay to take the
news to him. He had had all the tel
ephones taken out of his house and |
was in ignorance of the elections re-
suit.
well, I'm glad, I'm glad" he said as
he marched delightedly up and down
the room, his hands working convul-
sively under the abbreviated tails of |
his short coat. Then he turned, his
eyes beaming through his thick, gold
bowed glasses.
What was the score in the football
gamer" he asked.
When he was assistant secretary of
he navy at Washington he used to
play football by the hour with Gen.
Leonard Wood, now governor general
IF Cuba. Both wore sweaters and
went at the sport like lively school
ooys
Knowing all sports, Roosevelt met
Ill antagonists on their own ground.
With Senator Lodge he took long
,ross-country walks. With ex-Secre-
AIRY of State Olney he used to play
ennis two hours day.
Golf is the one sport to which he
las never taken with any great relish
He has had long standing agreement,
however, with Secretary Of War Root
% play a matched game, Mr.. Root to
90 on big hunt in the Rocky noun
aims in case Roosevelt defeats him.
Fighting, always fighting in one
,orm or another, has been the record
If the strenuous president. And yet
his stirring, warning man can be as
gentle as a woman, as every rough
'ider in his regiment knows. At San
Juan he went among the wounded,
strengthening hard blanket here, fill
ng a canteen there, and giving the
injured men little sips from the
whisky flask he carried.