The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-02
GROVER CLEVELAND
IND HIS YACHT
Fishing Doesn't Take Up All
His Time Now.
AFTER HIS FRIEND JOE
He Sails the Briny Leaf and
Enjoys Il.

New York. Nov. The New York
/ World SAYS.
| At tbs Sve OF slxts-five Grover Cleve-
I land. former President. has become q
yachtSman.
Clad in white canvas with = yachuaS
! cap - the most approved design upon
RS - ssive head. he spent uost of his
summer vacation al Gray Gables upoa
the deck Of his dainty sioop yacht. ia
Ruth. named sitter one OF his pretty
little daughters
What may have turned the attention q
the statesmau-dshersnan 20 yachting -
70 The uninitiated matter 81 guess
work. ePrhaps = was The influence g
countless trips upon the Oneida. the su-
perb steam Yacht ~ his OLD friend. Come
modo-e Z. {. Benedict. perhaps the ex-
President was ernuiouS IN HIS old axe q
the versatility Of his other chum. Joseph
rip Van Wrinkle" Richardson. who acts
and paints and gardens and fishes and -
at the head % hts class IN AL four ac-
ccmphshments. perhaps ar. Cleveland
realizes that the more salt air he oreataes
into his nostr4is che sooner he VII re-
gain the health which Of late has shown
some inclination 70 desert him perma-
neHtly. or perhaps. AZ some wag hss
said he is in training for a new try az
the ship OF tate.
However this nav be. the sisht Of
clean-cus thirty -footer. sioop rig. cieav-
ing its WAY through the water with al
SAT- on aud a big man with iron-gray
hair sitting aft With his hand upon ths
tiller has become a familiar one 90 most
OF the cruisers Ia BuxEnrd's Bay.
II must rot Cd thought however. that
because Air cleveland has become :.
yachtsmau he has for-g n the deiishts
OF Ashine. he has managed more OF less
20 combine the two fade-the old With
the new-and ne s;al shows that keen
appreciation OF piscstorisI ethics Whlca
led him 70 say some time ago that thsre
wss ga the makeup - - fisherman ihs
ability 20 surpass the tale % Jonah end
the WI ale.
Frequently during hts vacation he had
his XII packetd ard. with a supply Il
provisions. sailed out Of the iniet with
hts crew OF two tars. aad was gone for
several DAYS The rowboot was tralied
I in the wake Of the rioop gave sure IN
clcation thar he would fish az well as
]
bass and other deep-ssa ash fhat be
brough; back 20 Gray Cables testified
/ that his skii with the rod the leader
and trolling line e1s rot diminished. ~
II reported that during one - his fraE
curises Dr. bad narro.e escape ir ons
n the sudden squalls that pass over Bug
zard's Bay uhiic attempting 20 rourd
wareboas Rock: bat +, there Was dsn-
ger Mr Cleveland DID not speak - 81.
ONE ~ The finest catches az fish have
been made ia Eaaketuciset Hay. aoTas
afteen miles down the bay. Mattapoiaets
Neck was also % favorits nshins grosni
81 The ex-prssidsnt while his cruising
was az FAR south 49, the Elizabeth -
lands. which are thirty miles o. tbs
crow files from Gray Gables.
The horne-iife az Gray Gables Nr.
Cleveland g summer home. wee ~ Ideally
oeilgh,fgl o. wealth. an lnfere-fing FAM
liy - -four children and a charming wife
could make n.
Gray Gables T. IN estate of forty acres.
including a deer park and vsii-sfccket
game preserve The driveway leads
throuh long stretches Of uneonverisa
woodland. where rabbits browse and from
fight II srouso sre heard. on through
The forest; until the spacious lawns ard
Gray Gables ifs-if meet the eye.
The hoass + a great. roomy summer
villa. built upon q projection = the Lara
into che bag. which tisrs forms a pretty
lif,ie MET where ths Ruth and Mr.
cIsselauds hig naphsha launch ride st
anchor @ber not in use vide vsrazfaa
surround fhe house. trsliree with ~
plants thsf haxe cfsVs over fss wsgs
aae roof Prem fhen eterfafna view <
ire waters ~ ne bag j. 81 81 hsd. sri
K = upon Then. when fhf weather va
lad f8r fsrfng ard yachting fhft -.
Cleveland So f1r hour xaziag sieatig
aeross she side sxparse ~ 9atss-
~ these slmss yoarz "yiek' cieFe-
lard. TIRE yglmzcsf n The chiifreu aHt
IRE orly p1n. vas uks'F o. break aNaT
fforr bis nurse ard eeek BE fathers ksse.
BE f5oifxes hir father. and fss sE-Pssss-
Cent = raixhfy grDsnd - ~ s'urfT Af-
re EN-
ST cferr.ans q very f5s7 - sn his
chi1rsn ana 81 srneffaas. fskes faera
rzninz aten neesisss % ~ fheg ksTs
glorious dire Thrrt eftsrsi7ea are
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