Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-11-21
BEAR HUNT ENDED.
Will Arrange to Stay Longer
Next Time.
Mr.. Fish Gave n Dinner to tho Press
ident and His Party. After which
the Special Train left smedes for
Memphis.

Smedes, Miss, Nov. 17.-Sunday was
a quiet day at the presidents camp
On the Little Sunfower. There was
no hunt, but the president and sew
eral members of the party spent a
couple of hours in the morning ramb-
ling over the forest trails on their
horses. Dinner was the chief event
of the day. The menu included roast
bear paws, 'possum and sweet pota-
toes. Dinner was served in camp
style On n rough pine board table set
up in the open air. Tin plates and
tin cups were used.
The president is enjoying his out
ing very much. He has not had three
days of such complete freedom and
rest since he entered the White
House.
Smedes, Miss, Nov. 19.-President
Roosevelt's bear hunt in Mississippi is
ended and he has not had even a shot
at a bear. The last day of the chase
was simply Il repetition of the three
preceding days, so far as he was con-
cerned. Try as the hunters would,
they could not get a bear within
range of the presidents rifle.
The dogs got a fresh trail early this
morning and the president and Holt
Collier followed it half a dozen miles
to the Big Sunflower river. The bear
crossed a mile below the ford; they
went to this point, and believing he
was making for the cane brakes on
the other side, they endeavored to
head it off, but did not succeed. When
they got into the brake they were dis
gusted to find that the bear had
doubled on his tracks and crossed the
river still further down.
While the president was out after
bear, Major Helm, DIR. Lung and Sec
rotary Cortelyou had a more success
full deer drive on this side of the Great
Sunfiower river. They jumped up n
buck and n doe. Major Helm killed
the latter from his horse at about 40
yards.
Although the president has failed
to kill a bear on this expedition, hs
has enjoyed his outing and speaks in
high praise of the hospitality that has
been accorded him. He philosophic-
ally attributed his i'll fortune to the
traditional hunters luck and says the
next time he goes after bear he will
arrange to stay long enough for the
luck to change.
The deer killed yesterday and the
bear killed Monday will be taken to
Washington on the special train.
When all was in readiness, the pres
ident and the members of the party
mounted their horses and rode into
Smedes, leaving the wagons to follow
The president is a hard rider and the
pace was rapid in spite of the bad
trails. The distance, which is fully
IL miles, was covered in less than an
hour.
Upon the presidents arrival here he
found fully 500 people, practically all
the negroes from the surrounding
plantations, assembled to greet him.
He thanked them for their demon
strations but made no remarks. They
waited around his car on the siding
until dark, hoping he would make n
speech.
Mr.. Fish last night gave a dinner in
his private car to the president and
members of his party. At $3.50 O'Clock
the special train started for Memphis,
having added the record of a presiden-
tial bear hunt to the fame of Smedes,
which first became known to the
world through the story that here the
experiment of teaching monkeys to
pick cotton was to be tried.