The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-30
low RULERS AND OTHER GREAT MEN HUNT

a cart and then turned loose and. unless
headed OF. would run directly back 90
the paddock
Ihis IS the usual royal style OF hunt
ing not only IA Great Britain. but also
IN Germany and In fact in all other
countries where royalty disports itself
The Kaiser, Prince 'Henrys august
brother, would rather hunt than eat.
as the saying IS. but he is bound by
presc-~ptive laws and must not expose
his precious person 20 danger. lie nat
uraliy likes TO make big score. and so
all The game OF field and forest is diiV-
en- his way, and he would be a "duffer'
II ne did MOI make bag But such
sporting is not sport any more than the
slaughter OF tame animals would be.
When hunting wild bOars. the emperor
and all his kin are carefully stockaded
I'm small forts out OF harms way, and il
is only che poor pig that runs any risk.
They say, however, that old Luitpold,
prince regent OF Bavaria. disdains the
protection OF the stockade and boldly
stalks out without a qualm TO meet the
boar. He is now over eighty years old,
but still spends his holidays hunting in
the Bavarian Alps
hunting affected by royalty. in which
the sport is merely a grand battue sa-
voring OF the slaughter pen, IS the
method pursued in America. Public
sentiment would not tolerate such per-
formances as annually take place in
Europe even if our sportsmen them
selves were willing. When, for in
stance. a president Of the United States
goes hunting. he doesn't send out in ad-
vance a host OF iunkies To beat the
bush for miles around the scene of OPP
eratiOns and drive the startled game
right up TO his guns. He pursues the
only method that true sportsmen
would countenance and gives the game
a chance for It's life. No private citizen
ever went "a-gunning" with less OF os-
tentation and murderous intent than
former President Cleveland. A small
steam vessel was always at his dispos-
al and certain trio OF friends nearly
always within hail or summons. Mr..
Cleveland's companions on his trips
were generally Captain (now Rear Ad-
miraD Evans and Millionaire T.. G.
Benedict. with an old sea dog as pi-
lot. Their happy hunting grounds were
the duck resorts along the Carolina
coast When they got tired OF shooting
or OF seeking ducks. they put about and
came home, and the overplus OF their
hunt went into the White House larder
Mr.. Cleveland was never accused OF
shooting anything larger than wild
duck or possibly a swan or goose. for
his hunting ambition was not OF the
soaring kind. But the same cannot be
said OF the gentleman who now fills the
presidential chair. All the country
knows Of his exploits in the wilds. Of
the grizzlies and wildcats, panthers.
deer and puma, ne has killed; so il is
scarcely worth while 20 more than men
tion them The recollection Of Presi-
dent Roosevelts adventures last year.
/ when he pursued the western wildcats
/ 10 their lairs. will probably have TO last
him until the expiration OF his present
term, but there Is no sentiment against
his slipping of down the Potomac now
and then for quiet hunt or more cx-
tended trip along the Carolina shore.
where the wild ducks swarm in count.
less thousands III he yearns for either
I quail or wild turkey he mey find them
/ Within a few hours run OF Washington;
hut IL IL rather late this season for
I them. as we'll as for deer. At all events
/ when he goes out cunning he win not
! advertise the fact, nor send ahead a
host of men 10 beat the bush a la roy
atty. He viii use his own judgment,
/ shoot his own game, and. above all else.
I give the animals chance for their
I lives.