Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-01
HOW RULERS AND OTHER GREAT MEN HUNT

cart and then turned loose and unless
headed off, would run directly back to
the paddock.
This is the usual royal style OF hunt
ing not only In Great Britain, but also
in Germany, and, In fact, In all other
countries where royalty disports Itself,
lhe kaiser Prince Henrys august
brother, would rather hunt than eat,
as the saying is, but he Is bound by
prescriptye laws and must not expose
his precious person to danger. He nat
uraly likes to make n big score, and 80
all the game Of field and forest is drly-
an his way and he would be a 'duffer'
if he did not make a bag, But such
sporting is not sport any more than the
slaughter Of tame animals would be.
When hunting wild bears, the emperor
and an his kin are carefully stockaded
in small forts out Of harms way, and It
is only the poor pig that runs any risk,
They say, however that old Lultpold,
prince regent OF Bavaria, dlsdalns the
protection OF the stockade and boldly
stalks out without q Qualm to meet the
boar He is now over eighty years old,
but still spends his holidays hunting In
the Bagarian Alps
In refreshing contrast to the style OF
hunting affected by royalty in which
the sport is merely a grand battue sa-
vorlng 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 IL our sportsmen them
selves were willing. When for In
stance, a president Of the United states
goes hunting, he doesn't send out In adj
vance a host of llunkes 90 beat the
bush for miles around the scene OF OPP
erations and drive the startled game
right up 10 his guns, He pursues the
only method that true sportsmen
would counteRance and gives the game
chance for its life. No private citizen
ever went "a.gunnng" with less of os-
tentatlon and lnurderous intent than
former President Cleveland A small
steam vessel was always at his dlspos-
al and a certain trio Of friends nearly
always within hail or summons. Mr..
CleyeIand'S companions on his trips
were generally Captain (now Rear Ad'
mlra) Evans and Millionaire H. C.
Benedict. with an old sea dog as a 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.
MIR Cleveland was never accused Of
shooting anything larger than a 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 wllds Of
The grizzlies and wildcats, panthers
deer and puma, he has killed SO 1t Is
scarcely worth while to more than men
llcn them, The recollection Of presl-
dent Roosevets adventures last year
when he pursued the western wildcats
to their lairs viii probably have to last
him until the expiration Of his present
term, but there is no sentiment against
his slipping off down the Potomac now
and then for a quiet hunt or a more eX-
tended trip along The Carolina shore,
whore the Wild ducks swarm in count
less thousands. II he yearns for either
quail or wild turkey he may find them
within a few hours run Of Washington;
but It Is rather late this season for
them, as well as for deer. At all events
when he goes out cunning he will not
advertise the fact nor send ahead a
host Of men to beat the bush la roy
atty. lie viii use his own judgment,
shoot his own game, and above all else,
give the animals a chance for their
lives