The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
WiII Not be as Exciting as
 Hunting the Grizzlies
HAS EARNED SHORT HOLIDAY
The President Does Not Anticipate the Pleasure of Killing a Bear So Much In the Four Days Recrea-
 tion in the Woods.

Cincinnati, November 12-Tonight Pres ident Roosevelt is speeding on his way to Smedes, Miss. about twenty-five miles north of vicksburg, for four days bear hunt. The place selected for the hunt is some miles from the railroad and Is in the region which was formerly the favor ite hunting ground of Gen. Wade Hamp- ton, the famous leader of the confederate Black Horse cavalry. General Hampton at one time owned a plantation in this vicinity and hunted black bear in the canebrakes with horse and hound. Before the war he Is said to have killed over fif- ty bears in a single season. some of ftthem with a knife.
 Some years ago the President and Gem eral Hampton planned hunt in this re- zion, but it was never carried out, and when President Stuyvesant Fish of the Illinois Central proposed the present hunt the President readily assented. The Pres ident, however, does not anticipate the pleasure of killing a bear so much as the pleasure of a few days complete recrea- tion in the woods. He has had a hard and trying summer and fall, and feels that he has earned a holiday. To one who has hunted grizzlies in the rockies, black bear are not very big game. But hunt ing bears with horse and hounds will be a new experience to him. If a bear is not secured it will not be the fault of MT. Fish. He has arranged to have one of the best pack of hounds in the Missis- sippi delta at the camp. Tomorrow morn ing upon the arrival of the Presidents train at Memphis, he will be joined by Mir. Fish and John McElhenny of Louisi- ana who was a lieutenant in the Presi- dent s regiment during the Spanish-Amer- ican war. The train will then proceed to Smedes over the Mississippi and Yazoo railroad.
 Uneventf-i Trip,
 The Presidents trip across Ohio today was pleasant but uneventfuL Despite the fact that the itinerary had not been pub lished in advance, there were waiting crowds at almost all the stations and there were plenty of cheers as the train swept by At Trinway, a small place west of Dennison, the school children lined up on either side of large Ameri- can flag and waved their handkerchiefs. The President stepped out on the rear platform and waved his hat in response to the demonstration of the little ones. At other places he showed himself. At Dennison the President said:
 "Gentlemen and Ladies: 1 wish to thank you very much for coming here to greet me and to say that I appreciate 1t. I only wish that I was not always afraid of some accident happening to the small folks You know the proverb of the little apples in the middle of the barrel. The little folks are just like that = always come in the middle
 The gallery of the station overlooking the tracks at Columbus was crowded with people. Dr. Washington Gladden., the eminent divine, and Gen. W. W. Ak line greeted the President as he stepped out of his car.
 Shook Hands With Engineer.
 After a brief chat with them the Pres ident went forward and shook hands with the engineer and firemen who were leav- ing at the end of this division and thank ed them for the safe run. Then for sev- eral minutes the President and Secretary Cortelyou paced up and down. the plat form in sight of the crowd on the gallery. He was given a parting cheer as he boarded the train to resume his journey.
 At Cincinnati the Presidents train stopped from 6:10 until 6:33. A large crowd was in waiting, but they were kept with out the gates and space surrounding the Presidents train was kept clear by a platoon of police, while the cars were switched from the Pennsylvania to the Louisville and Nashville tracks, and en- zines were changed.
 President at Louisville.
 Louisville November 12.-The Presi- dents train reached here at $50 o'clock tonight over the Louisville and Nashville road, twenty minutes ahead of the sched- uie time and, although a stop of only ten minutes was made, the President was accorded a hearty welcome