The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-02
NEVER GOT A SHOT
VIRGINIA TURKEYS SHY OF CHIEF
EXECUTIVE.
PRESIDENT BEST WALKER.
AFTER A DAYS HARD TRAINING
LITTLE FATIGUED.

At Manassas n Crowd Awaited Him
Whom He Consented to Address
Briehy-Said He Enjoyed His Day
Thoroughly, Despite the Unfortu-
nate Wildness of the Wild Tur-
keys-Visits the Great BattIeheIds
and Couples the Names of Grant
and Lee with Equal Praise.
Brandy Station. Va, Nov. 1.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt, Secretary Root. DIR.
Rixey and Secretary Cortelyou are to-
night the guests of Representative
John r. Rixey at his handsomely APP
pointed home about two miles from
this village. Their train arrived here
shortly before o'clock tonight and
they were driven in carriages directly
to Representative Rixey's home. The
President will remain here until $3.50
o'clock Monday morning, when he will
leave for Washington, arriving there at
ll;l5 O'Clock. Sunday will be passed
quietly. The President will attend
church in the morning and the party
Will take long drive in the afternoon.
During the turkey hunt to-day the
President did not get a shot The party
went on long hard tramp. Despite
the recent injury to his leg he was the
least fatigued member of the party at
the close of the day. When he reached
his train at Manassas on returning
from the hunt he found a crowd of 200
or 800 people awaiting him. At the
solicitation of Judge Nichols of this
judicial circuit, he consented to briefly
address the crowd. He said:
10 o,1Ir
the way you have come to greet me.
| have thoroughly enjoyed my day
here. / regret to state that the tur-
Keys did not materialize. In the first
place, l had a good walk 1t is the
first / have had for six weeks. and
l appreciated it. / was delighted to
have chance to visit the great bat
tlefields here; and 1t is a very pleas
ant thing to any man who has the
least desire to be a good American, ia
come through your historic town and
see the two avenues named in memory
of Grant and of Lee. (Applause.)
feel that all of us In any part of this
country now have an equal right tc
glory in the valor and the devotion Il
duty as each saw his duty alike oil
those who wore the blue and those
who wore the gray. (Applause)
thank you for having greeted me-"
The Presidents coupling of tn,
names Of Grant and Lee elected gen,
tiine enthusiasm. AS the train pulled
out of the station the crowd gave 3
parting cheer.
Details of the Hunt.
Manassas. Va, Nov. lin the fitfu
glare of locomotive lanterns President
Roosevelt at 4:30 o'clock this morning
stepped from his car in the railroad
yard here and greeted the little group
or newspaper men, special officers and
railroad men who had gathered to see
him start on his hunt for wild turkeys
He was attired in khaki shooting
suit with leggings, over which was a
long heavy overcoat. He wore a black
SLOUGH hat. AS he aligned from the
car a servant handed to him a fine
double arreled shotgun, which he
threw Familiarity into the crook OF
his left arm. Secretary Root
who had preceded him from the train
wore canvas shooting suit and an
overcoat. The President. after a quick
survey of the starlit sky remarked to
Mr.. Root that they were in luck as to
the weather. The President and Sec
rotary Root were joined at once by
Surgeon General Rixey, Secretary
Cortelyou, and j. T. Leachman, sheriff
Of Prince William county. Preceded
by railroad men bearing lanterns the
party trudged for quarter of a mile
along the maze of railroad tracks to
the village. The party entered car
riages, and, preceded by Sheriff Leach
man and a secret service officer in a
buggy, started for the Hunting grounds.
The President and party reached the
turkey blinds before daybreak and af-
ter each had been stationed, the call
ers endeavored to entice the wild birds
within gunshot
A. drove of six turkeys was finally
discovered and later one of them fell
to the gun of Secretary Cortelyou.
President Roosevelt was unfortunate
in being the only member of the party
who did not get shot during the
morning The turkeys are wild and
scarce and Mr.. Cortelyou's bird was
the only one bagged.
At noon the party assembled at the
Henry House for luncheon, and for
two hours afterward walked over the
Bull Run battlefields, the points of
historic interest being indicated and
explained by Henry Seen, who now
occupies the Henry House Subse-
quently the party returned to the tur-
key covers and continued the hunt.