New-York tribune., 1902-08-30
PRESIDENT SHOOTS BOAR
HE GETS ONE IN CORBIN PARK. NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
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Newport. y. H.. Aug 29-President Roosevelt
shot wild boar in Corbin Park, near here just
before dusk this evening. after hunting
hours. Senator Proctor and Austin Corbin were
with him The first shot pierced the animals
heart, hut he continued to run for short dis
tance, and another bullet fired by the Presi-
dent the boar staggered along.
As night fell the President returned to
the Blue Mountain Club house where he sat
down to a Jolly dinner with q few friends. He
arrived here this morning at 1920 o'clock.
After making two calls he went ahead of the
party. With Senator Proctor Austin Corbin.
Secretary Cortelyou and DR.. Lung, to the park
reserve. Senator Proctor carried rife, but it
was then not settled definitely whether the
President would go hunting At that time
there was a hard dowppour of rain. The SEN
ator said that if the President wanted to borrow
the rife for any purpose he could not refuse it,
and that they would 80 into the park, where
there We're plenty of elk. It is open season
for elk. As soon as they reached of the
lodges the President changed his clothes and
prepared 20 go into the woods for a big game
hunt.
Tonight he IS staying IN the clubhouse. Other
members OF the party wifi join the President
in the morning. soon after o'clock, to go a
coaching party with Winston Churchill. nine
miles over the mountains to Windsor, VT.
Corbin Park is In the extreme western part Of
New Hampshire. For thirty-fve miles around
the old Corbin estate the big game preserve is
fenced with wire netting The Croydon Noun
tains stand within the preserve. We'll kept
roadways have been made for probably twenty
miles IN different sections of the park. Not only
is the park stocked with the largest herd of
bison in the United States. but with wild boar,
elk, deer and moose we'll
Sunapee Lake was left at 10 a m, Secretary
Hay ACCOMPANYING the President to the station.
There was a small crowd also. who Joined in
three cheers the President stood on the rear
platform of the train. Arriving at Newport the
President was met by Senator Proctor, ex-Sena-
tor Chandler and the Mayor. Citizens wearing
red sashes escorted the President through the
town. When the procession stopped in one OF
the principal streets the President rose in his
carriage and made address 1t was the only
speech of the day: He said in part:
1t has been TO me very great pleasure to visit
your state and above al to dneet your PecRis in
Your town mere is cuTlously exact On
your town-shoes. linens. underweir You have
have in this community the farmer and the towns
man. the employer and the wage worker. You have
tire American body polite In your four FIVE
h@5sado @ fh.zeS m l Of % whom am ad
dressing You have reproduced all the essential
inbabtants Rsf t ' of TT the % nation as whole.
are g04g to get g0d s0S mann IN tha naoa
at large by the application of exactly the same
principles which YOU find it necessary to apply IN
order to get good government and decent living
here. There royal road to good government
ary more than there is royal road TO learning
You can give a child every advantage, give him
books and the teachers but he has got 10 learn ne
has got to DO himself, and ii is the same way
with citizenship. You frame laws and have
good constitution and after all has been done that
do in that you have acco
simply the creating of conditions which render it
possible to have good citizenship The good citl-
zenship has come from the people themselves
Then he went to the house of Austin Coroin'
about a mile outside the town. 1t was raining
hard but the President insisted on riding IN an
open carriage There small reception
held at Mr. Corbin's- The party then went to
the home of George S Edgen.
In a iocular way Senator Proctor confirmed
a story about ex-senator Chandler
Now I'll give il to you literally, SAID MT
Chandler
Il went to see President Mckinley six weeks
after the election by the NewHampshire legls-
iature Of my successor, and he said TO me:
chandler il you had been good for six weeks
before the election you have been since, you
should probably have won the election by a
unanimous vote
Il replied, Mr. President If L had been as
good for twenty-five years past as L was for the
six weeks before the election. should prooa oiy
sttl be up in New-Hampshire saving Wooo