The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-19
NOT A SINGLE BEAR
REWARDED RooSEvELT's PER-
sIsTENT HUNT IN MISSISSIPPI.
HAS GIVEN UP THE QUEST.
PRESIDENTIAL HUNT AT SMEDES A
THING OF THE PAST.

Roosevelt and His Huntsman, Holt
Collier, Gave Pursuit to a Bear,
INT Caught No Glimpse of the AMI
maI-Had to Give Up and Return to
camp. Which Was BrOken-Then
the Party Moved at the Presidents
Claims to Fame.
Smedes Miss. Nov. 1S.-President
Roosevelt's bear hunt in Mississippi is
ended and he has not even had a shot
at a bear. The last day of the chase
vas simply a repetition of three pre-
ceding days so far as his luck was
concerned. Try as the hunters would,
they could not get bear within range
IF the Presidents rifle.
The dogs got fresh trail early this
morning, and the President and Holt
Collier followed it half a dozen miles
10 the Big Sunfower river. The bear
crossed a mile below the ford They
went to this point, and believing he
was making for the cane brake on the
other side, they endeavored to head
him off When they got into the brake.
however they were disguised to find
that the bear had doubled on his
tracks and crossed the river still fur
ther down: 1t was then l O'Clock, and
s arrangements had been made to
break camp at $50 o'clock, the Presi-
dent was reluctantly compelled to
abandon further pursuit of the elusive
quarry.
Others Had Better Luck.
While the President was out after
bear, Maj. Helm. Mr.. Lung and Sec
rotary Cortelyou had a more successful
deer drive on this side of the Great
Sunfower river They jumped up a
buck and doe. Mai. Helm killed the
latter from his horse at about forty
yards.
Although the President has failed to
Kill a bear on this expedition, he has
enjoyed his outing and speaks in high
praise of the hospitality that has been
accorded him. He phiosophically at
tributed his i'll fortune to the tradi-
ttonal hunters luck, and says the next
time he goes after bear he will arrange
to stay long enough for the luck to
change.
The deer killed to-day and the bear
killed yesterday will be taken to WASH
-ington on the special train. Old Re-
mus, the greatest dog In the pack,
whose last hunt was ahead of the
President of the United StatesS was
badly used up, and with several of
the wounded dogs, was put in one of
the wagons.
When all was in readiness, the
President and members of the party
mounted their horses and rode into
Smedes, leaving the wagons to fol-
low.
At the Presidents Pace.
The President is a hard rider, and
the pace was rapid, in spite of the
bad trails. The distance, which is
fully twelve miles, was covered in less
than an hour.
Upon the Presidents arrival here he
found fully 500 people, practically gall
the negroes from the surrounding
plantations. assembled to greet him.
He thanked them for their demonstra-
lions, but made no remarks. They
waited around his car on the siding
until dark, hoping he would make a
speech.
Mr. Fish tonight gave a dinner in
his private car to the President and
members of his party. At $3.50 o'clock
the special train started for Memphis,
having added the record of a preSi-
dental bear hunt to the fame Of
Smedes, which first became known to
the outside world through the story
that here the experiment of teaching
monkeys to pick cotton was to be
tried