The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-14
BOB B0BO'S HOUNDS
They May Aid the President in His
ga Attempt to Puncture
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Photographers and Newspaper Men
Get the Cold Hand at Smedes
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Smedes, Miss, Nov. 14.-The conditions
were ideal for the presidents hunt for
bear this morning The sky was overcast
with clouds at daybreak and "a few drops
Of rain fell, but towards o'clock the
clouds broke away and the sun came
out. The air was soft and balmy and
old hunters said the dogs could work
without distress. About midnight "Bill''
Ennolds reached here from the: swamp
country along the Mississippi river with
six bear dogs and Mr.. Mangum, despite
his illness, started with them for camp
before daylight. With this additional
strength for the pack he believed there
would be enough dogs even if some Of
those which were running deer yesterday
should have failed to return to camp last
night. Mr.. Mangums only anxiety when
ne left here was that the president might
have started before he could get to camp.
The arrangements last night were that
the president should start at the first peep
OF day and. although no word has come
from the camp this morning, it is pre-
sumed that he was off on schedule time
The president. with Hugh Foote, the
planter, and Hoke Collier, are to follow
the hounds on their horses. The other
members of the party will be stationed
| by the guides at the crossing.
number Of newspaper men and pho
| tographers reached here last night and
| tried every expedient to reach the camp
but their pleadings were vain The
| negroes on the plantation who knew the
trail had strict orders not to take any
outsiders IN and the orders were obeyed.
Some OF them wanted to make an effort
without guides, but they were warned
that If they did not get lost in the dense
forest they would be stopped by the
guards along the trail. Several of them
left In the hope of being able to pene-
trate the presidents retreat from. another
direction. Everything possible is being
zone mere to prevent intruders from in
| terferlng with the presidents sport - y
| One enterprisng photographer finding
| that he could not secure a photograph of
the president, induced a man who: bore
slight resem blance to the president to
pose on horseback in cotton field and
| went away immea surably satisfied that
| the counterfeit would pass for the orig
NAL. There is a report here that Bob
Bobo has agreed to bring his big bear
mound pack Of fortyflve hounds and that
they Will arrive during the day.
When the president arrived yesterday
work on the neighboring plantations was
suspended and several hundred negroes
were at the siding when the train stopped,
| Most -ofthe men sat on the cotton bales.
but the black mammies and pickaninnies
stood along the track They showed their
white teeth in hard grins,s but made no
other demonstration as the president
stepped from the train. He was clad in
hunting costume, riding trousers, leather
legglngs blue flannel shirt, corduroy coat
and wore on his head a. brown SLOUGH hat
When all was In readiness the members
of the party, except Mr.. Fish and Mr..
Dlcklnson, mounted small looking
horses and dashed away for the woods.
The presidents mount was a; black horse.
He did not look spirited. but it was .ex-
planned that he was Just the sort of an
animal needed to force a way through
the dense underground. = sg-..<
ny, Mangum says the black bear here
'aboats weigh from 500 to o." SD pounds
I've have a set of scales at the camp
saidEhe, land the brutes will be weighed
when they are brought in" The signs
of bear in the vicinity of the. camp are
plentiful and in one water hole Hugh
Collier on Monday found the footprints OF
thine. i f...@. :. =
There are no settlers fors miles in
either direction. The oak. ash and cy-
press. forest is choked with an under
growth of bud vine that is as thick as
the hair on the head: The camp: itself
} consists of three sleeping tents and one
| cook tent. Moke Collier, a negro who
was a scout in the confederate army dur
ing the civil war, and who afterward
, acted as guide for General Wade Hamp-
ton. has charge of the pack hounds
, Among them is the most celebrated bea,
dog in this country. He is now the prop
erty Of Mr. Foote: This is his last hunt
Mr.. Parker told the president, as he is
old and decrepit, though he has one more
hunt in him and when he opens his mouth
) it means bear.
Collier, Mr.. Parker said, was credited
, with having been in at the death Of 1,6O(
bears. He is said to have killed nearl,
, $50 in a single season.