Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-06-12

| to be present and speak at that time
An invitation has also been seEt to
William j, Bryan. but no reply has
Georgia has accepted an invitation to
be present and make an address.
ASBURY PARK. N. j.. June To-
The general synod of the Reform ed
church today adopted resolution
that no student in the church semi
nary shall contract marriage without
consent of the faculty.
ROCKY FORD. Colo, June 1OThe
twenty-third annual encampment of
the department of Colorado. Wyo-
ming G. A. R., opened today. The
gathering continues until Friday.
WASHINGTON. d. c., June TO-
President Roosevelt is the man en-
horseback. 1t matters not whether
the winds howl, or the rain pours,
President Roosevelt takes his daily
ride in fair or foul weather His
rides are not the sedate ambles which
sedate gentlemen ejoy. He delights
to feel the air go by his ears with
whiz, and to feel the buoyant leap of
a strong courser. Two of his expedi-
tions have become historic-once
when he took Prince Henry for
twenty-mile canter through a driving
storm. and again when he led the cal
vacade of French visitors to the Ro-
chambeau celebration.
On the latter occasion he started on
a bright and balmy afternoon; but all
unknown the Virginia and Maryland
hills harbored a hurricane. In this
party were the presidents daughter.
and Miss Root, surrounded by the bril-
liant staff of General Brugiere and Ad-
miral Fournier. Secretary Root and
Senator Lodge We're the only civilians
besides the president in the score or
more joyous equestrians.
This gallant party had just got well
out into the country when the rain
clouds spread like an outflun mantle,
and wind beloved amid the crashing
of thunder and vivid lightnings. 1t
was a memorable sight to see a por-
tion of this calvacade charge down the
torrential streets where presently
they had risen in such splendor. Red
hiiiioi iiAt tHbih ii't anu tp.iulttttN
were all sodden in a universal wet
color. Except that here and there
CLINT of bullion would show. there was
little to distinguish soldier from civil
ian
General Brugiere maintained his
place at the presidents side through
out the storm. The others got to
their homes just as the sun shone out
again. and everything was bright and
beautiful after the storm Miss Roose-
welt and young Theodore showed their
lineage by withstanding all the storm
and stress of the occasion and return
ing to the city briskly and blithely.
This little incident proves the presi-
dent loves the sport,
Every day the president has his
horse saddled and Segeant Mcdonald
reports as his orderly. Every mem
ber of the secret service who has been
detailed to escort the president has
been lost on more than one occasion.
President Roosevelt simply turns
down a by-path or through a wood. or
takes the country as it comes, with
fence and ditch and field. over rock
and stream. and in short time the
painting detective Is distanced and be-
wildered, because the president will
not pause for weaklings when intent
on pleasure.
Mcdonald, however, Is mounted on
a steed equally as good as Bleistein
the presidents horse. No matter
where his leader may go there is the
impossible Mcdonald galloping, trot-
ting or walking exactly eight PAGES
to the rear of his chief The presi-
dent cannot lose Mcdonald and the
trained soldier does not seem to re-
gard the experience as unique.
Mcdonald carries two regulation
Colts revolvers. President Roosevel.
!, also packs a gun on his rides He
carries the same 'thirty-eight' which
was issued to him as the lieutenant
colonel of the Rough Riders. His
wild gallops are frequently enlivened
by actual shooting from horseback
The president Is not a spectacular
rider. People sometimes think that
he Gallops through the streets at his
hea Hong pace. This is not the fact.
AS soon as his horses feet strike the
concrete, he slows down to a walk or
q pleasant little jog. and move quie tly
| along. 1t Is only where the fresh turi
or the springy dirt roads are fit for
man and horse that the president
gives rein to his steed and encourages
the gallant animal to do his best.
One Of the best stories about Presi-
| dent Roosevelt Is the reason he per
mitted a photographer to make his
pictures while mounted One of the
| big New York dailies wired to its
Washington bureau to get a picture
of President Roosevelt on horseback
1t was AN impossibllity The pape,
then wired to fake" picture. An
order was given to a good artist. who
took the presidents head and trans
| ferred 1t to the body of an equestrian
The job was SO neatly done that when
| the picture was. s.sent to New York the
artists there asserted that no fake
| photograph could have certain char
acterlstics shown in the picture. A
message came back that the picture
was not fake. and orders We're given
to get the story and all about IL.
The fraud was so neatly done that