The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-26

OYSTER BAY, July 11.-President
Roosevelt's vacation this year VIII De
one of the most rigorous training. ne
realizes that he is putting on hesh TOO
fast, and will devote the summer
months to exercising. On his recent
Western trip he added not less than
twenty-five pounds to his weight, ana
it was very noticeable to his nelghbors
upon his return here last week.
He is beginning to look fat. Ever
since his return he has been living the
same as a boat crew at the training
table. Everything that tends to add
flesh is tabooed. The president is very
fond of sweets, and these nave peeh
cut off. He is a hearty eater and. while
not fasting, is eating sparingly, and all
farinaceous foods are omitted from his
meals.
Ordinarily the president finds that by
careful eating he can reduce his weight
at WILL He is naturally of an athletic
disposition. He found upon this occa-
sion that careful eating would have to
be supplemented by the hardest kind
of exercise.
Horseback riding is one of the pres
idents greatest fads. He finds that it
tends to reduce his weight, and as
result he goes daily for a ride along the
various shady roads near Sycamore
Hill. Horseback riding is not the fun
for the presidents guests it is for him,
as Senator Lodge, Secretary Root and
others who have accompanied him can
testify. The president does not like to
jog along the roads. He rides like a
trooper, and when he starts it is al
ways with the intention of making
good hard run of it before he returns.
The rides usually begin with slow
trot, which is followed by a gallop,
and when the horse is thoroughly
warmed up he is urged into hard run.
The Roosevelt children, who usually
accompany their father in the daily
morning rides, are accustomed to his
style of riding and manage to keep up
with him by racing their ponies along
behind.
An invitation to ride with the presi-
dent is regarded by statesmen gener-
ally in much the same manner that a
mandarin of China would regard re-
quest to efface himself by the Empress
of China. Senator Lodge, so often a
favorite companion of the president in
his rides, would rather engineer a Gu
ban reciprocity treaty through the SEN
ate than take a ride with President
Roosevelt. The presidents riding is
of the strenuous kind. Senator Lodge
is not strenuous. Neither is he much
OF rider. On many occasions the ju-
nior senator from Massachusetts has
been seen hanging on to the main of
ms horse. his feet out of the stirrups
and trying unsuccessfully to stop the
speed of his mount
Bite him on the neck" one country
youngster shouted to the senator in
the District of Columbia one day when
he and the president had been taking
the air" as the president expresses it.
The president is a good deal of a
joker on his horseback rides When he
IS tearing along the roads on Bleistein
or Wyoming, his two favorite horses,
he will suddenly pull up and wait for
the remainder of his party to come up
with him. With a yell that he learned
While cow punching in the West the
president will wave his wide brimmed
sombrero and start on another run.
This usually results in the horses of
the remainder of the party attempting
to oVertake him, much to the discom-
future of the riders.
The presidents neighbors both here
and in the District Of Columbia are
accustomed to his style of riding and it
creates no comment. On the return to
Sycamore Hill the presidents mount
is usually steaming When near his
home the president comes in on a dig
mined Jog-trot. Bleis tein has a gait
known as 'fox-trot," which is one of
the easiest known to riders. The new
morse Wyoming is also well gated.