Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-06
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Talks About TRIP with Prssident in
the Far West.

pOughkeepsie Eagle.
John Burroughs, who returned last Thurs
day from his trip to the PARK
with President Roosevelt, was in Pough-
keepsie Monday afternoon. Since leaving
the presidents party Mr.. Burroughs has
spent several weeks visiting friends one
OF the visits being on a ranch in northern
Montana, sixty miles from a railroad. Mr..
Burroughs looks very well, and says he
gained 1--WE pounds during the strenuous
trip with the president, though he had
rather a bad cold just before they started
into the Yellowstone. They had a eligh
full time, and life in the open air did both
a great deal of good. Mr.. Burroughs tells
many interesting stories about the presi-
dent. Mr.. Roosevelt is as whole-souled
and genuine in everything he does as any
one can be, and the people who believe he
is posing are mistaken" said MIR. Bur
roughs to an Eagle man. HE likes to hunt
big game, but doesn't care much for fshing
or for shooting small game with n shotgun,
and tina is thoroughly Characteristic OF
the man. 1t is the great problems, the big
work Of the presidency that he enjoys and
not the fame and applause he receives"
Speaking of himself, Mr.. Burroughs said
he felt as strong and ready for a long
tramp as he ever did when he went into the
dAAOlbA RhAhr bhN was A&hAANA
about the horseback riding. II used to
ride when I was a boy. but l told the presi-
dent l hadn't been on a horse since be-
fore he was born, but I found ! could
spring into the saddle as easily as any
Of them and the riding didn't even make me
stiff or sore. We did not take any very
long rides. however, and probably didn't
ride over fifty miles altogether, though we
often went over very rough ground and up
and down steep pitches. The toughest rid
ing we had was one day when we tried to
get close to a big herd Of elk and sue
ceeded, too, after a long chase and a dash
up a mountain about as steep as a horse
could scramble up. We counted some 5000
elk from one spot where we had a good
view. The president said I would do very
we'll for a Rough Rider before we got
through"
Asked about his experiences travelling
over the snow on skies, MIR. Burroughs said
he was very doubtful about whether he
could use them at first, but when he found
progress over the deep soft snow impossi-
BILE without them he put them on, and after
some mishaps got on very well. President
Roosevelt had tried them only once before.
They would each break through the soft
snow once in a while. One day they had a
little race down a short slope at the foot
Of which there was a rise. soon after we
got well under way the president broke
through the crust and plunged headlong
into the snow. / called out. There's the
downfall of the administration as ! went
by. Then in another minute or two l came
to the bottom of the slope and broke
through myself. The president had scram-
bled up by this time and called out, Where
are you now, Dom John?'"t
Concerning the great natural attractions
Of the Yellowstone park, Mr.. Burroughs
was particularly impressed with the grand
eur of the great canyon, but said Of the
various sections Of the Internal regions, on
exhibition, the boiling and spoutinE springs,
etc, while interesting, he would not go far
to see them again. &
Mr., Burroughs talked of many other
things seen during his journey. THE most
abundant birds on the plains seem TO he
the meadow larks. They look like our
meadow larks, but their song is entirely
different and with much more variety about
1t. The west generally has not nearly so
many birds as we have here. but they beat
us on wild fowers.'