The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-22
POOR LUCK IN FISHING
FOR SECRETARY LOEB
Presidents Gardener Was Ahead Of
Him and the Others.

The first authentic news by mail from
the Presidents party. stalled at CHINA
bar. Mon. while the President is tour
ing Yellowstone Park. has been received
by a member of the White House staff.
It tells Of the fishing experiences Of See
rotary Loeb and several other members
of the party. in their endeavor To while
away the long days of waiting at the
hole between the mountains" where
the train is sidetracked.
Secretary Loci and four others went
fishing in the Gardiner River. but the
weather was bad and they had not much
sport Each man watched his own line
and let his companions do the same
Finally all seemed so ready to 90 back
10 the train each luckIess angler felt as
sured he was at least not any worse OF
than The next man
Iris was the point where four Of the
fishermen. including Secretary Loeb,
made q mistake They had not rated
sufficiently high the sportsmanIike zeal
OF Franklin Hall, the Presidents gar
dener at Oyster Bay. who serves as
messenger at Washington through the
winter Hall had been "pIayin' rabbit
regarding his luck. ana when the final
showdown came had four hnny beauties
to display before the eyes OF his dis
gusted and exasperated companions.
How did you do it, demanded one Of
the party.
Nav, nav" said Hail; chats my Sc
cret Learned it Of old Bill seweu,
yonder in the woods of Maine Needn't
ask the rule It's KNOWN how 10 use
the rule that counts"
The other amateur fishermen looked
on, stilI amazed until one Of them, a
correspondent noted for his sIeuth-Hke
keeuness. not unmixed with n certain
gift OF that great essential-blun-ex
claimed:
well, you cant fool me; I've done
too much IN this line myself. Those are
fairly we'll preserved. but somewhat
aged. specimens OF Potomac shad. You
might as we'll own up that you had them
sent on by express for this particular
occasion
Nav. nav" again returned the cham
pion nimrod from oyster Bay. as three
Of mis- four companions Joined in a
hearty laugh. The silent one was Sec
rotary Loeb
Hall would get fish In dried-up
stream" declared the Secretary. as he
gazed az the string held out by the
White House messenger.
For the men who do not care for fish
ing-or rather fishing Of the kind that
brings no better results than this 10
most OF the amateur sportsmen-about
the only diversion afforded is playing
poker on The special train. The cars
are pulled to The and OF q ~. some dis
lance bel5Ez E,inEstaF, and are guarded
constantly By cavaIrymen from Fort
Yellowstone. There are few visitors
daily from Cinnabar, and some OF them
seemed disappointed that the members
of the Presidents party did not show q
more enthusiastic interest in the at
fractions of that metropolis.
we have a roulette wheel up at the
saloon, one Of CinRabar's society pill
lars proclaimed to Secretary Loeb IT'S
on the dead square. too. Come ana
bring your young cubs with you. Your
money lasts longer there than at any
wheel / ever saw il these parts. I viii
take you u ana Introduce you to it any
old time you say the word
/ This was an attractive proposition to
some of the party. but a dubious smile
was the net result of the appeal TO Sec
! rotary Loco. He said he might possibly
say the word some time before the par
II left the neighborhood but he could
not promise definitely
/ The artIess runners" of Cinnabar
city's premier gambling joint are re
! ported to be cherfsbing hopes and lay
/ ing plans on what they viii do to the
/ Secretary TO the President when NJ
comes to take lock at the roulette
/ Wheel IN conjurinc up such Il picture
they evidently were not aware that a
not zoo strong negative is likely 10 hold
/ within il something very positive in
( Secretary Locb's case. when you come
/ to develop such a snapshot view of the
Diplomatic director of executive bust
/ ross ct he White House Offices.