Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-14
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
 HUNTS IN SNOW STORM.
Snow is From Three to Five Feet Deep-The Colorado hountains-The Weather is Three Weeks Behind Time and the President Will Have to Content Him. self With Shooting Jack Rabbits Instead of Bears

Newcastle, Colo, April 14.-With the snow two feet deep in every direc- tion from the camp and from three to five feet deep in the hills and with the storm still continuing, it is possible that President Roosevelt will be con- pelled to delay his hunt here or con- tent himself with smaller game than grizzly bears. The storm has prevailed for a week.
 P. B. Wells, Meeker hunter, who is one of the party, has just arrived here. It took him nearly five hours to make the twenty miles ride from Camp Roosevelt and his horse was ,eX- hausted.
 ''The weather is at least three weeks behind the normal" he said. There has been an unusual amount of snow here this winter, but not in ten years have I seen the conditions so bad as this season.
 According to Wells, the camp is now in perfect shape. It has been practi- cally decided to track the game with dogs and to follow with horses. This is considered one of the most danger ous sports and the bad condition of the ground makes it doubly dangerous now.
 A full grown grizzly can easily race away from horse and the dogs can almost equal the speed.
 Hunters here point out that to hunt from horses at all a dead gallOp must be kept up all of the time to close in with the quarry. and that this speed must be maintained over gullies. through guches, around rocks, over broken logs. through thickets and brush and up and down mountain sides and they pessimistically add. some one is sure to be hurt.
 Now that the reception to Presiden5 Roosevelt and the parade is assured. the women of Newcastle have decided to do their share.
 AS soon as the president alights from the train committee from the women's reading club will surround him and will escort him to the club rooms, where on behalf of the women of Garfield county. he will be presented with horsehair bridle for the use Of Miss Alice Roosevelt. The bridle is a work of art, which took over year to | the reins, are made of pure white horsehair and the buckles are of solid silver.
 EXECUTIVE HEADQUARTERS. Colorado Strings, Col, April H. For two hours this evening Colorado Springs will be the United States eX- ecutive headquarters, as the president will arrive at 7:3O o'clock and leave at 9:3O o'clock for the west He will be escorted to the home of r. E. Stewart to select hunting outfit. A telegram from Secretary Loeb is to the effect that the presidential spe- cial will arrive on time. Five minutes before the departure of the special for Newcastle pilot train will be sent over the route.
 President Roosevelt is to become the temporary owner of Colorado Midland railroad mogul locomotive which has been selected to haul his train to Newcastle. The presentation will be made on behalf of the Color ado Midland and the train crew. Upon the return of the president to this city about the middle of May he will be awaited upon by the memNers of the Pike's Peak Press club of this city and presented with one of the clubs handsome gold badges as sou venir of his visit. At the mont.sy meeting of the club. the president was elected an honorary member and the badge voted to him. The badge will be made out of pure Cripple Creek gold.
 It is also planned to take the presi- dent to the summit of Pike's Peak on | the cog railway.