Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
SNOW MAY DELAY HUNT
Heavy Fall in Colorado Will
Disturb Camp Plans
FOR ROOSEVELT PARTY
WEATHER REPORTED THREE
WEEKS BEHIND NORMAL.
Conditions in Mountains Now Preclude
Hunting for Grizzlies-Riding
is Doubly Dangerous.
FOR ROOSEVELT PARTY

NEWCASTLE. Col. April 14.-with the
snow two feet deep in every direction from
the camp and from three to five feet deep
In the hills, with the snowstorm still con-
tinuing. 1t is possible that President Roose-
welt will be compelled to delay his hunt
here or content himself with smaller game
than the grizzlies he has planned to kill
For week now the snow has fallen day
after day. Not twenty-four hours have
passed without it's storming. All that pre-
vents the roads and trails from being abso-
lutely impossible is the warm weather that
has intervened and 20 a great extent melt
ed the snow.
p. B. Wells. Meeker hunter who is one
OF the party, has just arrived here 1t took
him nearly five hours to make the twenty
miles ride from Camp Roosevelt and his
horse was worn to exhaustion when he
reached here.
'The weather is at least three weeks be-
hind the normal" he said There has
been an unusual amount of snow here this
winter, but not in ten years have l seen the
conditions so bad as this season."
Camp in Perfect Shape.
According to Wells, the camp is now IN
perfect shape. 1t has been practically de-
cided to track the game with dogs and to
follow with horses. This is considered one
| of the most dangerous sports and the bad
condition of the ground makes it douSiy
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 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 gulches, around rocks,
over broken logs, through thickets and
brush up and down mountain sides, and So
they pessimistically add, some one is sure
to be hurt.
Women to Share in Entertainment
Now that the reception to President
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 a committee from the Women's Read
ing 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 a horsehar bride for the
use of Miss Alice Roosevelt.
The bride itself is a work of art which
took over a year to complete. Ali of the
straps. including the reins, are made of
pure white horSehair and the buckles are of
solid silver.
Train on Schedule Time.
PUEBLO, Colo, April 1.-THE special
passed Texline this morning on schedule
time. The train was met at Emory Gap
by Gov. Mcdonald and party, who will ac-
company the President to Colorado Springs
The President will deliver a short address
on his arrival al the union station here at
5:i5 pm. Arrangements have been COM
pleted for big reception. The weather in
southern Colorado was ideal.
Badge for the President.
Upon the return of President Roosevelt to
this city from his hunting trip. about the
middle of May, he will be waited upon by
the members of the Pixies Peak Press Club
of this city and presented with one of the
clubs handsome gold badges as a souvenir
of his visit The President has been elected
an honorary member. The badge will be
made of pure Cripple Creek gold
1t is also planned to take the President
to the summit of Pixies Peak on the cog
railway. and an extra effort will be made
to have the road open by the time he re-
turns.