Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-02
special Correspondence of The Sunday Star


DENVER. Col. March %, 1900
When President Roosevelt swings into
the Colorado wilderness for his long-antici-
pated four weeks of solitude. he will en-
bark on the most unique trip ever under
taken by a chief executive of any nation.
But for the fact that the American people
long ago grew accustomed to the fact
that their President is not man who cares
for mere matters of precedent and tradi-
ton, there might have been some protest
at the idea of the head of the nation going
so far from the center of affairs and into
a country where the average "tenderfoot"
in:agnes all sorts of dangers Turk. But.
being used to the ways the presidential
exponent of the outdoor life. the people
have looked upon the Colorado part of the
Presidents vacation quite as a matter of
course.
This Colorado part of the outing will be-
gin as soon as the President has finished
his round of pleasurahle experiences in hos
pitable Texas, following the reunion of his
own famous regiment. the Rough Riders.
For whole month. with only Guides
John Golf and Jake Borah, and possibly
few other intimates as his companions
the President will be practically buried
from public sight and hearing. Secretary
Loeb will be stationed where he can reach
the President in short time If anything
urgent ARISES, nut, congress belIlS du-
journed and nothing of import looming up
on the political horizon at home or abroad,
it is likely that the President will spend
his month undisturbed, and that he will
come back to his duties knowing that sense
of refreshment that can come only to the
man who is used TO outdoor life and who
has been held long at his desk.
The other day Phil B. Stewart of Colo
RADIO Springs. the Presidents most init
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Guides Golf and Borah at Glenwood Springs
ard arranged all the details of the trip.
According to program, the details were
kept secret. but enough given out to
make it clear that TIE President will be
QUILTED at Glenwood Springs. Rife or some
other headquarters for sportsmen in the
big game country. and Will he taken
straight into the comparatively little known
hunting country of northwest Colorado.
where the air has never been polluted with
engine smoke, and where men are few and
animals are many and savage.
1t IS figured by Coloradoans that the
guides intend TO take the President into
the celebrated Lost Park country, lying
northwest of Rifle. This is a rugged and
sparsely settled country that is as lone
some its name would indicate. So little
settled is it that it became the final resort
OF the last herd of buffalo in Colorado.
few years ago there We're several buff
faloes in Lost Park. according to reports
brought in by sportsn.en.
In the last few years it is said that the
herd has dwindled to one-a magnificent
bull. the patriarch of the Lost Park herd.
Many are the campfire stories told of this
solitary buffalo Of Lost Park and ii is
more than likely that the guides have in
tended to give the President a glimpse of
this animal If such a thing is possible
OF course there would he no intention of
shooting the buffalo, the killing of these
animals is illegal. but the President would
consider the mere sight of n wild buffalo
worth the entire trouble of his western
trip. Being a writer who delights in Civ
OF the creatures of the wilds. the Presi-
dent. would take keen interest in following
up such good copy" the Lost Park
buffalo would prove to be.
Whether Lost Park is to be included In
the trip not or whether the guides have
some other place picked out for the presi-
Dental playground, the distinguished hunts
man is sure to find good sport when he has
such John Golf and Jake Bora h
running his outfit. And he is sure to find
the preliminaries all satisfactorily arranged
when phil Stewart has charge. Stewart
is prominent republican politician and
society leader at Colorado Springs. He is
just President Roosevelt's kind of man
highly educated widely read but with an
enduring love for outdoor life. When the
President visited Colorado on his famous
lion-hunting expedition, Stewart had charge
of the arrangements. He arranged coy
ote hunt in Colorado Springs. and the Presi-
dent was given his first taste of one OF the
most exciting of western sports-a dash
across the plains. the feet cow ponies of
the party keeping well up with the swift
greyhounds that ran down several fright
showed the President some first-class cou-
gar hunting near Meeker and altogether
Mr.. Stewart covered himself with glory as
an arranger of hunting programs. This