The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-07

sent him down TO the err ranch. on
the Neuces river. That was the last
Mr.. Collier saw Of Roosevelt. Here n.
T. Wilson, manager of the "77'' ranch.
takes up the story
SCI was very busy at the time the
stranger arrived at my ranch,r Mr..
Wilson said. Il was making big de-
livery Of cattle and had q number Of
herds on the road ] was SO busy
wouldn't hare stopped to entertain the
president himself ! had been up the
read with one Of the herds Of cattle,
and when | returned TO my ranch
found there a rough and ready sort Of
| chap who introduced himself 10 me as
Theodore Roosevelt / learned that he
had been over on the Tapota ranch
near Segtin, Tex, having been invit
ed there to hunt jayelinas. The hunt
had been without success wanted
to Join in the hunt, but that was ont
Of the question. It was easy TO see
then that Roosevelt was no ordinary
man. / turned him over to George
Waite, cowboy, who knew the hog
country, and sent them over to the
Seven D ranch. telling them to 60
ahead and hunt as long as they pleas
ed. My recollection is that they killed
about half dozen jayelinas, some
deer aud four or FIVE wild turkeys
AFTER the hunt Roosevelt made a
present to Waite Of the magnificent
rife which he had used on the trip,
saying Here, take this rife and keep
1t. All the use had for it was to kill
these hogs. I'm done with IT now
II saw very little Of Roosevelt at
that time, and never saw him after
ward until the organization Of the
rough riders In San Antonio One
night, while the regiment was at San
Antonio, one Of my horses was stolen
/ traced it up and found that 1t had
been sold TO the government as cav
airy horse In the rough riders regi-
ment determined to recover the ami
NAL if could. went to where the
regiment was camped and was taken
I to Colonel Roosevelt's tent. AS we met
4 / said:
~ suppose you don't recognize mer
Ellis answer was quick as fash:
"'Oh. yes, l did, | hunted hogs on
your ranch near Uvalde
1.-THE government brand had already
been put ON the horse, and had to be
satisfied with getting pay for the ami
NAL"
George Waite, the cow puncher, who
was Rooseyelt's companion on the hunt,
says that when he started out he
thought 1t would be another case OF
guiding a tenderfoot round in search
Of game, but 1t did not take him long
to find out that Roosevelt knew as
much about ranch business and a good
deal more about hunting than he did.
'You mustn't tell me that that felIer
Roosevelt is from New York" he said
to a group Of cowboys who We're gath
cred about him in Uvalde when he
came In from the hunt. "Why, he
knows more about ranch than any of
Us fellers BE amt no more from New
York than am, I'll bet. More than
likely he is a Texas ranehman. tried
to get him to tell me where he learned
SO much about cattle, but he didn't
seem to want to talk about it. Aud as
for hunting, he can give any Teller here
cards and spades and beat him when it
comes to shooting javelinas and DEER
Waite says that Roosevelt Kept him
on the 80 Gil the time they were to
gether
The cow puneher was overcome with
pleasure when Roosevelt presented him
with the handsome rifle. lie has been
offered large sums Of money for the
gun. but Waite says that he would not
take $1,000 for IT. Ie will take d big
crowd Of west Texas cowboys to San
Antonio when the president visits that
city in April