The San Francisco call., 1905-04-11
BEAR TO RIDE
IN The PARADE
Newcastle, Colorado, Plans a
Novel Greeting for the
President and His Party
BRUIN TO START HUNT
He Will Be Given an Hours
Grace and Then the Chase
Will Begin in Earnest

NEWCASTLE. Colo, April 10--The
big pack train and camp outnt 1or
President Roosevelt's party received
hirry-up orders to move to-day ana
Guides Jake Borah and John CON
headed the. procession Of nearly lOo
horses and sixty dogs for the Johnson
ranch, about twenty miles south Oh
Newcastle, where camp will be pitcneo
for a week or ten days. As soon as tne
camp is well established the extra men,
as well as several ranchmen and trap
pers who will be engaged, will scour
the country in search of bear tracks.
Tney will carefully note all the signs
and general locations SO that When
the President starts out there Will oe
no delay IN looking for tracks.
Citizens of Newcastle are planning a
novel reception for the President next
Saturday morning which will be sub
ject to his approval. 1t is proposed
that q grand parade be held. in which
President Roosevelt shall ride so he
can be seen by the citizens. At the
head of the procession will be mon
ster brown bear in cage. The animal
was recently captured and he is now
at the residence of Frank Hilliard,
where he has succeeded in killing at
least a dozen dogs and injuring several
men who ventured too near him.
Cor and Borah will put their pack
of hounds in corral and the bear will
be given an hours start for the hills.
Then the packs will be set on the trail
and President Roosevelt. DIR. Lambert.
Philip B. Stewart and the guides will
follow in hot pursuit. This is planned
to be the official start of the hunt.
OKLAHOMA CITY, O. T., April TO-
The President and his party. began
their hunt this morning after expert
encing the Western rainstorm during
the night A special from Frederick,
o. T., says:
The wolf chase to which tie Presi-
dent has been so eagerly looking for
ward began early this morning at
Camp Roosevelt, eighteen miles south
east of here.
The party of about dozen. including
President Roosevelt had not travelled
far this morning when their dogs turn
ed on a fresh scent. Soon the hunters
were rewarded by seeing in neighbor-
ing ravine a lank gray wolf, Looping as
If unmindful of it's pursuers. The dogs
all seemed to catch sight OF the prey
at the same time and shot forward
with renewed energy. The wolf en-
deavored TO elude it's pursuers by
lodging. but this only hurried matters.
as 1t ena bied the foremost dogs to catch
to, beat off it's assailants other dogs
sprang upon the bristling animal and
bore 1T to the ground, where 1t was
quickly dispatched without the aid Of
the hunters
Two other wolves were killed in
much the same manner before the al
most direct rays of the sun indicated
that II was about time for the midday
meal.
The P5esident was iuvariabI at the
head of the procession of riders At
one point. seeing some water In a buf-
falo wallow. he galloped TO the spot be-
fore the dogs reached It and slipped the
refreshing liquid in good old fashion in
the cowboy style. Only about ten or
the party took part in the afternoons
sport. as 1t was found that the greater
the number of hunters the smaller the
amount of sport. Horses. riders and
dogs seemed to grow in endurance as
the day waned. and by night the big
reservation contained a considerably
less number of coyotes than it did when
the chase began.