Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-07-21
RoosEvELr's BIGGEST BEAR.
How the President Riske His Life
to Get a Large Grizs1y,

"a TFeSioent Htsked HIS Life
TO Get a Large GrizsIy.
II was when ranchlng that his stead
mess with a gun In the face of a
charging bear was proved, SAYS Nc
cures Magazine. 1t was Their that he
got his biggest grizzly, whose kin Is
now priced as one of his best trophies
az well as n souvenir a. a very excit-
ing Incident In his life. He was camp-
ing alone In the foothlll, of the ROCK
les, n had wandered Off with his
rlne In search of game. Coming sud
denly on a huge grizzly he wounded It,
ana the bear retreated to cover In a
nearby thlcket AS Roosevelt was en-
ueaYoring to locate the quarry from
the open the bear suddenly appeared.
lie nred, but the bullet did not stop
the rush Of the maudened animal.
Blowing bloody foam from his mouth.
the bear charged straight at Roosevelt
l waited until he came to a fallen
tree" wrote the hunter, "raking him
as he topped 1t with a ball which en-.
tered his chest and went through the
$50
cavity of his body, but he neither
swerved nor flinched, and at the mo-
ment | did not know that | had struck
him. lie came steadily on, and In an
other second was almost upon me.
hred for his forehead, but my bullet
went low, entering his open mouth,
smashing his lower jaw and going into
his neck. | leaped to one side almost
as | pulled the trigger, and through
tho hanging smoke the first thing I
saw was his paw as no made a vicious
side blow at me. The rush of hla
charge carried him past. AS he struck
he lurched forward, leaving a pool of
bright blood where his muzzle hit the
ground; but he recovered himself and
made two or three jumps onward, while
| hurriedly damned a couple Of cart
ridges into the magazlne-my rife
holding only four, all of which | had
fired. Then he tried to pull up, buA
as he did so his muscles seemed sud-
denly to give way, his head dropped
and he rolled over and over like a shot
rabbit. Each of my three bullets had
inflicted n mortal wound"
The President has well earned the
distinction of being a successful hunter.
He has killed every kind of North
American big game. And yet there ID
far more discussion or the habits ana
characteristics of wild animals IN writ
ings than there Is record of the killing
of game.
On just occasion when living In
the west was Roosevelt in danger OF
serious molestatlon. He was threatened
when that physical vigor for which
he had striven had come In full meas
nre. A big brawler, mistaking him for
a tenderfoot, cursed him roundly, and,
pointing two revolvers at him, ordered
him to buy the drinks. Roosevelt, per-
fectly composed, made as II to comply
with the request. But as he got within
reach of his tOrmentor, with a rush
born of his cleverness in boxing, hs
delivered a blow on the mans jaw that
grreLcueu him fall IenSsn IN the floor.
Meantime, the pistols had gone of,
the bullets penetrating the ceiling and
doing no harm to anybody. When the
brawler opened his eyes he was ready
to surrender his guns and to cry for
quarter. Wherefore, be 1t said that
true to his laterday ~preacnment, Roose,
welt, was never spelling for a fight
but would not suffer an insult. A mas
Of his type Is not often insulted.