The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-21
RESULT Of THE
HUNTING TRIP
Three Bears, Six Deer, One
Turkey, Twelve Squirrels,
Duck, 'PoSSum, Wildcat.
ROOSEVELT is SATISFIED
PARTOOK OF EVERYTHING Elk
CEPT THE CAT.

STEAMBOAT, La. Oct. Cove got
three bears, six deer, one wild turkey,
twelve squirrels, one duck. one pos
sum and one wildcat. We ate them all
except the wildcat, and there were
times when we almost felt as If we
could eat it,
This was President Roosevelts sum-
ming up of the result of his hunt on
Bayou Tensas and Bear lake. He ar
rived at 3 O'Clock this afternoon at
the residence of Leo Shields, where nc
viii be guest until he makes his de-
parture for Vicksburg tomorrow. He
came in on full gallOp and, accom-
panied as he was by about d dozen of
/ his hunting companions, all mounted
and attired in hunting garb, the cav
alcade presented a tableaux as pictur-
esque as it was animated. The presi-
dent is slightly more bronzed than
when ne entered the wilderness from
this point fifteen days ago. but not
withstanding this fact and the addi-
! Iional circumstances that his clothes
bear evidence Of contact with the cane
and other brush, he was never in bet
ter spirits in his life.
Three Out of Five.
Yes, we got three bears" he added,
all that we saw, and i think that a
pretty good record. I am perfectly
satisfied"
You might add" interjected one of
the MetCalf brothers. who has been the
presidents principal guide throughout
the hunt, that we hunted a country of
vast extent and in which there were
but five bears all told, and that Of
these, as you see, we got three
Asserting to this amplification of his
statement, the president entered upon
an enthusiastic account Of his hunt. of
his life in camp and the meats with
which he had been supplied while
there.
WAS the possum good?" he was
asked.
Absolutely the best dish we had, ex-
cept the bears liver" he responded
with relish.
The president, when he said this
stood on the lawn in front of MIR.
Shields home. Around him We're gath
cred Mr.. Shields and a number of
guests who he had invited to dine with
| the president.
President the Central Figure.
In the distance were gathered the ne
gro hunters, Holt Collier, Alex. Rey-
! nOldS, Brutus Jackson and numerous
cooks, teamsters and messengers, while
the horses stood in the yard and the
dogs lay around licking their laceratnd
/ bodies, many of the animals being in
bad condition on account of the long
chase and others as a result of contact
| with wild hogs, wildcats and other wild
| things. The president was the central
| figure of the group, and he never APP
| peared in a happier frame of mind than
on this occasion. He declared that his
health had been perfect; his appetite
| equally good and with the exception of
day or two lost on account of rain,
he had been in the saddle every day
| from daylight to dark. He ended by
declaring that he had never in his life
had finer sport.
Killing of Ba'ar.
The arrival of the party brought out
| the fact that third bear had been
killed on Friday, a two-year-old, which
was slain by enc of the Osborn broth
ers when ii was in a fierce fight with
the dogs. The one bear that was OBJ
tanned by the president was killed or
| Thursday, and the killing was wit
| ItCSStu ny OIlc VI lIlc hChtllLlCS dklU
Alex. Reynolds. They agree in saying
that the presidents bearing was ex-
| tremely sportsmanlike. The animal
had been chased by the dogs for three
hours, the president following Ill the
| time. When at last they came within
| hearing distance the president dis
mounted from his horse, dashed of his
coat and tore into the canebrake, COM
| ing to within twenty PAGES of the
beast. The dogs were coming Up rap
| idly, with the presidents favorite
Rowdy, in the lead, and the brute had
stopped to bid defiance to them wher
| the president sent a bullet from his
1910 rife after it. The shot went
| through the animals lights and would
have been fatal, but with the little life
left in it the bear turned upon The
dogs. The president concluded to enc
it all, and lodged a second bullet be-
tween the shoulders, which broke the
creatures neck Other members of the
party were not long in coming up an(
the president was so retoiced over hi:
| good fortune that he embraced each
of his companions. They were equally
happy and in the exuberance of The
moment Reynolds went to the extent
of telling the president that he, tht
president, was mo tenderfoot."
The president responded by present
ing him with a $40 note.
Dog Killed by Boar.
Yesterday there was comparatively
! little hunting because of the condition
of the dogs, some of which encountered
a drove of wild hogs, which are more
ferocious than bear. One of the bes
dogs of the Osborn pack was killed
| outright nv hiQ boar
There were daily swims in the LAKE
by several members of the party, anC
by the president himself, after his ex
ample of last Monday.
1.-The water was fine," he said. "anC
I did not have to fear aligators."
The president will leave here tomor
row at 10 o'clock, and will spend foul
hours in the afternoon at Vicksburg
He will arrive at Delta, directly acros!
| the river from Vicksburg. st l o'clocl
tomorrow afternoon.
In honor of the president the name o
this place was today changed to Roose
| Welt.
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