The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-10-24
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
TELLS OF HIS HUNT
Pleased at the Success Of His
Trip.
HOW NE KILLED HIS BEAR,
Fear of AIligators Could Not Keep
Him From His Daily Swim in the
Lake-He Hugs His Companions for
Joy After He Kills His Bear and
Give, One a Twenty-dollar Bill.

A<ahc ht mugs LIS No'"feh,' -
Joy After He Kills His Bear and
Give, One a Twenty-dollar Bill.
Stamboul, La. (Special)--."We got
bears. deers, 1 wild turkey, IL
sqirrels, duck, 1 opossum and l
wildcat. We ate them all except
the wildcat, and there we're times
when we almost felt as IL we could
eat It,"
This was President Roosevelt's
summary OF the results of his hunt
on Bayou Tensas and Bear Lake.
He arrived at o'clock Sunday af-
ternoon at the residence of Leo
Shields, where he will be a guest un-
til he departs for Vicksburg.
The President came in at a full
gallop, and, accompanied as he was
| by about a dozen hunting compan-
ions, all mounted and attired in
hunting garb, the cavalcade pre-
sented a tableau as picturesque as
it was animated.
The President is slightly more
bronzed than when he entered the
wilderness 1 8 days ago, but notwith-
standing this fact and the additional
circumstances that his skin, as well
as his clothes, bear evidence of con-
tact with the cane and other brush,
he was never in better spirits in his
life.
Yes; we got three bears" he
added. "All that we saw, and l think
it is pretty good record. 1 am per-
fectly satisfied"
You might add" interjected one
of the Metcalf brothers, who has
been the Presidents guide through
out the hunt, that we hunted a
country Of vast extent. in which there
were but five bears all told"
Bear Liver Was Best.
WAS the possum good?" the
President was asked.
Absolutely the best dish we had
except bear liver" he responded with
relish.
The President stood on the lawn
in fronts of Mr.. Shields house, the
center of a group containing Mr.
Shields and a number of guests. In
the distance were gathered the negro
hunters, cooks, teamsters and mes
sengers, while the horses stood IN
the yard and the dogs lay around
licking their lacerated bodies, the re.
suit of long chases and contact with
wild hogs, wild cats and other wild
things.
The President declared that his
health had been perfect and his ap-
petite good. With the exception OF
day or two lost on account of rain
he had been in the saddle every day
from dawn to dusk. He declared
that he had never in his life had
finer sport.
The arrival of the party brought
out the fact that a third bear ha(
been killed on Friday by one of thu
Osborn brothers, while II was in ;
fierce fight with the dogs.
The bear slain by the President
was killed on Thursday, and the kill
ing was witnessed by one of the Nc
Kenzies and Alexander Ennolds
They say that the Presidents bear
ing was extremely sportsmanlike
The animal had been chased by the
dogs for three hours, the President
following all the time. When a
last they came within hearing dis
tance the President dismounted
threw off his coat and dashed into
the canebrake, going to within q
PAGES of the beast.
His Shot Went Straight.
The dogs were coming up rapidly
with the Presidents favorite, Rowdy
in the lead. The brute had stopped
to bid defiance to the CANNES wheI
the President sent a fatal bulle
from his ritlet through the animal'
/. lights. With the little life left IL
it the bear turned on the dogs. TIT
. President then sent a second bulle
through the bears shoulders, break
ing the creatures neck.
Other members of the party sooI
came up, and the President was 81
rejoiced over his success that h
embraced each of his companions
Ennolds said:
'Mr. President, you are no tender
foot"
The President responded by Civ
ing Ennolds a 500 note. Saturda,
there was little hunting, because tn
dogs encountered a drove of will
hogs, which are more ferocious thal
g bears. One of the best dogs wa
= killed by a bear.
There were daily swims In the lax
by several members of the party
. including the President.
{ THE water was fine" he said
I "and / did not have the fear of al
ligators that some seem to have"