The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-22
HUNT IS At AN END.
President Says He Had a Most
Enjoyable Time.
THREE BEARS ARE SLAIN,
Six Deer, One Wild Tuakey, Twelve
Squirrels, One Duck, One Postum
and One Wildcat Secured, and All
but Cat Eaten.

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Twelve squirrels, one duck, one pos
sum and one wild cat. We ate them
all except the wild cat, and there were
times when We almost felt We could
eat it,
This was President Roosevelt's sum-
ming up OF the results of his hunt of
Bayou TeRsas and Bear lake He ar
rived at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon,
approaching the residence of Leo
Shields. He came in on full gallop.
and accompanied. as he was, by about
a dozen of his hunting companions,
garb. The cavalcade presented a tab
leau as picturesque as it was animal
ed
Eyes, We got three BEARS" the pres
ident said, call that we saw, and think
pretty good record. | am perfecvtly
satisfied
"You rieht add" interiected one of
the Metca!f brothers, who has been
the presidents principal guide through.
out the hunt, that we hunted a coun-
try of vast extent. and in which there
were but five bear all told, and that
of these we got three
Was the 'posum good? he was
asked.
Absolutely the best dish We had
except the bear liver" he responded
with relish.
AS he talked he stood under wide
spreading live oak in the big ten-arce
grass plot which constitutes the front
yard of the model plantation home
in which Mr. Shields resides. Around
him were gathered Mr. Shields and a
number Of guests whom he had invit-
ed to dine with the president They
consisted of the members of the presi-
dents Washington party who had re.
manned here and those who came in
with him from the lake, including
Messrs. McIlhepny, Lambert Richey.
the Osborne brothers and the Metcalf
brothers. In the distance were gather
ed the negro hunters, Holt Collier,
Alex Arnold, Brutus Jackson and nu-
merous cooks, teamsters and messen-
gers, while the horses stood grazing
in the yard and the dogs lay around
licking their lacerated bodies, many
of the animals being in bad condition
on account Of the long chase, and 9TH
ers as result of contact with wild hogs
wild cats and other wild things. The
president was the central figure of
the group, and he never appeared in
happier frame of mind than on this
occasion. He declared that his health
had been perfect and his appetite
equally good: said that with the ex.
ception Of a day or so lost on account
of rain, had been in the saddle every
day from daylight till dark, and ended
declaring that never in his life had
he fi1sr sport. The arrival of the party
brod1ht cut the fact that third bear
had been killed on Friday, a two-year-
old, which had been slain by one of
the Osborne brothers when it was id
a fierce fight with the dogs.
The hunters say the president kill
ed the bear Thursday in sportsman
like style. The animal had been chas
ed by the dogs three hours, the presi.
dent following the time when at last
they came within hearing distance the
president dismounted from his horse.
dashed off his coat, tore into the cane.
brake, coming to within twenty PAGES
of the beast. The dogs were coming
up rapidly. with the presidents faver-
tie "Rowdy' in the lead, and the brute
had stopped to bid defiance to them
when the president sent a bullet from
his Winchester hurting through the
thicket 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 lodged a second bullet
between the shoulders and broke the
creatures neck. Other members of
the party were not long in coming up.
and president was SO rejoiced over his
good fortune that he almost embraced
each OF his companions. They were
equally happy, and in the exuberance
of the moment Arnold went to the ex
tent Of tefiIng the president that he.
the president, was mo tenderfoot."
The president responded by presenting
him $50 rote.
Saturday there was comparatiyely
little hunting because of the condition
OF the dogs. some of which encoun-
tered dove of wild hogs, which are
more ferocious than bear One of
the best dogs of the Osborne pack was
killed sutright by big boar.
There were daily swims in the lake
by several of the members of the par.
ty and by the president himself after
his example of last Monday. 1.-THE
water WAS fine" he said, land did
not have the fear of alligaters that
some seem to have"
In honor of the president the name
of this place has been changed to
Roosevelt.