The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-26
ALL IS READY FOR
ROOSEVELT HUNT
Arrangements Complete for
The Reception of Presi-
dent in South Africa.
| GAME is VERY PLENTIFUL.
PROBABLE PRESIDENT WILL
Push HIS WAY INTO THE
HEART OF THE CoUNTRY-sT.
LOUISIAN TO BE HIS HOST.

st. Louis, July 25-Friends of Will.
liam N. Mcmillan, the ST. Louisian
who will be the host Of President
Roosevelt during the later's visit in
British South Africa, where he will
hunt big game, today received letters
from him In which he speaks of ar.
rangements being made for the enter
tainment of \the chief executive. Nc.
MILAN is the owner of 10000 acres OF
land near Bombasa, on which is a
rubber plantation.
1--WE have had the Presidents room
all fixed up" writes Mr.. Mcmillan.
There won't be any luxuries here,
but Mr.. Roosevelt is used to roughing
1t, and l think he will be pleased with
the accommodations. | am making ar
rangements to have some OF the most
competent guides in the country of the
disposal of the Presidents party. In
addition am having the natives bring
in reports Of the best spots for shoot
ing big game
Plenty of Big Game.
Mr.. Mcmillan declares there is no
end of animal life in his country.
Among the larger quadrupeds that
abound in this vicinity are elephant
rhinoceros, zebra, antelope, gems
back, elalotis, GLAND, hippotragus,
strepisceros, topi, hartebeeste, bongo,
colobi, aardvaaks. marabouts, egrets,
lions, tigers and wolves. Most of
~
should add to the Presidents pleas
ure."
McMillan's big estate is near Mario
bi, which is 800 miles from Bombasa,
at which point the President will
probably land. Mcmillan is a st. Lou
isan, and, although he has been in
British East Africa for the past three
years, he still calls this city his home.
Surrounding his bungalow. he owns
10000 acres, part of which is in a
rubber plantation. From the porch
about the house one may see every
evening species of nearly all of the
animals that live in Africa, from the
elephant and lion to the monkey. They
prowl about, but seldom modest any
one, unless they are first attacked or
wounded. There is railroad from
Bombasa to Nairobi, but after this has
been left the hunter or traveller is lost
in the deep forests and must depend
upon guides IL he expects to reach
civilization again.
Into Deep Forests.
It is expected that the President
will push out into the deep forests and
lose himself for while, although
there is plenty of shooting on the Nc
MILAN preserves, where he will make
his headquarters.
Besides rubber, Mcmillan is raising
sheep. mules and ostriches. And just
now he is engaged in an undertaking
that. IL successful, will mean the pass
ing of the sacred COW which carries q
hump on its back 1t is the hump that
Mcmillan would eradicate. and to &C
complish this end he is crossing the
native cattle with American Durhams
In one generation of the new product
Mcmillan says. the hump has material
~ decreased. and it is expected that il
will entirely disappear when there has
been three or four generations of the
new strain born. The sacred COW only
gives two or three quarts of milk 8
day, and it is said that all of its fat
goes into the hump, which is much
priced by the natives.