The sun., 1908-08-14
The ANTI.GOLPER AFTER TAFT
CANDIDATE WARNED THAT IT'S
A RICH MANS GAME,

~1SSA NNFhAN -
Whereupon He Quotes Fable and Makes
Two Rounds Of the Course, o Thing He'd
Never Done Before-Seddle Horse Gives
Out Under TAFT on Mountain Road.
Hot SPRINGS. Aug. 1s,-The anti-golfers
have been heard from in the campaign.
Mr.. Taft has received letters from several
mans game and advising him to give 1t
up
Referring this afternoon to those anti
golf letters and other advice which he has
been receiving In regard to the conduct OF
the campaign. Mr. Taft said that this busi-
ness OF running for President reminded
him Of the fable Of the old man, the boy
and the ass. The old man was riding the
ass and the boy was walking and everybody
said: Look at that old curmudgeon riding
and making that little boy walk So the
old man dismounted and put the boy on the
ass. Then everybody said; Look at that
young fellow riding and making bis poor
old father walk" Then both got on the
ass and the people said: Look at the two
Of them breaking the poor asss back; they
might carry him. Finally they tied the
ASS legs and started to carry him and
everybody said: "The FOOLS Il have
found said the candidate. that can't
please everybody
OF oourse the real reason why Mr.. Taft
plays golf is that he can get more exercise
out OF is than he could out Of any other
sport In which he might engage. He
went around the eighteen hole course
twioe to-day for the first time. That
means about q nine mile walk. He made
Q score Of 80 In his morning play and %
In the afternoon.
Bryan's speech Of acceptance lay ne
elected on Mr.. Taft's desk all day long.
When he came in from the links at O'Clock
this evening he said he hadn't read II and
asked several questions about II. Ap-
parently the speech isn't worrying him.
It was learned to-day that Mr.. Taft has
recently had two or three narrow escapes
from being injured while riding his horse
ON the mountain roads. When he was out
with Gen. Corbin recently the horse
stumbled and Mr.. Taft was thrown about
five feet, striking on his shoulder and the
side Of his head. Bevond being little
shaken up he was not hurt. Again on
last Tuesday night his horse stumbled
when he was coming down the mountain
road by moonlight, The animal went
down. but Mr.. Taft managed to stick to
the saddle. Friends who were riding with
him insisted that he get into q carriage
and make the trip back. which he did
Mr.. Taft Ia a good horseman, having
the Philippines, but his friends feared that
his horse had given out under the weight
MIR. Taft brought the horse with him from
Washington, where he had ridden IT Cor
some time. The animal, however, Is not
Mr.. Taft's friends have insisted that he
and @ dsn %s Care Clarence = R. E4Wssrds Es d. s CHEZ q
the Bureau of Insular Affairs In Washing
ton, has been entrusted with the commis-
weighing about ZOO pounds and accus-
toned 70 mountain roads. :
Representative Hepburn Of Iowa ar
rived hero to-day and will spend week.
he 10 In Washington this summer and ran
He bad talk with Mr.. Taft and assured
him that lowe would 60 for him by at least
60. 900. Mr. Hepburn elso Expressed the
opinion that Republican Legislature
would you'd be elected d in News Iowa unless g egm%ins y.
didates to bis candidacy for the Senate.
Then there would be q fight which might
endanger the State ticket. But Mr.. Hep
burn didn't think that Cummins would be
IOOnBn enough 70 10 tnaJ.
Richard Bartholdt, the peace man from
Missouri, also called on the candidate to-
day Mr.. Bartholdt was deeply impressed
with the Importance Of his mission-more
deeply, in fact, than anybody else with
the possible exception Of Mr.. Taft himself
-Ihave not come, said the Congressman
TO discuss any local or State question
no, nothing as small as that. ! am here to
take UP great national question" What
that was Mr.. Bartholdt could not disclose
it was a secret.
MIR. Taft after the conference didn't seem
TO be weighed down with anything very
heavy in the secret line.
Frank H. Platt Of New York was another
Of Mr., Taft's visitors to-day. Mr.. Platt
was In Yale when Mr.. Taft was an under
graduate there and he took an active part
In the organization OF the Taft Club in
New York before Mr.. Taft's nomination.
Mr.. Taft said that Mr.. Plat had come to
see him about business matter in Cuba.
Mr.. and Mrs Taft attendad an illustrated
lecture by Burr Mcintosh here tonight.
the subject being. .With Taft in the Philip |
pines.' More than fifty views Of the candi- |
date were thrown upon the sheet and Mr..
Taft had the pleasure OF seeing himself
afoot. on horseback and afost while sitting |
In the ballroom Of the hotel. The lecture |
was well received by large crowd.