New-York tribune., 1908-06-06
WILL HUNT In AFRICA
TIE PRESIDENTS PLANS.
~ Sail for Caro- in April, 1909,
Accom- panied by Kermit.
From The Tribune Bureau.

The Tribune BurseUl
.,,c-on June 5-President Roosevelt will
,,.,v eliminate HIS personality from public
rext wear by making expedition TO
go in quest OF big game 1t was announced
~, White House to-day THAI he plans to sail
% - c.,-o IN April the month after he leaves the
-. uousa and will take with him his
-.-so, On the trip his second son, Kermit,
is now in school at Groton. Mass, prepar-
,n1 for Harvard
e., fact that the President makes this i'm
-.er+ announcement at this time is regarded
.be greatest significance from a political
:, view. for Il shows more emphatically
-, any repetition Of words could indicate that
. a, i--evoca bly, determined 10 retire to private
.,s, &C soon as his present term expires. and in
ss.+,or Is resolved TO leave this country and go
,-.,o,5 civilization for a considerable period
-, his successor is elected. IN order that there
-.r he no hint suspicion that he is 'fnfiu-
-, the man who comes after him in his
s,-e,tion of the ship Of state. IL the third
..-rr.rs" and second elective terrners' persist
a, 6-asging the Presidents name into the lime
,,rb, Al Chicago after this announcement they
= ho-51,- eSpect to be able to muster a
,o-sI's guard OF followers.
The President has cherished the hope of this
.t-,oen hunting expedition for many years. He
rs hunted practically all kinds of big game in
,b;s country. from the grizzlies of the Rockies
- the moose Of Maine and from the wolves of
-r.vas 10 the mountain lions Of the Bad Lands
~ the Dakotas. He has written much about
hen. as vel as hunted them in their native
ITS and few naturalists have q. deeper
,r,vledse OF their habits. His acquaintance
i-, American game has merely whetted his
,,retite for q more intimate knowledge OF the
,s-qe- and fercer animals OF the tropics, and
Car many years he has been promising himself
= --ip 10 Africa or India for q chance at the big
,s-niyora- Each year until the present this
,,e-ished rlan Of Nj Roosevelt's has seemed as
4sr away as the twelfth month before. But
now as the political situation seems TO have
co-,e 70 e point where he will be foot loose"
within a few months, he is going ahead with the
details of MS plans for the outing with the ut
most enthusiasm He feels like a schoolboy
shortly before the end OF the term who is sure
q his vacation
The announcement that he would go TO Africa
Was first made 10 his companions at the Boone
snd Crockett Club dinner in Washington sew
eral weeks ago. and since then he he's discussed
+he Man with a number Of personal friends.
Although his plans are not Yet fully divulged,
he has decided 10 make Cairo his objective
-.ojnr when he sails from the United States, and
will do most Of his Quitting at the Egyptian
capital Probably about the only portions OF
his equipment 10 be taken by the President
from this country viii be a number Of high
mower rifles and the ammunition necessary for
them
Although he has not Yet announced that he
viii lie accompanied by any others on the trip.
il is likely that DR.. Alexander Lambert, OF
New York his old friend and family physician,
viii be one Of the party. DR.. Lambert has been
with the President on nearly all his American
hunting trips Of recent years, and, besides
being an agreeable companion an experienced
Eoodsman and skilful physician, is an expert
photographer Nearly all the illustrations Of
aid life that have embellished the Presidents
hunting articles IN the magazines have been
made from DR.. Lsmbert's photographs. Another
companion that is likely TO accompany the
President and his their trip into Africa
Il Colonel Philip Stewart, of Colorado Springs.