The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-14
RIDING STUNT
BY ROOSEVELT
President Covers SO Miles in a
Little Over II Hours
in the Saddle.
SLEET, RAIN, DARKNESS
TEST MADE FOR BENEFIT or
ARMY ORDER CRITICS.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1s- President
Roosevelt rode ninsty-eignt miles on
hs.sebsck To-Day. and when he dis
mounted tonight ~ the White House
door. more than seventeen hours after
having departed fheretEoms ne oid not
show any marked signs Of WEAKNESS
The object Of his long Gay IN the sad
de. he explsined to a representative Of
the Associated Press. after bis return,
Wzs TO prOvs 10 the critics VINO nave
<oeud fault with the recent order re-
curing al army and navy officers 10
make a physical test that 4 a presl-
dent. who is not training, can noe
ninety miles Plus in one day without be-
ing laid up IN bed thereby, il should not
be too much TO ask TIE men who are
supposed 10 be ia the best physical
training al the time 10 ride ninety miles
IN three days
Mounting mis- faithful rider and jump
Ct. Roswell in front Of the White
Hesso door at $50 O'Clock this morning,
ne dismounted at the same place at 3 20
O'Clock tonight The journey was To
Warrenton, Va, and back
Had Three Companions.
And Virginia roads ia the winter
time, said the president, ARE not
usually in the best condition" With
the president were DIT. RiXey, surgeon
general Of the navy; DR. Carey Gray
son and Captain Archibald Butt, one Of
the presidents aides.
Oa the return trip the last thirty
miles Of the journey we're made in sleet
and rain, while the last fifteen miles
were in almost pitch darkness. ArTiv-
ing at the aqueduct bridge across the
Potomac. the president refused 10 take
the carriage which was waiting there
for him.
When he dismounted his coat and hat
were frozen stiff with sleet and Ice.
There were four relay OF horses, the
first stage Of the journey out and the
last in being made by the president on
Roswell the second out and third in
being on "Geio." while the other two
were or army horses which the presi-
dent had never before mounted
AS the four horseback riders. followed
by two policemen on wheels, and the
empty carriages drove into the grounds
surrounding the executive mansion, the
president presented a striking appear
ance.
Addresses . Gathering.
Both the outward and the return trip
lay through Fairfax Court House 10
Warrenton. Arriving al the latter
place about II O'Clock. where the presi-
dents coming had been heralded an
hour or 50 before his arrival. he was
greeted by gathering Of citizens and
school childFeHs 10 which he spoke a
few words Of greeting. They took
luncheon at the Warren Green hotel
When they started 70 return after a
short rest. the master OF the hunt Of
the WaFrenton Hunt club ACCOMPANIED
them for few miles
IL less than an hour after returning
ia the White House the president had
changed rs ice-cOyered clothing for
evening dress and appeared in the din
ing room ready for as hearty a meal. as
for long time
II any Of the CRITICS Of his army rid
ing order had dropped in about that
time they would have been sadly dicsp-
pointed, for the president did not show
IN the least that he had been sitting
for nearly seventeen hours in a hard
saddle.