Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-01-21
LONG RIDE OF
MR.. ROOSEVELT
TRAVELS NINETY NILES N SAD
DIE AND ARRIVES FOR
HIS DINNER
DONE AS AN EXAMPLE
Mounts His Jumper al the White
House and Galleps Through the
Surrounding Country g. settle
Recent Discussion.

WASHINGTON ID Especial
President Roosevelt rode NINETY miles
on horseback and when he dismounted
AZ The White House door more than
seventeen hours after having depart
"a therefrom. he did not show any
marked signs Of WEAKNESS.
The object OF his long day In the
saddle De- explained 90 repFesen-
tatiYe 81 the press after his return.
was &C. prove 10 the critics who have
found fault with the recent order re-
quiring an army and navy officers 60
take "a phys steal test that n a Presi-
tent who is not IA training can ride
ninety miles plus IN one day without
being laid up iu bed thereby. "a should
not De- too much TO ask the men Who
are supposed Co be- On the best Of ply
steal training an the time % vide
ninety miles n three DAYS.
Mounting his faithful rider and
jumper Roswell in front az the White
House door at 3.30 o'clock \. ~ ne
iismounted az the same place az s 40
Z 81 The journey was Co Warrenton
Va. and back
And Virginia roads IN the winter
time said the President ARE not
usually ina the best condition.
With the President were Dr RiXey
tNtAl r-NN.AA NiN.AlNA ~ va AAN va A. a.
rey Grayson and Captain Archibald
Butt one OF the Presidents aids ON
+ the return trip the last thirty miles
Of the journey were made in sleet
and rain while the last fifteen miles
We're almost in pitch darkness
Arriving al the AqueduCt bridge
| across the Potomac the President re-
fused 20 take the carriage whtch was
waiting there for him. When he dis
mounted his coat and hat were frozen
stiff with sleet aud ice There were
four relays OF horses. the first Stage
OF the journey out and the last Dr. be
INK by the President on Roswell the
second cut and the third in being on
Georgia. while the other TWO We're on
army horses which the President had
never before mounted.
AS the four horseback riders. fol-
lowed by two policemen on wheels and
the empty carriage. drove into the
sleety shimmeTing grounds surround
ing the Executive Mansion. the Pres
ident IN front. with mis- broad brim-
med black SLOUGH hat drawn down
over the face. presented a striking
picture.
Both the outward and the return
. trip Law through Fairfax Courthouse 20
/ Warrenton Arriving az the latter
place about il O'Clock. where the Pres
dents coming had been heralded an
hour or so before his arrival, he was
. greeted BY a gathering OF citizens and
/ school children. 10 whom be spoke a
few words OF greeting. They took
luncheon az the Warren Green Hotel.
When they started 10 return. after a
short rest. the master Of the hunt OF
the WarrentOn Hunt Club accOmpa-
MED them for a few miles.
In less than an hour after returning
% the White House. she President had
changed his iced coated clothing for
evening dress and appeared So the
dining room ready for as hearty a
meal as he has taken for a long
time.
IL any Of the critics OF his army
riding order" had dropped IN about
that time they would have been sadly
disappointed. for the President did not
show in the least BY his walk that he
had been sitting for nearly seventeen
hours ia a hard saddle