Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-09
TAFT NEEDS EXERCISE, |S
 HE OPINION
Doctors Say the Heavyweight President Must Take More Exercise Than He Has Re- gently Done.

WASHINGTON, April S.-President Taft's phys. clans have advised that it would be desirable for him to
 take more exerc SC than he has been abe to take since March 4, and to take it in as systematic a way as pcss ble. They TO not n9an to sound note of a,arm, but mEely one of caution. a
 The president is a very large man, and exercise of any kind. excepting on the golf links. is real work. At the same time, physicians have besn say ing to h ID f-r years that exercise is absolutely necessary if he is to have the degree of health which is essen tial to a proper discharge Of his i'm portant duties.
 While he was secretary of war Mi. Taft had abundant opportunities for ext rcise. He was a regular visitor
 to one of the golf courses near Wasd- ington, and finally btcame quitsex- pert at the game.
 s milarly, whi he was candidate for the presidency he found ample
 time for this sort of recreation. But since he came into the presidency
 the press of business has kept him confined day after day, from early
 morning until dark. in the executive
 offices. with only an opportunity now
 and then for a shcrt walk or a short horseback ride
 Presiderl Taft's horseback rides are short, but this now is enc of ais re g1lar exercise duties. H's f2vorite horse, "Strette," is a strong animal
 and does not seem to regard tho exec utive's physical weight as burden. Gen. Clarence Edwards. assigned to
 the presidents aid from the war de
 pertinent, usually accompanies his
 chief upon these aors back trips.
 The White House empioyes say
 that Mir Taft's hcrsebssk rides are
 shorter than the walks of most men
 usually are and that ne is d'sinclned , 10 long walks. Almost every a.ter- I noCE when the weather 5 favorable ] his horse is ordered from the stable | at or 4:30 o'clock. and yet. as a | rule. 1t is 6 o'clock, or even later, | before he is abe to get away. The result is that before he has gone l far it is time to go home and get ready for Inner. and with him q IT, her is a good meal, for he works ! throrsgh the noon hour without l luuEHSOH-
 MT. Taft fondly planned. before his | Inauguration, that he would find much time for golf in tle long after
 moons of the spr.Bg months, but thess | plans have not yet material.zed, and | they will not do so, unless he can [ q spatcl public business so as tU l get away from bis office by o'clock. Recently Mir. Taft made ru e that ] he would receive mo visitors in the | afternoon, but he broke the rule so ! f-eo~entiv that be wonders if it is worth while to try to live up to 1t. Senators and representa- yes and oth- 1 CT one als are daily besieged by cu- l rious commitments who want to shake hands with the president. Appoint | ments are made, as matter of l course, and so MT. Taft, seeing no | mere people daily than did Mir. Roose- | vet, puts in mere hours day at his | office than d MT. Roosevelt, and ac- complishes less.
 All this will have to be changed.
 Either the president vii have to l acquire more skill in getting r'd of | the handstakers or he will decline to see them after certain hour, i probably 12 o'clock.