Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1909-04-01

land extend northwdrd here and Their
. the Nile countries and Somaliland
Nowhere else are there such multi
udes of game, representing so man!
ana such widely different kinds o
animals OF such size. such beauty
such infinite variety We SHOULD
have To- go back To the fauna o
loistocene To gee It's equal" II II
10 this section OF the world that u,
5 now bound.
Dat Of Temptation.
| He intends TO put himself beyond
he reach of thofe persons who. h
believes would inevitably seek. Z
hc were within reach. To use his In
| luonce with the administration o
| President William H. Taft. Mr.
Roosevelt Is. OF course. aware OF III.
manner In which the charge hat
been circulated that Mr.. Taft woulC
he only Roosevelt man as Prcsi.
dent. and whatever Mr.. Taft, rs
President. might do. II would be as
cribed 20 Mr.. Roosevelt's influence
II II because OF this situation that
Mr. Roosevelt decided to take him
self out of the country. where 4,
would be impossible for anyone "a
repeat any such charge against Pres.
ident Taft.
In travelling abroad Mr.. Roosevelt
viii not make any such tour as did
Gen. Grant after retiring from IN.
Presidency. Gen. Grant was received
In state by Emperors and Kings
wherever he went on his tour around
the world. He was feted as no other
American ever had been Mr.. Roose
t.tf AlIl .HAiI III 4. l..
desire to travel ss n plain American
citizen. and spending good part
OF his time In pursuit OF game. he
VIII put himself out Of the way ~
social entertainment
Declined Their Offers.
Statements have been made TO tho
eject that the game preserves In
British East Africa under control
OF the British Colonial Government
are to be- opened to the President
and hts companions 10 shoot at will
M advantage OF these offers will be-
taken. Mr.. Rooss welt having made
up his mind TO decline to do any
shooting on Government preserves
where the hunting il not open to all.
The feeling OF the President on this
matter OF shooting on Government
reservations he explains in this way.
person taking advantage to
shoot on Government reservat ions
In Africa would be exactly In the
same position as any foreigner who
came TO America and was given
permission by the United States
Government TO shoot at will In the
Government reservation at Yellow
stone Park. where the American
buffalo. to be found almost nowhere
else roams unmolested. The Presi-
dent declares that such permission
rightly would arouse resentment.
In Interest of Science.
II In Mr.. Roosevelt's desire that
his African hunting expedition shall
not be looked upon as one with
sport as a main object A limited
number OF specimens OF mammals
end birds will be- killed for the uses
OF the United States National Mu-
scum. Other kiilisg will be. con-
lined TO the limits OF the necessary
food supply OF the camp. On his
trip Mr.. Roosevelt hopes to secure
for scientific purposes two adult
specimens, one OF each sex, and a
specimen OF their young. OF animals
he IN likely To meet on the Dark
Continent, .t.
For the ordinary needs OF the mu-
scum the President and the natural
lists and director OF the Smithsonian
Institution, whom he has consulted,
think these will be suficient. hut
whether they are suficient or not
: hese are all he has In mind to kill:
mo matter how plentiful the game
may be.
IL Is the known wish OF the Presi-
lent that the expedition into Africa
shall be made with the privacy that
marks, or should mark. any othor
scientific expedition. Mr.. Roosevelt
wants an outing and a chance to a
amount Of shooting. with
Rrst view TO getting results that
Will be OF some benefit to science.
While number OF the American
would like TO send cor ,
respondents with Mr.. Roosevelt il |
Is needless To say that no newspaper
representative will accompany the I,
party
Working out the details of his
plans occupied great deal OF time.
He was continually in correspond :
ence last summer and even after he !
n gain resumed his Official duties at I
with the noted big game '
hunters and naturalists who have de- !
Voted years OF study 70 Central
Africa and It's fauna. Men who 1--we I,
spent any length of time in that part
)f Africa which he intends visiting
were welcome visitors at Sycamore
Hill. and from these he gained valu-
bile Information This was the case
ilso when he returned TO the White
House. and among those whom he
there were Bishop Hart
ell. who has spent many years as
missionary bishop of the Methodist
Episcopal Church In Africa. and Sir
larry II. Johnston. the noted Eng
ish naturalist and author, who has
lad twenty-five years experience in
'entral Africa and was the discover.
r OF the Okapi.
A Faunal Naturalist.
" was TO Secretary Walcott OF the
Institution. that Mr..
ROOSEVELT first unfolded the tenta-
we plans for his African trip. In
htter to the Secretary he made
hown his project Of going. after mis-
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