The San Francisco call., 1910-03-03
IJTTLE HERO DOCTOR
TEACHES TAFT TOBOX
President Makes Most Strenuous ErorIs
to Reduce His Equator Line
Ru IRA E. BENNETT


,ia,,a that before Taft's first term e@-
- he ,,-i1l he down to 299 10 pounds
For his size Doctor Barker
ceedingIy strong. Every musei9 -
veIoped and he has the theory oi ms
,,siness down to a science. The deaths
of t1arriman. Mark Hanna, Governor
1obnson and other famous men are
,,.a.-as;As 70 the doctor. because ne De-
1ievae that had they exercised prop
erly they would have lived 10 DC
old men, a.
PLENTY of exercise. That's the ooe-
tors theory Take these famous me" me-,
and throw them arouna th0 5rJU.-a il
tjI thev cry for mercy IheLe
r,o+1,inC that gives such play 10 All tue
muscles. especially those OF tne Iess'
- b,oviny Take the presidents case
RECTOR barker will take hair Nelson
on him. hang on with all MS strense1
and inside half an hour VIII suIou 'I
in moving him one-tenth Oh an ~
Think of the exercise that 7A'0
presidents legs! -
UT~eStIine is mart of the morning eX-
ercise If boxing brings all the mus
cIes into play, wrestling orlnsS 49,
that you have never had DeAoIS 49, -
being 1t is worth the fulI price OF
admission Just 10 sec ]iiO p
the United States wrestling with DoctoI
Barker. or rather to see Doctor Bar
ker' wrestling with the president
Doctor Barker takes a running jump
from the extreme right OF the looni
and hurls himself against the presi-
Dental breastworks- The presluehG
distracted by some thought of the IN
surrents probably, notices tickling
sensation on his chest and brushes II
away. ,-,-
Doctor Barker peevishly.
"Oh, was that you?" remarks Ta1r'
recollecting himself :.
Sure l was wrestling with you'
saws Barker And then the doctor
wrestles some more. This part or the
program consists of the doctor hanging
on the presidents shoulder and sway
ing gently backward and forward.
This has the pleasing effect or teach
ing the president rhythm.
once in the course of the morning
the doctor. in wrestling, got his arm
half way round Taft's waist and the
butler, peering in at the keyhole. loud
" exclaimed: "'Pon my soul, they're
waltzing"'
Naturally enough, with all the serv-
ants gOssiping. it was not long before
the secret of the presidents course in
training became public property in
Washington. Senator La Follette called
at the White House one day and after
waiting for an hour to see the presi-
\ dent went away and has not been back
1t was said that he was angered be-
cause he could not see the president.
1t now appears that while waiting
for the president he heard that Taft
was aking his regular boxing lessons.
La Toilette does not know how to box.
That is the secret of his absence. He
is not taking any chances on right
hook to the jaw.
All the insurgents are in trepidation
and are keeping away from the White
House They admit that their forte
is the verbal attack and that they want
no PERSONAL encounters with any cham
pion lightweights-
Uncle Joe" Cannon alone retains his
nerve. Il challenged him to golf" he
says. "and when he learned I used 10
be a famous shinny player he refused
to take me up. Now I am willing TO
go a six round bout with him. but I
suppose when he learns I used TO be
something Of a scrapper he win tell
me TO go out and get a reputation.
That's always the way with those big
fellows"
Doctor Barker meanwhile. is said 10
be contemplating the raising of a long
beard. He has learned from newspaper
dispatches that former President
Roosevelt has raised long one while
hunting in Africa. He is aware that
the former president is good boxer
and he wants to teach his own charge
the great trick of catching hold of a
Iuxuriant flock of whiskers, swinging
on them with feet free from-the floor.
meanwhile murmuring: "Curfew shall
not ring tonight
Washington, February "a