The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-06
BY JOHN rLrRErH ,yAr,x,.s

VIII gambol and frolic up and dow
beverly Shore until subdued again bv
,he autumnal wanderiust you alreadv
know. aoS
self hence to Utica, where. unon tho
siopes overlooking the shimmer,nu
mohawk, he Will play at husbandrv
until. perchance. the notion takes hin.
as OFTEN before. to enjoy the zephyrs
OF the nearby Adirondacks, or TO an
gle In the st. Lawrence
Peeping over tho hedgerows Of the
smernan homestead you may get a
glimpse OF His Fifthwheeishin making
grent pretense at bucolic usefuInass
ana he was in this characteristic mood
when our audacious snap-shooter
caught him. biue-handed, in the act
OF piuckinS grapes from his own vine.
inasmuch as the cc-Presldent was
porn within a half dozen blocks OF
ms picturesque manor, there Is no
oearth OF neighbors upon the Sherman
lawn these summer evenings
'ice-Prosidents Favoritc Spot.
put all OF Sunny Jims" hot wealth.
or pleasures arc not enjoyed within
me nome pale. AS golfer he would
Hhe you 10 know he has a record that
might sometimes excite even a TaftJan
envoy were there such an emotion In
inc pathopsychological catalogue But
OF his golf prowess he dare never
hoast when son Tom La within hear
Ing, for that broth Of a boy has al |
READY won a collection OF cups here
ana In England. and has been already
ouh'eu one OF the eiSht best Ameri.
can players of the ancient Scottish
game.
heins understudy to the head OF tho
Eolf Cabinet. II is fitting enough that
sherman the elder should make a mora
.han passable showing on the links.
out when he wishes to drown tho
tehoes OF Parliamentary parties and
snlusIs' ne does not. for sport, con-
me mis- activities to the pursuit of the
NIUE warty sphere. AS an admiring
bioErapher puts IL, "he is baseball |
IAN OF the thirty-thi degree and
hhes TO get into the roofing when the
game grows exciting" Motoring. too,
Is diversion which makes him forget
the grind of the NTH wheel
The premier of the Cabinet. Mr.
Knox. will do his frol!cking. through
august and part Of September. at
Cape May. the oldest resort on the
Jersey coast. which President Harri |
Son preferred for his summer play.
ground. But while summer is blend. |
ing into autumn and while the head
"t the nation is making his swing
around the circle. the Secretary of
state will return TO hiw own Eden at
valley Forge. where he has his pri |
Nate golf links and billiard room. But
great as is his delight in hitting tho
balls of ivory and gutta percha. more
exquisite stiil is his pleasure In help |
ing 10 break the bloodcd hunters and
trotters which he breeds at Valley
Forge.
Horses are his chief hobby. and II |
was his boast few years back that
he owned the worlds fastest douhl,
trottng team And when his pets. |
ridden by gentleman jockies. win red
ribbons a the pejghboring hunt club
meets he Is the happiest man in the |
keystone State
Prcmicr'n Swimming Pool.
private swimming pool upon his
estate at Valley Forge is also the
boast of Secretary Knox, and In tbis
great bath tub of crystal water
Sheltered only by the azure CANOPY Of
the empyreum. the third citizen of the
hauon can continue. now unobserved. |
the aquatic pleasures enjoyed at Cane
May
The two new members of the Pres
idents council board have gone to on
posite extremes in planning their off, !
cial vacations. the holder OF the war
portfolio-Mr. Stimson-being ALREADY
In tropic climes. learning something
npout the big Panama Ditch whose
tortihoation and digging he must
supervise, and Mr. Bellinger's success
sor. Mr. Fisher. the Secretary of the |
lnterior-and also the eXterior-be-
ing scheduled to depart for Alaska to |
probe for himself the veXed Contradict
Bay affair. The War Secretarys itin-
erary has included also a look into
the big cofferdam. wherein the sLeIe |
ton OF the Maine Is being laid bare.
and an inspection of our we'll behaved
Porto Rtcan brothers. whose welfare
comes under the general supervision
OF the Secretary of Wars That wealthy
sx-ranchman farmer. soldier and so
riety man. Governor Cotton has been
the host of his chief in San Juan.
But Secretary Stimsons rest period
will be spent during August ut his
country home and farm at Cold Springs
Harbor on the north shore of Long
Island.
Hunts Moose and Rear.
great gunner is Stimson, and later
in the season he and his congenial
wife will start upon one of their ac-
customed camping jaunts. during
which he will hunt big game. In re-
cent years he has spent many weeks
stalking moose In Canada and hunt |
ing old Bruin out in Montana. And II
when the season Ia open he will be |
found riding lickety- split over the
familiar Long Island hill slopes in
pursuit of willy Der Fox.
Only little peninsula separates the
Stimson summer estate from Oyster |
Bay. the stronghold of the ex-Pres |
sdent
How Fisher Plays.
Alaska sounds better. Just now, than
any other spot listed upon the timer. |
aries of officlaldom, and after return
ing from that paradise Of frosty !
glaciers Secretary Fisher will go back
to his comfortable Chicago mansion
and to the Onwentsia golf links, |
where he has a record considerably |
under ninety. He Is an enthusiast
over baseball and football, as we'll as |
golf,
A private bathing beach adorned |
with picturesque bathhouse and boat
house will be the boast OF Mr.. NageI, |
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