The San Francisco call., 1913-09-17
SAYS TEDDY
WAS JUST
FOOLED
Bear Expert Intimates Colonel
Doesn't Know Grizzly
From Silver Tip
It's a bear.

1t Dear.
One Of those huge quadrupeds of
the mountains is apt to make Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt a member of the
Ananias club against his will
Did Colonel Roosevelt kill grizzlies
in the Rocky mountains or didn't he?
Various opinions have been expressed
by various people upon the subject,
and today a new voice was added to
the controversy tending to substan-
tiate certain intimations that the
colonel is a nature faker."
This latest opinion was expressed
by Hugh NJ. Burke, a prominent San
Francisco clubman and former news
paper man, who speaks with certain
authority upon the question and de-
clares that DR.. Joseph Grinnell, di-
rector of the California museum of
vertebrate zoology at the University
of California, is mistaken when he
asserts that Colonel Roosevelt killed
grizzlies in the Rocky mountains
ALL DEAD, SAYS BURKE
Far be it from any one to assert
that the colopel would not vanquish
a true grizzly in single handed COM
bat said Burke but the grizzly
such as Fremont Kit Carson and
Adams knew had passed away before
the colonel came west
The trouble started when the for
mer president, In an article in a New
York magazine related thrilling ex-
periences in which he slew a grizzly,
4a- fv u
of Colorado and Idaho.
His statements brought forth a
protest from Captain Albert Brown.
postmaster of the Napa county SOL
diers' home. former scout and Indian
fighter. There are no grizzlies in the
Rockies, says Captain Brown.
On top of this DR.. Joseph Grinnell
fastened to the defense of the for
mer president in his classification of
bears.
Colonel Roosevelt was right when
he said that there are grizzlies in
the Rocky mountains" said Doctor
Grinnefl. They are found in num-
bers in Yellowstone park and in the
Rockies of both Colorado and Idaho
Colonel Roosevelt has an accurate
knowledge of wild game, and he was
not mistaken in the grizzlies he shot"
This was the statement that
brought the voice of Hugh NJ Burke
into the dispute
SAYS DOCTOR is IN ERROR
Doctor Grinnell must be mistaken
in his belief that the grizzly bear is
found in the Rockies of Colorado and
Idaho," declares Burke. The silver
tip bear that will put up a good
fight. is found there. Lewis and Clark
in the famous expedition under Presi-
dent Jefferson's administration en-
countered many of these bears on the
upper Missouri near the Yellowstone.
The bear would attack the hunter and
knock the gun from the mans hand
This species of the bear is smaller
than the true grizzly.
The real grizzly is a native of the
coast ranges--in truth Californian
and therefore Captain Brown of the
soldiers home is right when he AYERS
that Colonel Roosevelt did not slay
a grizzly.
THE late Doctor Chismore, who
was a diligent bear hunter. told me
Is years ago that there were only
two known grizzlies outside of cap
tivity. One was in the Tehachapi
range and the other is in the Siskiyou
mountains.
DIR Grinnell says the grizzly bear
has long, straight claws. Monarch.
who was taken alive and put in
Golden Gate park, was a true grizzly.
A glance at his picture shows these
long, straight claws"