The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-11-16
PRESIDENTS Who
were HUNTERS
Fifteen of the Nations Chief Ex-
ecutives Were Partial to
the Sport.
cleveland Liked DUCKS
Colonel Roosevelt a Shooter Of Big
Game on Three continents-Wil-
son Takes to Quail-Lincoln's
One Experience.

New York.-Presldent Wilson In
tends to do a little hunting this fall
and has taken out hunting license In
Virginia. In hunting in Virginia he
is following in the footsteps Of n num-
Der Of his predecessors, writes Alex
ander Stoddart in the New York Sun.
The hunting presidents Of the United
States number 10, one more than those
who INDUCED in fishing.
The hunting presidents Of the United
States include the first and present
presidents, also Thomas Jefferson, An
drew Jackson, Thomas Tyler, Zachary
Taylor, Franklin Pierce, james Bu-
chanan, Abraham Lincoln, Rutherford
Burchard Hayes, James Abram Gar
field, Chester Allan Arthur, Grover
Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, and
last but not least, Theodore Roose-
welt.
II might not be amiss to point out
that Of the 10 hunting presidents, the
following INDUCED in fishing also u:
Washington, Tyler, Pierce, Lincoln,
Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland and Roose-
welt.
Two of them wrote books devoted to
hunting: Cleveland, who left a book
devoted to fishing and hunting, which
he called by the modest title "Fishing
and Shooting Sketches" and Roose-
welt, who has written any number of
books, for one of which he received
dollar q word for every word in
1t. Incidentally 1t might be re-
marked that 1t was not losing ven
ture for the publisher.
Washington was fond of hunting
foxes, deer, turkeys and ducks; Jeffer'
son. foxes, deer turkey, 'possums and
'coons; Jackson, deer and turkey; Ty
Ter, Taylor and Arthur, deer; Pierce
'coons; Buchanan, quail; Lincoln
turkey (on one occasion only; Hayes
turkey; Garfield, ducks and quail
Cleveland, quail, duck, rabbits ant
shore birds; Harrison, quail ant
Wilson, quail.
Roosevelt Greatest Hunter.
The greatest Of all hunting presi
dents Is Colonel Roosevelt, who ha!
hunted on three continents and ha'
killed almost every species of biz
game. He has one rifle, now retiret
veteran, which he regards as no
heavy enough for steady use on heav!
game, "but it Is so handy and accu
rate, has such penetration and keep
In such good order" that 1t has beel
his chief hunting rifle for the las
dozen years.
Washington, who was the largest
tallest and strongest of the presidents
Lincoln not excepted, was an enthusi
astic fox-hunter. He rode with tn
hounds everywhere, was always in q
the death, was fond of shooting vii
turkey and ducks and on his last hun
liz 1856 he killed buck weighing IA
pounds.
jefferson liked the fox chase an
without leaving his fathers land h
could shoot turkey, deer, foxes, pos
sum, 'coons, quail, squirrel and raj
} bit.
Jackson's shooting at one period c
his life came from necessity, the house
hold needing meat for the table. Dee
: wild turkeys and smaller game wer
numerous in those days.
As a young man Tyler did muc
hunting, and Taylor delighted in roam
ing through forests and over prairie
: for days and nights seeking game.
Pierce liked to take long tramps an
never went without his rifle. In add
ton to having wonderful powers
endurance. Buchanan was an expei
shot and made II a point to kill a
small game through the head.
Lincoln as a Hunter.
Lincoln's hunting was confined
one days sport. More accurately,
few minutes fun. In fact, he did nc
move far away from where he lived
yet his first and last wild turkey. II
shot 1t from his cabin home.
Following is the curious autobiogri
phy written entirely In the third pc
son which Lincoln prepared for h
friend: