The sun., 1916-10-29
PRESIDENT HUNTERS
OF US. NUMBER IS
Colonel Roosevelt Shooter of
Big Game on Three
Continents.
CLEVELAND LIKED DUCKS
~ ALEXANDER MD. sroDDART.

in Virginia he Is following In the foot
steps OF q umbe OF his predecessors.
The hunting Presidents OF the United
States number fifteen. one more than
those who INDUCED In fishing.
The hunting Presidents OF the United
States includ the first and present Prcsi-
dents. also Thomas Jefferson. Andrew
Jackson, John Tyler. Zachary Taylor,
Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan,
Abraham Lincoln. Rutherford Durchard
Hayes. James Abram Garfield. Chester
Allan Arthur. Grover Cleveland. Benja-
min Harrison. and last but not least.
Theodore Rockwell.
II might not be am!ss to point out that
Of the fifteen hunting Presidents, the
following INDUCED in fishing also
Washington. Tyler. Taylor. fierce. Lin
coin. Garfield, Arthur. Cleveland and
Roosevelt.
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 Roosevelt.
who has written any number OF books
Tor one OF which he received a dollar a
word for every word ne wrote. Incl
dentally II might be remarked that II
was not a losing venture for the pub
Usher.
Washington was fond Of hunting foxes,
deer. turkeys and ducks: Jerer-
son. foxes. deer. turkey. pos
sums and 'coons; jackson, deer,
and turkey; Tyler. Taylor and Ar
thur. deer; Pierce. 'coons: Buchanan.
quail: Lincoln. turkey Con one occasion
only Hayes, turkey Garfield. ducks
and quail Cleveland. quail. duck, rab-
bits and shore birds Harrison, quail and
ducks. and Wilson. quail.
Roosevelt Greatest Hunter.
The greatest OF all hunting Presidents
b Col. Roosevelt, who has hunted on
three continents and has killed almost
every species OF big game. He has one
ri1e. now a retired veteran, which he
regards as not heavy enough for steady
use on heavy game. but II IL so handy
and accurate, has such penetration and
keeps In such BOD order tha It has
been his chief hunting rife for the last
dozen years.
With this rife he has shot some 500
heads OF all kinds, including the follow.
ing:
Lion. hyerN. elephant. rh!noceros
(sQuare mouthei and nook nosed), hip
popotamus. zebras OF two kinds, wart-
hog. giraffe. giant Gland. common Gland.
raon. antelope. Onyx, wlldebeest, toni.
,white-withered lechwe. waterb, cks.
hartebeests. knobs. impaila. gerenuk,
sazelles. ~reedbucks. b~ushbucks. kip
springer. cribs. duikers. steinbok. dix.
dix. monkeys.
Jasuar. tap'r. big peccary. giant ant
eater. c%apybara. wood-deer. monkey.
Cougar black bear. moose, caribou,
Whitehall deer.
Crocodile. cayman. python.
Ostrich. bustard. wild turkey. crane,
nrITln- mn rihnt thtg v.I-- -.--,
kabiru stork. guinea fowl. francolin.
In this country he has killed small
game and big game from the rabbit to
sne bunalo, and practically every game
oird that gunners pursue.
In addition he has been nm ardent con-
servationist and has done more for the
protection OF game IN America thar al
most any other Individual.
Col. Roosevelt Is a prolific writer on
his ~favorite sport. some OF his books
being the following: Through the FRA
silian Wilderness" "Lifs Histories of
african Game Animals African Game
Trails" "Ou:door Pas.imes Of an Amer
ican Hunter THE Deer Family lin
conjunction with Van Dyke, Elliot and
Stone). Hunting the Grizzly Hunt
ing Trips OF a Ranchman." Ranch Life
and the Hunting Trail 1.-The Wilder
ness Hunter" "A Book-Lover's Holidays
In the Open" In addition 20 books which
he has edited In conjunction with others
published by the Boone and Crockett
Club, Of which he VAS at one time pres
ident.
Washinst"n Always In At Death.
Washington. who was the largest. tall
est and strongest o; the Presidents. Lin
coin not excepted. was an enthusiastic
fox hunter. He rode with the hounds
everywhere. was always In at the death,
was fond OF shooting viii turkey and
ducks and on his last hunt in 1885 he
killed IA buck weighing l4s pounds.
Jefferson liked the fox chase and with
out leaving his fathers lane he could
shoot turkey. deer. foxes. 'possum.
'coons. quail. squirrel and rabbit.
Jackson's shooting at one period of
his life came from necessity. the house,
hold needing meat for the table. Deer.
wild turkeys and smaller game were nu-
merous In those days.
As a young man Tyler did much hunt
ing. and Taylor delighted in roaming
through forests and over prairies for
days and nights seeking game.
Pierce liked to taxi long tri I'm . and
never went without his rife. In addition
to having wonderful lower OF endur-
ance, Buchanan was an EXPERT shot and
made 1t a point to kill all small game
through the head.
Lincoln's hunting was confined TO one
days sport. More accurately, a few
minutes fun. In fact he did not move
far away from where he lived to get his
first and last wild turkey. He shot Il
from his cabin home.
The Incident might never have been
told. but a friend asked the rail splitting
President In 1860 about his exploits as a
hunter.
Following Is the curious autob!ogra.
ply written entirely In the third perso,
which Lincoln prepared for his friend:
"A few days before the completion L.
his eighth year.. in the absence Of his
father, a flock OF wild turkeys ap-
preached the new log cabin. and Abra-
nam with a rife gun. standing inside,
shot through a crack and killed one OF
them. He has never since pulled the
trigger on n larger game"
Cleveland Fond Of Ducks.
Hayes, like Buchanan, was also an
excellent shot with the rife. GARFIELD
liked TO fish and invariably carried n
gun with him for ducks. He was also
fond OF quail shooting.
Arthur. who was one OF the best Ash.
srmen OF the Presidents. was 30 devoted
10 hunting that Emperor William pre.
sented him with a beautiful gun. While
President he hunted In the Yellowstone
country.
Like Cleveland. Harrison liked to gc
duck shooting in Chesapeake Bay. ant
% devoted was he to the sport that n,
was q member Of numerous shotins
clubs.