The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-11-24
PRESIDENTS WHO
WERE HUNTERS
Fifteen of the Nations Chief Ex-
eCutiyeS Were Partial to
the Sport.
CLEVELAND LIKED DUCKS
Colonel Roosevelt a Shooter Of Big
Game on Three contnents-Wil-
son Takes to ouall-LineoIn's
One Experience.

New York.-President Wilson in
tends to do a little hunting this fall
and has taken out u hunting license In
Virginia. In hunting in Virginia he
is following in the footsteps of a 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 Harr' on, and
last but not least, TheO(.ore RoOse-
welt.
1t might not he aF.iss to point out
that Of the 10 hunting presidents, the
following indulgad in fishing also:
Washington. Tyler, Pierce, Lincoln,
Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland and Roose-
welt.
Two Of them wrote books devoted to
hunting: Cleveland, who left g book
devoted to fishing and hunting, which
he called by the modest title "Fishing
and Shooting Sketches and ROOse-
velt who has written any number of
books, for one of which he received
dollar a word for every word in
it. incidentally it might be re-
marked that it was not losing ven
ture for the publisher.
Washington was fond of hunicg
foxes, deer turkeys and ducks; Jefrar-
son, foxes, deer, turkey, 'possums and
'cOons Jackson, deer and :,rkey; Ty-
Ter, Taylor and Arthur deer; Pierce,
'coOns; Buchanan, quail; Lincoln,
turkey ION one occasion Only) ; Hayes,
turkey; Garfield, ducks and quail;
Cleveland, quail, duck, rabbits and
shore birds; Harrison, quail and
Wilson, quail.
Roosevelt Greatest Hunter.
The greatest of all hunting presi-
dents is Colonel Roosevelt, who has
hunted on three continents and has
killed almost every species of big
game. He has one rifle, now a retired
veteran, which he regards as not
heavy enough for steady use on heavy
game, "but it is so handy and accu-
rate, has SUCH penetration and keeps
In such good order" that it has been
his chief hunting rifle for the last
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 the
hounds everywhere, was always in at
the death, was fond of shooting wild
turkey and ducks and ON his last hunt
N 1885 he killed buck weighing 148
pounds.
Jefferson liked the fox chase and |
leaving his fathers land he
could shoot turkey, deer, foxes, pos
sum, 'coons, quail, squirrel and rab-
Dit.
Jackson's shooting at one period Of !
lis life came from necessity, the house
lold needing meat for the table. Deer,
Wild turkeys and smaller game were
numerous in those days.
AS a young man Tyler did much
lunting, and Taylor delighted in roam
ng through forests and over prairies
or days and nights seeking game.
Pierce liked to take long tramps and
lever went without his rifle. In addi-
ion to having wonderful powers Of
ndurance. Buchanan was an expert,
hot and made it point to kill all
mall game through the head.
Lincoln as a Hunter.
Lincoln's hunting was confined to
ne days sport More accurately, a
ew minutes fun. In fact, he did not ,
lOve far away from where he lived to
ct his first and last wild turkey. He
hot it from his cabin home.
Following is the curious autobiogra-
hy written entirely in the third per-
on which Lincoln prepared for his
riend.