The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-15
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IN his hunting trip into the south
os+ and Colorado, President Roose-
-. was accorded a series of ovations
..,ch as only he could inspire. He made
r,anv speeches, few of which were ac-
aording to schedule His train was
,lra 70 pass though Tempe, Tex, with {
ant stopping, but the city council
,assed an emergency ordinance COM
nalling the train to remain there three
rnnutes. This pleased the president.
In route, he delivered himself of
Rooseveltian epigrams. such as: The
honest man who is coward is Of no
asrthlv use to himself or anyone else"
what he does not relate in his letters
home is that his guides in the wild
riding after the hounds, tried in every
wav 10 prevent the president from
risking his neck. But even if they
rode around a dangerous spot. the
nresident would plunge through, de-
termined to be in at the death.-The
Editor.
Abernethy the Wolf Hunter.
Colorado Springs. Colorado,
Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
April 20, 1905.
DEAR TED:
[ DO WISH you CodIo IidFC Dcetf StlOflS
m this trip 1t has been great fun.
In oklahoma our party got all told
seventeen coyotes with the greyhounds.
was in at the death of eleven, the
only ones started by the dogs with
which I happened to be. In one run
the three fasteners covered them
selves with glory, as DIR. Lambert,
Roly Fortescue and were the only
ones who got through excepting Aber-
nethy the wolf hunter. 1t happened
because it was a nine-mile run and all
the cowboys rode their horses to a
standstill in the first three or four
miles, after which came bounding
along, like Kermit in the paper chase.
and got to the end in time to see the
really remarkable feat of Abernethy
jumping on the wolf, thrusting his
gloved hand into it's mouth, and mas
tering it then and there. He never
used knife or a rope in taking these
wolves, seizing them by sheer quick
ness and address and thrusting his
hand into the VOLTS mouth in such
a way that it lost all power to bite.
You would have loved Tom Burnett,
the son of the big cattle man. He is
splendid fellow, about thirty years old.
and Just the ideal of what young
cattle man should be-
Up here we have opened WELL We
have two cracker-jacks as guides
John Golf, my old guide on the noun
tain lion hunt, and Jake Borah. who
has somewhat the Seth Bullock type
of face We have about thirty dogs,
including one absurd little terrier about
half Jacks size. named Skip Skip
trots all day long with the hounds ex-s
cept when he can persuade Mr.. Stew
art, or DR.. Lambert, or me to take him
up for a ride, for which he is always
begging. He is most affectionate and
intelligent but when there is a bear
or lynx at bay he joins in the fight with
all the fury Of a bull dog, though l
do not think he is much more effective
than one of your japanese mice would
be. 1 should like to bring him home
for Archie or Quentin. He would go
everywhere with them and would ride
Betsy or Algonquin.
On the third day out I got fine
big black bear, an old male who would
not tree, but made what they call in
Mississippi a walking bay with the
dogs, fighting them off all the time.
The chase lasted nearly two hours and
was ended by a hard scramble up
canyon side; and I made a pretty good
shot at him as he was walking off
with the pack around him. lie killed
one dog and crippled three that think
will recover, besides scratching others.
My 1910 Springfield worked to per-
lection on the bear.
suppose you are now in the thick
Of Your studies and will have but little
time to rest after the examinations j
shall be back about the 18th, and then
We can take up our tennis again.
Give my regards to Matt.
am particularly pleased that
Maurice Turned out so we'll He has
always been so pleasant to me that I
had hoped he would turn out all right
/ in the end.
Prairie Girls
Divide Greek, Colo,
=. April 26, 1905.
DARLING ETHEL:
Of course you remember the story
Of the little prairie girl. I always asso-
ciate it with you. Well. again and
again on this trip we would pass
through prairie villages-bleak and
!onely-with all the people in from
miles about TO see me. Among them
were often dozens of young girls, often
pretty, and SO far as / could see much
more happy than the heroine of the
story One of them, after much whisp-
sflhg, said: We want to shake hands