The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-12
ROOSEVELT, HUNTER,
LOVED ADVENTURE
Held First Place in Hearts of
Outdoorsmen; Angler
for Big Game at Sea.
CHASE BEST OF PASTIME
ny ALEXANDER sTODDART.

Theodore Roosevelt was many things
% many men. but ne held first place In
The hearts OF all outdoorsmen. He
nad the spirit OF adventure that every
nan has who loves a gun. a fishing rod.
the open road or the unblazed trail. He
vas naturalist of renown, and un-
loubtedly the foremost all around sports
man, hunter, conservationlst and out
doorsman OF his time.
No club or movement interested In the
rejection and preservation OF birds or
mammals ever began its work without
skiing Theodore Roosevelt to join in IL.
He was always ready to help. He knew
little about something of everything in
the world. somebody once remarked about
the Colonel. but In the field OF birds and
onlm7ls he knew much from first hand
observation. and he wrote prolifcally.
He was acquainted also with the big
amo fishes OF the sea.
It was once said OF Richard Harding
Davis that he never wrote 4 dun line
he 81 mo was equally true OF Col Roose-
welt. particularly In the realm OF Wild
life. and he had tho faculty OF turning
he eyes of continent TO following
| African Game Trails" 1t was said
hat the former President received a
dollar for every wo,d he wrote. but pub
fishers never regretted making the con-
, 'ract.
How are you able to write so much {:
what is the secret?" Roosevelt was once
tNked by George Shiras Sd. himself an
dventurer. author, photographer and
Tottsman OF note.
81 use the material have In hand"
-eplied the American OF Americans. 81
10 not keep on waiting and waiting"
That quality Of Roosevelt's. using the
| material that he had resulted In putting
| between covers Hunting Trips OF a
Ranchmsn." "RancN Life and Hunting
! Trail" "The Wilderness Hunter" The
! Deer Family" Outdoor Pastimcs of an
I american Hunter" GOOD Hunting"
African Game Trails" Life Histories
! o. African Game Animals" Through
/ The Brazilian Wilderness" "a Book
Lovers Holidays IN the Open" besides
/ nnumerable articles in popular maya
zines and technical journals that prob
ably some day will be collected and
| issued In book form.
Called Himself "Ordinary shot,"
One might get the Impression that
! Roosevelt was not an angler. He was,
, and although. unlike former President
Cleveland. he left no bound book on
| angling. when what he has written on
! angling Is brought together. Roosevelt
| the angler will be revealed. In fact, one
Of his last trips was to Florida where
he succeeded in happening the giant
manta, or so-called devilfish, under the
auspices of his Virginia friend. Russell
! J. Coles.
. a sckly. puny boy. yet by his life In
| the outdoors he brought vigor to his
body, and his endurance was so great
that his activities linked his name with
81 he st oh pf
he became a splendid shot. although he
was extremely modest about his snoot-
! ing ab'l!tleS He said Of himself: 81
! myself am not and never Will be. more
! than an ordinary shot. for my eyes are
| bad and my hand not oversteady yet !
have killed every kind OF game TO be
found on the pla ms partly because
have hunted very perserve'ingly and
pnrf'v because by pr3ctice have learned
to shoot about as well at a wild animal
| as at a target"
| That shooting stood him In good stead
n September OF 1915. when moose hunt.
| ing in quebec. Roosevelt had taken the
one bull moose allowed by law when he
| and his party were unable TO make a
| land ng from their boat for more thar
one hour because or the antics OF bul
| moose on shore.
| Finally the moose disappeared ths
| landing was made when suddenly thu
hig animal rushed at the party at >
slashing trot. it's hair rufHed AM toss
ing its head In an effort to Fighter
the animal. Roosevelt fired over tn,
head of the animal. The animal PLUNGED
ahead and Arthur Lirette. a game war
den of the Tour!lli Club, cried: '"T,rez
monsieur. tirez. vite. wife, vlte" ("Draw
monsieur. draw. quickly. quickly
,quickly").