The New York herald., 1922-01-15
Boies Penrose as Real Human Being
Seen in Hitherto Unpublished Anecdotes

the room in which the Senator, who had
been in poor; health was sitting. In course
Of time Dr. Penrose excused himself
II hope you will pardon me- he explained.
'1but 1t is necessary for me to go. 1 sincerely
hope you will come again" And he shook
hands all around. bowed and left the room
Senator Penrose watched him closely
"YoA know" he observed when the door
was closed, that brother of mine is a very
fine fellow, only wish he didn't have such
an unfortunate manner"
TUNTING, fishing and books COM
PEELED his leisure attention. He
= = possessed a magnificent library, yet
the employees of the Library of Congress
say no other.m at the Capitol drew from
the shelves a larger number of volumes
Few people knew that he was hunter of
big game. Yet in the Penrose residence in
Philadelphia there hang many trophies OF
expeditions into every big game region of
the United States the wsids of Hudson Bay
and British Columbia. He knew the guides
of Montana. fdaho and Wyoming He did
his fishing IN Florida
w THILE serving as member of the
M Pennsylvania State Senate a num-
Der of years ago Senator Penrose
suffered severe attack of rheumatism. His
physicians ordered him to Virginia Hot
Springs. but he passed weeks there without.
recovery. Occasionally he went walking,
thinking the exercise might be beneficial
One afternoon he ventured far from the
hotel. The effort proved to be too much
and he had to sit down on the roadside.
Great shoots of pain ran through him when
he tried IN walk.
In the midst OF il a native of the section
happened along on horseback. Penrose
watched enviously as the animal carefully
picked his way over the Virginia road
When the rider came up to him Penrose
demanded:
How much do you want for that horse?"
The Virginian was surprised but finally
drawled:
"Well. ] guess IL / sold this horse fer a
hundreG-an quarter I'd be satisfied"
Here's the money" returned Penrose. as
he counted out $125
The Pennsylvania got astride the horse
and returned to the hotel. Within an hour
he was on his way. horseback to Philadel-
phia, a distance OF moreethan 800 miles.
Upon arriving at Philadelphia he found
the rheumatism had disappeared. The ex-
perience confirmed him as an enthusiastic
horseman.
This he continued for many years He
made frequent horseback trips from Phila-
delphia to Atlantic City and return, and once
he rode from Philadelphia TO Niagara Falls.
Up to the time he died he kept three horses
in Philadelphia and three in Washington
Necessarily, because of his size. the horses
were large.
NOLITICS always interested Penrose
r. When he graduated from Harvard in
= 1881 he stood second among the 200 in
his class, the only one taking precedence
over him being his brother Charles. So IL
was that he had the honor of selection as
one of the five to deliver orations at The
commencement exercises His subject was
Martin Van Buren, as a Politician"
He went in for politics as soon as he left
college. and he used to refer to himself as an
attorney who never tried a case. a lawyer
without client. He was grounded in the
belief in party organization.
MY political kindergarten" he remarked
on occasion. was ward in Philadelphia. 1t