Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-31
PRESIDENT GETS
MANY CIT TS|N WEST
Special Animal Car May Be
!: Necessary to Bring Pets
! to Capital.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.
STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

HILLS, s. Oak, July 30.-President
and Mrs. Coolidge have been so show
cred with gifts since they came to the
Black Hills they probably will require
an additional car or two on their spe-
cial train when they start back for
Washington.
Those who are intrusted with the
moving of the presidential belongings
already are beginning to show some
concern about the transporting of the
many presents that have been received
at the Summer White House The
problem will be all the more acute be
cause of the number of live animals
included in these gifts.
If it is the intention of the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Coolidge to take all
these animal pets away with them
a special animal car will no doubt
have to be hitched on to the train. If
this is done. the Presidents special
Caln viii have the appearance of a
small-sized circus or animal train
When 1t rolls into Union Station.
First of all there is Kit. the beauti.
fsil bay mare presented to Mr.. Cool
idge on his birthday by a troop of
mounted Boy Scouts, from Custer, S
PAX. The President has lost his heart
TO this gentle, graceful animal, and
has enjoyed riding her over the noun.
tain trails in the vicinity of the lodge.
When he accepted this horse ne did
so more out of politeness than any
thing else. 1t was his original inten-
ton to return it later to the boys who
donated her, but now that he has be-
dome SO attached to the animal and
enjoys riding her so much it is
thought by those about the Summer
White House that he will take Kit
on TO Wa Shinptor1 with hin,
(. Has Another Horse.
There is another horse in the Sum-
nner White House stables, Mistletoe
ev name, of which the President is
very fond. This sedate. we'll gated
bay gelding was brought to the lodge
for the President very shortly after
bis arrival in the Hills, but it has
pever been settled definitely whether
Nistletoe was gift or simply loan
Tor the Summer. Whether or no, all
The President has TO do is to show the
faintest sign on his part that he would
Ike to retain the horse and it will be
his. In some respects he prefers this
horse to the mare, and some of the
attendants about the stable are in
eined to think that Mistletoe will be
fDund with the other pets when the
presidential special heads Eastward.
: Next in prominence in the animal
Gection Of the Coolidge gifts is Tiny
Tim, the Chow pup presented to Mrs.
Coolidge on the Presidents birthday,
4nd which, since the death of Pru-
dence Prim, Mrs. Coolidge's favorite
81 the two White House collies, has
endeared himself to the mistress of
tle White House. There also is a
new white collie. just months old,
III nj ho
the late Prudence Prim. This young
collie was a present from a kindly
gentleman in Michigan who was touch.
I'd by Mrs. Coolidge's grief when her
bet collie died
Another interesting animal pet &C.
quired by the Coolidges is a young
coyote, gift from Mrs. Raymond
Sanders, whose husband is one of the
owners of that strange formation just
outside of Rapid City known as
edidden City" This animal is less
than months old and has been raised
m captivity, and according to it's do.
nor is very gentle and affectionate.
This strange pet was given TO Mrs.
Coolidge when she and the President
were shown through Hidden City"
about week ago, but it has not been
delivered at the Summer White House.
I. Mrs. Sanders informed Mrs. Cool
3dge at the time that she would post
gone sending the baby coyote until it
had been given a series of baths and
had been put through some special
training. Mrs. Coolidge displayed con-
siderable enthusiasm over this gift
and is understood to have selected al
ready a most appropriate name for it..
II is not known, however, whether or
not this pet will become a permanent
member of the White House me.
1agerie.
VIII Leave Burros.
There are two baby burros, presents
to Mrs. Coolidge, with which she has
ail sorts of fun during her daily strolls
about the lodge grounds. The mothers
If these belong to the State Park, in
which the game lodge is situated. 1t
ID understood Mrs. Coolidge will not
separate them from their doting
mothers when she leaves.
These constitute the animal pres
ikslts, but there are numerous other
animals. belonging in the park, which
have been nodded into real pets by
Mrs. Coolidge. These include baby
mountain goats and couple of lambs,
several deer and two red squirrels.
AL of these have been splendid play
mates for Mrs. Coolidge and have en-.
dcyed her merriment and caresses, and
no doubt will miss her daily visits
when she leaves the hills.
Mrs. Coolidge was the recipient Of a
dpzen baby chicks on the Fourth Of
July, but these she turned over 10
Mrs. Cecil Gideon, wife Of the Presi-
dent'. guide and companion during his
ftshing trips and rides over the noun
tatns.
sff all these animals, along with
Bob Roy, the Presidents white collie,
and Rebecca, the pet raccoon. are
taken to Washington 1t is not difficult
To suppose that the Coolidge menagerie
will need at least one good sized extra
car on the special train.
AS for the other presents received
by Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge, it is difficult
to state their number or to enumer-
ate them. They are countless. The
nature Of them is most varied and in
teresting. Most of these gifts were
from people in South Dakota, and the
presents themselves were for the most
uart either suggestive OF the Black
Eills or else of some useful nature.
: Trout Flies on List.
For instance. the President has re
cfived innumerable articles pertaining
tp the outfit Of Il trout fisherman
There We're rods and reels Of various