The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-11-08
ROOSEVELT Will
HUNT RAREANIMALS
Theodore and Kermit Prepare
for Extensive Expedition
to Southern Asia
WILL HAVE 2 DIVISIONS
Will Collect Specimens for
Field Museum of Natural
History

dore Roosevelt and Kermit Roose-
welt are to lead another geological
expedition for Field Museum of
Natural History, to obtain rare
animals in certain practically un-
explored mountains and jungles of
southeastern Asia. Stephen C.
Simms, director of the museum has
announced.
The expedition is sponsored by
William V. Kelley, Chicago. It will
start few days after the presiden-
tial election, and will be known as
the William V. Kelley-Roosevelts
Expedition to Eastern Asia of Field
Museum. Mr.. Kelley is one of the
prominent benefactors and patrons
of Field Museum and is a corpor-
ate member of the institution.
Plans were completed during
recent visit of the Roosevelt broth
ers to Chicago, when they conferred
with President Stanley Field of the
museum, Director Simms and some
of the scientists who will be men,
bers of the expedition.
The expedition has two main
purposes. The first is to make a
thorough collection of mammals,
birds and reptiles in a remote part
of French Indo-China, where con-
dition of climate and travel are so
difficult that hitherto no cornpre-
hensive geological collecting has
been done by scientists of any ma
ton. The second objective is to
explore certain unknown territory
lying northward. of Indo-China
along the gorges of the Mekong
river, and abutting on the borders
of Burma, Siam and Yunnan.
To accomplish these detectives
the expedition will be divided into
two contingents. The Indo-C Chinese
division will be ed by Harold Cool
lidge, Jr., of Boston, a young NAM
malogist. He will be accompanied
by three other naturalists, among
whom are DR.. Josselyn Van Tyne,
assist. curator of birds at the mu,
scum of zoology, University OF
Michigan, and DIR. Ralph E. Wheel.
er, Cambridge, Mass, who will be
medical officer and assistant nat.
uralist.
The other division will be com.
Iposed of the Roosevelts and Suy,
dam Cuttin, New York city. This is
the second expedition the Roose,
velts have led for Field museum
! the first having been the James
Simpson-Roosevelts Asiatic expedi.
ton in 1886. Mr.. Cutting was
also a member of that expedition
of the Chicago Daily News-Felo
museum Abyssinian expedition.
| The Roosevelts and Mr.. Cutting
expect to sail from New York fol-
India November 10. There they
will assemble equipment and pro-
coed to the Yunnan border. Then
principal work at first will be ex
ploring. The party will be equip
ped to make a survey, however, Of
the native fauna, and such large
mammals as are of most interest
will be collected. It is thought like.
ily that several hitherto unknown
species may be obtained. Reports
from native sources indicate that
a large deer of an unknown spe.
cies may be found.
! Another large mamal to be
sought is the peculiar ruminant
j known. as the takin., This. animal
is one of natures anomalies, anG
| is perhaps best described as q
"goat-antelope." It is a distant re.
lative of the European channels, but
is thickest and clumsy by compari.
son, having a very heavy body.
short legs, heavy hoof and horns
which meet at the base and SWEEP
outward and then upward.