Theodore Roosevelt 



FOUNDER OF THE BOONE AND CROCKETT CLUB. 



It was at a dinner given to a few friends, who 

 were also big-game hunters, at his New York 

 house, in December, 1887, that Theodore Roosevelt 

 first suggested the formation of the Boone and 

 Crockett Club. The association was to be made 

 up of men using the rifle in big-game hunting, 

 who should meet from time to time to discuss sub- 

 jects of interest to hunters. The idea was received 

 with enthusiasm, and the purposes and plans of 

 the club were outlined at this dinner. 



Mr. Roosevelt was then eight years out of col- 

 lege, and had already made a local name for him- 

 self. Soon after graduation he had begun to dis- 

 play that energy which is now so well known; he 

 had entered the political field, and been elected 

 member of the New York Legislature, where he 

 served from 1882 to 1884. His honesty and 

 courage made his term of service one long battle, 

 in which he fought with equal zeal the unworthy 

 measures championed by his own and the oppos- 

 ing political party. In 1886 he had been an un- 



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