Theodore Roosevelt 



be desired, at others, perhaps, hopelessly lazy and 

 worthless, and even with a stock of liquor cached 

 somewhere in the packs — Mr. Roosevelt helped 

 to pack the horses, to bring the wood, to carry the 

 water, to cook the food, to wrangle the stock, and 

 generally to do the work of the camp, or of the 

 trail, so long as any of it remained undone. His 

 energy was indefatigable, and usually he infected 

 his companion with his own enthusiasm and indus- 

 try, though at times he might have with him a 

 man whom nothing could move. It is largely to 

 this energy and this determination that he owes the 

 good fortune that has usually attended his hunt- 

 ing trips. 



As the years have gone on, fortunes have 

 changed; and as duties of one kind and another 

 have more and more pressed upon him, Mr. 

 Roosevelt has done less and less hunting; yet his 

 love for outdoor life is as keen as ever, and as 

 Vice-President of the United States, he made his 

 well-remembered trip to Colorado after mountain 

 lions, while more recently he hunted black bears 

 in the Mississippi Valley, and still more lately 

 killed a wild boar in the Austin Corbin park in 

 New Hampshire. 



Mr. Roosevelt's accession to the Presidential 

 chair has been a great thing for good sportsman- 



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