424 ON SAFARI IN SOTIK WILDERNESS AND LAKE NAIVASHA 



hunting party had no adventures of thrilhng character there wc shall 

 not follow them again to that region. 



On August 5 Mr. Roosevelt returned to Nairobi, then the scene 

 of an exciting event, for it was the week of the annual race meet and 

 the ranchers from a long distance round had gathered for the festive 

 occasion. It was made an event of special interest at this time by 

 the presence of the recent President of the United States, a man of 

 international reputation and who was made the guest of honor at 

 many dinners. It was at one of these that he was presented with the 

 silver and gold mounted rhinoceros and elephant feet described in 

 Chapter XLIV. He enjoyed the races with the zest of a born sports- 

 man and was very willing that Kermit should take part in several of 

 the racing events. There was too much going on in town for him 

 to trouble himself with hunting on this occasion, though he did make 

 one field record in shooting hares at night with the aid of a bicycle 

 lamp. 



Mr. Roosevelt's plans included a hunt with Lord Delamere in 

 the Njoro region in November and a journey to Uganda in December, 

 preliminary to his seeking the Nile in the following February. On 

 October 20 he reached Naivasha in company with Cunninghame, the 

 Scotch scout, having just finished an extended hunt. Those who 

 'met him found him extraordinarily embrowned from the rays of the 

 African sun, but in the pink of health, and he and his son alike proud 

 and delighted in the stories they had to tell of their prowess in each 

 bringing down an elephant when no professional hunter was with 

 them. 



