a friendly call someday and remind him of the big 

 small-moiled bass of the Monocacy. 



While President Cleveland was an adept in the 

 use of the gun and rod, to President Rosevelt, the 

 sportsmen of America pay high tribute, but this dis- 

 tinguished gentleman has given more attention to the 

 shooting of large game than to the field and fishing. 

 Not that he is unfamiliar with bird hunting and 

 fishing, for he is an expert in all lines as a sportsman, 

 but as a historian and scientific writer, he has found 

 in the heavier pursuit the necessary material for the 

 entertainment and enlightenment of the student. Pos- 

 sessing the superior accomplishments of a great hunter, 

 he embodies those high attributes which go for the 

 protection of game and fish, forjests, and streams. 

 Well equipped as a man from every point of view 

 his work furnishes a magnificent study for every 

 young citizen of the Republic. His earlier years were 

 spent on a ranch in the Northwest and there he 

 learned to master the horse and the gun. The 

 saddle affords him the luxury of a couch and the 

 bigger the game the greater his delight to pursue it. 

 The last few years have recorded him as a "mighty 

 hunter" and his admirers have found him equal in 

 skill and Durance to any man who ever followed the 

 trail. Many trophies emphasize his wonderful work 

 with the rifle, and in bringing down big game he has 

 always followed the precept of giving his foe a fair 

 chance. History is already replete with many interest- 

 ing pages of the work of Theodore Roosevelt, the 

 hunter, the student of nature, and the boys of the 

 land will profit by its reading. The following fishing 

 experience of the President proves a delightful morsel 

 for any one: 



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