Show MOUNTAIN I LIONS mil BE HUNTED BY THE PRESIDENT Animals Not Regarded as Protected Game I WILL GET SHOT AT THEM I Wolves and Coyotes May Drop From Presidents Gun Chief Magistrate Leads the Cavalry Escorts in a Fierce Gallop After n Herd of Elk I TRIBUNE SPECIAL Cinnabar Mont April 9A dispatch today from Gardiner says that when President Roosevelt was seen last by anyone except the soldiers of his escort es-cort he was hiking over the hills of the park in a mad gallop pursued by a troop of cavalry supposed to be an escort He said to MaJ Pitcher soon after arriving at Gardiner Major they tell me that the antelope ante-lope and deer arc so tame here that you can go right up to them Thats what I want I want to get right up to themLEADS LEADS CAVALRY IN CHASE So after starting for Fort Yellowstone Yellow-stone the President sighted a herd of elk a mile away and sol oil after them on a fierce gallop the cavalry escort trying hard to keep up with him The President may have some big game hunting In the park In fact It Is almost a certainty While game Isi protected In the park mountain lions wolves and coyotes are not regarded ns protected game and arc killed by the soldiers and scouts whenever found PRESIDENT CARRIES A GUN No outsiders arc permitted to take firearms Into the park because of the inability of the troops to watch everyone every-one But the President Is an exception excep-tion to tile rule ho ran be watched Now It fio happens that one of the young mountain lions was recently caught by Buffalo Jones and has been held captive ever since1 Dally for several weeks the soldiers have taken it out for a run over the snow An hour or so later Ihc lion dogs are taknn out to pick up the scent and run over the t trail t for training purposes The facts support the story which comes from tIn purk that the President and MaJ Pitcher are going on a big lion hunt |