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Show VACATION DAY WITH PRESIDENT : ' ROOSEVELT AT RUSTIC OYSTER BAY TiV'ts Vfr ' i 1'' SKETCHES AT OYSTER BAY. BY OUR SPECIAL HACKMAN ARTIST. Newspaper artists, going to Oyster Bay, have to run for their lives. The secret service men simply won't stand for them. Why. the other day. a s. s. man punched the daylights out of a camera fellow and laughed when he paid $10 fine. Ten dollars huh! So the declined to risk one of itsmen. but hired the town hackman of Oyster Bay to draw Important sketches. Only a few on the Roosevelt place have been attacked, however. The evening meal brings the family together to-gether again. The President frequently reads or talks to the boys in the evening. The mosquitoes are coming in droves this year, and folks keep indoors after the. sun goes down, well protected by netting. Nine o'clock at night finds Sagamore Hill slumbering. ' pony which was Archie's boon 'companion 'com-panion tor several seasons, has now descended de-scended to young Quentin. Archie has a new and larger pony named Betsy. - It Is one of the principal sights of the town to witness the charge of the Roosevelt Roose-velt youngsters. In miniature rough rider costumes, through the quiet streets of the town on their little, steeds. Quentin rides like his father, giving bis mount full rein and scattering the sand dust as he files. Secretary Loeb arrives at Sagamore Hill at 11 o'clock with the President's mail and the New York morning papers. The Secretary has become an expert horseman within two years. He has a new horse, from North Carolina. "Skoot," the horse that CapL Seth Bullock presented pre-sented to Loeb, went daffy and was retired re-tired after he had thrown the President's secretary twice while in the throes of Insane In-sane fits. Loeb carries the mail In large saddle pouches. If there are' no visitors to luncheon the President rattles through his correspondence correspond-ence in less than two hours, and Is free for recreation. His farm runs to the bay, the swimming beach being about UN teen minutes' walk from the house. No curious eyes are permitted to peer upon the Chief Executive when in striped bathing suit he plunges Into the deep. The signal is a heavy breaker dashed upon up-on the opposite shore. The hot July sun served to put a red tan upon the countenance coun-tenance of the Chief Executive in less than a week. , Cherry pie Is the dainty morsel Just now In favor at Sagamore Hill. The President has It hot at noontime and cold in the evening. Two hours of the afternoon are spent in reading and writing at the broad library li-brary table or the veranda. In the rear of the house the President Is helping his farm bands to harvest a bumper crop of oats. The hay has not BY MABLEN E. PEW. Staff Correspondence to The Telegram. OT8TER BAT, L. I.. July 27. President Presi-dent Roosevelt Is settled down in his i country home on "the hill" for the first actual rest he ha enjoyed in five years. It Is to continue for three months. A high stone wall has been erected be-. be-. tween the Long Island railroad station . SECRETARY LOEB CABBIES THE MAIL. Drawn by Oar Special Hackman Artist, here and Sagamore Hill, and secret service ser-vice men, .under direction of Secretary Loeb, bold the key to the only gate. AH ' sorts of gentlemen, crank or crankless, great or little. Had It hard to get past. Artists and camera men for newspapers have to run for their lives. The President's day begins early. He may be seen on the veranda of his home at t:S1 a. m. almost any day, breathing deep the soft, cool air from the sound. After a brisk turn about the grounds a chapter from a library book will engage him until the children begin flocking . from their beds, eager for breakfast and day of rollicking fun. As a rule the first meal Is served to the President's, family together. A game of tennis usually follows the morning meal. While the President enjoys en-joys the action of this game, be Is no expert, ex-pert, and is frequently outpointed by his sons. The secret service men are regular regu-lar spectators, and it Is their opinion . that President Roosevelt is too strong for . the game. He Is wont to bang the ball away out In the grass. Usually In the forenoon the family takes to its horses. This season the President Pres-ident Is tiding two new mounts. Audrey, a black mare, and Roswell. a bay hunter. They were purchased In Virginia. Rusty, bay Jumper, that has been out of service ser-vice for two seasons because of a complication compli-cation of ailments, is fit again. Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt ride through the shaded roads of the country, sometimes some-times accompanied by Theodore, Jr., who Is delighted with his new mount. Gray Dawn, a Western cayuse of excellent action ac-tion and spirit, and the most showy anl-- anl-- mal In the Roosevelt stable. "Algonquin," the sturdy little calico A SECRET SERVICE MAN WATCHING WATCH-ING FOR NEWSPAPER ARTISTS. Drawn by Oar Special Hackman Artist, yet been taken In. He expects to take In from three to three and a half tons of timothy from his hillside meadow. Mrs. Roosevelt Is busy In the afternoon with her large flower garden, and she has called upon the President frequently to assist ber In the heavy work. Enough garden produce Is cultivated In the place to meet the requirements of the household for the summer. To the west of the house the President has cut down several trees which encroached upon the private road. Gypsy moths are withering hundreds of trees In and about the town. |
