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Show ROOSEVELT, OUT OF PARK, PICTURE OF HEALTH 'IXXABAR, Mont.. April 24. President Roosevelt's vacation Is at an end. He greeted the members of his party and a large number of people at the Mammoth Hut Springrj hotel in Yellowstone Park yesterday. and today resumed his tour, which is to end In Washington on June Eth. The President, who arrived at Fort Yellowstone Wednesday, ls the picture pic-ture of health, arid it can be sen St a glance that the time' he has spent In the park has been greatly beneficial to " him. His eye Is bright and his face is bronzed. He speaks In enthusiastic terms of the park and of the good time he had while touring It. Word had gone forth several days ago that he would meet the people living in the park and vicinity yesterday, and when he arrived at the Mammoth Hot . Springs hotel, where the reception was held, he found a couple of hundred men and women there to greet him. The President addressed them briefly, speaking speak-ing of the good time he had had during the paU two weeks, and then shook handH with each one. He spent the rest of the day in inspecting the post and riding horseback with MaJ. Pitcher. Before starting today the President participated par-ticipated In the laying of the corner-stone of the new sate nt the northern entrance to the park. The President and all those who accompanied him on his tour of the park are delighted with the trip. Xo accident occurred, and the weather was, most of the time, delightful. John Burroughs, who accompanied the President most of the time, was alao greatly bentlted by his outdoor life, ami' his face Is also bronzed. The President spent most of his time in studying the habits of the different species of game which abound In the park. He would lie for hours near a herd of elk or moim tain goats, and frequently walked eight or f n miles to observe theim He also studied bird life with Mr. Burroughs, ai.d showed himself particularly well posted on this subject. Mr. Burroughs was able to show him but one bird with, which he was not acquainted, namely, tho soltaire. The President rode a big gray - horse named Uonaparte during the whole of his tour. The horse belongs to troop B, Third cavalry, and is one of surest-footed anU mats in the park. He showed what he could do the first day out. To reach the first camp, which was named by the soldiers Camp Roosevelt. It was necessary neces-sary to traverse for about two miles a narrow mountain trail mhlch was cov ered with Ice. Some of the party dismounted dis-mounted and led their horses down ths trail, for a misstep meant death or serious se-rious injury, but the President stuck to the saddle and guided Bonaparte safely , down tho trail |