Show I Salt Lake Horse Race o Old Newspaper Man Tells New ew Yam s- s si s i C l el us Uses s Second Seto d South as fi Track k kJ J San an Francisco Scribe Relates Numerous Incidents That Happened Here During McKinley Campaign Campaign campaign Cam Cam- When Whet T R. R R Stumped West n NEW V Roosevelt story comes comes comes' to light tight in a recent issue of the he A San Francisco Bulletin written by C. C M. M Jackson of the Bulletin Bulletin Bulletin Bul Bul- letin staff Jackson Jackon is an newspaper man elan and aud during has career has been in contact with greatness as he puts it in his sto story y Once Jack Jackson was in in Salt Lake It was during t the le political campaign when McKinley and Roosevelt were were running for the big offices and Roosevelt came to Salt Lake on his tour of the country J k ra te s a lUU c so y U aIt It was during the c campaign when McKinley and Roosevelt were were running running run run- ning that Teddy came cama to Salt Lake City City- He lIe was given a a. tremendous reception Democrats and Republicans cans cans cans' vied with each other In making his stay memorable For the time party lines were forgotten This statement will be emphasized by the assertion that your jour obedient servant unbent himself so far as to climb into a suit of khaki and ride inthe In Inthe Inthe the parade In RooseVelt's honor and when anything like that happens the I odds are about five give hundred to one that politics Is adjourned For the greater glory of the occasion occa occa- sion Ben Heywood afterward United States marshal and Aquila Aqulla now United States marshal both cowmen and fine horsemen organized organ organ- organ organized I a troop of Rough Riders one one of whom I was which Roosevelt was furnished with a as fine a men of horseflesh as ever was cinched and presented with a saddle silver mounted especially made for the oc oc- oc casion There were about of usand us usand usand and we cut quite a considerable figure But In the hurr hurry and haste of other events yours truly forgot to bespeak for himself a mount and riot not until the day before did he attend to that little essential There wasn't a horse worth riding available Every livery stable had farmed out Its saddle animals animal and even leven even Lon Bast had promised Old Incas Incas Incas In- In I cas to someone else lse for the da day But Tom McCoy remained and al almost almost almost al- al most tearfully i 1 appealed to him SENDS FOR OLD BLUE got a horse left said Tom but ut Ill IIi tell you what Ill I'll do Ill I'll send down to the place and have cm em m bring In Old Blue Hes He's retired and been on grass for four years but buthe's buthe's hes he's only twenty-four twenty years old and J hell he'll take tale you anywhere anything that walks on four legs four legs can go So lie Jle sent for Old Blue Next Next morning when I showed up I found Blue had been Invested with witha a curb bit and all that sort of thing When I indicated my surprise Toni Tom said The old boys boy's a little hard on the bit especially when he runs with other horses but hell he'll carry you OU all right and I want to say right now that hoss hors aint been straddled for five flYe y years ars and its it's darned few men Id I'd let ride him for hes he's on the pension list We Ve paraded Old Blue and I and from the moment he took his place in the column well toward the rear where the jealous Republicans put us Democrats lies hes ambition That horse had no more respect for rank than a Bolshevist has for the Gregorian Gregorian Gregorian Grego Grego- rian creed Well VeIl to make a long story shorter I had to saw on an n that bit from the time we left leU the place where our right had rested until we disbanded and as the parade broke I J joined Roosevelt Hey Heywood wood and a a. few others for a sort of mutual mutual mutual mu mu- admiration meeting Following some introductions hand hand- shakings shaking and other evidences of good will Theodore looked at Ben aen and Aquila and remarked Lets iI s go JO somewhere Ho lie wanted to try tryout out his hb horse hors GOOD FOOT FOOT TRACK Second South stretched out Invitingly invitingly from Main to Tenth East feet in the clear with not a vehicle In Insight Insight insight sight save streetcars on a thoroughfare thorough- thorough faro fare feet teet from curb to curb Heywood Heywood Heywood Hey- Hey wood nodded and the three started I hadn't Intended to but Old Blue had Ideas of his own He lie joined tho the procession and threw a lot of fervor and jazz Into the initiatory ceremony First we passed then we passed Heywood then we passed Roosevelt Now having done all that one would have thought Old Blue would have been satisfied But he wasn't he kept right on passing things He passed h houses uses people trees telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone poles and other bric-a-brac bric and we passed em so fast It looked as asif asif if they were all coming from the other direction At Tenth East Old Blue halted He had to for the road ended there He lie wasn't even breathing hard Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt who was feet behind at the finish came up and remarked ed I Young man that's a pretty speedy horse you have there Tolerable for an old I T re re- re plied How old is he asked the coming president Twenty he been doing all his life lite Plowing Plowing mostly I replied Well Veil Well said Teddy hes about the swiftest I r ever saw and when he was working it must have kept P a hf farmhand nd going goin f some to keep leep up with him 1 And then that big blundering old Ben Heywood had to spoil It all by coming up and saying I HEYWOOD SPILLS BEANS I Wey Jack you ou old devil you What do you mean by ringing In a arace arace race horse on the colonel Say colonel colonel colo colo- I nel net he continued that old I there has won more three-quarter- three mile dashes and mile races than any horse west of the range I I thought I det detected a shade of anI annoyance annoyance an an- cross the Roosevelt face Since I then I am sure of it because truth to tell teIl Roosevelt did not like defeat But it was only temporary for tor an instant Instant in instant In- In I stant later he put out his hand and said Shake Jackson Jaclson e It every dayI daya day i I a man beats me In a race But I at that you had in a ringer I on Ol me ee I never r met R Roosevelt but once since sinoI that time It was in New York after atter I his term as president had expired and andI I was walking up Broadway when from out of a building built he came rushing I and ald nearly collided with me I But with that spontaneity that characterized charI characterized char char- him he ga gave gae e one look stuck I out his hand and greeted me In a aI ai i I voice that attracted attention for half halfa a block In each direction I Hello Jackson How low are re you you ou I Hows' Hows everybody In Salt Lake Hows How's I I Ben Heywood Been horse racing I la d lately tely Y d lately tely Y I Immediately following which he heI I collared an acquaintance who happened happened happened hap hap- to bo be passing some passing some banker friend I think I have forgotten the name namE and and delayed going some place while ho he told the fellow the story how 1 I had beaten him in a horse race by ringing in a thoroughbred on him This hasn't been written the purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose of self glorification But the acute reader will see Ree In the narrative one reason for the personal popularity of Roosevelt |