Show president lured into the muldoon test regular army Is revenged last T THE fall its officers had to take a 15 allo lie rido ride in the roosevelt ovelt horseman test gen J franklin dell bell chief of the general staff the other day beguiled the president to t william 16 15 mile iest test on foot both the president and gen bell were guests after their hike at a dinner given by postmaster general meyer gen bell was as nt fit as could be the president still was lit fit for dinner dut but lie ho admitted lie he had lost all his appetite for muldoon tests the president exhibited exhibit eid great curiosity as to the muldoon system of lifting fitting fat statesmen for tho the washington dinner season since secretory secretary root and gen taken the course at white plains tho president did not pity pay much heed beed to mr roots account of his strenuous days at because mr root is not athletic 11 ht oven even avoids golf but when the crack horsemen ot tho the united states ciA cavalry valry returned to confirm mr roots hoots story president roosevelt Roos ovelt suggested skeptically that ho be would like to try this stiff athletic proposition of accordingly according gen nell bell commanded the expedition which set out across the country the horsemanship test bet et for army officers I 1 Is five miles at a walk five miles at a trot and five miles at a gallop they th muldoon test entirely on toot foot is IB eight miles at a walk and seven on a trot tho the going was heavy tor for the er was bad gen liell bell went over tho the course easily president roosevelt went over the course but not easily fat officers who bounced about in the saddle tor for the 15 required miles last tall fall are wearing a grin that Is broader still |