Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-01-19 | Page 1 | Roosevelt Has an Auto

00 Which He Drives, to the Surprise of Oyster Bay New York, Jan 19. Theodoro Roosevelt, colonel of tho Rough Riders, Rid-ers, has at last yielded to the tendency ten-dency of tho times, and sits behind the steering wheel of his automobile. Residents of Oyster Bay on sexeral occasions recently have seen Col. Roosevelt driving through the town with his hand on the wheel, steering tho car as though ho were thoroughly familiar with the mysteries of tho levers and pedals which must be manipulated. ma-nipulated. The sight was a surprising surpris-ing one, because of Col. Roosevelt's loe of the horso and aversion to automobiles. ' When he was at Oyster Bay during the summer while he was president he forbade autornobllists to enter his grounds in their machines. In spite of Col. Roosevelt's preference for tho horse he found an automobile Indes-penslble Indes-penslble when he began to make regular reg-ular trips between Oyster Bay and his editorial offices In New York If ho went by train he was besieged by persons who wanted to talk with him. Gradually he picked up Information about tho car but it was only recently that ho began to drive it. Tlie Colonel still prefers the horse, however, and takes daily horseback rides. As a concession to the automobile, Col. Roosevelt recently built a broad macadam road from his home on tho crown of Sagamore Hill to the public highway below.