Fox hunting

Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1884 to December 1891. Notable events include the deaths of Alice Lee Roosevelt and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s time on his ranch, the completion of Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Edith Kermit Carow, Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt’s birth, the “Great-Dieup” of cattle in North Dakota, and the founding of the Boone and Crockett Club.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1985

The Roosevelt family enjoyed Isabella Ferguson’s recent letter. Edith Kermit Carow and Ethel Roosevelt have returned and had an excellent trip to Panama. Roosevelt outlines some recent business opportunities and a fox hunting trip in Maryland.

Collection

Arizona Historical Society

Creation Date

1912-04-01

Commissioner Roosevelt enjoyed visiting Thomas Hitchcock in Aiken, South Carolina. There was a great deal of exercise with shooting, fox hunting, and polo. However, the “mental companionship” was lacking. Cecil Spring Rice has returned but is “very blue.” Roosevelt hopes Spring Rice will join them when Robert Harry Munro Ferguson visits Sagamore Hill. He inquires about Ferguson’s travel plans.

Collection

Arizona Historical Society

Creation Date

1894-03-28

In a fox hunting scene, a man labeled “Special Privilege” rides on a horse labeled “Congress” through “The People’s Field” labeled “Trade, Individualism, Enterprise, [and] Opportunity.” He is following several dogs labeled “Land Trust, Oil Trust, Coal, Metal Trust, Lumber Trust, [and] Franchise Grabber” in pursuit of a fox labeled “Natural Resource.”

comments and context

Comments and Context

The telling aspect of this cartoon by Udo J. Keppler is that a bloated hunter, “Special Privilege” is in pursuit of the fox labeled “Natural Resources,” and that he rides a horse representing Congress.

This cartoon shows Nelson W. Aldrich as the master of the hunt throwing the twisted body of a man labeled “Consumer” to a pack of hunting dogs labeled “Lumber Trust, Fuel Trust, Clothing Trust, [and] Food Trust.” The caption reads, “Throwing the carcase [sic] to the pack.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1909-07-21

Two women dressed for horseback riding and fox hunting gossip about another woman’s femininity. Caption: De Crop — Gwendolyn is an intensely feminine girl. / Miss Ryder — More so than the rest of us? / De Crop — Well, she asked a blacksmith the other day if her horse couldn’t wear shoes a size smaller.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1914-10-03

Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about his recent four day trip with a friend to Aiken, South Carolina. While there, he engaged in fox hunting and polo playing.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1894-03-19

Fox hunting party on the lawn of Sagamore Hill: hunters on horseback, pack of hounds, and carriage.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

Unknown

Winthrop Chanler is glad President Roosevelt had the opportunity to see John Henry Twachtman’s painting, “Yellowstone Pool.” Chanler describes in detail a humorous fox hunting adventure. He concludes with informing Roosevelt that although Alastair Gordon-Cumming has requested that Chanler recommend him to be chief clerk of the State Department, Chanler has refused as that is not something he regularly does.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-06-11