Jumping (Horsemanship)

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt drops his son Ted a line to tell him that they are thinking of him as he starts out life in the “big world.” He reports that Ethel took his horse Roswell over the high hurdle twice before he made her promise not to do it again. Roosevelt’s leg has bothered him, but he thinks it is recovering now. He is being very careful with it so that he will start out well on his African safari. Ted’s registration in Oyster Bay has been worked out, and Roosevelt encourages him to make it down to vote.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt wishes his son Kermit Roosevelt a happy birthday. He would like to hear all about Kermit’s trip west and especially to hear about college. Preparation for the Africa trip is going well. Roosevelt would like to know if the English shoes he sent Kermit are all right and says that at Christmas he will take Kermit’s list of books that he would like to bring. Roosevelt discusses Ethel Roosevelt’s horse jumping and details a “scramble walk” he took with Archibald Willingham Butt through Rock Creek Park.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-10

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alice Roosevelt Longworth

President Roosevelt thanks his daughter, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, for the birthday wishes. He celebrated by taking his horse Roswell out and jumping all the hurdles. He says that he expects a victory for Republicans in the upcoming elections.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-28

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt discusses with his son Kermit which cameras he should bring on their trip to Africa. He believes that Kermit should definitely bring a Kodak, and plan on taking a lot of pictures to be sure there are good ones to choose from. Roosevelt is pleased with Kermit’s plan to take two trips to Geneseo to hunt and ride. He also is happy about his son’s efforts in the two-mile run. For his birthday, Roosevelt intends to go riding without Edith and take his horse Roswell over many jumps. Roosevelt discusses the rifles that W. S. Rainsford has offered to loan he and Kermit in Africa. In a postscript, Roosevelt thanks his son for the birthday wishes, and tells him about his day.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Archibald B. Roosevelt

President Roosevelt relays to his son, Archibald B. Roosevelt, a riding accident he recently had. As both of Roosevelt’s jumping horses were hurt, he was riding a different horse which was spooked and reared up and fell into Rock Creek. Roosevelt assures Archie that he is unharmed. Roosevelt also believes that his son will like the new captain of the USS Sylph, who can give him advice about getting into the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-05

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt expresses pride and sadness that his son Ted, at twenty-one, is making up his mind about what he wants to do next fall. He encourages Ted to focus on hard work and remember the fun he had as a boy. Roosevelt also discusses the books he has been reading and offers his thought on Winston Churchill’s book about his father. He tells Ted about riding with David Gray.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-05-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank Sherman Peer

President Roosevelt thanks Frank Sherman Peer for his book, Cross Country with Horse and Hound. He will send Peer some photographs of him on his horse, and explains that his horse pulls to the right when he jumps, so sometimes he has to pull the reigns to correct it. He was delighted by what Peer wrote about riding by balance, as that is how he rides.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-01-13

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Bridges

President Roosevelt has written the supplementary chapter for Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter as requested. He wishes for Robert Bridges to wait with the new edition until he can ascertain whether he will be going on a bear hunt in October. Roosevelt also has some jumping pictures he wishes for Bridges to add, if it is possible to do so.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Hermann Speck von Sternburg

President Roosevelt sends photographs of him and his son Ted jumping horses to German Ambassador to the United States Sternburg. Roosevelt asks Sternburg to give them to German Emperor William II.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-16

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Arthur Hamilton Lee to Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt sends photographs of him jumping a horse to Arthur Hamilton Lee. He did not get a photograph of the best jump over a brush hurdle. It was impressive that the horse was able to do the jump considering Roosevelt’s weight.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-15

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt informs his son Kermit that he jumped the horse Roswell over a big hurdle. Others had jumped Roswell over it before, but Roosevelt is “a little too heavy” and the horse struggled. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and Ethel Roosevelt scolded him for it. Roosevelt describes the weather, flowers, General Tamemoto Kuroki’s visit, prospects for the presidential nomination, and news of the family’s dogs.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-12

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt describes his jumping Roswell over a big hurdle to his son, Theodore Roosevelt. He is glad that Theodore is assistant manager of the crew team. He notes that Louis Adams Frothingham visited yesterday. Archibald B. Roosevelt caught tadpoles, turtles, and a small alligator that he put in the bathroom.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-12

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ian Hamilton

President Roosevelt has read over Lieutenant General Hamilton’s two volumes again and complements Hamilton on his description of the Japanese army. Roosevelt describes a conversation he had with Tamemoto Kuroki about the superiority of guns over bayonets. Roosevelt notes that Kuroki and Kuroki’s aide like Hamilton’s work. He gives his impression of Kuroki. Roosevelt sends pictures of him jumping a horse named Roswell.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-15

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Whitelaw Reid

President Roosevelt sends photographs of him jumping a horse to United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom Reid. He directs Reid to present the photographs to King Edward VII if he would like them. Roosevelt comments on the newspaper clippings that Reid sent, noting he was surprised at how Englishmen responded to Robert Bond’s criticism of New Newfoundland’s status in the British Empire, given their response to the proposed discriminatory legislation against Japanese students in California. Lately, Roosevelt has been most interested by his “encounter with the ultra labor men and socialists over the Moyer-Haywood-Debs matter.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Whitelaw Reid

President Roosevelt thanks United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom Whitelaw Reid for his recent letter and its report on international affairs. He was not concerned by A. Maurice Low’s criticism but thought it might damage relations between the United States and the United Kingdom. Roosevelt sends Reid some horse jumping pictures for King Edward VII.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt describes the late, cold spring in Washington D. C. and its effect on the flowers. He gives updates on the family’s activities. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has started riding with him. Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt visited recently. Archibald “Archie” Roosevelt is slowly recovering and hopefully will be prepared to attend Groton School in the fall. Quentin is “bouncy and merry.” Roosevelt’s horse, Roswell, recently bruised his knee while jumping.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Albert Shaw

President Roosevelt encloses several photographs for Albert Shaw to use in The American Review of Reviews.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-11

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Martha Blow Wadsworth

President Roosevelt plans to see Martha Blow Wadsworth either that week or the following, depending on weather. He wants to have some photos taken of him jumping his horse Roswell over a stone wall. He is pleased with how Kermit is taking to jumping, particularly on the mare Audrey.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-25

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Mike Donovan

President Roosevelt asks Mike Donovan to wait to come until he reaches out, as Roosevelt has wrenched his thigh jumping a horse.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-30

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt tells Kermit Roosevelt about the family’s trip to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, and how he walked through the exposition grounds with an enormous bruise without letting any reporters know he was experiencing pain in his leg. The president was most interested in the North Dakota and Philippine exhibits. President Roosevelt includes a handwritten note encouraging Kermit to “keep pegging away” in his studies and to not lose heart.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919