THE TUNE HE WHISTLED.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9426, 23 April 1909, Page 2

THE TUNE HE WHISTLED.

A well-known lawyer of New York tells an anecdote 1 of Kermit Roosevelt, the President’s son. “I was acting as steward,’ he said, “in some Gymkhana races at Oyster Bay, and one of the events was a race in which the contestants had to ride a given distance to a certain spot where an equal number of young ladies stood with pencil, paper and envelope. Each rider had to dismount here andjwhiatle a tune, the lady writing its name down on the paper. She then had to seal it op in the envelope and , hand it to the rider, who mounted and finished the race, delivering the envelope at the judge’s stand. The first one in with a correct answer won the event. “As steward,-1 was deputed before the race to write down the name of the tune each entrant would whistle. “What are you going to whistle?” I asked young Kermit. Works bat Father,” said the President’s son.”