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I expected that you would find it hard to compete with the other candidates for the position of end, as they are mostly heavier than you; especially since you went off in weight owing to the excitement of your last weeks of holiday in the summer. I EXPECTED THAT YOU WOULD FIND IT HARD TO COMPETE WITH THE OTHER CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION OF END AS THEY ARE MOSTLY HEAVIER THAN YOU ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU WENT OFF IN WAIT OWING TO THE EXCITEMENT OF YOUR LAST WEEKS OF HOLIDAY IN THE SUMMER
lueness, and we are enjoying it to the full now. I have just seen Archie dragging some fifty foot of hose pipe across the tennis court to play in the sand-box. I have been playing tennis with Mr. Pinchot, who beat me three sets to one, the only deuce-set being the one I won. This is just an occasion to show the stuff there is in you. Do not let these newspaper creatures and kindred idiots drive you one hair's breadth from the line you had marked out in football or anything else. Avoid any fuss, if possible. White House, October 11, 1905. DEAR TED: I was delighted to find from your last letters that you are evidently having a pretty good time in spite of the newspaper and kodak creatures. I guess that nuisance is now pretty well abated. Every now and then they will do something horrid; but I think you can safely, from now on, ignore them entirely. I shall be interested to hear how you get on, first of all with your studies, in which you seem to have started well, and next with football. FIT OF BLUENESS AND WE ARE ENJOYING IT TO THE FULL NOW I HAVE JUST SEEN ARCHY DRAGGING SOME FIFTY FOOT OF HOSEPIPE ACROSS THE TENNIS COURT TO PLAY IN THE SAND BOX I HAVE BEEN PLAYING TENNIS WITH MISTER PINCHOT WHO BEAT ME THREE SETS TO ONE THE ONLY DU SET BEING THE ONE I WANT THIS IS JUST AN OCCASION TO SHOW THE STUFF THERE IS IN YOU DO NOT LET THESE NEWSPAPER CREATURES AND KINDRED IDIOTS DRIVE YOU ONE HAIR'S BREADTH FROM THE LINE YOU HAD MARKED OUT IN FOOTBALL OR ANYTHING ELSE AVOID ANY FUSS IF POSSIBLE WHITE HOUSE OCTOBER ELEVENTH NINETEEN O FIVE DEAR TAD I WAS DELIGHTED TO FIND FROM YOUR LAST LETTERS THAT YOU ARE EVIDENTLY HAVING A PRETTY GOOD TIME IN SPITE OF THE NEWSPAPER AND KODAK CREATURES I GUESS THAT NUISANCE IS NOW PRETTY WELL ABATED EVERY NOW AND THEN THEY WILL DO SOMETHING HORRID BUT I THINK YOU CAN SAFELY FROM NOW ON IGNORE THEM ENTIRELY I SHALL BE INTERESTED TO HEAR HOW YOU GET ON FIRST OF ALL WITH YOUR STUDIES IN WHICH YOU SEEM TO HAVE STARTED WELL AND NEXT WITH FOOTBALL
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