Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-09
A MIGHTY NIMROD.
Interview With Sir Gordon Cumming, a
Famous Scottish Hunter.

for the Inter- Ocean had a chat with
him AZ the rooms of the Chicago Club
Yesterday afternoon, cleaning from
the modest NimrOd some points about
his last hunt, and also a few incidents
ofhis incursions into India and Afri-
GA. dc is rather short and slight of
build, very fanny Of mustache and
hair. and has a keen, bue eye, that one
can well believe can draw a bead on
the doomed victim at almost any dis
lance. A polished, pleasant gentle
man he is, and decidedly military in
appearance and bearing as becomes
his rank of captain in the Scoth Fusi-
lier Guards.
Eyes, I've been spending my fur
Tough very pleasantly, the gentleman
remarked when the reporter touched
on his western tour. Indeed, Idont
know when | have had a better sport
than in Colorado. Altogether | was
there about seven weeks, though a
part OF the time | spent at Denver,
where you know, tho game is hardly
abundant on the table or elsewhere.
BY the by, your old townsman, Dave
Gage, | saw him there, as also Gener-
al Sherman, who was just going to
Mexico, | was about five weeks up
in the mountains, going directly to
Estes Park, and having
GOOD SHOOTING ALL TIE TINE.
From there / crossed over the range
to Hot Sulphur Springs, lying just be-
tween Middle Park and North Park.
In that region [ passed most of my
time, and especially around Whiteley
Peak. The game wa very abundant
indeed, There was any qantity Of elk;
a few bears, and plenty of deer and
mountain sheep. Ny chief trophy,
however, was a mountain bison, which
bears very little resemblance to the
buffalo of the plains. The old chap
was one of a large herd that we saw
feed way up on the steep, but they
we're bad to get at. We were more
fortunate with the bears, and killed a
large number-one of them an i'm
mense fellow about as big as a grizzly.
Of course they were all black bears
indeed, l doubt whether there is a
genuine grizzly in the Rocky Noun
tains. Ofthe smaller game, we brought
down scores upon scores of grouse,
and the jack rabbits, sage hens, ptar-
migan, etc, we're just think. Chip
hunks the woods were full Of them,
and even our tents at night. Yes,
had quite a number of attendants
along, but it wasn't very often We had
to camp out. We hardly needed a
tent, though, as the climate was SO de-
lightful. What guns did Isuse? They
were made form specially by Holland.
who made all the guns | used in Ind
and Africa. Sharp's weapon, | think
is frst-class also, and | had one or tw,
of them along. | would like to hav,
stayed there another four or five weeks
as found the country perfectly charm
ing, especially Estes Park, where
met Mr.. Field, another af your citi
zens, and also the proprietor, Lore
Dunraven, who could hardly havi
bought another such paradise. | shall
try to 20 back there again some day
| found just before leaving some inter
ference in the snow, which came yer,
heavy where | was, along the Blu
river, toward Breckenridge. BY wa.
Of a parting suggestion, / think tn.
license that prevails there about the
WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER OF GAME
|, should be checked. | think there is
{ law to that effect in Colorado, but j
seems imperative, and the destrue
ton OF game in such a scale as +
, threaten extinction is iniquitous
: Lecturing myself? No, hardly, as W
were really very moderate. But evel
/ if | am included, | would emphati
! cally repeat my caution. 1t would b
too bad to have all the noble game g
the wa of the buffalo"
you have hunted in many othe
cogntries2' said the reporter.
e "Yes, q little replied the hunts
man. Every year for the last five 0
|, six years | have been somewhere Whe
I / could get leave Of absence. Ye.
t that tripinto Africa Of $50 miles whic.
r you refer to was four years ago. w
:. landed at SOnakia, on the Red Sea
: and cut acros through Aby,sinia an
Soudan. Excepting for Bakers e1
r petition, it was a virgin country W
y trsversed, as far as foreigners wer
concerned. But our company wa
/, everywhere treated kindly by the ma
tives. W. we're a mere handful
though subsequently two others joine
. US, one Of them Lord R~ahfqrley, VIII
two years ago hunted in this country
killing 3 grizzly ia California. W
. found Soudan one Of the finest Of gam
countriessuch a variety. We wer
gone twenty dsys, and rode camell
: No, we didn't have 70 open any {
. them to get water. We weren't S
hort az that, but had excellent liyin
all the way Among our trophiC
we're an elephant, ono Of q species {
buffalo, a giraffe, lions, and any cyan
a tity Of deer, and s FhinOceros, No,
cant's say we had any hair-breadt
escapes; we we're too good sh0ts f
d that, you know. 1t was somewhat II
y terestihg. however, to zee how one
y the lions, a perfect whopper, suddenI
changed his mind about attacking u
4 He keeled over
SLICK AS A WHISTLE,
That's a YaBkeeism, isn't it?
: Hindostany Yes, / made a coup
g Of campaigns ia India. Hunting
the jungles there we had TO use 81,
h plants, as il would be really imposs
hlQ IN GOT abOut any otbc. ,yav ou,;,