, 1884-04-05
Great sport


Thor, stood bo +uo fru-si,od
trsl-ors ,i,i,t., .Loo.,n. Ji...noo
On, b,a anor,,o,,sI,, = 49,,
d, I etood ST.. ~ ,,,itL ~, III
,ror nm 90 tLe+ 30 -, IA, -,
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tr5ta5 6nite two feef M trnnl, fbe
otbor Win small tusl,s stoG,I broad. .
side on his baod screened bv tba
b,mboos Rostino ono Lroo and
With tbo rrgyIn of tho oyrros.
AGAINST tho trao I waited b6ripg
t6a mopstor would Iowor his ba,d
but when bn shifted his nnsition #
yp,s r,oreI,, IN Iirt bis beod and trrrl,
stuI bigber in tbo search oF succu-
Iant bomboos Several minu+as
nossod in this way. during which
NV nerves recovered themselves
Inst tben the smaller tuskcr bockod
n couplp Of stems and offered me tbe
tcmpic shot | delibcrateIv rovpred
/ him. hearing in nv mind oIl the
coochipp had formerly received
from elephant sllyers-a line drawn
from car 70 ear As a base. from the
centor of which Is raised a line ot
ripbt ANGLES and six inrbes bigb Rv
ioining the ends Of tbe base with
tbis onav a small ir,girarv triangle
IA formed within which The bullet
mu-t bo nI,ntcd was inpo hurry
feIt ofitrc,oI ond aimed ,t tbr con.
Tor or tho f,toI triopuIo R,nrr
wont ,bn riaa Trst,rtIv Lotb oic-
pb,rt. ro,r.d curIing tboir trurts
4 For a rew. seconds tbus tbnv faced
rs thop turned and GnJ
Eitbar had mn chance or u.iro
tbon With oToct ar n ala mot occnr
~ mo that I hod a snronI b,rra bo.
.idos a .r,ro c,rn rnstipgop tbo Irao
I copfo.. / yos nprb o.toni.bnd ot
tho Iitto cRo.t ~ nv. gr.t gro /,
u,,s ort.ru5rdN,urd tIot tho LrIIot
b,d hrriod itsoINjr a r,,.s or b,no
inst obo,, t,o br,N Wa copId 500
n, blood tr,iI bnt Ne t,,ck Iaft NO
bipd tbeir innatuors ru,b was easily
/ fnlIoyad Aftor kaoning togrtbcr
fnr saver,I hundred vnrds tbrv seno-
r,t.d ono tr,cl, ,e,. str,igbt and
/ showed the beast was rushing head
lpng and smashing down trees and
all before IL We took uptbi. tracl;
rightly thinking II WIS that of the
wounded animaL II was now s:3O
For four hours. and rs fast as we
could walk, we followed the track
when the game WAS in view.
The wounded animal left the bam-
boo iungles, and sought the thickest
cover, We followed. and came on
him time after time. but only his
hinge stern presented itself Find
/ inc he was followed. he made for the
koomrr, This Is a secondary growth
that comps nm after forest has once
boon cleared for cultivation. and
Consist of thorns. bomboo and Green
ers Tbroupb this TANGLED mass the
rIenbont tore his way. and II was n
comn,rotively easy thing TO follow
in his trocl, but ncvt IN impossibIo
IN ponatrotr in any direction. Whom
ha oIenb5nt slammed ve stonped
hoping ALWAYS that a shot might be
ohtoined NtIost he made n LONGER
| half than uspoI
Tho result Of his deliberations WIS
rIoorIv n determination TO he rid of
bis rnrsuors os bn suddenly turned
rnund and faced ms at thirty wards.
InstinctjvaIv 7 fclt he meant To
CHARGE had cbonped the express
rnr tbo smooth bore which il better
oJ,nfed for ouick shooting ON
r,ro ba brute ot rulI coreer II is
in,Dossible for mo 10 onoIvze nv
sf,to of mind ,ot that moment The
unnormost faaIing WAS not that 7 had
ta lin tho beast. but that had to
sian the chorgr. II wos we'll I did
MOI tbink of rnnning for that wouId
b,,.o hoen fatal reserved fire i'm
be seemed quite near, and then
Lovod into the confer of his fore.
be,d
The shot made him turn his head
for an inst,pt. but IN nv horror be
stin counon and whom within f,va
PAGES bc received nv second shot
on the right temple two inches
above the owe then turned and
fed down the track In sunrene
moments Of neriI we can often main
tain our presence of mind. Inckilv
it was 50 in this case, and the slip-
ming in of two fresh cartridges was
!