The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-16
COMBAT BETWEEN ELEPHANTS.
Great Seams Rent in Tneir sides by
the TuskS.
From the Week's Sport.

From the Weeks Sport.
1t was my good fortune to spend SONS
months every season in fine forest and hill
country in India, where my duties gave me
chances of seeing a great deal of elephant,
buffalo and other big game that frequented
these parts, writes H. Herbert Thompson.
Our camp was on a partially isolated hill, a
good deal above the surrounding country
We had been some days in camp, but had
not been visited by our friends, the ele-
plants, when one afternoon the sudden
below Of one, evidently in pain, reused
every one in the camp. A hill
large tuskers were hard at It close by.
Every one turned out on the hill side from
where it was easy, even to the naked eye, to
see what was going on, while with glass
even the movements of startled deer could
be made out.
About 7c0 or 800 yards below the crowd
watching the light were two tuskers. The
ons somewhat nearer US. a burly, stoutly
built beast with short. powerful tusks, was
evidently getting much the worst of the
combat, and the white aud red burrows In
his sides and rear plainly indicated seams
run by his antagonists tuskS. Blood could
be seen trickling down his head and shoul-
ders. On the rise of the hill was his rival,
still larger animal, possessing the advantage
of longer, cleaning tusks. 1t was lost
fight, and in few minutes the victor, with
a quick rush at the other, made a good
thrust at the side, and, though there was q
severe struggle, the tusk went its full length
in the now beaten brute, and using all his
weight the victor pressed him down the hill,
where they disengaged themselves and pres
pared for another bout.
The wounded tusker's roars Of pain and
rage we're pitiful to hear, and though he
would have escaped if he could, the other
kept close behind and administered thrust
after thrust, but not in any fatal part. Pres
entity, wheeling around, they came togethex
with mighty smash. This was about the
only stand made, and the weaker was
quickly overpowered by the more powerful
and fresher victor The thrusts now pue
behind the shoulder and into the BODY
quickly disabled the poor brute, and, in
fact, in few minutes the great beast rolled
over dead.
Next morning, on our proceeding to look
for the tuskers, we found a large herd in an
excited state almost on the same spot where
the finish had occurred. In it were several
small tuskers, beside the big conqueror OF
the evening before, who seemed to instill a
great deal of fear into the youngsters He
came now into the open glade with a fine
young female, and as he approached even
the other cows there was great stampede
out of his way.
We came on the dead beast, which had
been butted and rolled after it was killed
into clump of bamboos. IL had been
hne, burly animal, but was marked from
forehead to rear and top to foot by rips and
cuts. He measured nine feet six inches at
the shoulder, and the tusks taken by The hill
men proved slightly over 100 pounds to the
pair The victor, which in the fight seemed
TO towe' over his foe, must have been quite
ten feet high and had the longest tusks
have ever seen clear of their sockets. ]
tried to get him. but what with his harem
about him aud the difficulty of getting q
clear view in the long grass, failed to get
a shot.