The record-union., 1891-07-13
DUEL BETWEEN ELEPHANTS.
One Monstrous Pachyderm Butts an

One Monstrous Pachyderm Butts and
Cores Another to Death.
1t was my good fortune to spend some
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 those parts, writes II. Her
bert Thompson in the Weeks Sport. Our
camp was on a partially isolated hill, q
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
everyone in the camp. A hill man pres
emily came up to say that two large tusk-
ers were hard at it close by. Every one
turned out onto the hillside, from where
1t was easy, even to the naked eye, to see
what was going on, while with a glass
even the movements of a startled deer
could be made out.
About 700 or 800 yards below the crowd
watching the fight were two tuskers
The one somewhat nearer us, burly,
stout-built beast, with short powerful
tusks, was evidently getting much the
worst OF the combat, and the white and
red burrows in his sides and rear plainly
indicated seams run by his antagonists
tusks. Blood could be seen trickling
down his head and shoulders. On the
rise Of the hill was his rival, still larger
animal, possessing the advantage OF
longer, cleaning tuskS. 1t was a lost
fight, and in few minutes the victor,
with quick rush at the other, made a
good thrust at the side, and though there
was severe struggle, the tusR went it's
full length in the now beaten brute, and
using all his weight, the victor pressed
him down the Hill, where they olsen
gagged themselves and prepared for an
other bout.
The wounded tusker's roars OF pain
and rage were 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 vital
part. Presently, wheeling around they
came together with q mighty smash
This was about the only stand made, and
the more powerful and fresher victor.
The thrusts, now put 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 large
herd in an excited state almost on the
spot where the finish had occurred In it
were several small tuskers, besides the
big conqueror of the evening before, who
seemed to instill great deal of fear into
the youngsters. He came now into the
open glade with fine young female, and
as he approached even the other COWS
there was general stampede out of his
way.
EWe came on the dead beast, which had
been butted and rolled, after it was killed,
into clump of bamboos. 1t had been a
fine, burly animal, but was marked from
forehead to rear and top to foot by rips
and cuts. He measured feet and 6
inches at the shoulder, and the tusks
fol hrvfJ Il L.
over 100 pounds to the pair. The victor,
which in the fight seemed TO tower over
his foe, must have been quite ten feet
high, and had the longest tusks 1 have
ever seen clear of their sockets. / tried to
get him, but what with his harem about
him and the difficulty of getting clear
view in the long grass, 1 failed to get a
shot