The morning call., 1892-09-14
he TUMBLHD THE TIGER.
The Poor Beast Hadn't the
Ghost of a Show.
A CHICAGO MANS SPORT
IA Genes Here From Kipline's Country, and
Says Tiger-Ki'ling Is Just
as Easy"

| Eyes, slrl killed royal Bengal tiger.
| 1t measured 10 feet from tip to tall. am
| trotting round the world and that is the
| biggest thing | recollect to date said
| Thomas Young Of Chicago TO CALL re-
| porter at the Grand Hotel yesterday.
| 81 arrived in Bombay not long ago and
ran up against four other globe-trotters.
"Men 60 around there soliciting customers
| for tiger hunts-everything safely and eco
| nomically arranged for, no danger, and
many other like guarantees.
"Well, we made up party OF five white
men. We hired three elephants at $40
| day and four native shikarries or huntsmen.
sWe had to deposit $500 with our hotel
proprietor as an insurance on the life OF our
boss elephant, who was to take all risks OF
the action. He was trained tiger hunter
| the other two were novices being broken
in. and they didn't charge US for their hire.
1--WE were well stocked with tent aud pro-
visions and had royal times every night I'D
camp. >.
Jungle and there we hunted around ior Tour
5Natives were beating about the jungles
in all directions trying TO drive the tigers
toward US.
1--WE five were perched up on the ele-
pHdUE ) UdCh III d HONuaH INV 70
and were quite happy.
1--WE carried Winchester repeaters and
plenty of refreshments and were ready I0r
the enemy at any time.
"Our four huntsmen were on foot armed
only with spears.
1T was on the fourth days hunt when
the elephant suddenly stopped dead ana
wouldn't bulge foot.
1.-THE shkarries sung out that we were
near tigers lair. The elephant was point
ing in fact.
"Of course we Immediately got interested
and grabbed our rifles
Things were quiet but VlVldly interest,"
Ing for the next few minutes.
mot sound was TO be heard but the
thud Of the drivers spike as he tried to
urge on the elephant.
"The elephant just swung his trunk and
trumpeted hut wouldn't move.
Then we heard roar which made our
hearts stand still.
THE next moment huge tiger bounded
cut Of the long grass clump about nifty feet
ahead OF us.
"He gave grnnt of disgust and bounded
1--WE looked awestruck at him and quite
forgot what We had come for.
slowly away.
Then we opened fire. / never heard
such pandemOnium!
''Al five men began pumping shot into
that wretched tiger.
al tub bttOuu fOiic} lie ltll-duQ SliIl We
kept IL up. We had fired eight volleys when
one mans rife jammed and in his struggle
TO fix the mechanism he knocked over an
other. but the tiger was dead.
Then grabbed the rest and the fusillade
ceased.
1--WE had grand fight for proprietorship
of the skin. Ii had twenty-five bullet holes
In il. 1t was difficult TO say who killed it.
We keep our respective opinions about that
10 this day. l had no use for fshnets and
withdrew my claim.
THE others threw lots. We picked up
the two unframed elephants ten miles off
the scene of battle Oh our way home. They
were scared.
sport?
mo. Pm no sportsman. If that tiger
had been animated by the same motive as
we were, mono Of US would have lived to
tell the tale.
Il merely give you my experience of q
Rlobe-trotter's tiger hunt in India"