New-York tribune., 1901-07-14
4 GREAT ELEPHANT SHOT.
REMARKABLE EXPLOITS OF GENERAL
MICHAEL IN INDIA.
From The London Globe.


Writing OF the veteran officer. General j.
Michael c. 5, l.. Cf the Madras stan Corps
who was in his time a noted elephant Shot. q
correspondent of The Madras Mali states that
Of MiChaeiS earliest exploits inspired ms
native attendants with wonderful amount OF
confidence in him. well il might. lie got
among herd Of elephants in very long grass.
and for some time could not get a shct. Al last
he got up Cnc. and. dropping il dead. jumped
onto the body. and with q second gun dropped
two more elephants before they had time l"
make off ] had heard II said OF Mchae! that
he was in The habit of going out with three
double barrcl!e5 guns. and ha4 frequently SCt
FIVE elephants ip five shots. but could never get
4 sixth. as he always made il 4 rule To keep one
barrel in reserve. ! had an opportunity of ask
ing him if this We're true. cannot recoliect
what he said about having performed th-S leat
than once. but he told how he just
missed getting sixth elephant out Of a herd
through a mistake. lie got up TO a herd IN
jungle and commenced operations On a tusier
that standing ~ cIumD oi bamboo. The
smoke hung and he could not see what hap
penej but the other side Of the clumD Of
bamboo he saw a tusker. which he presumed
the he had just fred at. prom:t
dropped il lie had got three more out of th-
herd. and was reduced 10 MS last barrel NhrA
another elephant. iUsker. l think gave him
very easy chance, which he could hardly have
rassel. but he would net break his rule. $50 LET
him go. on returning to The clump oi haml aos
he found two tusFeis dead, making hEe e.'-
rhauts in all. ami regretted he had not broken
his rule for once. Think If three hrace' q
elephants for Il days bag
The following is the feat il the recollection
of which | h&nt-n L know The general ti''%a !
finds most =. tisfa'tipn. because he Usia - -
showed thorough kn,uIadGc of The came- Hnr
day y Was ca het22.zins with q friend. ana
was Uuarmet. They heard g g.. ho, T. IN a. sh-4a2
below ard Michael son: back for las riffs Ca
getting down into the shal.h u hgcl f-Un
his quarry vas TWO tUsaefs. evidently travel, 2
me behind the oth-I. lie ia cstr-teI t..-.I :u
had cover q t'- lsadv. -nJ was ~ f....s q iH.
vh.u if flashed IN, ueh his brain tr@t the .e'-
cUd Nculd Cs--uc lin. greedy man. -" q '
oordingly 5r.Ei ID iG- h!El-.'lUst elephant u.si
and. :s he ante. J. IA lead .I y-e led 4t.ui
GcJ i,rteo iv h-s iTo.trate enaIal. n. anI
gave ,.ichae, tim 20 la Ei- o1t beside hu
-lichac. shot the majority ot Eis huti!e and
odd els Thauis with a ti-lCIo. which in The 3at
Cf E.u.ZiC Leaders vas the ordinary gun. just az
q l2-lpIc IS .ua- III. aXi.lUm charge in ia
when Ee was l.ad.n" l," Glen han.s J." used
adj = Hl.l. maTe. Compare th.s with ;he me-a
and charges used IA liz game = ~ F-s Sa.
cess in this particular form ot sport was ou
quite as much u perfect knsy: iedre uf IT,
game i s.'.enli shorti7g. His direction
fCT finding The waA to tie rain Il an elrph =
were follows:
Imagine ramrcd Ghcrc were r;.mrods Il
those dals) passed from tarhcla 10 eari.ul
through the eier hants head. and another p.
s,cting il vertically, in whatever position 80,
max ic aim for this fDi't of bisec. ion ! h.N,
cr1tIate his thought ou tais Ue imaginary 70 ID
that he, in sC:t # WAY. LOST sight Of cye,Y
thing else. i IIcsan-c that il goes without say
ing that # you find yourself IN such pusit,
IhaI yuUr gun caE"ot penetrate to the desil lc
point yea must not fire all. In the old day
MD elephants were IoplEe1 upon as things t. D.
elI rid of. and government gave rewards f.
shooting them-I thing n was - rupees for
cow and 80 Iulces 10: tusker-and The lust
were the property Of the shooter