The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-02
| MONSTER TIGER.
American Woman Tells How She
Slew the Largest Kittie in AL
India.
He Measured Ten Feet and Eight
Inches, With Teeth Two Inches
Long.

New York Sun Special Service.
Chicago. March William D.. Curtis,
i'll a Washington special to the Record
Herald, says: A slender young American
woman had the recent distinction OF
shooting the largest tiger ever killed In
India, and is entitled to the bounty OF
fered by the British government. The
heroine of this exploit is Mrs. Donnett,s
wife of an English army officer on service
in India, daughter of John FL. White
house of Irvington- on the Hudson. Mrs.
Donnett has been spending December ana
January with her husband and a party
of friends hunting big game in the
Chanda jungle of northern Indist IN the
midst of 1000 square miles of forest
reserves abounding in all kinds of say
age beasts and other big game. SHE has
killed two tigers, four panthers, four
bears, eight boars and several other Wild
beasts. while the rest of the party killed
nine other tigers and corresponding
number Of less dangerous animals. Mrs.
Donnetts first tiger measured ten feet
eight inches in length and is the largest
ever killed in India. Her second tiger
measured eight feet four inches. In a
letter dated Jan. II last, this e1traor-
binary yonug woman says:
"I am the proud slayer of the largest
tiger ever shot in India. and he fell at
my first shot. He measures ten feet
eight inches, has a, perfect coat, and teeth
two inches long. It took sixteen men to
carry him to camp. and i did it all my
self and it was such difficult shot. But
I must settle down and tell you all about
it. L am sort of big bug in camp
now. The natives bow down and kiss
the hem of my dress. for I am the first
lady who has ever shot in these great
iungles. All, am a lucky beggar. So
just listen while l tell you. all about it.
ssyNo 1,e. a. tiger had killed a lot of
deer in a piece of bamboo junge about
six miles off. so Timmins cher husbandD
got about forty 'beaters together and took
up cur positions near an open space,
while the beaters went into: the jungle
with drums and horns, driving six buf-
falo in front of them, and made hideous
noises. After about half an hour, when
the beat was nearly up to my tree, saw
what l first took for a deer gliding
through the high grass and bamboo, when
suddenly an opening revealed huge
tiger to my astonished gaze. He was
going full bat, SO | saw it was case
of then or never. and although it was a
very blind shot let blaze at the vanish
| ing stripes as they flashed through the
! loamboos. ~.
"a roar and rush told me the monster
was hit. but l. could see nothing as the
| jungle was SO dense. When the shikal
came up 1 told him where I had fired
and got down, and with loaded rifles
we approached the spot where, about ter
yards from where 1 fired lay the very
| finest monster I ever saw, and his grea
striped body dia indeed look like a slail
king of the forest. The slikar and I al
| but hugged in our excitement and wher
! the oeatcr came UP our hurrahs ant
| jubilant eXclamations brought Timmin:
| tumblng down out of his tree, and his
| joy and pride quite touched me. The
monster was indeed glorious with his tel
feet eight inches spread out to their full
= his gums rolled up. showing his enormous
teeth and his skin in its prime, and, oh
SO beautifully yellow and black: -
/ =. had already shot three bears, tw'
/ panthers. and a tiger, besides all sort
1 of deer and other smaller beasts, an,
when 1 saw that monster lying there, slai
J. by my own hands, it was the proudes
and happiest moment of my life, and
shall never get over the feeling of cX
/ ulta ton w. ''= ~ -