Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-09-14
Chasing 800 Elenhanfs-

John w Norton. a Harvard graduate
who takes hiS recreation in hunting hi:
game, has described SOME at his eNcitin.
experiences in Appleton :. No one can (,
INTO this part of Africa he says. with
out buying his permit AT MnmhaSa. lur
pay fifty pounds for the privilege of TAX
ing two elephants aud You can take ON,
more uf fifteen pounds extra II Yol
should kin an elephant with ivory weigh
ing less than sixty pounds, in self
defense, the ivory is ConhScated by tn,
government. hut you can generally fny II
back at the market price.
One morning the three Of MS started aft
again on the trail nj IlG Jig heFll Sill
denly the second gun bearer began {,
point and | made out what seemed I,
be an enormous ridge of rocks. but il
eventually proved Ia he a herd of 30
elephants,
We moved toward m,l .4uSh. per,
hapS three feet high. that Was literally
the only thing like cover anywhere near
When we reached the bush We could
see about half the herd coming in our
direction. walking slowly toward Tie
swamp, tte females and their young
leading. As they passed along about
sev'nty-tY" yards from Us. my boy be-
gan picking them out This WAS a
man, That wife" Al last II biz fel
low came in our direction and / could SIC
that hr WAS hull with short and heavy
tuSkS lie came within CS7THIu tifty yards
81 us and then turned to 20 in the sam,
direction a. the herd. Ii Was tint
chance, | got up on my elbows. aimed
al the usual place just back of the eye
anu fired. BEFORE he could start away
or drop | shot him again in the shoulder
Thcn the gun iammcd,
Til" shots turned the herd. the forward
elephants running huck into those ia III,
rear. the whole herd trumpetng Finally
they all decided To Gu back, the, moline,
| hrriiug the young with their trunks. Ky
tins time | had gotten my gun open and
! reloaded and ran along beside the ,lc
/ plants looking for another bull X" T.
ming at top speed | could just keep NJ
with them. soon Il good animal edged
/ his way out un my side an.t | shot at
! his shoulder. hat il seemed To makr n,
! impression. | could hear the bullet strike
| him. and still he stumbled along as il
! lead WIS just the thing lac liked hrsl
| during an afternoon. In u moment h,
had turned into the herd aud was lost
in the Understandable jumbo OF sway ing
irumpetng animals.
Fifteen minutes at such a pace wa
enough for me. They steadily game,
aud forged ahead. Finally just as | hc
gan To realize TINT they We're all gcttIn;
| away. one his elephant who WAS in th,
| rear guard got into II fairly good posi-
| ton: but Just as | put up the rifle h
| tumblrd over absolutely dead. He wa
| the big fellow ! had hit.
! ! sent back To camp and soon the por
| terS came rushing up, the headmau .
EACH tent with his force nf five, all a
! them dancing and shouting like wild men
! While they were choppiug ont the iNoric
/ the hig herd stood off about 600 ward
| from MS, every elephant with his lruul
! straight up IN the air. with the lip uuiv
/ ering, feeling the wind. and now an,
again somr big fellow trumpctrd as
announcing the discovery of some .uev
| faint in the air, and making Sights tn
| 300 of them--that one would not sooi
| forget