Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-15

stay long enough to get n lion or an
elephant Gen. Baden-Powcll was here
al about the same time. and his brother.
Mr.. Frank Baden Powell. then shot
freak rhinoceros which had but one
horn, and that over q inches long.
Lord and Lady Montgomery and Mr..
William Mure killed five lions. and Mr..
Mure got an elephant with 81 pounds
OF Ivory In It's tusks.
CONTINENTAL COUNTS AND BAR
ONS
As to ordinary Britishers, they have
killed a large number of big game OF
all kinds. and the same Is true of some
of the continental counts ~-' barons
OF other nations The MARQUIS Piz-i
zardi. for instance, has shown himself
one of the gamest sportsmen who have
ever come TO British East Africa. At
one place he killed two hull elephants,
and then nearly lost his life by shoot
ing an elephant COW as she rushed upon
him. The COW dropped dead us the ball
struck her. and Pizsardi fell backward
just in time TO avoid being crushed.
Among other continental sportsmen
who have been here recently were the
Counts G. and f.. Hoycs. Podstatzky
and Marchettl. Count y. Hoyos bag
ged &C head of big game comprising
~ varieties. and among them two ele-
plants. three lions and n giraffe. His
brother killed 90 head. Including a lion
anG an elephant, and Count Podstatzky
did almost as well as to number, bag
ging one lion and two rhlnoceroSes
BIG GAME THAT MAY nv SHOT.
The hunting laws here are rigid No
one can shoot without a license, and
the man who Kills young elephants, COW
elephants or baby glraffes will pay
big fine and spend long term In 1iil.
The right TO shoot big game Is regu-
lated by license, and for this every
sportsman must pay 800 or $3.50, n
season. So many licenses have been
therefrom has been $4,000. and such
receipts are increasing from year 10
year,
These licenses give the snortsn'an
the right To kill several hundrei of the
gnmost animals that have ever infsst-
cd the jungles or galloped over the
plains. He may Kin two elephants, two
rhlnoceroses, two hippotaml and two
zebras. ns well as six rare an'eiopes
and gazelles The law allows him two
smaller monkeys. He may shoot two
male ostriches. two marahous and two
aigrets, and various antelones and ga'
zelles or different species to the num-
| her OF 10. He can kill 10 wild pigs
| 10 Wildcats. 10 jackals. Two cheet tabs
u
ards and croeodlles no license is re-
| nuired TO shoot them. and altogether
the game possibilities are 80 great as
10 throw all the "Teddv he7ra" OF the
| United states into the shade.
PLENTY or WILD osTRIcHES.
In hunting out here the variety OF
animals * 80 many that there ~ no
| need OF chasing through the swamps
nor tramping about over the plains for
days before one gets shot. ono often
sees dozen different kinds OF AMI
mails az the same time, and can change
I his sport from day To day The sports
! man win mud antelopes qlmost every
whore and will not infrecuon'lv he In
sight of an ostrich or So These birds
are big game aud are hunted largely on
ponies They are very sneedy, and
| however Il may be elsewhere, they do
| not poko their heads down In the sand
and wait for the hunter 10 come. o.
the other hand, they spread out their
wings and so off on the trot, swim
ming az II were, over the ground They
can run faster than horse but they
run in large circles and the hunter
catch them by cutting across the ares
OF the circles or running around M
smaller circles inside, II IN a great
thing here to shoot cock ostrich IN
order that YOU may give yonr sweet
heart or wife the beautiful white fea'h-
ers which are found on the wings OF
the male bird.
zEBRAs EASY 10 KILL.
And then there is the zobral That
animal whose black and white stripes
shife out - plainly 10 this African