The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-16

MT. E. Heller This party started out on the Athi plains, an enormous plateau east of here, which just swarms with zebras. antelopes, gnus and other wild animals. and from there made it's way north and south. It secured specimens of almost every description for the museum, and shot, among other animals, twelve lions, including magnificent black-maned brute, which was killed on the Molo river MT. Kennedy himself shot no less than seven lions, and of these four were males and three females. He killed also two elephants.
 Among other successful parties was that of Messrs. Phipps and Havemeyery who together shot five lions and killed a score of other kind of big game.
 Nobility Out Shooting.
 As to the English hunters, their name is legion, and those who have recently been here have included many of the mo- bility. Lord Hindlip, who is one of the largest landlords of this colony. owning more than 100000 acres, has made several flying expeditions from his country home, and has succeeded in obtaining two large elephants and a splendid buffalo The Earl of Cowley, who came here on his way home from Ceylon, bagged several water buffaloes and rhinoceros, and Lord and Lady Waterford have killed a lion, which they stalled through the long grass, in company with their bearers. Lady Waterford was quarter of mile distant when she saw two men clad in khaki go down before the charge of a wounded iion,- and could not tell whether her husband stood or fell. By a miracle neither man lost his life. They were both gunbearers, his lordship being off to the side Later, Lord Waterford shot an ele- phant at Moro, and secured fine pair of tusks.
 During visit of his royal highness, the Duke of Connaught, now about two years ago, he made some pretty shooting over the Kapiti plains; but did not stay long enough to get lion or an elephant; Gen. Baden-Powell was here at about the same time, and his brother, MT. Frank Baden-Powell then shot freak rhinoc- eros, which had but one horn, and tha- over twenty-seven inches long. Lord and Lady Montgomery and MT. William Mure killed five lions, and Mr. Mure got an ele- phant with eighty-two pounds of ivory in its tusks.
 Continental Counts and Barons.
 As to ordinary Britishers, they have killed large number of big game of all kinds, and the same is true of some of the continental counts and barons of other nations The Marquis Pizzardi, for instance, has shown himself one of the gamest sportsmen who have ever come to British East Africa. At one place he killed two bull elephants, and then nearly lost his life by shooting an elephant COW as she rushed upon him. The COW drop ped dead as the ball struck her, and pig zardi fell backward just in time to avoid being crushed Among yother continental sportsmen who have been here recently were the Counts c. and E. Hoyos, Pod statzky and Marchetti. Count E. Hoyos bagged sixty-six head of big game com prising twenty-one varieties. and among them two elephants, three lions and giraffe His brother killed sixty-nine head, including lion and an elephant, and Count Pedstatzky did almost as well as to number, bagging one lion and two rhnoceroses.
 Big Game That May Be Shot.
 The hunting laws here are rigid. No one can shoot without license, and the man who kills young elephants. COW ele- phants or baby giraffes will pay big fine and spend a long term in jail. The right to shoot big game is regulated by license and for this every sportsman must pay f50, or $250 a season. So many licenses have been taken out this year that the revenue therefrom has been s5o,OOO and such receipts are increasing from year to year.
 These licenses give the sportsmen the right to kill several hundred of the gam est animals that have ever infested the jungles or galloped over the plains. He may kill two elephants, two rhinoceroses, two hippotami and two zebras, as well as six rare antelopes and gazelles. The law allows him two monkeys of the Co., lobus species and two smaller monkeys He may shoot two male ostriches. two