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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-29
A Kill at 300 Yards.

Where the gemSbuck were feeding
was much rocker ground than that
intervening between my camp and
them; this was all sandy veldt, stud.
ded with the everlasting ant-hills,
which, however. got sparser as l
neared the game. / therefore slipped
off my horse. getting him between my
self and them for another 100 yards.
The increasing anxiety of the animals,
however. warned me that If | wanted
to shorten my gallop by crippling one
OF them, ! must lose no more time.
Accordingly | halted. though the dis
tance must have been good 300
yards, and, taking careful aim over my
horses withers at the one with the
longest pair of horns. fired, The
horse stood like a rock. and l knew
my aim had been good, even IL the
animal had not stumbled forward at
the shot 1t quickly recovered,
though. and went away with the other
at good pace. heavy animals as they
were. taking through and over the
rugged boulders as easily as channels.
l knew, however that the heavy army
bullet would tell its tale. Instantly
on firing had vaulted into the saddle.
and followed In pursuit This was
more easily attempted than done. and
my surefooted horse was not able to
negotiate the villainous country.
therefore pulled up. lest We should
break both our necks, and as | did so
had the satisfaction OF seeing the
gemsbuck drop in Its tracks and re-
main there: whilst its companions
only seemed TO scamper the faster. On
coming up. l found her. for 1t WAS a
fine COW. stone dead. The blood was
only beginning TO tricklc from the
woum, and had not noticed a spot
anywhere on the ground she had gone
over On examination | found that
the bullet had completely torn away
the apex OF the heart, and yet she had
ealloped at least a hundred yards at
as great a speed as her companions,
practically without bleeding a drop
another instance Of the extreme vital
ity OF such creatures, which | have
found even still stronger In the Ger
yidae proper than In the antelopes
She had prettily marked head. with
length of horns OF three feet eight
inches. 1t was out Of the question
thinking OF bagging any OF the rest oi
the herd, so threw the carcass across
my horse and started back to camp.
A few days afterwards. as | was
perched on the wagon box scrapinf
at the skull of the gemsbuck. l hardl,
paid any attention to pair Of secre
tary birds which were sailing rlgb
overhead. Their appearance, however
suggested snakes. and sure enough
there. as | looked around. among
few odds and ends. impervious to th'
irrepressible ants, was large pun ad
der. 1t had crept through the fenc'
of tborns. and In evident excitemen
was surveying It's novel surrounding
with body half raised. | did not Tx
the look of this particular reptile
bit: but I did not intend that h
should escape and be In the vicinity
though probably the secretary-pird
---dd have seen to that; neither di
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-29

sequently found out. that they were
lions In their prime. and 1t is not
often that such can be decoyed by d
carcass which they have not them,
selves destroyed
Next morning was, of course, about
looking for signs; but could make
nothing out as TO lions. On going
down toward the river some half mile
from camp, my attention was attract
ed by tho unusual conduct of a leop.
ard. He was cutting all sorts OF
capers; at one time plougbing along
the ground with his head at another
rearing upright and tearing at his
throat with his fore paws. All this
was curious. 1t was also my opportun
ity. and | lost no time In putting a
couple of bullets into him. the second
OF which laid him out nicely. without
giving mo the trouble which usually
falls to my lot when tackling these
great cats. On proceeding 10 investi.
gate the reason for such strange
performance. my wonder ceased.
Having tackled porcuplne. with more
gusto than discretion. one of the lat.
ter's quills had got inserted under the
root of the leopard's tongue, and was
working deeper and deeper The tor
ture the poor animal endured must
have been awful. and do not imagine
It could have survived. No dead
"porky" appeared TO be around, 80,
thanking him in his absence. l took
the beautiful spotted skin Next day
was laid up with an attack of fever
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-29

notwithstanding found me duly
esconced among the boulders this side
the half eaten body, at n distance of
about 20 PAGES and looking directly
towards the route taken by the lion
when had previously disturbed
For a couple of hours l had waited.
occasionally changing position to ease
the cramping OF my limbs. Every
thing comes to him who waits" and at
last, over rock beyond. appeared the
lion. gradually rising into full view.
In the dim light he appeared mon
strous as he stood, chest full on: and
then. as he gave vent to sonorous
roar, which echoed and re-echoed from
rock to rock. the effect was grand,
and beyond any power OF expression,
1t is under such circumstances as
these that one sees the lion at his
best Nighttime is his day. and in
the sunlight he is more or less at
disadvantage He must have stood a
full minute like this; sore tempta-
ton to me to fire. and believe |
should have killed him stone dead had
done so. Having apparently salts
fed himself that things were all right.
he walked leisurely down to his prey.
and. again uttering a roar, stood fac
ing me This time did not hesitate,
but pulling both barrels nearly stimuli
taneously put both charges into his
chest and the lion fell forward almost
without a sound.
BY permission of LonGmans, Green d.
Co. New York
Copyright. 1909. by Benz. b. Hamptono
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-29
A Lucky Shot.

Noting the exact location OF the
game. | judged that by careful maneu-
vering | might keep out of their line
of vision. especially as the wind was
in my favor. BY threading in and out
the clumps Of thorns-not always an
easy matter on horSebnck-I event
ually got TO within couple of hun
dred yards. and by a lucky shot
bowled over one with bullet through
the neck, killing it instantly. and saw
ing my horse the stiff gallop | had
anticipated, for these creatures are
as swift as any of the genus. Throw
Ing the carcass Just as it was, without
opening, across the saddle. took 1t to
a spot which would give me chance
of a telling shot, If a lion should
make its appearance, But although |
watched the best part of the night.
nothing came Of my vigil the jackals
reaping the benefit of all my careful
preparations The fact was, as sub
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-29

which kept me idle for some time. My
two boys, however, attended assidu
ously to my needs, and in due course
| got about again. The lions had, dur
ing my sickness. once more appeared
in the neighborheod. and seemed TO
hang around indefinitely, but there be
ing plenty of game about they did not
molest us in any way.
Well, | said that l got one of these
lions after all. though he took quite
a lot of getting, escaping me alto
gether on one occasion. was not
over strong bodily. but was pretty
much so in purpose. and 1t annoyed
me to hear the roaring night after
night and not render an account of
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turn at dusk and lie up. Now, my eX-
perience goes to show that 1t is far
too easy matter to miss with bull
let in uncertain light. and that at
short range buckshot is quite effective
enough with most game. | therefore
made several little paper shells to fit
my ten-gauge gun, and. chamberinG
the buckshot nicely therein, filled up
the interstices with eland grease; no
lion can Withstand such a battery at
fair range, and your aim is much
more likely to be accurate. OF course,
! took the carbine with $50 grain ball,
and telling my boys to stay by the
wagon-for ! could place no depend
ence upon either of them on such ex'
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Bagging a Royal Prize.

81 could scarcely believe that we
had got a lion at last. but resolved
to make sure OF It.; so. telling jackson
not to fire unless 1t was necessary
(for fear of spelling the skin with the
larger bullet of the MartinD. ] went
down closer to the beast and fired a
shot at the back OF his neck as he
turned his head momentarily away
from me, The bullet went through
his spine and came out through the
lower jaw. killing him.
I'VE were pretty delighted at our
success, but our nigger was mad With
happiness, for dead lion-provided
he is not man-eater-has many in
valuable gifts for Kaf1ir, in the shape
of love-philtres, charms against dis
ease or injury. and medicines that
produce bravery 1t was quite de-
lightfu to shake hands with the
mighty paws OF tho dead lion. to pull
at his magnificent tawny mane. and
to look into his great deep. yellow
ewes. Then we set to work to skin
him: two of us skinning while tho
other kept watch In case OF tho enemy
sneaking up to catch us while we were
thus occupied. We found that he was
fat, and also that he had been much
wounded by porcupines, portions OF
whose quills had pierced the skin. and
lodged In his flesh In several places
Our niger cut out tho eyes. gaifoiad'
der. and various bits. OF the lions
anatomy as fetch medicine. / filed
nv carbine-bucket with some OF tho
fat. as knew my two boys Diamond
and M'tini. would very greatly value
It. Then. after hiding the head In
neighboring bush where We could md
II again, we packed the skin on to
one OF the ponies and returned to
camp nightly pleased with our
selves"
BY permission of Lonsmans. Green .
Co. New York.
Copyright 1909. by Benz B. Hampton9
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-29

I went back for my horse, and leaving
the dogs behind set out towards the
herd which | had now made out to be
hartebeeste. The simmer of the heat
on the veldt Is the most trying to the
sight and often misleads even the
experienced eye. Objects assume
quite different aspects and coloring.
1t is fact well known to hunters, but
has no reference to mirage" For
instance, anyone would imagine that
so brightly-marked an animal as the
zebra would always be discernible on
the sand; that the black stripes would
be obvious. Nothing of the sort. 1t
Is at times almost impossible to dis.
tinguish this animal at all, even
though you know for certain it is
there. so cunningly does all merge 1t.
self into a whole.
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1t, then again our animals were get
ting almost beyond control, from the
incessant tension on their nerves.
Strolling away towards the hills one
morning l came suddenly on lion
lying on a rock. His muZzle was
stretched straight towards me, be.
tween his huge paws; his body, posi-
ton and surroundings adapting them
selves so admirably to each other
that I was. almost up to him before |
was aware of his proximity.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-29
Dangers of Camping in the Lior
Country.

Moreover, to all our fun a seasoning
was added in the shape OF lions. whose
presence OF propinquity was very fire.
quently impressed upon us at nights
by deep-toned grunts or ghostly ap-
partitions within the halo of our watch
fires In defiance of the rules OF war
which forbid the use of fires BY
night. as guiding an enemy's night at
tack-we had ring OF bright fires
burning round our bivouac to scare
away the lions Frequently our SEN
tries fired upon them as they kept a
waiting watch. prowling from point
to point outside our line of men.
BY day we saw them. too. One pa
troll, indeed. came upon group OF
nine lying doing in the bush: and
when the nine arose and yawned and
stretched their massive Jaws and
limbs, the patrol. remembering the
old maxim concerning the relations
between discretion and valor
changed the course of their advance
and took another line.
One time, when / was patrolling
the bank of the Shangani river with
three men. the massive form OF a
lion was seen slowly moving over the
boulders OF the river'bed. The cor
poral and | jumped off our horses in
a moment, and fired volley a deux
at about $50 yards. One shot thudded
into him. the other striking the
ground Just under his belly. He
sprang with light bound over q
rock and disappeared from our view
Posting one man on high point on
| the bank to watch the river-bed
| and leaving the other in charge OF
our horses. the corporal and i made
our way down to where we had last
seen the lion. We were armed with
ee-Metford carbines and we turned
on our magazines In order to have
good running fire available should ouI
quarry demand 1t,
Meantime our main body. coming
along the opposite bank OF the river
had seen our maneuver, and an Off
Ger and one man had come down into
the riverbed from their side TO help us
Gradually and cautiously we sur
rounded the spot where we guessed
the lion to be-cautiouSly, at least
as far as three of us were concerned
] the fourth. the man who had come
| from the main body. was moving In 3
far freer and more confident manner
than any of us could boast; he clam
bered over the rocks and sprang with
agility into the most likely corners
for finding a wounded lion lying am
pushed, and his sole weapon was his
revolver-for he was a farrler. Such
Is Tommy Atkins. whether II is the
outcome of sheer pluck, or of ignor
ance, OF Of both combined, the fact
remains that he will sail gayly IL
where danger lies. and as often as moi
sail gayly out again unharmed.
However. to continue; at last we
were on the spot. but no lion waf
there-an occasional splash of blood
and here and there. where sand lay
between the rocks. the impress of 8
mighty paw showed that he had moved
away after being hit, But soon al
traces ceased. and though we searched
for long we could find no other sign
of him.
OutWitted by the Jungle King
We halted on the river-bank during
the intense heat of the day. and be-
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question With which men
have. as a rule, greeted one on
return from the campaign in Rhode
sia: and one could truthfully say.
I'VE had excellent sport" ] am about
to tell of facing lions with a small
caliber military rifle, an adventure to
thrill army sportsman,
In the first place, scouting played a
very prominent part in the prelimin-
aries to major operations.
This scouting. to be successful. ne
cessitated ones going with the very
slenderest escort-frequently with
one man only, to look after the horses.
and for long distances away from our
main body, into the districts occupied
by the enemy and by big game. Thus.
one was thrown entirely on ones own
resources, with the stimulating knowl-
edge that if he did not maintain suf-
fclent alertness OF observation and
action. he stood a very good chance
indeed. not only of failing to gain In
formation which you were desired to
seek, but also of getting himself wiped
Out duu iell III oliSSS vi Iho 'ci''
"Spooring," OF tracking. was our
main source of guidance and informa
ton and night the cover under which
we were able to make our way about
the enemy's country with impunity.
The pleasures Of the pursuit oi
game were all the more enhanced by
the knowledge that the meat was
really necessary to us. and especially
by the fact that we often carried ou
our sport at the risk OF being our
selves the quarry of some sneakint
| band OF rebel warriors.
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A Lonely Trek After GemSbuck and Lions
By Percy Selous

madeo nd aldnd
0 o
hunter bono3 to hoye o
the irresistible pTdael
nfnQ TRAPPING raehng Cn0d of
the .omh Of n
a of Of
tho eunqhso O.
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| want to spoil his beautiful skin,
There was. however. not help for it:
| could see no object around sufti-
ciently handy, so was constrained to
put charge OF small shot into him,
and felt more comfortable after he
had ceased wrlggling.
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.ASoldier's Big Game Hunting


Through all the uorld the Of Baden Powe, soldier
and scientist celebrated and but fer people know that he
has The ability shine By right Of his pen and brush weH
THE hero Of Mafeng and dozen other campaigns filed
The gaps between military engagements with hunting
Sport War contains dramatic adventures sprnh2ed
nth bits Of humoy and cauSic COMMENT most
usual feature the reckless way which he hunted NTH
military instead Of The customary weapons for big game.
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O-A6-1L-A11.a---LL.-E
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ere not easy to manage. though
they are invaluable as material.
The boys had gone down to the
river To fetch water. and /. TAX
ing a temporary rest, was scanning
the yeldt with my glass. | could make
out some springbuck. also few
hartebeeste. but what riveted my at
tention was a small bunch of gems
buck In the far distance. We did not
need meat, and there did not appear TO
be any bushmen Just then about to
warrant any sheer destruction of
game; but gemsbuck. although fairly
plentiful away in the Interior Of the
desert, are hard enough to get. and to
see them was to want a head. My
had some stiflsh gallops recently, so
saddled him up at once and deter
mined to give chase as soon as the
"boys"-my two KafIirs-returned.
Telling them TO get on with the skerm.
set out at a canter. keeping we'll to
the right to get the advantage of the
wind. The veldt was so open that
stalking would have been hopeless,
whereas, by the aid Of my horse as a
kind OF blind. might possibly get a
shot before the gemsbuck took the
alarm. even though they might see us,
60 long as they did not catch my
.aint However, | had to go more di-
rectly towards them than wished. for
fear of Stampeding the hartebeeSte
into them These latter took the
alarm and ambled leisurely away when
! had proceeded about half mile.
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E had trekRed some
dozen miles during
the cool night, and,
having outspanned
near the River Mo-
lopo. were busy
making a skerm-
a task always more
OF less arduous. for
"wait-a bit" thorns
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SSNEY HAT kind of sport did you
wv have out there?" is the
question with which men
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-25
SKY!|GHT ROBBERS
BATTLE POLICE
No CIew to Enterprising Crooks
Who Broke Into Central Ave
nue. Store Through the Roof,

No clews were obtained by the po-
lice yesterday which would lead to
The identity of the men who robbed
The \. }. Maloy grocery store, and
Farah brothers dry goods store, carly
Yesterday morning. The novel method
adopted b the men in gaining access
to the stores is a new wrinkle in
Albuquerque. From Investigations
made by the police yesterday, it de-
veloped thai the men entered both
stores through skylights on the roofs.
The mon gained the top Of the Maloy
building by climbing up a ladder
placed against the wall of the Iceberg
saloon, The skylight in the Maloy
building was open and the burglars
made their descent to the floor by
means of a pole used for opening and
closing the skylight. only a few dol
lars in change was secured at the
Maloy place. Entrance to the Farah
store was made in the same manner
and about fifty dollars worth of mer-
chandise, consisting of cheap watches,
several pairs of shoes and a few shirts,
was taken. 1t is believed that the
burglaries we're pulled off by noyices
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-25

Crane, author of Just For Fun and
when a Mans Single and is a re-
fined sparkling society comedy. first
presented by the Thespian club of
New. York and which has proved i'm
mensely popular as a college produce
ton. 1t is fun of lively dialogue and
amusing situations. -Four young ladies
who keep bachelor quarters are cx-
peeting the arrival of an aunt from
China. One of the girls impersonates
the aunt, the quartet meanwhile hay
ing met four highly eligible young
men who combine to make the plot
thieken rapidly. A German doctor
tEIwood NJ. Albright who is called
in to attend the supposed aunt's cat
falls in love with the aunt and things
are progressing rapidly all around
when the real aunt arrives. Fastening
the climax. the conclusion being of
course all hat could be expected. The
cast is we'll chosen and all are we'll
framed for their parts. The pro-
cscds viii go to the football team.
Harold Marsh is manager Of the
company which includes the best anna
tour talent of the University. This is
the first play of the Dramatic club
his year.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-25
WANT ACTION ON THE
PROPOSED TRADE
EXCURSION
MEETING TO BE CALLED
AIT COMMERCIAL CLUB
Anxious to Get To-
gether and Decide Upon Tin
erary and Complete Plans fol
Boosting Trip,

The citizens of A%lbuuuerque who
are a unit n favor 81 the holding OF
a second annual Albuquerque trade
excursion early In April are DESTROYS
that a meeting be held az once by
those Interested with a view TO decid-
ing upon itinerary ana otherwise
completing plans for the trip. In
slant response to The Morning Jour
ncl's suggestion recently shows be-
yond a doubt that the special train
can be filled With boosters with no
trouble and it Is urgent that no time
be lost in making plans SO that rates
.hay be sccuaca Groln she Santa Fe.
Tho railroad officials have slenifled
their intention 10 cooperate with tho
business mon heartily and are only
waiting on the arrangement of the
route for the trip in order TO furnish
rates.
In answer to this demand II IS I'M
derstood a meeting viii be called az
/ the club without delay 20 find out
where the cxcursiOnists want to go
and agree upon the route.
Several business mon have express
ed "a desire to take u trip west into
Arizona before taking tho southern
trip and 1t Is understood this trip
could DE SO arranged that II could be
made in twenty-four hours with stops
lat Gallup, Winslow. Holbrook and In
termediate stations. There is little
opposition TO the proposed plan OF
taking in all the towns in the Rio
Grande valley south, towns which are
fun of business for Albuquerque il
the merchants will only go ana get
1t and towns which are anxious 70 he
brought into closer touch with thclr
logical commercial ccntcr. 1t is be-
lieycd the trip into III Paso aud dcm-
onstration thcrc will be of the
most successful and interesting fca-
lures of the excursion and VIII give
Albnquorqnc some beneficial adYcr-
Using in III Paso. The El Paso busi-
ness men have assured the excursion
Il welcome that il will remember If It
calls at that So
Hon Powell Stacl,housr OF the leg
isIativo assembly and president of the
New Mexico Midland railroad, has IN
vited the cx~cursionists 10 come to
! Carthage and see a real live coal
camp and this town VIII probably be
included i'm the line OF travel OH
er towns down tho valley have prick
ed up their ears upon the announce
mont that tho excursion is contom-
plated and IL 81 unnecessary 10 state
that there viii be something doing
down there when the boosters arrive.
The whole "trip as planned viii NOT
take moro than five days 80 the out
side. There Is every reason 10 be con-
fsl.,t tnat ft viii Inc gNDn more size
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-25
FRIENDS AND FOES OF
SUFFRAGE AT ALBANN'

Albany. n. NJ. Feb. 24.-iiosts Of
su~ffragists and anti-suffragists
styilshlv gowued, crowded the great
assembly chamber Goa the capitol to-
das. and for more than fou hours
their chosen speakers argued before
the members of thc Judiciary commit
tee OF the senate aud the assembly 80
a 1o'mt hearing for ana against con-
current resolutions proposing AN
amendment 10 tho constitution strik-
ms out D. word male" from the
suffrage clause
The s~uffraeists We're moro OUT
spoken In their applause than thoss
opposed 10 the ballot for women. but
the anti suffrasists were much I'M
evidence.
S~onator-elcot Eihu Root. who is
one Of the sicc presidents Of the
Sew York state association opposed
20 woman's suffrage. stood Tor a time
listening TO the arguments of the OPP
position.
When Assemblyman Tooms. who
introduced the measure. arose 10
speak ne was greeted with applause
from the s~ufragists lie declared Il
would be q moral uplict tu the stat.