The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-04-22
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/ A German sportsman suc. eeded in one
of his hunts in getting possession of a
very young panther of which he tried
. to make a pet.
! But one day when they had taken
| him into the forest he was long In re
/ turning to his masters, and two sery-
ants were sent to learn what had be
come of him. The panther sprang on
shem, threw them both to the ground
and tore their bodies open.
Subtle, swift and sinister. the pan
Their has a iendish fOndnesS for tor
turing his victims. beast or human.
He will PLAY with a half dead man
like cat with broken winged bird.
Having crushed down a native, the
panther will spring into the bushes
and hide. The unfortunate, thinking
his enemy gone, essays to rise or crawl
away. only 10 be suddenly struck to
earth again, to be fought over by jack
ais. hyenas and vultures.
NJ. Jacques ArugO a scholar and
traveller of European celebrity, thus
draws the portrait of the panther:
10 mat a liSNi- Il manu- q So pShN
or a lion which so devOured space? Is
II a fame whose movement flashes
with the rapidity Of thought? 1t is the
panther in quest Of his prey; it is the
nimblest. the most axle Of the quad
rupeds that the hunter pursues. Your
ball must fly swiftly 10 Overtake him.
The arrow is not so swift as he. And
T.. a. fril- fbot ola Stfp
body which stretches out, curves,
bends about, shortensf
How seize on the moving being TO
which all quiet is impossible, which is
refreshed bv motion, enervated by
calm and sleep?
you aim at the earth The panther
YOU thought to strike with an infalli-
bic missile draws your eyes above
your head to see him. He does not go
on feet he flies.
1T is the panther rather than the
lion or the tiger who should be known
as the king of beasts"
More silent than other dangerous
beasts. the panther so contributes to
the perpleXities of his pursuers. His
cry, infrequently heard, Is a harsh
noise, something between a grunt and
a cough. He emits a short roar at
times when charging an assailant-
While difficult for parties ia circum-
vent, panthers are less suspicious Of
traps than lions, etc. and they are
often caught in baited cage traps.
a writer in the American Field de-
scribes thrilling panther hunt in Brit
ish East Africa, northwest of En-
tebbe. illustrating the brutes agility.
resourcefuness and tenacity to life.
I'VE were following elephant tracks
into a thicket of wait a bit' brushes
$50 named because of the annoying
thornsl when a large leopard sprang
IL front of US" he says.
Burns, who was in the lead, took
shot AT him. but scored a clean miss
on account Of his pony rearing to the
side. noticed the brute make for a
bush to the right of US, so we started
after him ON foot, leaving George to
look after the ponies Suddenly up
jumped the leopard about twenty yards
from us. We both fired together, and
the brute made leap as if hard hit.
Burns was about six yards to the right
of me when he cried out:
Look out, kid"
But before ! had time to look the
leopard sprang and toored me like a
tenpin, knocking my rife from my
hands. He sprang from the left side,
so my right arm was free. AS luck
would have 1t, my knife was on the
right side Of my belt. Drawing it, 1
let the savage brute have its point
clean IN his snout just as he was in
the act of clawing at my throat Burns,
who had fixed his bayonet, came to
my assistance. The brute thought it
best to clear out
after creeping fifteen yards Burns
pointed to a bush. and there | saw the
old fellow lying down, evidently in
great pain. He would keep getting up
and lying down. all the time licking
his side where the wounds were This
time we decided to have a good broad
side at him so crept TO the left, taking
care not to let the animal see us
When We got between fifty and a hun
dred yards from him We had a good
view and watched his antics Then,
leveling our rifles. we fired together.
The leopard sprang up leared about
twelve feet and rolled over on his side.
was about TO make run up to him
when old Burns luckily dragged me
back, for just then up jumped the
leopard and cut some Of the queerest
capers / ever saw. I.eaping suddenly
toward US in Il last try for revenge,
he presented as fearful sight as
ever want 10 see.
BURNS let him have another shot
In his side, at which he made a leap
In the air and came down all of
heap. dead.
ut is seen that IL took five well
aimed bullets from guns designed for
elephant and lion killing, in addition to
my knife thrust. to lay low that brute"