New-York tribune., 1909-09-04
WON EN- AS HUNTERS
Big Game Does Not Daunt Them
bringing Dozen a Tiger.

Whether modern women are braver than women
We're in past ages not is disputed question.
Anybody who says that they is sure to be con-
fronted with Joan of Arc. But certainly in the last
year or so women have branChed out in line
which calls for considerable bravery-the shooting
of big game. II is not at all uncommon for
woman TO join her husband in hunting expedition
in the West. and American women have gone with
their husbands to shoot in India and Africa where
the really big game is found, the game that only
the bravest persons want to meet.
Englishwomen whose husbands have positions in
India have no end of chances for this of ad-
venture One suCh the wife Of officer in the
Imperial Forest Service, during the recent hunting
season brought down immense tiger at the first
shot II Is her habit to spend six months of the
year touring the forests with her husband. and on
th1s occasion they camped close to n nullah in
block of forest eight miles from the nearest vii
lage Water being scarce about there, wild animals
came from long distances to drink at this nuIah.
so the little valley was full of game And among
the animals this huge tiger
Night afte night wild dogs stole the buffalo
Kills tied up TO tempt the tiger. At length the
tiger was first; he got the kill" and dragged it
away and hid it behind rock, where II was found
the next morning by the hunters, only slightly
eaten.
We VIII wait for the tiger tonight. and shoot
him when he returns for supper" the officer told
his wife. Accordingly two natve string cots
machans, they are caled-were securely bound side
by side in tree overlooking the 'kilr' and about
fifty PAGES from it. The moon was due to rise not
long after sunset, and the machans had to be be-
tween the moon and the kill that the light
would fall on the sights OF the rifle
AT o'clock the two mounted 20 the machans.
prepared to spend the night watching. At first the
jungle was full of souIis-the chatte7ing of birds
the hum of inseCtS-bUt darkness fell absolute
stiffness prevailed Now and then the hunters
munched a sandwich took Il pull at the bottle OF
coffee. but mostly they waited breath!cssly for the
moon ana the tiger-aud weird thing the woman
found it to wait for a tiger in Indian jungle.
AT last the east lighted up; the moon rose above
the tops Of the trees About o'cl0ck there was a
SITE in the leaves the ground then silence; then
a stir nearer at hand. Then nuSe striped form
emerged from the shadows and walked across the
noonlit space with stately noiseless steps. straight
toward the kill" Il halted not twenty feet from
the hunters
Now" whispered the officer. Mrs. Nimrod had
her husbands heavy $50 cordite rifle. which she
had never fired off before but, it had a huge
rubber pad she hoped it wouldn't break her shoul-
der.
Taking steady aim. she fired at "A spot lust below
the tigers mighty shoulder There a terrific
bang. and she nearly knocked out Of the
machan. but there wasn't sound from below.
And for good reason. The shot had taken instant
effect. ana the tiger, measuring feet and inches.
lay stretched On the ground quite dead