Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-05

is a sport, something to be played at;
hunting in Africa is a trade, almost a
profession. In America one merely
takes rife and goes out to shoot. In
Africa, to hunt a la mode, one takes
a battery of arms, usually three and
sometimes four, high power rifles of
different caliber, ranging from six
and fiye-tenths millimetcr to a 600
cordite express. The cartridges for
these rifles are charged with vari-
Gus bullets, solid nickel, steel, soft
nose long, soft nose short and split.
Each of these bullets was designed
by experts for special use, and on
the way they are used depends the
success Of ones shot. Often the use
hunters death. On small game the
light caliber arm, six five-tenths MILL
meter, is used. and on large and dan
gerous game the nine millimeter Maui
ser and 600 caliber cordite express
give the best results. The last-named
rifle strikes the enormous blow of
$500 pounds, and has a recoil OF close
on hundred weight. That the man
whose hunting experiences has been
confined to bird shooting with shot
guns, or small game. with, say. 80
caliber rifle. may understand the
meaning of these figures, let me state
that the ordinary 32-caliber rife has
recoil of perhaps ten to twelve
pounds. The double barreled shot
gun, which to the ordinary hunter
seems to have all the kicking" ca.
pacity any weapon needs, has a re-
soil of from % to so pounds.
The GOO taliber cordite express is
the most deadly hand arm made.
Notwithstanding the terrific force
of this 600 express bullet it must be
placed in the correct part of an ele-
plants or rhinoceros anatomy TO
bring him down. The hunter must
put the shot into the animals head or
heart, or he must face a charge that
will probably end in his destruction,
Rifles of various caliber are carried
for economy. 1t is cheaper TO use a
small six fve-tenths millimeter rife
on small game, a nine mllimeter on
medium game, and a 600 express on
big game, than to carry one weapon
for all-round work. which would have
10 be big enough at least for the
largest game. Nothing smaller than
a $50 express would do for that, and
II would be distinctly uneconomical,
rot to say foolish, to shoot small
antelope, the size of a goat, with a
500 express. 1t would be like using
a pile driver to kill mosquito. Again.
cartridges become very costly by the
time they reach the. interior of Africa.
cartridge for 500 express rife, for
instance, costing sixpence az cents)
in London, reaches an enormous price
by the time it gets into the hunting
grounds Of Africa. / have seen them
bring five shillings (s1.25) each, and
very scarce at that. Nor is this such
an eXtravagant price when one takes
into consideration that every ounce
las to be carried by porters who plod
for months through swamps. across
rivers, over mountains, traversing the
parched weld and penetrating the dis
NAL forest, often fighting their way
foot by foot before they reach their.
destination. 1t is easy to see that
weight is an important factor in cart
ridge economics. Four six fve.tenths
millimeter cartridges are equal in
weight to one 600 express. That is, it
is four deathss against one, for the
same weight.
These are the things President
Roosevelt must learn before lie can
consider himself up on the ways of
safari,s If the president hunts like
an Africander and not like the av-.
GRACE European that visits the dark
continent, he will certainly find
danger; danger that tries q hunters
nerve. that requires All alert intelli-
sence and quick etc pass through
II and live.
Mr. Cunninghame, who is organic.
Ing the Roosevelt expedition, is one
OF the most experienced and clever OF
East African term for an expedition OF
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