Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-10-22
Of BIG
GAME HUNT
IN AFRICA
TOLD BY COLONEL
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Given First Place for
Ferocity and Courage Thrill
ing Account Of Encounter
With Roaring Lion


49, Y NEEAf" sHtN""f -
New York. oct 2l-Theodors
Roosevelt writing in the November
runber OF Scribners magazine. gives
his Impressions ana experiences On IN
East African ranch-which in many
ways reminded him OF carly DAYS on
the plains OF the great west, and then
piunges directly into an account OF MS
FIRST encounters with big African
.ranio
The dangerous game OF Africa
hr says, ARE the lion. buffalo. ele-
plant. %rhinoceros and leopard. The
hunter who follows any Of these ami
mails always does so at "a certain risk
Of life or limbs; a risk which II is
his business 10 minimize by GOODNESS,
.%aution, good judgment and straigh 1t
shooting. The leopard is IN point Of
pluck and ferocity more than the
equul OF the other four but his small
size always renders II likely hat he
VIII merely maui and not Kin q man.
My friend, Cart Akeiy, OF Chicago.
actually Killed barchundcd a leopard
S. hich spraug on him. lie had wound
I'D the beast twice. erippiing 1t in one
front aud one hind paw. whcrcupon
it charged. followed him ns ne tried
to dodge thr charge and struck him
fun just AS he turned II bit him on
one arm. biting again and again IS 1t
worked the arm from the wrist 10 the
elbow. but he actually threw II. hold
Ing rs throat With the other hand.
f~iugiug its body to ono side. It luck
liz ton on It's side with its two wound
ed legs pupCrmOat, so that il could
not tear him, lie fen forward win
{ and crushed In it's chest with hi
tnf's until he - incttv fcit one Of
rs ribs crack; this, said Akely. was
the first moment when he folt he
might conquer. Rebuilding his et-
forts with Noes and hands he actual
81 ehoked and crushed It TO death.
although his arm was badly bitten
Mr. Roosevelt dcvotes much space
TO telling hon he brought to bay and
finally killed a Hon The description
begins at a point where the hunter
is standing beside his mount consid-
erinp what he should DO If the lion
charged and could not DE stopped By
% wen directed shot.
Thr writer continues;
Now an elderly man with a varied
mast which included rheumatism,
do's not vault lightly into the saddle.
as his son. for instance, can; and l
bad already made ~ my mind that
In The event uf the Hons charging Il
would bc wise fer me To trust TO
traight powder rather thun to try to
scramble into tine saddle ana get an
der why lu time
could stiH sec the lion when
+ kuelt. but Die was noW standing UP.
loo king first at ouo group vt horses
nd th"u 90 lhn other with lis tai.
l%tsline to aud fro. his head held low
.apt lips dropped over bis mouth In
peculiar fashion. WbiI his harsh and
savage growing rolled thIoder1usb
over tlt plain Seeing Simba and no
on foot ho turned Ia nv. his tail lash
lns quicker and quicker.
Resting my elbow ON Simba bent
shoulder Q took steady aim ana press
cd ths trlrrer the bullet wen. n he
tNt, n tAp Hrek and shoulder and the
lion fril over ou his side. one fore leg
in the 5ir lic recovered IN a momont
aud stood w. evidently very sick. and
once more taeCd me. growing aoarse-
i ! tllHi he WITS on tht evo 81
charging I fired again az lrec and
this huilct broke his back just behind
the shoulders ANA with tho next ! KIN
ri him outright after VIZ bad gath
red rouni him