The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-23
At ONE DOLLAR A WORD
COLONEL ROOSEVELT DESCRIBES
BIG GAME HUNTIN6.


New York, Oct 22--Theodore Roose-
velt writing in the November number
of Scribner's Magazine, gives his Inn
pressions and experiences on an East
African ranch. which, In many ways,
reminds him OF early days on the
plains Of the Great West. and then
plunses difectiy into an account Of his
first encounters With big African
game. y =
.The dangerous game of Africa" he
says. "are the zion. bufralo, elephant,
rhinoceros and leopard The hunter
who follows-any of these animals al
ways does so at certain risk of life
or limb; risk which 1t fs his bust
ness to minimize by GOODNESS. caution,
good Judgment and straight shooting.
The leopard Is In point of pluck and
ferocity more than the equal OF the
other four. but his small size always
renders II likely that he. will merely
maui and not kilt q man.
MY friend. Carl Akeiy Of Chicago.
actually killed. bare handed, leopard
which sprapg on him. He had already
wounded the beast twice. clipping 1t
In one front and one hind paw, where
upon 1t charged, followed him as he
tried to dodge the charge. and struck
him full Just as he turned. 1t bit
him in one arm. biting again AMI
again as 1t worked UP the arm from
the wrist to the elbow but Akely
threw II. holding its throat with the
other hand. and Ringing It's body to
one side. 1t luckily fell on its side
with its two wounded legs uppermost.
so that II would not tear him. He fell
forward with IT and crushed in Its
chest with hts knees until he dis
tinctly felt one Of it's ribs crack; this.
said Akely was the first moment when
he {elt he might conquer. Rebuilding
hfsf efforts. with knees and hand, he
actually choked and crushed the life
out Of 1t. although his arm was badly
bitten"
Mr.. Roosevelt devotes considerable
space to telling how he brought to
bay and finally killed lion. The de-
scription begins at a point where the
hunter lis standing beside his mount.
considering what he shall do IL the lion
charges and cannot be stopped by
well-directed shot. The writer con-
tinuesr
wow. an elderly man with q varied
past which includes rheumatism. does
not vault lightly into the saddle as his
sons. for Instance. can, and had al
ready made up my. mind that in the
event of the lions charging, IL would
be wise for me TO trust to straight
powder rather. than to scramble into
the saddle and get under way in time.
IT still could not see the lion when
knelt. but he was now standing up,
looking first at one group of horses
and then. at the other. his tail flashing
to and fro, his head held low and his
lips dropped over Is mouth In peculiar
fashion. while his harsh ana savage
growing rolled thunderously over the
plain. Seeing Simba and me on foot.
he turned towards us, his tail flashing
quicker and quicker.
Resting my elbow on Simba's bent
shoulder. took steady aid and pressed
the trigger. The bullet went I'm be-
tween the neck and shoulders. and the
lion fell over on his side, one fore
leg In the air. He recovered In
moment and stood up. evidently very
sick and once more faced me, growl-
Ing hoarsely. I think he was on the
eve OF charging. i fired again at once,
ana this bullet broke his back Just
behind the shoulders, and with the
next ] killed him outright after we
had gathered around him.