Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-19

one cartridge expended from the mag
azine. There was wound in the
cheetah's breast. The animal had been
wounded al close quarters evidently.
ana lad sprung on its aggressor be-
fore he could get in another shot.
Poor van Keenan, was frightfully
chewed. The cheetah had died in the
act of killing him, one of the many dou-
bic tragedies that illustrate the dam
gers of hunting on the Dark Contin-
Cit.
The Giraffe - Awkward and
Harmless.
II is peculiar that such savage
brntes as leopards and cheetahs are
marked much like the giraffe, the
most awkward and harmless animal
in Africa. AT one time the giraffe
was common down as far us Cape
Town, but now ii is found no farther
south than The Transvaal Gradually
it is being driven into the interior.
The giraffe makes its home in the
desert country, being able TO so for
long periods without drinking. There
are large herds on the Kalahari des-
crt, where they are practically safe
| from the hunters rife. CRATES are
also very common in the country TO
which Mr.. Roosevelt is going. They
are easy hunting. Before the passage
of the game protection laws ! have
seen one party bring down 90 CRATES
in a day.
1t is easy to form an idea of the
CRATES awkwaMness when you take
into consideration that the animal is
from is to 20 feet high, measuring
from the ground to its head and 1t is
mostly legs and neck, the legs being
longer than the neck. When giraffe
drinks it must spread its legs out an
an angle of about 50 degrees to lower
its body sufficiently to reach the wa
ter.
The favorite method of the Beers in
hunting the giraffe is to ride ii down
on horseback. This affords great sport
and good horse will overtake one of
these animals after long chase. The
giraffe presents peculiar spectacle
when it is running. The body seems
to gain on the head, which waves to
and fro and is jerked into position at
every second step. Mr.. Roosevelt will
have to depend solely on shooting for
his giraffe sport, as the country he
will visit in is no; favorable 70 horse
hunting.
A source Of amusement to the aver
age European sportsman who visits
East Africa is hunting the wart hog.
Although the Africander does not care
about hunting this animal. the Euro
pean seems to delight in it, perhaps
on account OF the animals ferocious
and ugly appearance. 1t is armed with
"a pair of formidable tusks which it
can use with great effect on either
horse or man when it is cornered. !
have seen native gored so badly by
one that he died in an hour.
Each African colony has game laws
based on the prevalence or scarcity OF
certain species of animals, Where
Mr.. Roosevelt is going to hunt 1t costs
$3.50 for a huntsman's license. This
license under the British East Afri-
can game laws gives the following
privileges:
Each white man-ritie hunter-that
NUNS III last AlliE,t, 10 diiuNsu 10 hili (.
two of each of the following animals:
Elephants ftusks weighing not less
than go pounds. rhinoceri, hippopot-
ami, zebra, oryx, callotis oryx hestia.
koodoo, ,opi, Noumann's hartebcest.
colobus and other fur monkeys, .aard-
varks. cheetahs, aardwolf, marabout
and ogret. One of each of the fol-
lowing: Buffalo, Gland. sable. antelope,
roam antelope and bongo. Ten of
each Of The following: Topi, Grants
gazelle Thompson's gazelle, Jacksons
hartebeest, impala. reedbuck, duiker.
klipsprirger. steinbuck, waterbuck,
wildebeest, Coke's hartebeest, bush
buck. paa, lesser koodoo, and the
gerenuk.
Copyright. 1909. by Benz. B. Hampton,