The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-25
WAS WITH
ROOSEVELT
IN AFRICA
MEMBER OF EXPEDITIONS
LECTURES ON INCIDENTS
OF HUNTING TRIP
COLONEL G00O SHOT
DESPITE POOR EYtSGHT
..-~---~.
Hunting African Big Big Game Not
Altogether a e-SIded
Affair
(By Associated Press.)

Wayerly. ~ Y, Aug. go.--J. Alden
lorlng OF Owego, y. ", one Of the
field naturalists that accompanied
the Roosevelt African expedition de.
livered his first lecture. Through Al.
rica with Roosevelt" here last night
as one Of the attractions Of the Old
Home Week celebration. Mr.. Loring
covered the entire Trip from Momba-
"a British East Africa to Gondokoro
Oh the Nile, where the big game hunt
ing practically ceased After des-
cnbing the habits Of the natives and
game. and relating many interesting
experiences that befell various mem-
bers of the party. the speaker said.
Colonel Roosevelt AMI Kermit arc
two of the finest men TO be with IN
camp that | have met. Their whole
interest was for the good of the ex-
peditlon and they added Acny rare
animals to the collection simply be-
cause they were determined to make
il as complete and valuable as possI-
Bile. Although handicapped by poor
eycsight, the colonel IS a good marks
man, Like All spOrtsmen, he made
many good shots and he made many
poor ones. bu. as whole his shoot
ing was above average ard he frekucnt
~ brought down many flying birds,
such as herons, cranes and create
bustards. In hunting dangerous game
such rs buffaloes, elephants, rhinocer
cses and lions. he exhibitec ,ne cour
age OF a {cteran big-game huater.
and the quickncss with which he mas
tered the situation when in danger
GUS places, and the accuracy of his
shooting showed that he never got
excited.
Il do not think that the colonel
gives his realtors fair impression
OF the very great 5enger that he and
Kermit were so often placed In. AZ
ter we had said goodbye to four or
five settlers with whom we had be-
csme acquainted. ard met them again
several weeks later to find one with
a badly injured arm chewed by a
leopard. second in the hospital at
the point OF death from a lion mawl-
ing and a third who exhibited rent
in shirt made by the tusks of
charging elephant that Killed his gun
bearer: and after We had dlned y1th
missionary one noon and learned
of his death from fever the next day.
we begun to realize that hunting
African big game was not altogether
a one-sided affair."
Mr.. Loring spoke of Kermit as be-
ing one of the most persistent sports
men he has ever met. cool in the
presence of danger and SO enduring
that when he pursued wounded ami
NAL, he seldom failed to get Il and
in the chase he outran his own gun
bearers ani evel the swifiest po,,ers.
In substance Mr.. Lcrlng denied that
the expedition was one of slaughter.
He said that ii was purely scientific;
sent out by the Smithsonian Institu
ton for the purpose OF enriching our
knowledge Of science and to collect
7pecimens Of African animals Ten
tines the amount of game could have
been killed. Already over twenty-five
animals new to science have been des-
eribed, and when the entire collection
has been worked up, many more will
have been found. Net infrequently
the government is compelled TO close
10 travellers sections Of the country
where man-cating Iio1s have sudden.
" appeared and are killing the natives
or where rogfc rhinocerous Or buff
faloes toss them with their horns
These animals have 10 be killed before
the region is again safe for travellers.
Game is 50 abundant that barbcd wire
fences are broken down Dy zebras,
wild beasts and hartcbcasts and crops
seriously damaged The settlers en-
courage huGters aad II they hal their
own way, in short time the vast
herds OF game thai now roam over the
plains would be decreased.
a large number OF colored lantern
slides made from photographs taken
by Colonel Roosevelt aud Kermit
Roosevelt were ailown. They depicted
herds Of wild elephants rhinoceros-
eg. girafies and other African animals