Arizona republican., 1910-03-31
AFRICAN GAME
 FOR ARIZONA DESERTS SPECIES FROM THE SOUTH.
 ERIN HEMISPHERE. Animals That Would Thrive in Ari. zona Without Dctrimcnt to
 Livestock Interests.

-''''i'i 4''l'il' iNllNSf'll ifuI ililTllf. d
 ."nr-tjme resident of this valley. and
 the personal friend of great many
 people still living here. m d recent % issue of The Independent. published , an article on "Transplanting African l Animals" II voices the opinion that ! many game animals may be intro X duccj into the southwestern part of the United States without interference with the stock interests. either by killing livestock "r appropriating it's forage. and that th.s. animals if i'fusplauted here. would thrive as well aS m their native land Con ErcssuIn Basard of Louisiana having been inspired by Mir Burnham's ar tl'lc. has introduced a biH resigned [" put his recommendation tp a prac- tl"3I test. and Major Rurnham is now "r Was recently in Washington for the purpose "f backing up his story be- for" the congressional committee.
 Sh"uid the bill become a law Arizona
 w"uld be much interested. and whcth-
 CT lt does or not. the opinion Of Ma
 I"r BurHham on the subject is in-
 'rroSting lt K therefore reproduced
 iu full, together with tn. introductory
 remarks of the editor of Tn" Indc- . pendent, concerning the major him. self
 jor Burnham.
 Major Burnhdm writes with cNcep-
 uonal authority on the possible adap-
 tation of selections of the game of
 Africa to the semi-arid regions of our
 southwestern states and territories
 From earliest boyhood the life of this
 remarkable son Of a Protestant ms-
 s!"nary on the Minnesota frontier has
 been a drama Of far-rcHching experi-
 cnce and thrilling adventure. graphi-
 cally sketched by Richard Harding l Davis in his Real Soldiers or For tune For fifteen years he roved the
 west from Hudsons Bay to Mexico until he was tempted to try his for tune as a prospector on the South ! African gold fields in 1893. Soon after 1 landing at Cape Town he was induced to head the scouts in the Matabele Wars and the conquest of Rhodesia. and when he sought the new field of the Klondike he was recalled by cable from Lord Roberts to become chief Of scouts for the main British army in the Boer war. His daring service made him heroic in the eyes of the army and people and he was sig
 nally honored by the presentation of the Distinguished Service order h: King Edward personally. After th.
 war he headed an expedition to eN- . plore East Africa as a director nf tn" ! British East African Syndicate and ! spent two 1rdUous md pcrilous year . in determining the resources of the 1 new province and the openings for | settlement. He is now closely asso- ciated with John Hays Hammond as executive head in the reclamation of great tract in sonora. MeXico.-Ed- itor
 There is in Africa a wonderfully varied range of interesting animals. Most cf the desirable ores could easily be introduced into our own southwest They would multiply where our own domestic animals cannot live. Vast tracts of our lonely deserts could be tceming with life interesting. bcauti- fuI. harmless. very useful for food and leather. displacing not a head of our cattle or other domestic stock. offering ,: grand hunting ground. true pleas ure land tu dIl lovers of animal life.
 Throughout all the fopt-hili region and far south. into Mexico. the bush buck would thrive. It is mostly a browsing animal about the size of our deer. one variety has peculiar white markings. like a harness. and it is called the harness buck, th" horns are slightly spiral measuring about fifteen inches in length. Great skill is required tn stalk it and quick, sure s;hnf when found. nr it will escape every time. It's flesh is of very fine flavor. and its hide makes on" of the strongest feathers known. II is com monly used by the Bpcrs to make fnreIa=hcS on their immensely long nN-whips and stage whips Another importation is the "rihc. q swift and graceful ga zcIlo. weighing about 30 pounds which ranges over th" dricr regions of Af- rica. especially in the north. The called the oryN m th" north. is a much larger animal. which IS equally adaptable Co conditions in this , Us marked characteristic IS Is perfect. straight. tapcring black horns. that reach a length of 36 to 40 inches The buck weighs from 200 1 ' io 250 pounds. and will fight SiiVdgcly when hard pressed. It has been known io kill a lion with its daggcr-like horns The gcmsbok is q true game animal. and can live out on the desert |, hundred miles from water. Its eye '