Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-26
HUNTS LIONS WITH A ROPE
Buffalo" Jones Only Hunter in
Africa Without Gun.
TEACHES NEW HUNTING IDEAS
American Tells of Experiences Crop
ingv FerOcious big Game ana De-
ciares They're Not Half So
Terrible ns They Seem.

Terrible ms They seem.
NEW YORK, June 25.-At the Bronx zoo
this city, is lloness fresh from the jungles
OF Africa. The beast was captured by
Buffalo" Jones. perhaps the only hunter
who never carries q gun. This latest ac-
QUESTION from Africa Is one OF many beasts
OF various species roped and tied by Jones
and his two American cowboys from New
Mexico, who went to Africa to prove that
the king of beasts can furnish sport for
the daring hunter without giving up their
lives.
Colonel Jones did not gain his reputation
as plainsmRn by the use of shooting
irons" 1t is as the preserver of the buffalo
that he is best known and It is his belief
that 1t is wrong to kill an animal except for
food, or to save human life Colonel Jones
and his party were sent to Africa TO prove
that there is plenty of sport to be had
with only the tools of the cattleman as
weapons. The hunter with the Iariat re-
lates the following:
I'VE went direct to Mairobi, as the cap
ltal of the animal country" said Jones.
We were led to believe that there were
thousands Of jungle beasts to be found
within a few miles of that city--llons, rhi-
noceroses CRATES, 1eopards and the like
but some one was ahead of US, and the
jungle had been almost cleared out. The
only lion We saw was the female we
brought away with us. She rather objected
to coming along but we managed to con-
vince her that 1t was best for all concerned.
We roped and tied one rhino, a big bull,
but we were so far from transportation,
and the animal so unwieldy, that we turned
i'm aft
he be shot, the hunter will know he was
once our property. OF course, we roped
and tied many smaller animals, such as
leopards, oheetahs and giraffes, but we did
not get buffalo. wanted few speci-
mems of the wild African buffalo for my
ranch, but they stick too close to the jun
gle, and one can't rope an animal unless
he can drive 1t into the open.
LiOneas Gamer Than Lion.
THE greatest sport we had was with the
lioness. 1 threw the rope over her head,
and she went right through 1t, but came
UP with short turn, for the moose had
frightened around leg. She threshed
around bit. but she was hitched to a
rope that connected with a mighty fast
horse, and It was no time before the rope
had been thrown over the limb OF tree,
and she was hanging UP in the air We
tied her hind legs together, then tied her
front legs, and within a few hours she was
in a cage on the way to Nairobi.
Il believe that the lion has reputation
that he does not deserve. 1t is his roar
that makes him king of beasts. The fact
OF the matter is that the lioness Is the
head of the family She is the killer. while
the lion merely chases up the prey and
han
pared, Furthermore, the lion is not a
particularly dangerous animal. He'll run
from man, even II the man kills his
mate, but when you meet the Iioness and
her mate in the Jungle don't kill the lior
first Save him for your second shot. The
lion will sink away If you XIII the lioness
but the lloness viii start something, AND
that mighty quickly, II you kill her mate
Rhinoeerous Hardest to Get.
Our hardest Job" continued Jones. get
ting back to the story Of his latest hunt
was roping our Fhinoceros. He was a bis
fellow, must have weighed about four tons
and the ugliest beast l ever laid hand
on. The first time we got rope on him
he started like a train OF cars, and this
ropo snapped like cotton thread. Their
he turned and charged us. We sidestepped
him, and all three together, but at that
we didn't get him. Then we turned ths
dogs after him, and chased him in cir.
Gle until he was pretty tired So were oul
horses, but we had fresh mounts handy
We worried him Tor five hours and some
of us had some narrow escapes from being
run over, but at last We trussed up anc
tied him TO a trss,
When l say the animal charged US
don't think he was trying to attack us
lie merely charged In our direction. Al
animal always, when trying to escape, runs
against the wind, unless driven In another
direction. When the hunter is In the way
all he has 10 do is to sidestep and ths
animal will run past him and continue on
his way. There Is no danger that he viii
turn upon man so long as he is diving
into the wind"
Jones believes that every animal is borr
with the fear OF man IN his heart. Prob
ably the most vicious animal man has eve
tried TO subdue. according to the plainsman
Is the American buffalo.