Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-08-11
HUNTING LIONS IN AFRICA.
Paul J. Rainey's Expedition Is Using
Dous Successfully.

Dogs Successfully.
The latest mails from East Africa
says a London letter, bring the news
that the expedition of Paul Rainey OF
Chicago university is meeting with re-
markable success in tracking and har-
rying lions and other carnivora with
hounds. On his last trip, which was
made in the Guaso Nyro country
among other mammalia bagged were
twenty seven lions and lionesses. -four
cheetahs, one leopard, eight wild dogs
and a large number of hyenas and
jackals.
Mr.. Rainey has employed several
classes of hounds in his hunting. First
come the trackers, who are able to fol-
low up the scent of lion even if it is
ten hours old. At first some difficulty
was experienced because the dogs
would run off the wrong scent and sew
eral of them were lost in this manner
little tuition got them in good work
ing order and they were soon taught
to stick to a lions scent. The tracking
animals are full bred bear hounds.
When these dogs had brought the
party up to the lion they were called
off and another set Of hounds were
sent in to attack the lion. These were
halfbred bear hounds, collies, Aire-
dales and other breeds of terriers. The
plucky little fellows would go for the
hind quarters Of the lion, and If he
turned on them they would let go and
others would catch on, thus keeping
the lion busy in repelling their attacks
Among the hounds there are several
staghounds used for jackals. These
staghounds were able to overtake their
that it was all up with the jackal. Hy-
enas and other fleet carnivora were
also brought down by the staghounds
One curious fact is that little or no
damage was done to the attacking
dogs by lions; but when they went
against warthoes ,e tale was differ
ent, and most i. the casualties to the
dogs were inflicted by the old pigs.
With Mr.. Rainey on this trip, which
started on April 10, were Dr. John
stone, ]. c.. Hemmet, a photographer;
Hunter Black and Messrs. Heller, Out
ram and Shelley. Leaving Nairobi
the starting point of all such eXpedi-
tions the party struck out for the Gu
aso Nyro, thence cutting across to the
Getman border and coming back again
to the Guaso Nyro by way of the Loi-
to plains. and so on into Nairobi,
which was reached on June 9.
The greatest day, and one not likely
soon to be forgotten by the party, was
while they were in the region of the
German border. The party had had
fairly good luck in rounding up some
eighteen lions by means Of the hounds,
The chase led in the direction of the
camp. Within easy distance of the
camp the hunters came upon the lions
and started in with their rifles. Eight
lions were killed.
A lioness managed to escape the
harrying dogs and slipped by the
camp, where an Askar took pot shot
at her, hitting her in the left groin
The lioness attempted to crawl of
with the aid of her foreless.
Mr.. Hemmett thought 1t would be q
good opportunity to get moving pic
ture of the lioness charging. APP
preaching to within fifty yards of the
wounded lioness, who was snarling
fiercely and crawling away, Mr.. Hem
met, supported on the right by Mr.
Rainey, with $50. and Mr.. Black with
a double barrelled 40, and Mr.. Out
ram, also with $50, began to set up
his camera. The lioness showed no
signs of charging, so one of the native
boys was told to throw stones at her
A snarl was the only response. The
lioness continued to endeavor to crawl
off, but fell back, this time facing the
camera
Mr.. Black shouted Look out. she
means business," Mr.. Hemmet was
ready, and thinking she was only 60
ing to give last short attempt and
die, did not feel anxious. The lioness
sprang up with q snarlng roar and
charged straight for the camera
Mr.. Hemmet set the machine going
Mr. Rainey held his fire until the brute
was twenty five yards from the cam
era and then fired. but did not stop
her. Mr.. Hemmet continued turning
the handle until the animal got out of
focus.
At fifteen yards Mr.. Outram fired
but failed to stop her. Mr.. Hemmet
endeavored to prepare his tripod to
iab her when she sprang, but seemed
unable to move. Mr. Black who dur
ing the whole process was as cool as a
cucumber held his fire until the ami
NAL was fifteen feet of Mr.. Hemmet;
then he let her have one barrel of his
40 His finger was ready on the trig-
ger to give her the other barrel, but he
saved his fire when he saw the lioness
with one last bound fall three feet
from the camera, driving her head into
the ground.
The film was saved, but Mr.. Hemmet
would likely have suffered severely il
Mr.. Blacks last shot had not caught
the animal in the brain.
BY this time Mr.. Rainey and his
party are well out on another trip in
another part of the country.
In the Guaso Nyro country a Dutch
youth, 81 years of age, single handed
killed seven lions i'm ten minutes
which is a record, even in East Africa.
He was in charge Of an OK team and
at dawn arrived at a little stream
known as Deer Dale. He had no soon
er let the oxen loose than they were
attacked by nine lions.
The young man jumped on his wa
gon for his gun, $50, and opened fire
on the lions, who had already killed
one of the oxen. In less than ten min
utes he had fired ten shots, with the
result that seven lions lay dead in
front of him, three lions and four lion
esses, the furthest only fifteen yards
distant. The other two e ped, but
both were wounded