The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-26
DENIES BEING SpENDTHRIFT
Says Lions Are Great Game
Dogs Were a Great
Help.
Expense of Trip Not Over
.$5,0 ,000-Porters Get $1.67.
a Month.

from a years shooting in Africa, is
| so fascinated by the sport of kings
that he Is going to remain only six
weeks In his native land before set
ting out again on three-years' hunt
ing iaunt through Africa and India.
| incidentally, Mr.. Rainey rose from
his office chair at No. 527 Fifth ave-
nue. yesterday to remark forcibly that
| he does not spend a million dollars
year on himself.
That's a nice thing to print about
| a mani Mr.. Rainey said Il don't
spend one-fifteenth that amount: and,
though stories like that, / suppose,
really do no harm, they make a man
mad clear through. 1 live simply,
haven't any yacht except ninety
| foot boat, and don't want to be held
up to public view as a spendthrift.
| Hunting Trips Reasonable.
Take a hunting trip like my revent
one through Africa. II Is within the
reach Of any sportsman Of reasonable
means. The whole expedition ought
| not to cost the most luxurious trav-
eler more than $1,000. That amount
should finance the whole expedition,
hire all the necessary help, feed them,
and do all the incidental expenses up
in a moderately inexpensive bundle.
you have to pay your 'colored
| help ont there only rupees month.
A rupee is 33 1-2 cents. That makes
| 167 - cents a month per porter
| Feeding them brings the total up to
about SO per month per servant; so
you can see 1t doesn't cost so much 20
have q full retinue of servants over
in Africa. But they're a stupid lot"
How do you control them -
through an interpreter" Mr.. Rainey
was asked.
"Oh, 1 speak the language" he re-
piled 81 ought TO for l was out
there a year. There isn't so much to
learn. The language is cultural, and
consists of a shaded variety of grunts.
| Their range of ideas is, OF course,
very limited. and consequently their
language is limited. The one thing
the aboriginal mind Is apparently in
| capable Of conceiving Is the civilized
| idea Of time. They can not under
| stand why we should have II o'clock
noon and II o'clock at midnight. The
day starts with them at the coming OF
the daylight. Now, four hours after
| daylight is."
| Mr.. Rainey reproduced an African
| grunt the full beauty Of which IL is
| impossible to set forth in print
Naturally their conception Of time
and ours brought about some misun-
! derstanding We had TO yield. though,
as Il was easier for us to learn their
way than-well, come to think of It,
I guess a hammer wouldn't pound
| any notion of ours into their heads.
ITO return TO the expense sheet.
You have to have some camels to
travel with. Now on the coast a
camel costs between thirty and forty
dollars. You buy them, take them
where you wish. and when you return
to the coast sell them again. They're
as good as new, so that part Of II is
an item that reduces itself practically
TO the cost of their iced.
Elephants Not Used.
"In Africa, you know, the elephant
is not used as a working animal as 1t
is in India. But that is because none
OF the African natives have ever been
intelligent enough to train them The
Hindoo Is very intelligent, and his
intelligence has conquered the native
elephants colossal bulk, roping 1t into
mans service. Another point IL that
India Is a closely settled country, and
there is no difficulty there in provid-
ing provender for the elephant. In
Africa the country Is so sparsely set
tied that 1t Is a days work for the
elephant to forage around and feed
himself let alone doing anything be-
sides.
"a good many popular misconcep-
lions obtain here regarding Africa.
Parts Of it are among the most beau
tlful countryland in the world. They'll
never outstrip us as a cotton growing
country, however, in my opinion, as
they have not the facilities nor the
trained labor nor the means Of reach
ing a market"
Mr.. Ralney, who IS modest and
disllkes being held up as mighty
hunter" was somewhat averse to tell
ling Of his hunting campaign proper
"Its not so dangerous as one might
suppose" he said. 'The worst danger
think, is that Of illness. When VIC
; reached NairObi, our center Of opera
| tlons we found the bubonic plague
raging. That was somewhat upset
; ting; but a friend Of mine, DR.. M r.
; johnson, was in the party, and so We
all felt safe. Then, the first thing
we all knew, the good doctor wal
down with the fever; so Instead OF his
taking care Of us, we took care Of
4 him. He came out all right"
. The impression has gotten abroat
that Mr.. Rainey says lion hunting Il
(; tame sport. Take 1t from Mr.. Raine'
q Mr. Rainey has never made any sucl
lremark.
Lion Hunting Great Sport.
"Idon hunting is the best spor
: OF an," he said. They're grea
fighters and it's all rot, this talk abou
my Mississippi bear hounds runnin
lions down. They were a great al
! to me and all that sort OF thing bu
= 1t took a gun, and a high power one
to put lion out OF commission. The
= fight. ana fight 10 the last ditch. Wha
I. the hounds do Is TO rout the lion on
- follow him. and bay him. We follo'
the lion by the baying Of the dog