Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-24

On the third day we found the SpOor OF
single bull by 8 o'clock. Hour after hour
went by while the gun-bearers, even more
eager than weary, puzzled out the trail. At
half past twelve we knew we were close on
the beast, and Immediately afterward caught
a glimpse Of it. Taking advantage Of every
patch Of cover, I crawled toward it on all
tours, my rifle too hot for me to touch the
barrel, while the bisterng heat Of the baked
ground hurt my hands.
At little over a hundred yards knelt
and aimed at the noble beast; could now
plainly see his huge bulk and great, massive
horns, as he stood under tree The point
ed bullet from the little Springfield hit
trifle too far back and up but made such
rip that he never got 10 yards from where
he was standing; and great was my pride as
l stood over him, and examined his horns,
twisted almost like koodoo's, and admired
his size, his finely modelled head and legs,
and the beauty of his coat.
An Exciting Bull Hunt
Meanwhile, Kermit had killed two Gland,
a COW on the first day, and on the second a
bull even better than, although not quite so
old as, mine Kermit could see game and
follow tracks almost as well as his gun
bearers, and in long chase could outrun
them. On each day he struck the track OF
herd of eland and after while left his gun
bearers and porters, and ran along the trail
accompanied only by native guide. The
cow was killed at 200 yards with a shot from
his Winchester.
The bull yielded more excitement He
was in herd of about 40 which Kermit had
followed for over FIVE hours, toward the last
accompanied only by the wild native; at one
point the Gland had come upon small party
of elephant, and trotted off at right angles
to their former course-Kermit following
them after he had satisfied himself that the
elephants were cows and half-grown ami
mails. When he finally overlook the Gland,
during the torrid heat of the early alter
noon, they were all lying down, in place
where the trees grew rather more thickly
than usual
Stalking as close as he dared he selected
big animal which he hoped was bull, and
fred three shots into it however, it ran, and
he then saw that it was COW. AS the rest
of the herd jumped up he saw the form OF
the master bull looming above the others.
They crossed his front at slashing trot. the
cows clustered round the great bull: but
lust as they came to little opening, they
opened somewhat, giving him clear shot.
Down went the bull on his head, rose, re-
ceived another bullet, and came to stand
still.
Kermit's Rifle Refuses to Work
This was the last bullet from the maya
zine; and now the mechanism OF the rifle re-
fused to work or to throw the empty shell
out of the chamber The faithful Winches-
ter, which Kermit had used steadily for 10
months, on foot and on hoseback, which has
suffered every kind Of hard treatr,ent and
had killed every kind OF game, without once
failing, had at last given way under the
strain
While Kermit was working desperately
at the mechanism, the bull, which was stand
ing looking at him within 50 yards, gradu-
ally recovered, moved off step by step, and
broke into slow trot. After it went Ker-
NIT as hard as he could go, still fussing with
the rifle, which he finally opened, and re-
filed with five cartridges.
Kermit could just about keep the sland in
sight, running as hard as he was able; after
mile or two it lay down. but rose as ne
came near, and went off again, while ne was
so blown that though with four shots. he hi
il twice he failed to kill it. He now had bu
one bullet left, after which he knew that thu