The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-10-10
MINING NEWS AND STOCK QUOTATIONS
EX-GOVERNOR
is SOME LION HUNTER
Chase Osborn Charges Game and Aas
Exciting Time.

The Sault Ste. Marie News bo
printed Ser.alN another long lettf
irom eN-Go,. Chase :. oshorn 4,
Michigan. who al tho time Of writin.
Was Sojournins in Portuguese Fast AZ
rica, where ne has been the guest a.
/ COL " y. Mcmillan. nephew n IN,
'at" senator James Mcmillan ~ Mich,
isan Gov. Osborn is known by Ai,
I friends to be an intrepid hunter Who
on one occasion shot three k,ers n
I Northern Wisconsin while in IN,
/ ihroes uf frlsht caused BY stumbling
I INTO their den, and what he tells about
/ The hunting Of Hons and other game in
! hast Africa is quite interesting. He
LAYS no claim 10 anything extraordin-
airy in This regard on the African
plains, hut he describes a charge upon
game with an automobile that was n
unique experience. one day At Tho Ne
MILAN ranch seated IN the coloners
automobile behind dare devil chant
ieur. GOV. Osborn expressed a desire To
set as near as possible 10 a herd Of
game that was visible on the plain.
The chauffeur acquiesced. and this is
what followed. according To GOV. Os-
horn:
The chauffeur was sportsman. He
turned toward that sea Of game with
q sleam 81 delight and determination
in his eye We were soon going AT H.,
fory-mile speed over the grassy wllds
They were somewhat stone strewn.
SoWe Of the stones the driver skilfully
lodged and some We hit and knew H.
We were quite within an eighth Of a
mule 81 the game frontier before the
sentinel outDoSts gave alarm Soon
ihele was a tumult0us scurryine
There Was al once a gathering Of cacn
kind OF game into separate herds un-
der their own leaders This caused a
confusion criss-crossing of animals
puZ2lirg t. view.
As We pressed on we soon learned
that the motor car could outrun the
game. So We steered for the center ~
ih" vast running herd. I'm almost 10
Tim" we wer" on their TANKS. Then
novel thing occurred that will meyer
.eavo the memory. The herd opened "a
lane. The next moment we We're driy- |
Ing through, with steaming. gruntin-, |
Snorting, blowing, kicking. covering |
animals on either side. like solid. but |
Darlc-stricken mob, and so near that |
We could almost touch them. The aerial
1ommo'ion made ny their movements |
Fe distinctly felt, and their heat, too. |
The odor Of Wild game was in our nos
'rils. The most grOtcsque thing Of nil |
we're the antics Of the terrified wilde
'eests or gnus. They would kick mp |
heir heels until they appeared as
hough skating on their foreheads.
Then tEey woGld rear and toss their
reads.
Again they would jump off Tie
ground and whirl while in the air. An
II the ANIMALS ran as fast as they
ould. Even The bustards ran until 81"
.ompeAsd them To take wing. wild os.
riches were the hcetrst of all. After
pmr minutes Of the exciting spectacle
md just when We mad enough Of it. we
truck some wet, soft and coy ground
md had 20 turn aside. As far as we
ou!d see tho game things still ran
cbraS, gazclles, bucks, hartcbecsts,
,ildehecsts, ostriches and all. They
.ad been frightened, but unhurt, cv-
ept one big ban wildebeest that Col.
lcMillan brought down with rifle
hot over 200 Yards away. while We
'"rc Going at twenty-five miles an
our. lie pointed out the animal be-
ore b" shot SO that there can be no
oubt that be- hit what ne shot at. It {
as a splendid feat. | paced the dis
in,o.'
GOV Osborn seems to have a poor Z
pirion Of lion hunting because of the
way in which some \
icn go at the business.