Evening star., 1914-07-26

lete. with his partner. Cherry Kearton.
of London. has just returned after over
truly sporting adventure, namely. a jour
ney through Uganda In unknown and
widest Africa. securing moving pictures
Of wild animal life in its native, free
/ state IT is Mr.. Barnes intention to
present set of these films to museums
of natural history throughout the coun-
| try Upon his return to London last
| month. he found some film being dis
Mr. keartons letter. published the fol-
lowing day in the columns of the London
Press. describes with vigor and force:
Sir. | attended on Monday a view at
| the London Opera House of some new
films of a recent expedition of Mr.. Noel
| Nacklin to the Sudan and to Central
Northeast Africa. Widest Africa From
| Cushioned Safety it was described in
| the program.
Among the pictures shown were those
| OF lions feeding and drinking: also a
hyena. jackal. a leopard. vulture. and
what appeared to be a cerval cat. The
| leopard was seen catching its prey.
guinea fowl. on the ground. and the cat
| seizing dove in its nest. The impress
| sion left on the audience was that they
were watching African animals that had
been photograph in their wild. free
! state. and this was accentuated by the
| lecturer declaring that they were taken
with telephoto lens. that is. a lens for
! taking long g-distance pictures. They most
| certainly were not.
1t was obvious to me that the prey
the leopard seized was held captive by
a string. The size and detail alone in
the pictures were sufficient to tell me
that they were not taken with a tele-
photo lens. but while the animals were
under control and quite close to the
photographer
Il challenge Mr. Macklin to prove that
the pictures ] refer to were taken on his
expedition in Africa; I suggest to him
that the animals were filmed while i'll
captivity in England. and I am prepared
to forefit a sum of f1.ms If he can
prove otherwise. the condition being that
he forfeit the same amount should
prove my statements. The money 1 sug-
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
IN fairness to Mr.. Macklin. let me
say that I consider some OF the pictures
actually taken in Africa are very inter-
eSting.
To which Mr. Macklin replied evasively
as follows:
My reply is quite simple. inasmuch
as at the commencement of our lecture
it has always been stated that 45o feet
out. of a total of 5000 feet were taken
by persons other than myself. and that
this amount of film has been included in
ClnemaZoo to replace other pictures
which were inadvertently destroyed in
development.
The end is not yet. and all those who
are interested in the highest standards
of sport and a portrayal of wild animal
life will follow the matter with interest.
When two American crews are left to
fight it out for the Grand Challenge cup
in eight-oared shell races at Henley, the
blue ribbon event of the rowing world.
and that too. on the Fourth Of July. 1t
is permitted even the most sedate of
Americans to let the eagle scream" lit
tie.
Never has there been such Henley in
the history of rowing. American crews
have crossed to the other side for this
challenge cup as we'll as for races with
the Englishmen. but this event took on a !
broader international prominence than |
any heretofore, on account of the pres |
ence of the German and Canadian crews. |
The London Truth in its issue of July |
1.-The first day of the Henley regatta
had the following article by its rowing |
expert: LAS it is the Grand l shall ex-
pect Leander to win and Jesus to be the |
next best crew on the river. Winnipeg |
are thoroughly fit but they have not the |
usual rush and arm work of these visit |
ing crews. l admire the dogSed OBJ
stincy with which these crews practice a |
rotten style. One year they will win. II |
will be a lean year. But it will satisfy |
Canadian pride and obstinancy until the |
crack of doom. The Harvard crews row |
in the taking style that they have always |
rowed in, but it is not the style that will |
ordinarily take the Grand"
This Grand Challenge cup is by all ODDS
the most coveted prize in the rowing |
world. The Beigians have taken 1t three
times. and New South Wales once, put |
England did not have crew IN tne
finals. To understand fully the condition. |
it should be remembered that the Jesus |
crew is the head boat this year at Cam
bridge. That is. te best eight-oared crew
that that university could turn out Inc
Leanders, who have so often DEFENDED
successfully. were In the event me
German crew. most powerful aseres1
80 q
stood that no crew would be sent from a
foreign country unless 1t were parucu-
larly Strong aggregation. and the Winni- |
peg crew Of Canada for s .ns same fea-
son was regarded as formidable
The first day of the regatta was COM
paratively unmportant. as there was no |
heat for the Grand Challenge cup Inc
second day brought In the draws in, Iaa |
club of Boston against London. The sec
ond was considered a foregone conclu-
sion, as London was only scratch crew,
but the observation-disclosures the
had been very hot for several days.
turned cool at Henley. and one OF tine
largest crowds lined the course on ooen
sides The Harvard crew had become
daily more formidable. as unoer he.hGn 1sein
they had appreciably heightened out their
stroke and seemed able to raise the rate
of striking without cutting IT on. Leanoer
was crew of veterans. ana they knew
their game and how they shouid play ~,
for il is a race of only mile and $50
wards. and the times and places to squirt
are well known to the English oarsmen.
Leander went out for lead and got IL
after the first hundrad yards. but Har-
ward. behind the stroking of Lund. came
so fast that Leander had no chance to
ease up, but were forced to strive the
utmost to hold that lead. After passing
Fawley about half way s,,sP P0inn ron Luna ,ss%
for their hest effort, and Leander desper-
ately attempted to hold its advantage,
but in vain. 1t was a terrific struggle
lust here but stroke by stroke the Har-
ward crew slipped along past Leander.
until coming down the finish It had ll neatly an
a length. Two hundred yards from nome
Leander made a final endeavor to catch
the Americans, and literally rowed 1t
self out. but without avail. Harvard f1n-
ishing with a clean length and sitting up
far fresher than the Leander men. who
absolutely rowed dns;s1 out and exhaust 9orsnnd
over his oar while storke and No. Z
were in a nearly unconscious condition.