Arizona republican., 1919-12-14
By EDWARD M. THIERRY W. E. A. Staff Correspondents With Smithsonian U niVersal
 Ennnditina

Expedition
 IN CAMP, KENKELBOSCH, South Africa-It takes a marvel of man for the job of wiping out the menace of the Addo Bush elephants.
 That's the sort of a man Major Pre- torius is. He has taken the job that the mightiest hunters have turned down. And he's doing it single handed Scientists and sportsmen have de- preciated the act of the Cape Province government in decreeing the death of he elephants because they are de- stroying farms and killing cattle by lrinking the water boarded for them. Farmers Should not Have Been Ad-
 nitted
 After visiting the Addo Bush my View is that it was silly in the first place for the government to allow homesteaders to stake out farms be- tween the Sundays river and the thorn Jungle or 10 encroach upon the bush known to be the elephants stamping ground
 The government might have made a reservation for this lone surviving herd of 200 by keeping the farmers years ago on the other side of Sun days river.
 But now that the farmers are on the spot either they or the elephants have to go. So they have to be shot, or captured.
 That's the view Major Pretorius taxes. He is an agent of the govern ment in the matter. But he is seeking 10 disarm world criticism by planning to capture as many elephans as pos sible.
 Looks Like a Knight In His Leather
 Suit
 PretoriuS is a crack shot and a man absolutely devoid of nerves. He has had career unprecedented the sort that dime novel heroes are supposed to have.
 Pretorius was born in South Africa, or Dutch parentage. An ancestor ono, president of the Transvaal republic gave his name to Pretoria. capital oi the South African Union. He ran away rom home when he was II and ever since-he's now about 42-he has been hunter and fighter To date he has record of having killed 355 elephants 339 in Central Africa.
 Major Pretorius looks not unlike q knight of old, when he gets his hunt ing clothes on. He wears his leather suit that at a distance suggests armor
 
 Q to accompany him on the hunt except his Kafir gunbearers and other nativ, helpers and his pack of dogs. In nc case will he allow any companion tC carry a gun.
 Only Cordite Charge Will Stop
 Elephant
 His own weapon is a double bar reled express rifle, q .575-carrying ', Srains of cordite. It's the only thin. that will stop an elephant.
 At daybreak a start was made. tn, major leading. His heavy gun hun. from his shoulder, both barrels loaded Eight more shells hung from strap. sewn onto the front of his coat. Thre, kafirs carried as many more expres rifles, all loaded Their instruction were not to fire in any case, but tt be ready 10 hand the load guns to in, major as fast as he was ready fo them.
 The dogs are kept in leash until tn, elephants are sighted. Sometimes whel they are in a "Sloof' (valley) they cai he seen at distance; but more oftei the hunting party fairly stumbles oi them. Either the dogs or the ele phants get the scent
 Then the dogs are unleashed The, uait tHrOusn the thlck push and at tack the huge beasts, instinctivel, avoiding the trunk and leaping at tn hind legs. Elephants make mine meat of dogs when they can charg them head on.
 Dogs Lead Elephants Past Thei
 Master
 The dogs, moving faster, dash back But they are trained that instead O rushing directly for their master an making him the target for an en mass charge by the whole herd, they ru past him, giving him an opportunit to select his mark as best he ca, through the thick bush and fire.
 The difficulty of dropping one o the rasing. screaming trumpeters incapable of eXaggeration Even cordite bullet will not stop him unles it hits vital spot-ether the brai or the heart. It must enter at tn