Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-02

an much In evidence az guns.
Evidently the younger generate"
-, Amorlcan sportsmen being eS
mambers Of outdoor study oiuos y,
ax no, seo,te. are aware Of a fact
mt ,yali knoyn naturalsts have long
aince urged upon our attenton--hhiio
w. that IL Ia much more exciting spo'
40 photograph wild life than TO KIN ~
Az pr. Hnrnaday says, any duhe.
with a good check book, proiesstoifi'
! guide and a high power repeating ~"
can Kill big game, but II taxes go"V
voodcraft. skill and endurance Oh
high order 20 enable man or "o'iiai
"a seoure a really fine photograph y,
a fina wild animal In It's unteathere"
haunts.p
Thie very difficulty. while frighteh-
ing Of the lazy and timid. is an auui-
tjonal Incentive 20 the man VINO seens
IN hunting not the epOile OF an easy
victory hut the satisfaction OF match-
ing his skill and cunning against the
'superiative cunning OF wiln ailihss'
Furthermore. game bag hlled WIN
. .oulrrels or reed birds represents oul
a temporary triumph. while a game
bag filled with Photographic plaLes
represents a permanent achievement
I Then there Is n qualification OF the
creative impulse in hunting with
caniara. which is now almost totahy
{ absent in the killing game. our an
crs.ore ueed 10 XIII with constructive
nuruose-hecause they needed meat
{ or clothing for their familieS-but
sIroa the necessity motive has been
. eliminated from hunting, shooting eX-
q pedltjons have largely degenerafeo
a into little more than cruel orgies.
). II was the Introduction II the hgnt
9 ovar-resdv. universal kodak about the
/. laglnning Of the present century which
4 fret suggested the interesting posi-
8 h,1ities in rJhotographing Wild animals
:. nv this time. according 70 DR.. Norma
!. dav the Iong-continued slaughter OF
e American big game had begun 70 pro
j. duce on The public mind certain strona
n effects People began 10 realize thai
Il the deadly efficiency of tho high powei
q roneotiug rifles and automatic shot
Il guns was rapidly exterminating tn'
. rars Of America, great and small
Il Consequently, thousan ds n sports
q mon becsrne A. disguised with gam
& slaughter that they hung NJ tnel
N Gums forever ITO THE group" say
d fTornnday. the possibilities NJ hunt
ID ing with n camera instantly appealed
ID Hundreds took 70 the camera
r. Originated I'm Colorado.
To Mr.. A O. Wsllihsn. or rather Y
Nfrs A q. Wallihan, belongs the cred
- II of furnishing the first great impuis
" in America TO the phOtographlng q
l. wild game on the hoof. free in y
* own haunts lake most great plo
~ nesrs. the walhhans CHANGED upo
~ their diecovery uuite by accident. on
90 dav. while Mrs Wallihsn was crouch
~ Cd in the sage brush on the outskirt
NJ her homo town Of Lay. Colorsdf
ne she looked I'D IN find herself cio~ei
u. surrounded by n nerd OF mule dee
30 'rwhas a wonderful pisturs." sh
r thought. ~ IL were only possible
g ,ake A. with a camera" On the wa
back 10 the house. she pondsred IN
~ ,dea,-the iaea Of photographing wi
~ animals with the aid of blind q NJ
'o ed camera.
OK Mr.. WaIllhan, who WIS a profe'
ue sional photographer. at once reco9nl
'as cd the value OF his>wfe's susgestio
mt - 49,. ,,,oe the couule we're
pursuit OF Wild mule deer and prom
horned antelope and elk, armed w1
heavy tripod cameras, which IN
carefully set up and tended along q
game trails. They camped, cooke
packed and trailed and fought vii
and weather for 10 adventurous yea
in order TO secure the delightful pi
lures published IN 1901 by Doubled
Page & Company under the tit
Camera Shots ut Big Came.
This publication practically mark
the beginning of a new art, Tor I
pictures were hailed with respect n
only by biologists but by famous al
lists as well. Paintings OF Wild al
mails, with few exceptions. have
ways been something of joke
BIOLOGISTS. as the artists studies ma
generally had TO be- made in ZOOS a
museurns, where the animals IA
quite a different appearance frc
those in the wild state. On the 9th
hand photographs OF wild game ha
often provoked snorts Of disgust fro
artists, because they have lack
composition and good shadow effee
1t remained for the Walhhans 70 pE
duce the first wild animal photOgrap
of genuine artistic merit--at least
this country.
Since then, the list Of art photo
raphers Of wild animal life has gro
BIZ leaps and bounds until today
would be impossible to give honora
e. mention 10 all of them in the space
$50. this article. AS an inspiration for
ion. reader who would lay down his 8
lea for a kodak, however, we recomme
uer. the work Of DIR. William Hornad
John NJ Phillips. George Shiras {
pecially his flashlight pictures); c
n Z. Akeley, Norman McClintock. Edv
r. Sanborn, Kermit Roosevelt. I
mund Heller. w. Lyman Cnderwo
/ and A. Radclyffe Dugmore, who y
Il the first 70 prcduce Photographic m
terpieces Of African game.
III Sporting Element Not Lacking
Those who doubt the sporting
. portunities Of camera hunting as &C
: pared with gun hunting. should
impressed by the account of Mr.. d
2 more's African expedition, given
I Mr.. James L. Clark, we'll known
> York taXidermist. who accompar
r Dugmore and shared his thrill
|. hazards in obtaining photographs
, lions, hippotamuses and rhinocero
4 AS we topped a little knoll
. morning" relates Mr.. Clark, eve
a about 100 yards ahead of us in
:. yellow grass, the black outline o
Vhinccerous back. We approached
about so yards where We had a &
view of him, and from this point d
more took a telephoto picture.
though in plain sight. we moved 81
: ly and cautiously toward him
e at about so yards Dugmore I
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