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way, with unpleasant consequences,
and even If / m. Ssed him, waZ x
any case standing directly in hrs
path.
Recollections Of problems in dyna-
mics IN which a moving object i'm
pinges on a stationary one flashed
across my mind. did not in the Ieast.
desire to be irpnged on by heavy and
rapidly moving object. l therefore
stepped. off the path, behind a small
bush about four feet high, and stood
absolutely still. The leopard. keep
ing TO the path, galloped past me
SO closely that l could easily have
touched him with my rife. ! do not
believe he saw me at ell.
AS soon as he lad passed me, ]
swung round and put a 400 bore
high velocity expanding bullet into
his ribs, at range of about ter
yards, which knocked him over |
then went TO investigate the wounded
Banjara He had picked himself up,
but was bleeding profuselY frou4
wounds on head and shoulders
All he said was, 'If 1 had my little
dog with me, this would not have
happened" The dog, of course, would
have scented the leopard in the bush
and would have given his master
warning. The man had no very
serious wound, and, being healthy
anu III Hdfu NOHutlIDl, ASNOft1 -
rapidly after being treated with dis
infectants.
A S a man-eater. the leopard is more
"a dangerous than the tiger and
very much bolder. A tiger, as a rule,
will avoid human habitations, but
leopard has no hesitation in prowling
close round and even entering
village. In this respect he rather
resembles the African lion.
l have never been in any tiger
country where one could not with
perfect safety leave the cart bullocks.
horses, etc, tsthered in the camps
without protection, but I have had
goat killed in my camp by 4
leopard and my cook once had q
small dog taken off by a leopard,
close TO the door OF the kitchen. This
was in a hill station, and there were
several instances there Of leopards
| carrying off pet dogs, which were
following their owners along the
paths of the hillsides in the station.
I think a leopard can jump better
than a tiger. In the Muzaffarnager
District I once had leopard jump
right up on top of my elephants
head, which must have been d con
siderable shock to the lahout feie
| phant driYer).
We had tracked this leopard into
| a very narrow little ravine and he
! had taken refuge in some very thick
| thorn bushes at the end Of the Tavjne,
where It narrowed into point with
steep banks about ten feet high. it
was impossible 20 see him and throw
ing stones merely made him grovl
| and move about. l went on my
| elephant to the top OF the bank,
| loaded my twelve bore gun with q
short cartridge in the right barrel
and a ball cartridge in the left and
| fired the shot cartridge down into
| the bushes.
| Some OF the shots evidently reached
/ the leopard who charged without
hesitation. In moment he was not
| only on top OF the bank, but on the
! top of the elephants head with his
head almost in the nahout's face, bEt
| he had not time to do any damage,
as the bullet from the left barrel
| Knocked him off as he landed, much
| to the relief Of the mahout.
(Copyricht 1921
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Spearing Leopards From Horseback Is Most Danger


the hunters rode their horses into
these ciumps or stirred them up with
their spears. Capt. SandbIach of the
Royal Dragons Qater killed in the
war). was doing this when a large
leopard jumped up under his horses
head, snarled at him and gaIloped
away.
| was on a thoroughbred Australian
horse. called Marquis, an eX-race horse,
and well-known in the show ring. and
got a good start only about so yards
behind the leopard. The light sandy soil
was excellent going for horse, but in
spite of this | did not overhaul the
leopard until after going some 400
yards at full speed.
Just when | was going TO spear him
he linked sharply 70 the right and
squatted in a little bit Of thin grass
where he was partly visible. Pulling
round my horse, rode at him. AS ! was
spearing he appeared TO shift his po-
sition. probably preparing to spring, and
the spear passed over his back. lie then
galloped off, but this time was more
quickly overhauled. The spear broke
his spine just behind the shoulder, kill
ing him instantly.
Another time, near this same place.
we were pig sticking, We had two or
three elephants in the line and col.
(now GEM de Lisle OF the Royal Drag
oons was sitting on an elephant with a
rifle, on the chance of leopard turn
ing up, as he wanted to shoot one.
Three of US had gone off and killed a
boar and | was cantering back to the
line TO change my horse. when two
shots were fired and I saw leopard on
ahead. crossing a sandy nullah, or ra-
vine, and going lame on a hind leg.
| galloped after him to mark him
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this before could apply disinfect-
ants. The case was obviously one
which needed care for some time. SO
told the woman's relatives they
must take her to the hospital. about
eight miles OFF on the main road.
She was a widow. Widows are not
regarded as of much value In India.
In olden days a Hindu widow used
TO form, part OF the funeral pyre Of
her deceased husband, but the brutal
and bureaucratic British stopped this
custom.
Her relatives were not at all anxious
20 take her TO the hospital Her
brother-in-law said, Suppose we
take her to the hospital. who Is 60
ing to bury her when she dies there?''
However, I eventually persuaded
them to take her to the hospital.
sending one OF my own men with
them 10 see that she arrived safely,
and she eventually recovered
The people of the other village to
which the second woman belonged
simply refused TO produce her,
marched on that day. but heard a
week or so later that she had died.
no doubt from blood poisoning.
I always used to go after a leopard
whenever / hoard of one. In one dis
tr!ct in which was stationed there
was, on the banks Of the Ganges
River. a large tract OF "kadir" or
low-iying country, full OF grass,
swamp and tamarisk jungle. Leep-
ards were numerous there. Above
low-lying country was a belt OF
ravires on high ground. When the
Ganges came down In flood In the
rainy season, the leopards were
and took up their abode in the ra-
vines, where they could be tracked
down and shot, as the cover con-
sisted only OF small patches OF thorny
bushes and here and there a little
grass. l shot a number OF leopards
on foot in these ravines.
t. II II
THERE were some Banjaras (Gip-
sies) in a village in the neighbor-
hood. who used 20 track down the
leopards for me. The main occupa-
tton Of these men was TO keep down
the wild pig, which abounded I'm the
swampy ground along the Ganses ana
damaged the villagers crops. They
used to run them down with dogs and
spear them. The villagers paid for
them, and they ate the pig.
A wild boar which is held up by
five or six dogs. jumping around,
barking and swapping at him, will sit
down 10 protect his hind quarters and
can be approached from behind and
speared on foot without much Diff
Guilty. 7hese Banjaras, who were
very lne-looking men and wonder
full runners, were very careful OF
their dogs and did not as a rule
take them out when there was d
leopard about.
One day we located a very large
leopard in some thorn bushes in .
small. deep ravine, which had two
branches. ] thought he would break
up one branch and went and stood on
the bank. but when the Banjarss
aroused him by throwing stones into
the thorn bushes he ran up the other
branch and got away unseen.
We tracked him in intense heat,
under a blazing sun, up and down
over ravines and finally came TO a
place where the ground was so hard
that we could find no more tracks
There were only three or four little
bushes left in a depression between
US and open, cultivated country
] stood in a very exhausted state
on the high ground and told the Ban
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The most dangerous sport in the
world" Ergiishmen in India con-
der, is the spearinE of leopards
from horseback. In this sport the
one white man who is distinguished
above all others is Lieut.. Col. J. c.
faunthrope, late commissioner Of
Lucknow, known TO sportsnlen on
both sides OF the Atlantic as a IA
NOUS shot and daring hunter. Col.
Faupthorpe was captain OF the
British rife team for moving targets
in the 1924 Olympic games at Paris.
As one of the principals OF the re-
cent F'aunthorpe-N ernay expedition
In India for the American Museum
OF Natural History, Col Faun-
thorpe's name has also been brought
prominently before the American
public. He has a recognized standing
as a:uaturalist and collector OF wild
animals
Born in England. Col Faunthorpe
was educated at Rossal School
and at Bailiol College, Oxford.
lie is descended from family dis
tinguished in civil and military life:
His mothers brother was r. d.
Blackmore, famous as the author OF
Lorna Deone," and his own service
in India came virtually by Inherit
ance. as for $50 years or more
members Of his mothers family were
noted for their achievements in that
outpost of the empire, some of them
having been members Of the original
Last India Go.
Col. Faunthorpe entered the
Indian olVil service in 1892, became
a district officer six years later. and
eventually commissioner of Lucknow
division. With his entry into the
civil service he joined the Light
Horse tvolunteer cavalry as
trooper and rose TO the rank OF
lieutenant co.onei. commanding the
First United Provinces Light Horse
in 1912
Oulvave whsn the World War broke
out. he joined the Reserve Cavalry
and later was transferred TO the
Intelligence. subsequently being in
rha~Er OF all war correspondents in
France. Then followed his visit to
the United states, where he re-
NAMED for two years. For his serv-
ices in France he was awarded the
military cross, and later was made a
commander OF the British Empire
and aide-de camp to King George.
IN 1920 Col. Faunthorpe re-
turned to duty in India. His service
there was interrupted by the eXpedi-
tioa with A. s. VeTusy for the
American Museum OF Natural His
tory. His series Of four articles, Of
which this IS the first includes some
OF his experiences with that eXpedi-
rion.
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down. He went into a patch of fairly
heavy grass, about a hundred yards
square. l galloped around this and
pulled UP in the open, in case he broke
out of the grass. a wounded leopard
in grass in which he is invisible was
not an animal with which l was in
clined TO take any chances. We only
had to wait for the elephants TO come
up.
T IONEL HEARSEY, a subaltern in
~ the Light Horse volunteer Cav
alry) Regiment which I commanded,
saw me galioping, but did not see the
leopard and came up to join me. He
galloped through the grass where the
leopard was and the next thing | saw
was the leopard sprawing across
Hearsey's horse behind the saddle. But
he only hung on for couple OF strides
and then fell off into the grass and was
shot from an elephant by the man who
had originally wounded him. The horse
was not badly hurt.
Wardrop OF the Horse Artillery had
more unpleasant experience. While he
was pig sticking one day a leopard
was seen and pursued. Wardrop.
very fine horsen1an and we'll mounted,
spesred him and was trying TO hold him
down with the spear until somebody
else COuid come up dpu AI!Nsn MIN. -
leopard is rather like an animated
piece if india-rubber, fun of steel
springs.
The animal wriggled off the spear and.
springing at Wardrop, sank his teeth
in his thigh, pulled him off his horse
and started to finish him off the ground.
Talbot of the Seventeenth Lancers,
quite novice at the game, very gal
iantly rode up and distracted the at
tention OF the leopard from wardrop,
but the leopard then sprang at Talbot,
bit him severely In the wrist pulled him
off his horse. and disappeared in some
heavy cover close by.
In spite of having his wounds dis
infected Immediately, Wardrop was
laid UP in the hospital for several
months with blood poisoning and
nearly died. His thigh swelled up TO
about three times its normal size and
had to be gashed open in nine places
TO let out the poison.
II may be said, therefore, that
speaFing leopards off e, horse is an
exciting amusement. but involves con-
siderable risk to horse and rider, and
is not recommended as n hobby 10
married men with large families de-
pendent on them. If you can kill or
cripple the leopard with the FIRST
spear, you are lucky. To look for a
slightly wounded one in the grass or
other cover, in which you cannot see
him at n distance, is simply asking
for trouble. In such q case, anyway,
don't ride your best horse if you can
help it.
! once had very narrow escape
from a wounded leopard. Some viii
layers came to my camp from about
eight miles away and reported that
leopard which had been killing some
of their goats and calves was In a
nullah near the village. l got pony
and rode out, taking along with me
l2-bore gun, with some ball cart
ridges loaded with black powder.
A l2-bore gun with big charge
OF black powder and a sph erical bull
let is a very effective weapon at short
range, as one can shoot with IL more
quickly than with rifle. l have an
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tween tho planet Mercury and rIta
sun undiscovered planetary bodies
exist. In 1873 an eclipse gave a set
enlist suspicion of their existence.
To verify the suspicion is the aim
OF astronomical authorities. If they
are present, the planets must be ver.-
small. indeed, and they must be 50
close to the sun that the discovers o.
them is possible only when the daa-
zling light of the sun is shut off.
= j :: -
4 T every total eclipse of the sun :.
mysterious corona or oirciet O.
radiance surrounds Old Sol during the
brief moments that he is completely
covered, Although first mentioned
by observers at the beginning OF
tho second century, coronas have
probably always been a part OF this
event, Ana still this brilliant halo
remains puzzle. Does the corona
shine because il is burning or is =
part of Its radiance due simply TO
a power OF rejecting to US the in
candescent gases in the sun? What
is it made of, and why are we prob
ably going to see II at this special
eclipse not as perfectly circular
coronet but as an irregular glow
of light that reaches out near the
solar equator in two long bursts of
streamerS, one on the right side and
one on the left side of the sun? We
do not know as yet of what this
glow about the sun is composed, or
why it changes in form from one
eclipse to tho next, and astronomers
are particularly interested to learn
whether II may not rotate.
Out through the corona fash bril-
liant red hydrogen flames, called
prominences. These will be studied,
as well as the gasos that compose
the various outer envelopes or lay
ers of the sun. The scientiats can
observe these characteristics OF the
sun itself on any clear day by means
of the spectroheiiograph which photo
graphs the prominences around the
sun by limiting the light to a series
of narrow Sits.
The moon will come in for a con
siderable amount of scrutiny in order
to outline it's exact shape against
the brilliant background of the solar
corona, and to measure still more pre-
cisely its size.
A good many of these minutes IN
which eclipses would seem 20 have
been wasted upon the desert air
have been saved to science by long
Journeys on the part OF enterprisinG
astronomers who have transported
not only telescopes. Photographic ap-
paratus and as much more of their
equipment as they could carry, but
even food and fonts into remote cor
ners of the earth for a scant two
minutes, 1t might be of solar obser-
vation, Gibraltar, Siam. Japan ana
West Africa have seen some OF these
excursions during the past so years.
Is IL astonishing, then, that when
such a free-fOr-al drama is stared
for the benefit of one of the most
populous regions of earth, scientists
should ask for cessation of work
for the few precious moments during
which Il will last?
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ard Great Britain, by North Americs
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Europe. will be in a position to see
at least some portion of the lunar
passage across the face OF the sun.
For those localities that have Noun
tain time the eclipse will end between
1880 and s am. The sun is going to
be darkened when il rises
The eclipse will be AZ it's peak be-
tween 7:45 and o'clock Central time
1t viii be total for Toronto and is
going to be completely over there at
q few minutes past 9 in the morning.
III the Eastern States, as well as at
Montreal, the sun will have risen be-
fore the beginning of the eclipse,
which may be expected at a few min
utes before 9. reaching its maximum
at abou: $ and ending between 1915
and 1915.
II a tiIrekeeper were TO stand at
some point Of earth with a stop wa tch
and should start his chronometer
when the central eclipse begins in
the heart of Minnesota, hour and as
minutes would tick by before the
final disappearance of this progress.
sive drama in the islands to the
north of Scotland. A longer period
some four hours and a half-would
elapse from the beginning of the par
tial covering Of the sun at the east
ern slope of the Rockies until for
Europe the moon finally slips entirely
from off the solar surface.
Some scientists believe that be-
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woman governed by the rules of
home love would be a benefit rather
than an obstacle.
And politics is nothing new TO me.
For 10 years or more my husband,
the Farmer JIM OF the common
people, had confded in me his po-
litIcai cares and his ambitions for the
citizenship to be served. Yet, never
until the final crisis came, did I
dream Of myself in the role of politi-
clan. My hobby had been my flowers;
my ambition was simply to make n
happy home for ny family. My chief
purpose in life had been to properly
rear my children and TO be Il real
heipmate to the husband who has al
ways been my pal.
TO me the polls were sacred as the
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and all hope OF justice seemed TO lie
gone, l had an unfailipg faith in God
and His power 10 grant US vindica-
ton.
And now the hard years Of battle
are over; the trying months OF =
womans campaigning are past, Our
fight for Justice ended in q glorious
victory, and though Mrs. Governor
will not again be the first lady of the
State, she will be the happiest-yes,
perhaps the happiest woman, wifo
and governor in the world.
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Great Britain and South America by North
American Newspaper Alliance and the Nc
Ssught Syndicate. All rights reserved.l
In next Sundays Stars - wom-
ans Campaign for yindleatIon,'' by
"Ma1 Ferguson.
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NCoHunCeu from FIRST rage
to elapse between occurrences. Not
until the year 2275. perhaps, will
some localities again experience such
a sight as that they viii behold Janu-
airy "a
Every IS years the sun and moon
are In position TO give US the same
kind OF eclipse. This is called the
Saros period or cycle and would bring
about total eciipses every IS years
for any given locality were it not
for the fact that each eclipse is
visible about 120 degrees of longi-
tude to the west of tho preceding
Saros return. We ought then TO have
the same eclipse come back after
three such westward leaps, or in 81
years, but this does not happen, for
the eclipse zone is at the same time
moving either porthward or south
ward by several hundred miles. The
present eclipse has moved to the
west since its last Saros return in
1907. when it was central over the
deserts of Turkestan: while Is years
before that 1t was in the mid-Pacific
and a little more to the south.
For the coming eclipse of 1925 the
sun will rise at the headwaters of
the Mississippi River in Minnesota.
not far from Lake of the Woods, with
the moon already covering most of
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. The woman who prefers to nurse a
poodle dog rather than a baby has
never been to my liking. Fortunately
for the human race and the dignity of
womanhood. the ancient, true posi-
tion of woman has been little altered
by modern, so-called militant views.
The hand that rocks the cradle is
still the character-molding hand of
the woman who stands for the best.
And with these convictions at heart,
have always believed that wifchood
and motherhood help rather than
hinder the woman who wants to
achieve.
Therefore when I entered the race
for Governor Of the State of Texas
felt that my experience as gov
ernor" of a household and as a
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lnouthpiece of the people OF frse
commonwealth--Sut my home was
mission to which had dedi Gated
my life, and where I had been happy
in the service il offered.
I have never hesitated in my belief
that my husband, tho victim OF un-
just circumstances during his last
term of Office as governor. should be
allowed 10 vindicate his name. knew
how Erievously he had been wrong
ed. His Impeachment was the real
cause OF my race for office, for l knew
that he had done no wrong and that
he had sacrificed his own business
career in an effort to serve his peorle.
My heart bled during his trial: set
even in our darkest hours, when fair
weather friends were deserving us
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for second or two on the ground,
and then came gauoping up a little
path on which 1 was standing.
He was a very large leopard, evil
IDENTIFY very much annoyed by having
been hunted about and disturbed so
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jaras to go around and see If they
could find any tracks. AS they were
wandering about, one OF them hit
one OF the bushes with his bamboo
stick and the leopard jumped on
him. knocked him down, worried him
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much, and was travelling at a high
rate of speed. 1t flashed through
my mind that if 1 fired at him when
coming straight toward me, l might
only wound him, in which case he
would certainly pick me up on his
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IL riding down and speariuG lcop-
ards, the process is very much
IKE riding down 4 pig, with the OK
option that q leopard, when he finds
tmscf overtallen, does not as a rule
~ once charge the horse, as a pig
4oes. bur turns or "jinks" sharply
side and squats on the ground in
any grass or bush which may be
arailablc. This is the rule, but there
arc exceptions.
was riding after one in light
'arnarislI jungle one day, and just
when | was. going to spear her Gt
vas a leopardessl she turned so close
under MY horses head that the horse
.ctualiy jumped oyer her. 1t was
r0rtunate that l had not spcared her
~ that moment, because the spear in
fhe leopard probably would have
brought the horse down.
one of the finest !eopards I ever
got was when three CT four OF us
were going from one pig sticking beat
70 another on the Sarda River. We
W ere riding across some uudulating
andy ground. on which were numer-
GUS clumps OF tail "sarpat' grass.
On the chance OF turning out a pig