Evening star., 1933-10-29
Washington uintor, Who accompanied Dnuisons,
Finds Thrills Behind BIG Came Price Lists
Lieut.. EIsDOod Quesada
Returns From Trip
Through Africa.
Recalls Terror Night
" hen Elephants
Wrecked Camp.
.HERE'S still q lot Of romanti-
cism in big game hunting ac-
cording to Lieut.. Elwood r. Que
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THERE'S still q lot Of romanti-
cism in big game hunting ac-
cording to Lieut.. Elwood r. Que
i Sada. despite the fact that each
dying roar Of a mad bull elephant
and every last snort OF q buffalo now
have been neatly evaluated in the price
list Of licenses issued to any and all
who come to Africa to bag wild beasts
Lieut.. Quesada, native Washington
aviator. who returned here just last
week after a four month expedition in
the Dark Continent with former AS
sistant Secretary Of War F. Trubee
Dawson told last night Of the inroads
which commercialism has made In
Africa.
But the Army airman Is still keen
about his varied experiences. He point
ed out, however, that to bag lions, buf-
falo, zebras, sundry birds and beasts,
there is q blanket license costing $500:
for elephants, the fixed cost is $50 for
the first and $50 each thereafter, and
the unvarying price OF rhinos Is $50.
Piloted Expedition.
With Mr. and Mrs. Dawson. a COM
pany of about As natives and the oc-
casional companionship of Mr. and Mrs
Martin johnson, famous big game
hunters, Lieut.. Quesada Travelled hun
dreds of miles OF African country last
Summer. Omcially he was pilot Of the
expedition, post he earned by his past
performances as an aviator at Boiling
Field. here and a military attache at
the American embassy in Cuba.
In addition to his duties as aerial d.
rector Of the Journey howsyeI; ,nist the zisn 2g7
school found time W crack doWn on
a lion or elephant or two and to par
sieipase acsixeiy ,. yIn in a1most ayt9 enaEy hInt
Originally the expedition set out to
bring back four elephants OF partic-
ular type needed to complete a collec-
ton in the Museum Of Natural History.
of which Mr. Dawson Is director. Be-
fore their wanderings had ended. how
ever they had brought down a wide
variety Of specimens. including fifth
elephant, who was added to the trophy
room because he persisted IN charging
down on them after member OF his
herd had been shot.
Provides Excitement.
The fifth pachyderm Mr.. Dawson shot
with a rife so powerful it kicked him
over backward. Mrs. Dawson. who
was standing behind him, took motion
pictures of the charge A ponderous
bull. the elephant toppled over dead 1S
PAGES from his killers, as the remainder
OF the herd behind him broke up IN
confusion.
The business of stopping charging ele-
plants, or picking out buffalo from
q herd Of 200 without melting the rest
to feats of trampling. provided the
lieutenant and his friends with sufh-
cient thrills for a lifetime. he said. Mrs.
Dawson proved herself one of the best
marksmen Of the crew. bringing down
more than her share of the game, the
aviator said.
Interested as he was in obtaining
proper trophies for his museum, Mr..
Dawson nevertheless was compelled to
pass up one beautiful shot at lion be-
cause the animal impressed him as too
fine a specimen to kill, Lieut.. Quesada
said. In the elephant hunts. however,
the selection of victims was all a matter
Of science, as certain sizes and types