Anadarko Daily Democrat (Anadarko, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 207, Ed. 1, Friday, October 7, 1910 Page: 3 of 4
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Giraffe
HE only hunting that
Tm iipi'vum iu i until
I with the rent sport-
I lng Instinct Is that
animal has n chanco
to get away or will
return the attack
that Is when It has
a chanco. Unfor
tunately noted men llko Col. Roose-
velt do not get a chanco at tho gaum
under good hunting conditions that
Is when the game Is wild and shy
and has Its defensive Instincts sharp-
ened by frequent contact with native
and European hunters.
In these days tho Colonial African
govornments havo game rcsorves
where the animals aro qulto tamo on
account of never knowing whnt It Is
to bo hunted. Theso rcsorves aro
thrown open to Important nnd titled
travclors who walk up to an animal
that gonerally stands and looks In
half-fearful wonder at the strange
whlto humnn being who could hit It
with n walking stick If he liked. After
the ganio Is run Into n corner tho
Importnnt personago Is hnnded a dou-
folo barreled express or a 35 caliber
auto-loader which ho henceforth
empties Into the surprised animal
which not being used to such harsh
treatmont generally drops dead. This
kind of nnlninl murder Is dlBgulsed
tinuor tho word "sport"
Jluntlng Is killing nnd It will novcr
tie anything elso hut tho way certain
prominent personages who hnvo re-
cently visited tho Dark Continent
have excused their methods by sur-
rounding their deeds with the glamour
of danger that Is purely llctltlous only
enlarges the fact of tho lack of tho
real danger In their undertakings
Their invented ndventurea were built
up on tho renl experience of men
who hunt for a living nnd nro not
allowed to shoot "protected" game
If the Knglishmen who nro enter-
taining Col. Hoosevolt succeed In
loading him to adopt the methods of
English and Moors and employ beat
era to drive animals which are tnmo
through dissociation with the dan-
gers that they would have to dally
face oft a reserve then I am sure tho
ex-president Is In for a disappoint-
ment and he will return to America
without having experienced the thrill
he expected on the African veld. I
recently saw somo very extraordinary
kllllugs on one of these reserves that
were tame and lacking tho slightest
risk which becaino terriblo adventures
by tho tlmo thoy reached tho London
press which Is always partial to any
ono with a title of olthbr Ilrltish or
other nationality. Most of these gen-
tlemen and oven ladies are fnmous In
tho social lino In Loudon or ono of
tho other capitals and therefore must
' bo famous hunters as soon ns thoy
get a rlllo Into tholr hands. A good
lenl of the stuffed gamo and trophies
they tnko back to their homes from
tho tropical Jungles is bought llko
tho fish of the famous nnd well worn
Joke from a man who makes his liv-
ing by selling thorn to disappointed
sportsmen who aro nshamed to re-
turn to tholr friends empty handed.
Hunt Giraffe with the Sword.
1 havo taken part In a number of
nnlmnl butcheries mysolf most of
which wero associated with glrnffo
hunting perhaps tho tamost sport that
can be had on tho veld with tho ex-
ception of shooting lizards.
Notwithstanding that tho glraffo Is
tho most harmless and Innffonslve of
all tho African gnme a great amount
of sport can bo had hunting it with
.tho Bword Instead of tho rifle. This
nport In splto of tho harmless nnturo
of tho giraffe. Is not always without
Its element of danger.
Shooting the giraffe gives merely
the suspenso that ono gets by tho
possibility of tho animal getting the
hunter's wind and making away be-
foro tho fatal bullet can bo driven
home.
Tho defenses of the glraffo nro Its
wonderful sight duo to tho way the
eyo stands out of tho head giving It
a wldo field of vision Its long watch
tower of a neck and Its fleotness of
foot when pursued.
I havo killed and hunted many ani-
mals In Africa but confined myself
to tho ordinary wuy of stalking tho
animal with a high power rlllo and
It waB not until I wont up to tho
waters of tho Ilahr el Arlad and Dalir
el Azrik as tho Whlto and Dluo Nlles
are called In southern Egypt that I
enjoyed a real lively nnd somowhat
dangerous glrnffo hunt nt least it was
something more than more animal
murder.
I was hunting nlong tho Abyssinian
frontier when I got Into touch with a
party of Hamran sword-hunters. Theso
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Hunting with the Hamran Sword-Hunters
By Captain Fritz Duquesne
Capt. Fritz Duquesne was born of Boer parents in South Africa educated in Europe (uhire he won considerable distinction
as a swordsman) and has been a professional hunter of big game most of his life. At the age of 17 he teat a veteran of the Kaf-
fir war lie served in the Boer war and also in the Congo. In the retent events of South Africa's kaleidoscopic history Capt.
Duquesne took a conspicuous part. He acted in many capacities during the hostilities between the lioers and the British being
in turn spu military detective engineer censor dis patch-carrier and promaandist . lie was wounded twice in the- fighting
around Colenso. When the British succeeded in cutting cable communication between the Boer republic and the rest of the
world Duquesne carried the news of the Boer victories over the Mozambique border and from there he wrote his dispatches to
the Petit fileu. the official European organ of the Boer government lie was once captured by the Portuguese and thrown into
prison at Lorenzo Marquis. lAiler he was taken as a prisoner to Europe at the request of the British government. When the
ship that conveyed him and his guard touched at Naples he was suffering from a fever and in consequence was placed in an
Italian hospital. On his recovery he was allowed to go free lie went to Brussels and was sent back to the front by Dr. Leyds.
with plans for the seizure of Cape Town bj the Boer commanders then- mobilized in Cape Colony. Everything was ready for
the taking of the rily when a traitor having revealed the plot. Duquesne and a number of others were captured in Cape town
insitle the British defenses. This was the climax of what has come to be known as the "Cape Town Plot." Some of the pris-
oners were sentenced to death who later had their sentence changed to life imprisonment. Capt. Duquesne was among the
latter. Ten months later he escaped from the Bermuda prisons got aboard the American yacht Margaret of New York while
the mis roiling at the dock and was conveyed to Baltimore Back to Europe he went again as war correspondent and military
writer on lite Petit Bleu; thence to Africa where he took a commission on the Congo. In East Africti he hunted big game
for sport and proit and finally he came to New York to do newspaper and magazine work.
men I bellove possoss more phys-
ical courngo thnn any other people
In the world. With thorn to hunt
means to risk life nnd show prowess
with tho sword lit close quarters. Al-
though thoy carry firearms they de-
spise ono who uses them when he
could Just ns well use thu long sword
that each carries In his Birth. Those
Arabs have been known for tholr
bravery since tho tlmo of Hannlbnl
and thoy hunt todny In exnetly tho
same mannor as they did 2000 years
ago. And to bollcvo somo of them
they still havo tho same swords fnn-
tastlc things with highly ornamented
belts nnd handles which thoy greatly
prize.
Hamran Afraid of Nothing.
Tho bravo Hamran swordsmen hunt
In a wny that the norvo shocking
thrills nro hot lost as thoy nro when
ono ubos n tolescopo or a long range
rifle. Slnglo handed and with nothing
but tho trusty sword ns a weapon of
defense nnd offense n Hamran will
nttack a lion a rhinoceros and even
an elephant.
When tho Hamran Arabs hunt the
giraffe It has a chance even of killing
them for a giraffe when pursued can
THE ARAB WENT
kill a man or a pony with a kick should
ho ho unfortunate enough to get di-
rectly In Its rear.
Thoro Is a logend among somo of
tho natlvos that tho glraffo when pur-
sued hurls stonos with Its back feot
nt tho pursuers nnd sometimes kills
thorn. Tho story had a good founda-
tion for although tho glrnffo does not
really hurl stones It runs In such a
way that the back hoofs strike tho
ground nt a peculiar anglo. It hits
tho ground to keep up Its momentum
nnd In doing so any loose st. nes aro
sent In a shower rearwards. I havo
seen pieces of stono nt least two
pounds In weight flying through tho
nlr behind a running glraffo that
would kill a pursuer wero ho hit with
ono.
Tho first glraffo hunt In which 1
took part with the Hamran Arabs
showed mo what a giraffe could
do with its hind foot. I had often run
them down on tho South African veld
but had novor heon kicked by one
or oven conio near being kicked I
Biipposo on account of tho height of
tho Boer horses which nro much lnr-
ger than tho ponies used by tho Ham-
ran sword hunters.
It was a lucky chance that asso-
ciated mo with the famous swords-
men. I was camped ono night with
a live gamo caravan when in tho dls-
tanco on tho desert I could see twink-
ling Arcs llko stars that had fallen
from heaven. Thinking I might find a
European and out of curiosity I made
my way towards the fires. I had
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walked half nn hour whun n sharp
challenge In Arnhlc brought mo to a
halt. I throw up my hands and said
I was n friend. A few minutes' lator
the Benttnel took mo to the cnmji fires
nnd tolt he Arabs sitting around
them that I was alone which was to
them much more Importnnt thnn bo-
lug n friend. A headman asked mo
to sit amongst Uictn nnd tell thorn my
errand. After a great doal of ques-
tioning they seemed satisfied for
they continued tholr conversation
that my nppronch had evidently
broken off. I shnll never forgot that
night as long ns I live
Wondrous Tales of the Desert.
I sat under the blnck star spangled
banner before tho flicking camp flros
nnd listened to tho stories of tho
experiences both ronl and imaginary
of tho Arnh hunters for one must
tnlk on the deserts nnd romancing
tnkes the place of roal happenings
when they have exhausted The only
pastimes of those whose home Is on
tho mournful kingdom of sands is war.
hunting and talk. Thu past to the
Arabs is but n picture of what the
future should be and every man has
FLYING THROUGH THE AIR
n murdered nncestor to avengo on tho
desort.
It wns strange Indood to alt with
those- men fascinating to llston to
tholr soft volcos onahnntlng to hear
tho wondrous tales of tholr deorts
weird mixtures of tho mysticism of
the past and the phantasm of tho
prosont.
Tho fire lights rose and foil tho
mosquitoes buzzed Incessantly and tho
Arnbs now and again turned tholr
eyes towards the daikneBS as though
expecting some phantom to come out
of tho templo of tho night. In a
kraal near the well the camels and
horses moved uneasily a step sound-
ed nnd every man roso and placed his
hand on his sword. Tho noxt mo-
ment tho chlof strodo Into tho camp.
"To-morrow" ho said "wo will hunt
tho giraffe. I have been told by the
local men that thero aro somo to tho
south of lioro and you must sharpen
your swords."
"Do I hunt with you?" I asked
making my Interrogation almost a do-
mnnd. "Please yoursolf but not with
n rifle." "Well" I answered "glvo mo
a Bword and I shall hunt llko a Ham-
ran." Although It Is a hnrd thing to
got n Hamran's sword I was lont one
which the ownor tried on his arm be-
foro me to show that It wns sharp
by shaving off the hulr.
Tho next morning we set ouL After
nn hour's rldo wo camo to somo
broken country on which there was a
great amount o rcd mimosa bush
which Is the faorlto food of the
glrnffo.
It whs not long hfore the sharp oyo
of an Arnh cnught sight of a giraffe's
head moving above tho follngo. After
a short ride to a position from which
wo could get down tlu wind tho plan
of attack was laid out
Following Herd of Giraffe.
After recolvlng many warnings
from the chief ns to the correct way
to use tho sword tho host tlmo to
swing It nnd tho proper wny to ride
I set out with an Arab hunter. Tho
country was very rough and I mnr-
veled nt tho way the Arab's horso car-
rled mo ovor It.
Wo got ns near tho giraffes as pos-
sible without startling thorn. There
wore at least a dozen In tho hord all
nibbling contentedly nt the mimosa
trees. At last we wore ospled and of
ono accord tho animals mndo off
ncross tho country nt u terrlllc rate
the Arabs and myself after them nt
full gallop. It Is necessary to press
giraffes to the extremity nt the be-
ginning of the chase or they will out-
strip one een on u very fleet horse
for tho giraffe selects ground favor-
A STREAM OF BLOOD POURING
ablo to Itself which Is genornlly very
rough nnd not suitable for n horse
to travel on nt a groat rate of speod.
On account of my Inoxperlonce as n
sword huntor everything powlblo
seemed to happon to me. We dashed
aftor tho lumbering giraffes through
bushes under trees over stones and
rifts. Somotlmes gaining sometimes
losing each man swinging his sword
to strlko tho blow which Is dellverod
on tho rear leg of the animal so as
to sovor a sinew and hamstring it.
On on wo gnllopod tho gravel kicked
up by tho fleeing giraffes raining
around us llko bullets and tho onrth
thundering undor our horsos' hoofs.
Wo woro npproachlng a wood and
I wns gaining on the animal I had
picked ns my prey. Ahead of me I
saw an Arab's sword glance through
tho nlr and tho glraffo ho was follow-
ing fell In n heap under the blow.
The fallen animal tried to rise and
as It did so it rocelvod another stroko
this tlmo on tho other log and went
down for good complotely disabled.
Whilst watching tho Arnb do his
work I lost ground nnd my quarry
got to the wood. I forgot all In-
structions and followed It greatly to
my sorrow for 1 had not boon among
tho trees long bofore a limb that wns
dragged ahead by tho floolng glraffo
camo flying back and struck mo In tho
chest such a blow that I was com-
pletely unhorsed and almost rendered
unconscious.
My pony trained to Its work ran
W
on for a few yards and mUsIng mo
teturned. Although I was groggy and
almost stunned from the blow 1
picked up my sword nnd ngnln mount-
ed my charge which seemed to he
mure eager loi thu chase thnn Its
rider.
Maimed by Bull Giraffe.
I was no sooner In tno saddle than
a noise behind nttracted my atten-
tion nnd a moment Inter n huge hull
glraffo approaching nt a terrlllc rato
burst Into view. I wont nfter him llko
a shot. As 1 did so I snw ho was fol-
lowed by an Arab who was taking a
short cut to head him off. Somo
donso bushes nhend of thu glrnffo
mndo him stop and turn. Ho fncud
mo nnd tho Arnh rushed behind him
to strike tho blow. I.Ike a llnsh ono
of the lunr hoofs shot out and the
Arab went flying through tho nlr a
stream of blood pouring out of his
fnce. 1 rodo nt tho giraffe which
turned nnd in n second without real-
izing what had happened both my
horse and uiysdf wore rolling on the
earth. When I got up I could see by
the mnrlc on my pony that the glrnffo
hnd planted a kick on the rear
shoulder. That euded my giraffe
OUT OF HIS FACE.
hunt for the day for the animal got
away before I could mount again. I
turned my attention to tho Arab who
was holding himself up ngnlnst a treu
In n dazed wny whllo his face bled In
a sickening manner. Tho sharp
cloven hoof of tho glraffo had split
his face to the bone as woll ns broken
his Jaw.
Roosevelt Hunting in a Zoo.
Fresh from the field In which for-
mer President Itoosovolt Is hunting
Major Louis L. Seaman n surgeon ar-
rived In New York recently. He went
to Africa to study tho dread sleeping
sickness. In addition Mnjor Seaman
has brought about ICO specimens of
game shot whore Mr. Itoosovolt and
his party are now shooting.
The trip wns Major Seaman' soc-
ond. Whllo It was a professional ono
Mnjor Seaman snld he with Dr. Gul-
terns who accompanied him could
not resist tnklng something llko six
weeks off after reaching Nairobi be-
cause tho gamo was so plentiful.
"It Is tho greatest shooting In tho
world" said tho major. "It's Just a
zoological garden without a fence
around It. It Is tho placo where old
Noah landed tho nrk and shoood the
animals off nnd thoir descendants aro
(still there.
"Killing lions Is tame sport The
king of beasts Is a whelp Wound a
Hon and go after him and ho will give
I you somo trouble. But he Is a coward
Although I did not succeed In ham
stringing a giraffe. I certainly u-
ceedert In Retting Into danger that
was quite different from that nn r
perlencea when bunting tho go ffo
with a rifle.
Tho Arabs that day killed s ven
giraffe.
When the hunt was orer the kK is
were removed from the animals :;d
than the meat taken to be dri.'.i in
the same manner that the lloer m.iun
their famous "biltong" which is lmng
In the shade preferably In the v ir I
where It will dry before It has im
to mitixy.
The akin of the gl ruffe la grr.iMy
prtieri by certain Arab trthea anmtiR-t
which It la used for shields Hnd ci
cedent shields they are for I have
known them to deflect n Martini
Henry bullet and It la n strong man
Indeed who can pierce one with a
aword. Another quality In favor of
glrMfTa ahlelds la their extreme light
nee.
The night following the hunt when
all the Aralm were Hesemhled It m
found that there was a limn missing
The hondmnn sent out searchers who
wont off uttering long shrill cries
which grew fainter nnd fainter n
thoy penetrated further Into the blatk-
ness of the night.
At the first signs of day the camp
was alive and half the men mounted
nnd galloped off to the hunting ground
of the day before. Ilelng curious to
know the fate of thu missing man I
accompanied them.
Fought Leopard with Knife.
Not long after we reached tho hunt-
ing ground a cry from one of the
pnrty look us to a deep dongn
whore n strange sight met our eyes.
Tho missing man was lying there
ncross tho dend body of his pony and
n few yards awny wns tho carcass of
a femnlu leopard. Although the Arab
was not dead he was In a very had
way for by tho appearance of his
log I could tell It was broken and
added to this one of his arms wm
badly chewed.
Tho wounded mnn was slung ncrosa
n pony nnd taken to tho camp. When
he was revived he told of his mishap.
Ilo wns riding after tho glrnffea
with tho rost of us when nil of n sud-
den his horse went hond-llrst Into the
donga nnd broke Its front legs. The
rider wns rondaiod unconscious from
tho Impact with the hnrd earth. A
little lator when ho recovored he
found his own leg wns broken nnd
seolng tho condition of his steed hu
cut Its throat to put It out of misery.
Ho snw the hunters returning to the
camp hut could not ntlrnct them for
tho thunder of tho horses' hoofs
drowned his cries. As night came
on ho grow weak nnd fell asleep.
How long ho slept ho could not
say when something soft touched his
face and then a heavy weight boro
down on him. He opened his eyes nnd
was horrified to sue a huge leopard
with one paw on his cheat whilst It
whs smelling around his mouth evi-
dently undecided what to do. With
great presence of mind he kept still
nnd the leopard went to the pony and
started eating Ita rump.
After indulging Ita appetite It roared
for its mate and waa answered The
Arab feeling that his only chance
of escuiie waa to kill the leopard whllo
it was alone gently drew hla hunting
knife nnd watched hla opportunity to
take the leopard off ita snard to givo
it a heart thrust. For Mime time tho
animal kept eating the horse ami
i oaring alternately nnd then It turned
Its attention to the man. It stood
over him and glared Into his eyes
blazing with u green yellow glare of
phosphorus.
A roar came from tho distance nnd
the leopard threw Its bond up and
answered. Llko n flash ho thrust
his blade Into the throat of tho
leopard which cut oft Its roar with a
howl of pain and seized his arm which
was nlrendy driving a second blow at
the nnlmnl's hoart. For a second the
h opard held on nnd clawed tho man's
bare breasts. Then feeling Its weak-
ness tt stnggorod nnd crawling nway
a fiw yards roared for ItB mato till
tt died Tho Arab overcome by his
weakness fell Into unconsciousness
and knew nothing more till ho wns re-
Mved In tho camp.
It Is such ndvonturus ns those that
attract tho man who has some of tho
primitive instincts who loves danger
and will gamble his life against a
lion's Just for tho Joy of feeling the
thrills of physical supremacy.
SJouth African name for a rift
which are very common In alluvial
IMS. by HenJ. II. Hampton.)
and the natlvos treat him with con
tempt. When a lioness nnd a Hon are.
togtlthir 'the thing to do Is to shoot
tho Uonestr. She Is the gnmor of the
two. If you kill her the lion will take
'to' the" jungle. Kill him and you have
got to kill her."
THE DEBATING CLUB.
The fair co-cl (or upeaklne had
DccliitM bent.
And )m could alwnys beat tho Ik)
At ruiuint.
She strKUtd ut a womliwn rats
We mum ailmlt.
Jin coulilu't match her In tleb.it
A llttlu bit.
8he ran outargus him to-day
Th neighbor vow.
And often ilofw. It aerma for the
At married now.
Ella Isn't Normal.
"I see- where Ella Wheeler WIIcoj
Is discussing Tho Normal Woman.'"
"What does she know about tho nor-
mal woman?"
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