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CLEVELAND MANS BIG ELEPHANT Vf A Kougey Gets a FourTonner in the ITGool Country of West Africa Shooting big game by the ton is the privilage of the sportsman who goes to Africa for his hunting Under the equator things grow on a big scale and the animals indigenous to this part of the world conform to the general scheme of size sizeW W A Mougey of Cleveland Ohio who returned some time ago from a big game hunt iu the African wilds surely obtained his fair share of sport sportIn In the NGobi country West Africa five de ¬ grees soutli of the equator where the mercury hits the 114 mark Mr Mougey shot an elephat with his Remington 35 caliber high power slide action sport ¬ ing partyThe rifle This animal charged the party The first shot brought him down but two more bullets in the same place were necessary to finish him The elephant weighed over four tons and was about a year and seven months old Mr Mougey brought the skull back with him and ulti ¬ mately sent it to one of the Cleveland museums museumsHunting Hunting in Africa is not the comparatively easy sport known to those who live iu the temperate zones zonesIntense Intense heat with great humidity tropical di ¬ seases insect pests limited food and water supply wild beasts and often savage men tend to make the hunters life a precarious one oneIn In spite of the many hardships and dangers of African sport a large number of men prior to the European war were accustomed to seek recreation among the African wihls each year Many yearMany sections of Africa have been brought under civilizing influences within the past few years and especially under British and French rule condi ¬ tions for hunting have been made much more livable and agreeable due to admirable methods of colonial administration
