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New Publications. 
Lassoing Wild Animals in Africa, by Guy H. 
Scull. Decorated cloth, 135 pages, illustrated 
from photographs, $1.25 net. New York, 
The Frederick A. Stokes Company. 
The only regret one has in reading this book 
is that it is all too brief, as truthful records of 
journeys, however exciting, are apt to be. It is 
a record of the expedition organized by Charles 
S. Bird and led by Col. C. J. (Buffalo) Jones to 
capture African wild animals in the American 
cowboy style. That it would fail was widely 
predicted beforehand; but that it was a success 
is a matter of history. Those who knew Buffalo 
Jones had an abundance of confidence that he 
would do what he proposed if possible, and al¬ 
though the roping of heavy and agile beasts in 
a country strange to all members of the Jones 
party presented great difficulties, the skill and 
patience of the veteran cowmen overcame these 
obstacles, and the photographs did the rest. By 
no means was this a small portion of the whole, 
and at times the task was more dangerous than 
that of the mounted men. Two cinematograph 
machines were operated by Cherry Ivearton and 
his assistant, David Gobbett, the roping was done 
by Col. Jones, Marshall Loveless and Ambrose 
Means, while Mr. Scull acted as field manager 
and historian. 
Many new problems confronted the hunters 
when they found their “game.” One of these 
was what to do with a giraffe after they had 
roped it; but the colonel’s resourcefulness won, 
they threw the beast as gently as possible, re¬ 
moved the ropes and set it free. 
It was when a rhino with a rope around one 
leg had dragged one of the horses after it that, 
as Mr. Scull says, “Kearton went into action on 
the north and Gobbett on the south, near a small 
thorn tree, with a negro porter beside him. The 
rhino caught sight of Gobbett’s camera and 
charged. The porter went up the tree like a 
flash. Gobbett was bent over, looking through 
his viewfinder, which of course gave him no idea 
how fast the beast was bearing down on him 
nor how close he had already come. 
“ ‘Look out!’ yelled the colonel. 
“Gobbett glanced up over the top of the 
camera and made a jump for the tree. But the 
porter was already in the branches, and the tree 
was so small there was not room for two, and 
Gobbett had to run for it. The next second, 
with a powerful stroke of his horn, the rhino 
sent the apparatus flying. Then Means succeeded 
in attracting his attention and he charged the 
horseman instead. Gobbett picked up the debris, 
found that the tripod head was split clean in two 
as with an axe, found the camera itself undam¬ 
aged, found there was enough head left to sup¬ 
port the camera, quickly mounted his machine 
again, and was just in time to catch the end of 
the rhino’s chase after Means. And all the while 
Kearton had his camera trained upon the scene 
in which his assistant was playing the conspicu¬ 
ous part. 
“‘I hope I got that good,” he said; ‘it'll make 
fine action—fine.’ ” 
Will Take His Wife Along. 
Boston, Mass., July 29.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: On the 12th of July at Ringold, Pa., 
Hon. Salem D. Charles, President of the Massa¬ 
chusetts Fish and Game Protective Association, 
was married to Miss Adeline M. Kimmel, of that 
town. 
After a wedding tour he arrived in Boston 
with his bride from Quebec on Thursday, the 
27th, on which date it had been arranged that 
members of the association should assemble at 
the Parker House to extend congratulations and 
to present them a substantial token of their ap¬ 
preciation of the services rendered by Mr. 
Charles as its president during the last three 
years. The committee on arrangement selected 
a mahogany gold-mounted chest containing 150 
pieces of table silver ware. The chairman, Dr. 
Bishop, presided, and after felicitous remarks 
by Acting Mayor Collins, extending to the couple 
“the freedom of the city,” the Hon. John R. 
Thayer, of Worcester, the companion of Mr. 
Charles on many hunting trips and his best man, 
raised the question whether the groom will be 
able to continue his deeds of prowess in the 
forest under the new domestic conditions, but 
Mr. Charles declared that his wife is as fond 
of the woods and of the chase as he is him¬ 
self. “The latchstring,” he said, “of Red Fox 
Farm, my summer home in Princeton, will al¬ 
ways be in reach of visitors as in the past.” 
The speech of Congressman Thayer abounded in 
pleasant and humorous allusions. He was fol¬ 
lowed by Hon. Wm. A. Morse who made the 
presentation speech. 
Some of those present besides the members 
above named were City Assessor Joseph Sulli¬ 
van, of Boston; George M. Poland, of Wake¬ 
field; I. O. Converse, of Fitchburg; Vinton W. 
Mason, George W. Kenyon, Fred, and Robt. 
Seven, of Jamaica Plain ; H. Staples Potter, A. 
F. Hayden, Wm. L. Davis, Bernard Hyneman 
and Amos H. Whipple. H. H. Kimball. 
All the game lazvs of the United States and 
Canada, revised to date and noiu in force, are 
given in the Game Laws in Brief. See adv. 
a lioness on two ropes. 
Pictures reprinted by permission of Charles S. Bird and the Frederick A. Stokes Co. 
