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July, 1924
AMERICAN CINEM ATOGR APHER
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I* liming Ct By HerfordTynes Cowling, A.S.C
Tiger Shoot
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Tiger Shooting in India Is Privilege that Only Few Sportsmen May Experience
Were it not for the game shooting to be had out here in India I very much doubt if the British Government could keep the high type officers of their Military and Political Departments content to live and serve the Empire here. British military officers have always been keen sportsmen in the true sense of the word and the opportunity to make shooting trips into the hills is about the only real sport the majority can look forward to from leave to leave. Not all are so fortunate as to be stationed near good countries for this sport and few indeed are those stationed in real good tiger shooting locations.
CJ Shooting with Elephants Very Rare Indeed. Shooting tigers in the long grass and jungle country of the Indian Tarai is one of the best sports I know. It is absolutely essential that elephants be used both for driving or "ringing" as it is called and to afford sufficient elevation for shooting. It would be little short of suicide to attempt "walking up" or stalking tigers on foot, in long grass or jungle country where it is impossible to see more than a few feet ahead. I have seen three
Hoix the camera ivas mounted in a "hoivdah" for the shoot. Herjord Tynes Coivling, A. S. C, at the camera.
elephants walk along beating the grass within five feet of a full grown tiger
A number of "pads" leaving camp for scene of action.
which was hiding in the grass and not arouse him to break cover, or even know he was there, so thick was the growth. The elephants that are used to shoot from are mounted with strong wooden "howdah's" tightly fitted and roped to their backs like a saddle. The howdah being a rectangular box-shaped affair about three feet wide, five feet long, and three feet deep, with a rather comfortable seat and padded gun rests. This makes a rather cumbersome steed and only slow progress can be made through the jungle which must be cut away by the "Mahout" or broken down by the elephant as it advances.
^ Dependent On Well Trained Elephants.
A mahout or driver is located on the neck of each elephant, guiding the beast in a most remarkable manner either by wiggling his bare feet behind the elephant's ears in such a manner as to convey his command of speed and direction, or by banging the elephant over the head with a heavy iron spike. This spike is used to prod in cases where it is deemed necessary