Show 11 1 r r r l 1 Lor zoo r 00 rJ 0 tt I fl 1 J I. I tt lt A 1 k Bringing a Captured P x ss t N Info Camp ivy C j lar R L 1 r 1 l 7 rl t k dr I eF PL J E Y LW Ad f r B Birr Animals I Like ike Lions and Tigers Cannot Be Roped in the Ordinary Ordinary VaY ti They Y Have Hare to Be Caught in in Chains Chain Ma l j. j Allen Is Ste Steadying dying This Captive by the Tail Preparatory to Slipping an Extra tra Chain Around Its Feet 0 The Venturesome Tra Trade e o of M Major jor I Y t r Allen U. U S Army R Retired tired Who r Goes Hunting for Lions Tigers Leopards and Wolves and I B By EULA ULA c 0 shoot a 1 lion deac is one thing But to toI I TO cat it alive is another John Allen formerly for for- merly a major in the United States army is catching lions alive using nothing but a rope and one or two chains to ro hold bold the wild animal in in case the rope should break Maj Allen is catching lion c leopards wildcats wolves pumas and V other kinds kind of big game and has bas orders front from zoological gar dens menageries and natural museums aU all over the world for aU all that he be can Ican catch 1 Maj J. J Allen thinks nothing nothing of meeting mountain lion bare In f fact ct with a foot rope for n a weapon he has roamed the woods md and mounts s of the United States and Canada with an l Journey to the tha jungles b ot of I 8 India ander catching big game for the zoos of the rio fed ed States Sta t 11 I i cr kill except pt when I 1 have to nave have food Maj Allen AIlen told rue mc I have never been afraid of any animal though I dislike snakes I have a feeling of genuine friendship for wild crea creatures creatures' ures' ures and I prefer them to mos en In the accepted sense or of the word I am not a hunter Bunter z I hate to kill and find no pleasure in hunting with witha a gun tUn I But roping animals anim ls Well WeH that's differ nt 8 Sometimes 4 I track the game for If da days s bc fore I 1 can come within roping distance Someo Some times I 1 never come w within thin the reach of f. f my foot rope The t thrills and pleasure of g a wild r w R Rf f s S SJ J k 1 ry 1 f 2 r c d r L x 4 creature at the other end of th the foot rope are impossible to explain The elation the sense of power that comes when one ropes a bear or orr r jag jaguar ar the most treacherous of A American merican game ci not be told in words k animals l The sport animals is is Bari er I I. I j t J J j u. u j y a Nf l j ii 1 l l I rj f t J q fib I J 1 rj ij r J t tI I f. i. i Jt C Catches if Them Lr t 3 Alive 1 w r r r w s t ens as it and bolts w 1 so I o ng as the ro P e r. r 1 wt tl p I r Ai r. r f 4 t t Y rs r r rl SIl gild break 1 out Al Y Yr blood is P r uy n r j o a rn the fighting r y d creature finds t y F a r y w Yf K its rind cut off and a t R s t W t rope would mean v disaster to roper s believe though that I un enough of animal psychology to be safe There is a moment when every wild animal ber be- be r comes confused and is cowardly and undecided That is the moment to et the roc over its neck and pull that rope tight Not tight enough to h choke the captured creature to death but tight enough for safety's sake f Maj L Al n speaks with the low modulated In the voice of the roan of the who has learned not Indian Jungle ilia Allen Does H 9 open Roping from an Elephants Elephant's Back to startle either man or beast by harsh notes or sudden loud He is of Irish extraction a w y stands about 6 feet S inches and is stocky and andr r f r- r w tari bronzed His s eyes twinkle with humor most of the time for he refuses to take life too seriously Years in the open where every man is his own social register sense of values k l tco often lost in the rush of a big city It did no seem possible that the man before me spent his life facing danger daily r 1 IC quiet in manner r ta t- t a s ell 1 s ti x place I had watched three of t I Allens Allen's weld animal pic I d r 1 rl I r 1 L r Caught b f y One y 4 I i Paw This 1 x Cat Needs t Careful Handy J S 1 ln F. s S 11 2 t I H J JL L i i t J i r l.- l. r f t ti t tJ s 1 t 11 1 l t-c. t l' l 1 r f. f f I J 7 S t OJ I I jJ t S i. i 1 tines with shi shivers running up and down my spine spin With him md and the film I tracked n a jaguar until it climbed high up in a l tree and crouched ready rendy to spring upon the man below But before the tho fatal spring spring- could be made out ont and up along the branches went the Tope rope The running noose quickly found lodgment around the neck or of the tho crouching animal Down came the jaguar but before it had completely recovered itself Maj Allen ran 20 feet or so to n a tree circled the rope about the tree several times and knotted it tight Then he hc got belind the tied animal which showed its teeth and growled in a 1 threatening way Quickly Allen rushed in grabbed the tail of the cat pulled it hard and threw the cat to the ground Then he threw a second rope with n a slipknot over the hind legs or of the animal and running to a tree opposite to the one ona the first rope was tied to he made the second rope fast Then he tied the hind paws or of the animal tightly and niter after them the fore paws A rope muzzle With smile the v. v was as next made fast n a then unfastened the ropes from the trees and threw the cat over his shoulder carrying it back to camp to put in in a box for shipment to one of the zoos he supplies Dangerous Work The next picture showed nn an auSTY bear coming coming com com- major who stood ready with the rope ing at the was tied and an time the bear was to catch it In no showed how a wolf helpless The third picture is roped and was quite thrilling Every animal that Maj Jack Allen can catch caten catenis is boxed and sent Bent to the zoos The boxing ot of these animals is very us for every newly newly- captured animal is ready to demand redress for forit forthe it has bas suffered It is so fighting the indignities mad that it win attack anyone or anything if it dg o the fighters expect to conquer and nOO be feasted and feast or perish parish upon Speaking o ohe at f being conquered n expression on the Maj j. j Alien n said nf h el animal t h he face pf f a P The creature does docs not is is comi come 1 l. l what Is a th the runt mat seem ter There he is i unable to move or orto human being who has to fight conquer d him and yet set he is s unhurt un un- hurt and and In roPing lions leopards other l large rge animals ordinary ropes are arc useless The king of the jungle bungle with his five 11 hundred pounds of en en- ergy g and ferocity must be restrained with heavy chains The chains are lai laid as traps just outside the entrance en en- trance of some tempting lion morsel mOISel such as a new born lamb Iamb and as the lion comes along Maj Allen on one ona side and his assistant on the other watching from their hiding places up in the trees pull puB the chains tight and string their captive up in demo demo- movie ovie mania nania i tor anyone with a novel profession especially if it offers thrills to escape the movis C cr er Isis camera mm man is worth a word He is an J Jold a old gul Guide e who has taken the camera camern up as a side sideline line Regular camera men do not as a rule care cared for the str strenuous life of the jungle nor have hav they any love for wild animals at such short 1 range ang as Maj Allen AJen brings them Th The e Guide Who ho Bragged Accidents in making malIng animal movies have been heen few but until n a guide and hunter was found w who o was willing to take up the profession or of turning the movie crank Maj Allen had a hard time timekeeping keeping 1 a camera man on the job He has 1135 come near having an accident almost dail daily But only once did he have any real trouble That was day after roping n a jaguar and lie he did not run quickly enough to the tree He got away from the jaguar before it did much damage to him Of far more interest to Maj Allen AlIen than accidents acci- acci dents arc re the humorous things which haPPen One day a 1 new guide spent several hours telling his employer marvelous wolf experiences anti and bragging a 1 bit about his prowess and courage Later from a 1 deep sleep the major was awakened by the guides guide's voice speaking in fear and There they hundreds are of em around us Major See their eyes Were We're lost Allen looked through the flap of the tent and saw what seemed to be hundreds of shining eyes eyes' He arose rosc and drawing his revolver we Went nt to the flap to try to grab a firebrand that was He got the firebrand and made the comforting discovery dis- dis covery that the hundreds of shining eyes were nothing more than chips of a phosphorescent to log g that had been cut earlier in the up evening ening Th new guide never boasted gain of his bravery gets a chance In the world of wild creatures when the anial ani ani- its al attacks or is attack quarter is rarely a asked or iven As a rule role it is a fi fight g ht to the finish 4 r ri i y f rw w A i i r ltd d r A 1 s sr r 4 4 Y fis' fis I a w A a w r Y t Nr t f bk b k t n n. n cratic fashion The paws are arc bound with ropes niter after the body of the lion is wen well Roped and Almost Strangled Strang q to De l bound with chains This Catch Was Too Weak fo 1 There Is not much chance In these days of 01 a hen Hauled Aboard the Elephant s i i iThe 3 It i The End of the Fight Fights Q a This Cat Cat W Was as Roped 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