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Show WOMAN WHO HUNTS TIOBRS, Mrs. Crofts, a native of Cork, Ireland, boasts a remarkable record aa a sportsman. During a recent stay In India Mrs, Crofts had keen sport In the Jungles of tbe mabaray of Kotah and the maharajah ot Thallawar, In Itajputana, a tiger shot a fsw yards from the tree where Sir Edward Bradford Brad-ford waa mauled and had bla arm taken off by a tiger a panther, four MRS. CROFTS, black bears, a wild bosr, four stags, two antelopes, a small red deer, hyena and a lynx falling to her gun. In all Mrs, Crofts haa seen seventeen titers killed, and Innumerable panthers, pan-thers, beara and crocodiles. One of her unique experiences was tbe shooting of two large tigers out of a steam launch In the Cambal river, Kotah. Mrs. Crofts Is aa well an accomplished tennis and golf players, and baa won many prizes In tournaments. |