HEENEY’S AFRICAN VISIT.
NEW YORK PAPER’S CRITICISM. NEW YORK, March 31. . The New York World, in an editorial entitled “Mr Heeney and the Lions,” discusses Tom Heeney’s asser l tion that “all that a modern lionhunter needs to' do is to pick off the lions, which just stand there and wait for you to shoot them. I might just as well shoot tabby cats in tire rear of the Shubert Theatre for all the kick I get out of it.” The article continues: “We feel it our duty to point out that Mr Heeney’s' idea of excitement is a little different from the ordinary man’s. Any man who has the courage to climb into the ring with Tunney ought not to mind a lion very much. If you are going to give us the choice of facing Tunney without a rifle or a lion with a rifle, you are going to see a dead cat every time.,” •>
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 107, 2 April 1930, Page 7
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157HEENEY’S AFRICAN VISIT. Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 107, 2 April 1930, Page 7
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