Big Game Hunter

I first met Henry S. in the late 1950s when I was in the steamship business in Philadelphia. "Hank's" business was supplying shackles and wire rope to the ships. But his avocation was as a big game hunter. He and his wife would make periodic trips to east Africa - what is now Kenya and Tanzania. This was a time when the Mau Mau was active in that area and one had to be careful traveling on safari. Eventually he hung up the guns on the rack and concentrated on filming these animals. His home movies were riveting. In one scene a bull elephant charged the camera - Hank's wife was doing the filming - she held the frame for a two second count  - then blackout - as they all scrambled into the Range Rover. He became an advocate of the wildlife and supporter of the local Zoological Garden. Much later when I had transferred to New York I received an invitation to a cocktail party and reception to be hosted by Hank at the local Philadelphia Zoo. I remember taking the train down to Philadelphia and directing the taxi driver to "take me to the Zoo." The reception was a flowing one away from the screeching monkey house and as free of odors as one might find - and all for charity - and a support of the local Zoo. In an earlier life my friend played football at the University of Virginia and prided himself as having done the blocking for the great Bullet Bill Dudley of NFL fame.
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