"Stand Steady"
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24"x48", edition size 100 s/n
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In 1909 as part of his Safari, Theodore
Roosevelt was the guest of Mr. Hugh H. Heatley at the Kamiti
Ranch. They were to hunt Cape buffalo in a swampy area between
the Renero and Kamiti Rivers.
Four members of the party left camp at
8:00 am on the third morning. RJ Cunninghame, the safari leader,
Heatley, their host, along with Kermit and TR. With Heatley leading
the way, the group cautiously follows the winding watercourse
shielded by the intermittent stands of Papyrus. Before long Cunninghame
spotted some buffalo, which were lying down. Crawling on all
fours, at times the men inched their way towards their quarry.
They were still some 200 yards off when the buffalo caught sight
of them and stood up. They fired and both leading bulls were
hit, but as the shots rang out the remainder of the herd rose
and moved out from the Papyrus swamp. To the hunters amazement,
there were some seventy or eighty and they started to gallop
across the swamp. Behind the bulls were cows one of which TR
shot. At the same moment the remainder of the herd, bulls to
the front, moved towards the hunters in menacing close formation
with their heads outstretched.
My painting depicts this most uneasy
stand off for the four men and their followers. Heatley freezes
in his tracks, to avoid inviting a charge. Stand steady!
Dont run! TR shouts out as Cunninghame with
his arm on Kermit calls out: And dont shoot!
A few tense seconds passed before the herd turned and took flight
away from the men. The hunters attention then turned to
recovering the shot buffalo.
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