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“The next moment I was -knocked, flat with the leopard on top of my back. Its claws went in the side of my neck. I ran my hands back to jab it in the face and keep ‘the teeth from my neck. I felt a’ chunk go out of rny neck. And another from my lower back.

“Somehow we .rolled over. I raised my knees and feet to keep the leopard from disemboweling me and jabbed it in the’ face with my hands. Then my track­er, who was a well-trained, care­ful man, put his light rifle against the leopard’s ear and fired.

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10-Nevada State Journal-SPORTS Tuesday, May 16, 1967

Famous Big Game Hunter in Reno learns of World Record Trophy Award.

A professional hunter-guide who traveled halfway around the globe to attend a convention in the United States learned In Reno yesterday that he has won the world’s finest trophy in his field.

Mohammed Iqbal, known to his [...]

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As a car rally driver, Bali took part in innumerable Kenya rallies and competed four times in the East Africa Safari. He always drove con­fidently, with a bit of hootch inside him. It was no mean feat to complete the full course in all the four Safaris and win a place in one

As a big game hunter he was unique, being the first non-white ever to be admitted in a exclusive professional Hunters’ Associa­tion. His clients included American millionaires, Indian Maharajas, Greek oil tycoons, and Ethiopian diplomats. With his six foot hulk, 215 Ibs. of muscle, shock hair and bristling handlebar moustache, he cut a dashing figure for which pretty women often made a bee-line. But he had no time for them.

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A warm, happy, large-hearted man, we said that his heart was big as Bali himself. An enormous man, with a handle-bar moustache, a face that was never without a smile, an impish smile, we had nicknamed him ‘Tiny’ and he had become a part of the team. With Bali around, there was never a need for a heavy roller. All he had to do was walk up and down the wicket. He travelled with us throughout the tour and many an evening was made memorable by Bali’s tales about animals.

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