Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-08
Field Sports in india.
TFrom the Oriental.)

Tigers are sometimes exceedingly
fastidious in their attacks upon the
genus homo. When gorgcd they will
cficn suffer the intru,ier to pass uu-
moicstrd, satisfy ing themselves with
ii defiant grin and surly Srowl. AT
other times ugaim-bc The Harder re-
rcm,ly repaeniShed or otherwise
either i'll the spirit ofinsatiate ami
mo>i!y to nlai,of with an eye 10 future
provant, the brute will Stay the most
inoffrHsiye passc,,mer. As though in
sheer contcmpt. he will .onctimrs
leave his victim untouched ,urot uu-
der Il trop cal sun. AT other times,
he will return to the carcass in the
cool of the evenin" to feed on it leis-
ureiv. These are facts with whicl;
the ShihufTieS, or persons who NAV
he employed To eXicrulinate the
| tiger i'll India, should be made ac-
quainted, or, i'll the conf rchensive
ciene now neditatcd, the employees
VIII only uc adding TO the numerous
Victims OF hunger and terocitv.
| There Is little else to be said abou,
| the lgertribe. Unaware as We are
OF the place they III iii the economy of
Nature, we earnestly desire their eX-
unctlon III the name of our common
humanity by any of the methods
q 'a!!able to the Government. They
are apparently useless. Tiger flesh Is
carrion, his skin has ceased to be a
curiosity, or TO possess Il commercial
value, his skull is III every surgery,
or grins at the shop-window of the
'aXIdermist. lie is not even orna-
mental. Let him lie aunihilatod BY
all means. Although in the for2oing e
paragraphs we have only had tie
royal tiger i'll our mind, there arc
many animals OF the same genus, in
haoitahts OF Tie India ioirst, which
might, with equal advantage, be I'M
proved Oh tae lace OF the earth. 1he
non, the leopard, the Wolf, the hyena,
Tue lynx, TIE "iid cat, the Jackai. the
WIG uoS, are alike !he enemy oil our
species, ana, excepting that they also
prey upon the lesser fd@a9, anu Keep
down their number, are of no apPa-
rent utility. We might make an cx.
ceptlon Ill favor OF q few cheetahS
for they can be tanned to
hunt the antelope and the fafiOw
deer. Piaced OH platform which
occupies the upper part of rudc
country.cart, and tended by kis t.aiIi-
er, the cheetnh is Kept i'll hand and
hoodeu until The game is in sight
t'cn slipped, lie runs the deer i'll q
.'ihlcircie. and, getting near enough
ier a sprin z. he throws his foreleg'
round the hindlegs of the deer, aud
having thus tripped him up, seize:
him by the throat with a mcrciless
grasp which he seldom rclaxes till ht
tastes blood. Next to tiger hunting
there IS no sport IN India which more
powerfully conl'n"nds itself TO mel
who can ride and employ some mus
j cdiar lore o. the right arm. tiian th'
tnaSe ol ihe wild boar. The opera
no, OF M pioughn al have mater
u" co!i!rh' te Inc 1eedinS-gfouht
the SWINE; but even in''s cIrcum
"rtlon there is still wide fell fol
pig stIck!ng. as long as there ex
list sugar-canc khet (i'.hiiiation)
anu animals enough are now left Il
Df'ch from. there will never lie :
scarcity n1 souhdels OF hog. In th'
west aud southeast of India are
loand the huntlns-@rounds where
,h' porclhe game swarms, and th'
Ar"n Is tne best, because the mos
s"refooted horse that can be mounted
III pursuit OF mat particular Kind I"
@a'ie. Armed Only with spear, nr
Sing the horse to speed i'll The chase
ana employing nerve in cncounterins
the boar charge. the sportsman vii
lind his Uiood hca.thiiy stiryei All,
his mind cxl,ilcratcd III the gallant
other rewards than the sensation o
. triumph and the TENSION of the mus
cles: The flesh of tire rni,rhty l,,,r j.