Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-10-02
4 FOUR FOOTED CONTEST.

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But, your exceliency,T said the officer ad
dresseai- '.if the stallion should win, the girl
will go to Bombay with uie, according To
ysur august promlser
Tue ,lllsky pc entate waved his arm, whose
jewel stiTeed sleeve fairly blazeI with the
movement
You have my word, Sahib.' was his super
cilious reply The word Of DJanpudra
Hassan. IA jah Of Nagpoor, Is his bond"
Certainly called out Maj Poindexter,
another red coatei officer Of the group. But
II you are 80 sure Of your tiger winni ., ex
celency, Will lay you an additional thou
sand Of rupees on Nadska, the mountain
stallion"
The n jan inclined his head in assent, and
the wager was duly registered by an obse-
qulous white rohed secretary at his elbow.
Tue arena was a deep walled circular pit,
about 100 feet In diameter. and around thls
tue tiers Of seats. with a capacity of 5000
spectators. roae 50 steeply as to give every
one, even tue humblest, a complete view of
the interior, and yet grant immunity from
tue dercrst wild beasts spring.
la addition 10 til. throng Of personal at
teniauts surrounding the raJah in the cor
geousiy tapestriel state compartment sacred
" his accommodation, there was a group OF
English officers, Respondent IN their scarlet
uniforms
The first one Of these TO whom the rajah
had addressed himself was Col Mohun, and
at his side was a singularly beautiful young
Hindu gIrl, tue Mahala referred to Every
thing was at STAGE with the poor child IN the
unique combat that was about To ensue
Mohun bad TO md her with band Of Chant
dancing women or Hindu gypsies Of the
Deccan, and secretly verified a ruinor that
she Was the last surviving child Of Muley
Hassan, half brother of the present ra jan Of
Au,lpoor who had, after usurplng the throne,
fouIly murdered all the othtr rlghtfu heirs,
many OF whom he had thrown prey TO his
fayorte tigers The rajah had only been
prevented from wrestling MabaIa from her
self constituted protector through a whole
sone.feat OF he british conquerors. bat lad
at last exerted his nailgn and still powerful
nslstence to such all extent that the present
contest bad been agreed on as a test OF the
girls guardianship,
The ajah agreed to pit his champion fight
ing tiger DJerldsowka against a white stall
lion, likewise noted for his combatIve dis
position, that Col Monun had obtained from
the foot hills of the Western Giants, justly
celebrated for their fine cavalry stock, much
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and heelS invariably to the TO-.
"DjcrldgowSas way DJeridGowkas pet
tricsr chuckled he rajah, rubbing his Jew
eled hands together "Sahib Colonel. IN two
minutes Aadsaas satin sSln viii toe III red
rbbonst
The tiger was. FOR very truth, prodigy
even for those days, when larger and tiercer
specimens were made prisoners than now
lie WAS four feet tall at tile shoulder, pre-
ciselY ciSAt feet in length from tip to tip, and
corrcspondingly proportloaed, with ierocIty
that was at tdut tslne proverblaI throughout
lnda
Round and round nro.'led the monster witt
no more sound than would have been pro-
duccd hY the FOOTBALLS OF kitten