Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-03-12
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AFTER THE ELEpHAN rs.
4 Royal Hunt in India Enjoyed by O MAJ
from New jersey.


4 Royal Hunt in India Enjoyed by Man
from New jersey.
The following account of royal ele-
plant hunt at Aynthia, India, WAS writ
ten home by New Jersey man who hap
pened TO witness that interesting event:
"The stockade In which the elephants
are yearly captured" no says, us a
quadrangular piece OF ground, incloscd
by q wall some six feet thick, having an
entrance on one side through which the
elephants are made TO enter the inclos-
ure. Inside the wall is fence Of strong
teak stakes driven into the ground close
together, allowing only sufficient room
between them to permit the passage OF
q man. In the center Is small house
erected on poles and strongly supported
and surrounded by stakes. wherein men
nre generally stationed for tho purpose
OF occurring the animals, but on this oc-
casion the elephants were let loose upon
An open plain behind the arena and then
capturcd. The wild elephants being
then In the bamboo Jungle in the vicin-
ity oi Aynthia, having been deeoyed
from great distance in the interior and
kept In readiness within q few hours
tourney for the appointed day, and as we
were informed Of their near approach to
ms we remained and Witnessed the wild
boasts being lurod by the tame ones.
''The sight to us was novelty. You
SOC over an immense plain OF some dis
lance . few tame elephants with their
riders ahead Of at least two hundred,
wild ones, largo and small. You see
them nearing you closer and closer,
until they approach tho stockade, whom
the tame elephants form front-and
fancy fifteen tame bensts hemming In
some two hundred wild ones in small
space-when they were pressed forward
through the entrance ono by one. Hero
we Experienced some excitement, Some
go through quietly, others refuse, show
fight, charge tho line OF front, and on
several occasions broke through, whom
of 20 tho tame elephants and bring
them back, and 80 by patience and per-
severance the whole number is driven
In. Tho gate Is then closed and they
remain within tho Enclosure 10 await
tho pleasure Of the King.
"Early the next morning the King ar
rived, accompanied by large concourse
OF mobiles. At about eleven o'clock he
arrived at = sort OF grand stand and OPP
erntions commenced. The beasts that
had boon penned up oil night we're let
out through another gate opening into
plain, whore such as the King admired
were caught. Ecre again the scene was
exciting, II an animal which Is admired
escapes, chase Is Immediately made
after 1t by tho tame elephants, the driver
Of which throws lasso to catch the
fngltivo's foet. Having effected this,
the animal upon which no rides leans it.
self with all Its power the opposite way,
and thus brings the other violently on
the ground. 1t Is then strongly bound
and conveyed to the elephant stables.
One largo male made its escape through
tho front ranks and was lost among the
ruins and Jungle of tho old city. Nat
urally enough accidents arc OF common
occurrence, men being killed by the IN
furiated animals. which arc frequently
confined for two days in tho Enclosure
without food. l am happy to say that
no accidents OF a serious nature occurred
on this occasion. | have only to chron-
icle few upsets OF no Importance
From the two hundred elephants that
were decoyed the King selected some
twenty OF tho best The remainder
were driven into tho interior to await
tho ensuing year. Newark Sunday
Call,