The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-07

armed. or Should DC. WIN a big sticn
and the end men carry flags. which can
De seen above the long grass and helpto
keep the coolies. in line. Behind them
marches on each wing one of the Sill.
kari's satellites. and in the center is the
shikari himself on horseback, and thes.
officers, like sergeants. keep the line
straight. and exhort. often in Language
more forcible than polite. the apa.heric
coolies 10 strenuous exerfions. The
sPortsinen generally ride a few yards in
advance Of the line. unless. from the ma
ture of the cover the pig il likely to
break back.
\ pig lies usually i'll a kind Of form
like IA hare and will sometimes let a
man or horse almost tread Oh him be
fore moving. and being often covered
with mud or dust is very difficult to see
III the grass and weeds. When. how
ever. he Goes jump up. he slips along at
an incredible speed for the first 30 or 40
yards and then settles down to a very
fast gal.oF. have known boars ut once
on being put up make straight for the
first mar or horse they see before they
have been wounded or touched. and: as
all know. the tusk of the wild boar cuts
like a razor, though luckily the wound
Is usually a healthy. clean cut-verv diff
ferent from a mauling by the fetid claws
OF "A tiger or leopard or tine thrust of a
stays horn.
Wherever IA pig gets up one of the
sections go after it. and there are various
little rules as 10 how the pig should be
attacked and in what order. The most
important rule is never to drop your
spear, still less throw it at the pig, as
some beginners have been known to do.
Spears are weighted with lead at the
handle, and when dropped from the hand
in the long grass, the sharp end, being
the lighter, naturally sticks mp, so that
the next horseman or beater may be
wounded. | know of several horrible &C
cidents that have happened in this way.
The man who first draws blood gets
the first spear and is entitled to the
carcass. The body is given to the coolies
to eat, and the head is taken home by the
triumphant sportsman to adorn his bum
galow hall. or the tushes are taken out
and made into some knickknack. Of
course he is in honor bound to help
fairly kill as well as prick his foe, but it
Is the second horseman, riding perhaps
four lengths behind him. who has the
most dangerous part to play. A pig
when wounded rarely pursues his for
mer course, and the leader often loses
touch with him, while his follower has
to bear the full brunt Of q terrific charge.
1t is fatal to receive a boar's charge at q
walk or trot. One cannot go TOO fast
not straight at the pig, but at a slight
angle to him as he charges.
In Bombay a long spear is used, and
the boar is stuck by an CUMBERLAND"
thrust. In eastern Bengal . jabbing
spear is used and is more deadly, l think.
OF course it is unlawful to stick sows.
They cannot hght well. having no tushes.
-Baily's Magazine.
Mamma piped little 5-year-olo
Oracle from across the breakfast table
one Monday morning. ''how many more
days before another sunday coInesy"
"Six," replied ainm promptly.
''Oh. l wish twas 10 said the tot.
Why, my love. Is Sunday such a lone
some day for you as that
YES. It's lonesome, and hanging
her little heaa. Il ge. 80 drefTully hind
Wit my sewing Exchange.