Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1894-05-28
i. SPORT In INDIA.
Train the Panther to
Catch Deer.

q Catch Deer.
c.re Nothing for Amusement I'm
Il - ,,nanied by Physical Suffering
I'D Danger-Battle of Hands
\ ID the Swinging Festival.
land of sport, but occident-
/ a y : much surprised to find
- to be appreciated by the
- lid Hindoo, must have some
e,,,a1 about it, either to man or
n is to India, by the way, that
], and America owe polo, which
/, t,odueed into British canton
Nv the Manipuris. Hindoos are
IN, fioAters, says writer in the
..ancisco Chronicle. Large sums
I'm ore spent on these contests,
4 The birds furnished with spurs
e. the eombats still more san
The cocks use only natures
IL and the wounds inflicted are
enough to satisfy the Hindoo
u for bloody speetacles. OF horse
the Hindoo is passionately fond;
race will practically close all
Is The government printing
al 4llahabad have on occasions
alosed because the compositors'
Ionad their cases to see the races.
snlechase where there is every
'iIitY of some one being thrown
q wonderful fascination on the
who do not hesitate to call
Elves the greatest physical cow
4 the world. Their hunting, too,
be cruel order. Panthers, or, as
he called in India, cheetahs, are
a to pursue deer and kill them.
is no risk attaching to the hunt
Ii there is great deal of danger
unfortunate shekari who trains
Droeious beast. The panther is
Iolded, a leash is placed around
;dale. and he is thus LED to the
where deer can be found, or to
the deer have been driven by a
1 of heaters. The assemblage,
led upon elephants or horses or in
vances, keep a respectful distance
the cheetah, who is led into the
ind the hood quietly removed and
ash slipped. The cheetah, when
Isly hungry, has been known to
upon his trainer as the quickest
and this IS the supreme, the ago
moment. The cheetah stands
hit, his forelegs stiffening and his
lowIy moving He purrs like a
cat, looks angrily around him,
crouehing, bounds after his prey.
cheetah catches his victim and,
g it by the throat, buries his
deeply, sucking in the blood
greedy gasps. The trainer APP
hes gently, so gently that his
II can scarcely be heard. The
III is growing ominouslB. His
eats his sides in feroeious impa-
. Quietly the man steals toward
beast and slips the hood
he eyes; then the leash is passed
d and al danger is averted.
head of the deer has to be sew
still leaving in the cheetah's
! goodly lump of bleeding
There is nothing very sports
Ike in this performance, but
is a great deal of danger attach
o it, and that danger devolves
one man. There have been cases
, the panther has absolutely re-
to chase the deer, but has devot-
entire time and attention to the
ng party. Then the game was not
a success.
llainous amusement in India is
allied panjan. Itconsists in lock-
lnds and seeing who can be made
,el. There is no fur in it, but
t is assiduously cultivated and
are daily being broken IN this
form Of sport. Kite dying is
lal affair and bets OF the most ex-
linary magnitude are made as to
haH cut his opponents string.
swinging festival, or ehurruk,
!, is another form of pleasure
could only satisfy a race natu-.
'ruel. There is now a good deal
respondence between the India
and the government of Calcutta
= Yiew Of stopping this detest-
sport. Hundreds of Europeans
he scene and leave imlneasurably.
ted, but the natives find much to
III 1t and beat their tom toms
Iow their pipes with great gusto,
the poor victims are swinging in
:. This sport has some remote,
ction with religious rite, and
sn who hermit themselves to be
tortured are probably fulfilling
lideous VOW. Vows in India are
on, and no vow can avail unless
torrance inflicts some dreadful
lment upon the body. The affair
managed: A devotee has hook
through the muscles of his back,
hook Is tied to the end of a
ole. This beam can be tilted for
press purpose of having victims
ed to it. After the man is Sc
lashed to the pole he is lifted
to the air with his hands folded
chest and the body fairly hang
y the hooks. There is no other
IT. The muscles of the back
hold him to the hook. The pole
q rotated by pulling on the ropes
copnterbalance end, its attach
on the vertical part permitting
. rotation. This gentle amuse-
the Indian government intend to