The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-30
HUNTING WITH THE cHETAH.

A Cruel but Exciting Sport INDUCED II
by the HindoOs.
The chetah, commonly known as the
hunting leopard. is taken, bound and
in a wagon, to the scene of the sport
When his prey is sighted and the
wagon has been brought sufficiently
near, the animal is loosed from his
bonds.
In a few minutes. that to our anx.
managed to diminish the distance to
the exquisite point, and again the
straps were liberated. The hood was
then slipped from the chetah's head.
He saw the animals at once; his body
quivered all over with excitement, the
tail Strengthened, and the hackles on
his shoulder stood erect, while his eyes
CLEANED, and he strained at the cord,
which was held short. In second il
was unfastened, there was yellow
streak in the air, and the chetah wa.
crouching low some yards away. In
this position, and taking advantage OF
q certain unevenness of the ground
which gave him cover, he stealthily
crept forward toward buck that was
feeding some distance away from the
others. Suddenly this antelope saw OF
the wind. He was, however, too late:
the chetah had been too quick for him.
All there was to be seen was flash, a.
the supreme rush was made. This
movement of the chetah is said to be,
for the time it lasts, the quickest thing
in the animal world. far surprising the
speed of race horse. Certainly it sur
prised all of us, who were intently
watching the details of the scene be-
ing enacted in our view. The pace wa.
SO marvelously great that the chetah
actually sprang past the buck, although
by this the time terrified animal was
fairly stretched out a panic speed. Thi.
overshooting the mark by the chetah
had the effect of driving the antelope.
which swerved off Immediately from
his line, into running round in circle,
with the chetah on the outside.
The tongas were galloped up, and the
excitement of the occupants can hard
ly be described. In my eagerness to
see the finish, jumped off and took to
running, but the hunt was soon over,
for before 1 couli get quite up, the
chetah got close to the buck, and with
spring at his launches, brought
him to the ground. The leopard then
suddenly released his hold. and sprang
at his victims throat, throwing his
prey over on its back, where it was
held when we arrived at the spot. The
chetah was then crouching low, suck.
ing the blood from the jugular vein,
while tenaciously clinging with his
mouth to the antelope's throat. The
buck gave only few spasmodic jerks
and appeared to be dead, although
probably not SO in reality, but only
paralyzed by fear. One of the men
stopped down and plunged knife in
to the bucks neck close to the spot
where the chetah still held fast. This
coup de grace not only terminated the
poor things existence, but caused the
blood to flow freely, which one of the
men proceeded to catch in a large
wooden bowl with long handle. that
he had brought for the purpose. When
this was full, the hood was thrust over
the chetah's eyes, his letters were re.
placed, and he was ultimately in
duced to let go his hold of the antelope
by the bowl of steaming hot blood be.
ing slipped under his nose. Into this
dainty reward for his trouble he at
once plunged his head, and with Zero.
cious eagerness Tapped up the whole Of
it.-Century.