St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-02-29
TIGER LOOSE IN a DAIRY.
Surprise of Thirsty Bull When the Bis
Cat aWoughed' In His Face.

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Cat t'Woughed'' In His Face
There was considerable excitement
at Mysore recently. One of tho
maharajah'a tigers got loose and was
not recaptured for over 4s hours
Allowing tigers and other wild animaIa
| to escape out of confinement seems
common event IN Mysore. During the
time of the late maharajah one got out
| of his cage in the menagerie. and also
| during his fathers reign a tiger loafed
ell over the fort whole day, going in
and out of peoples houses, but strange
to say, on none of these occasions has
anyone been injured.
The tiger in the present instance is
one which is kept by his highness' dairy
to keep away the .evil eye" from the
cattle. He was netted for Lord Lansl
downe to shoot when his excellency
visited Mysore a few years ago and is a
splendid brute. The dairy is a very
large yard, with open sheds al round
in which the cattle are tied, the tigers
cage being close TO one end and foun-
tain near the other. The tiger got out
about seven p. m. and calmly stroIled
arounds the place being full Of cattle
and people at the time; but, ,fortunate-
ly, he had no desire whatever to taste
stall-fed beef, or Hindoo either. al
though he passed within few feet OF
the cows and the men, and after exam
ming them all quietly lay down by the
fountain.
BY nine o'clock a couple Of elephants
brought down the nets and Gordon
was run around the place, preventing
the tiger escaping or getting at the
cattle, when two rather amusing Incl
dents occurred. A COW managed to get
into the yard, and after skipping abous
for some time rushed into part OF the
net closest to the tiger; and for soma
time struggled franticaIly to get loose.
Every one fully expected that the cow
would be killed. Finally, however, a
number of men went out and held the
wretohed animal down and removed
the net Hardly was this over when
splendid stud bull got over part OF
the net which had fallen down, and after
careening about theyard just as the COW
had done, rushed right up to the foun-
tain and dipped his nose into the wa
ter. Evidently he had no idea the tiger
was there or he would never have gone
up in the style he did. However, after
drinking, he looked up, when the tiger,
who could not have been more than a
few feet away, "woughed" in his face,
and the way that bull went away after
that did ones heart good to see. These
were two grand opportunities for
witnessing "how the tiger seizes his
prey" particularly as there were
several sportsmen about, but unfortu-
nately it was not to be.
After worrying the poor brute for
two days and two nights, during which
time he got into the net once, he quiet
" walked into his cage and was shut
up. The cool and indifferent way in
which Bassapan Yrs fossilized hunt
ers, with their fearfully and wonder
fully made hundooks, walked up and
down past the tiger was most amusing.
What they ywou1d have done in the event
of the tiger making for one Of them
it is hard to tell. The claws have
grown into the pads of the tiger, and
the wretched animal seems to be
suffering great pain. Had 1t not been
fer this there would doubtless have
been very different tale to tell
Asian.