The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-01-31
A TIGER LOOSE IN A DAIRY.
The Surprise of Thirsty Bull When the
Big Cat "NYoughedr In His FACE

Big Cat ''Nvoughed" In His Face.
There was considerable excite.
mont at Mysore recently. One Of
tho maharajah S tigers got loose and
was not rocapturod for over 4S
hours. Allowing tigers and other
wild animals to escape out of con-
hnement seems a common event in
Mysoro. During tho time of the late
maharajah ono got out of his cage
in tho menagerie, and also during
his fathers reign tiger loafed IA
over tho fort whole day, going in
and out of peoples houses; but,
strange to say, on mono of these oc-
casions has any one boon injured.
Tho tiger in tho present instance
is one which is kept by his highness'
dairy to keep away the "ovil eye"
from the cattle. He was netted for
Lord LanSdowno to shoot when his
excellcncy visited Mysore a few
years ago and is splendid brute.
Tho dairy is very largo ysAd, with
open sheds all round, in which the
cattle are tied, the tigers cage be-
ing close to ono end and fountain
near tho other. The tiger got out
about z p. m. and calmly strolled
around, the place being full of cat
tlo and people at the time: but, for
tunately, he had no desire whatever
to taste stall fed beef or Hindoo
eithor, although he passed witt -A
few feet of tho cewgand the men,
and after examining them all quiet.
ly lay down by the fountain.
BY o'clock couple Of elephants
brought down tho nets and Gordon
was run around the place, prevent
ing tho tiger escaping or getting at
tho cattle, when two rather amusing
incidents occurred. A COW managed
to get into tho yard, and after skip
ping about for somo time rushed in
to II part of tho net closest to the
tiger, and for somo time struggled
most frantically to get loose. Every
ono fully expected the COW would
have boon killed. Finally, however,
number of mon went out and held
tho wrctchcd animal down and re-
moved tho net. Hardly was this
over when n splendid stud bull got
over q part of tho net which had
fallen down, and after careening
about the yard just rs tho COW had
dono rushed right up to the foun-
tain and dipped his noso in tho wa
ter Evidently no had no idea the
tigor was there or ho would never
have gone up in tho style he did.
However, after drinking, he looked
up, when the tiger, who could not
havo boon moro than fcw feet
away, "woughod' in his facc, and
tho way that bull went away after
that did ones heart good to see.
These wcro two grand opportunities
for witnessing chow tho tiger soizes
his prey, particularly as thcro were
several sportsmcn about, but unfor-
tunately it was not to be.
Aftor worrying tho poor brute for
two days and two nights, during
which timo ho got into the net once,
ho quietly walked into his cago and
was Shut up. The cool and inditfer-
cnt way in which BassGrali UIs' fos-
siliZed hunters, with their fcarfully
and wonderfully made bundooks,
walked up and down past tho tiger
was most amusing. What they
would have dono in tho event of tho
tiger making for ono of them it is
hard to tell Tho claws have grown
into the pads of tho tiger, and tho
wretchod animal seems to bo suffer-
ing great pain. Had it not Doon for
this there would doubtless have been
q very different talo to tell.-Asian.