The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-08-03
TACKLED A BIG TIGER
PLUCKY FIGHT THAT LASTED
A WEEK.
Bull Dog Was Pretty Badly Mauled,
and All the Money in India Couldn't
Buy 1t NOVA Continuous Perform
ance on Outskirts of Jalna. v

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so when a big man eater was discover
ed recently in a garden in the outskirts
OF Jalna, next to a lawn on which sew
eral men and women were playing ten
mis-, there naturally was a big panic
and great scampering to places of
safety.
Capt. r. G.. Burton of the English
army is stationed at Jalna, and he was
enjoying siesta when one Of his
house servants ran in with the news
that a man-eater had just entered the
compound of an empty bungalo near
by. Capt. Burton, with friend and
some native servants, started out to
Stay the beast. A bull terrier, pet Of
the captain, followed, and when they
got to the compound the terrier made
rush into big patch of jungly grass
there and began barking furiously.
Fearing that his pet would be torn to
pieces, the captain called the terrier to
come back. The dog paid no attention
to the summons, but continued to dart
about in the grass, swapping and
snarling at the intruder.
To the surprise of the whole party
the tiger turned tail and fed from the
dog, but on reaching the open the
beast sprang upon one of the captains
native servants and disemboweled him
with one sweep of a monster paw. Be-
fore they could open fire upon it the
tiger had cleared a hedge, crossed the
tennis ground to the accompaniment
of wild chorus OF shrieks as the play
ers fled in dismay, and hid among the
bushes in garden adjoining the court.
BY this time dozen other men armed
with rifles had joined in the chase.
The bull terrier had stuck close to
the heels of the man-eater, and by his
new hiding place. Again the dog
bearded the tiger, but this time at
some distress to itself, for it came
darling out of the bushes with blood
streaming from long cut in its side
made by the tigers claws. The terrier
pluckily returned to the attack, how
ever, and as before the tiger fed from
it. AS it darted into the open with
| the terrier at it's heels, every man in
| the party opened fire, wounding the
| beast severely. 1t managed to get in
| to a small jungle, however, and as by
| this time it had fallen dark and as it
| was believed the tigers wounds would
prevent it's escape, the chase was aban-
doned until morning. 1t was with the
| greatest difficulty that the terrier was
induced to leave the spot.
At daylight it was found that the
| tiger had made its escape. That it had
veen severely wounded was shown by
| big pool Of blood in the jungle where
it had sought refuge. Capt. Burton
determined to have the beasts skin,
| and, accompanied only by the bull ter
| rier, he set out on a hunt for the
tiger.
On the fifth day, when he had Just
| decided to abandon the chase, he was
appealed TO by some natives in vii
| lage about ten miles from Jalna to rid
| them of a tiger that had seized and
mauled a man that day. 1t proved
to be the Jalna tiger, with a broken
leg. The captain organized party,
and with the bull terrier to scent the
trail, they started out to track the tiger
down.
That same afternoon the terrier
drove the tiger out of some thick cover
| into a clump of bushes, and then fol-
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it. The hunters could hear a terrific
combat going on, but could not see a
thing. Presently the snarling and
swapping and rushing around in the
bush came to an end, and the hunt
ers were convinced that the plucky dog
had been killed.
| While they were holding council
| to determine how to get the tiger out
| where they could shoot it, the terrier
| crawled out to them. The gallant lit
| tie fellow was covered with cuts and
| blood. Capt. Burton washed the blood
| off with water from canteen and
| gave him a drink. Then before they
could stop it the dog darted back into
the bushes and renewed the battle.
This attack was short, however, for
the dog was exhausted. Capt. Burton
| decided that the only way to keep the
tiger from killing his pet was to go
| into the bush after it, and he crept in,
| while the beast was in the act
of striking the terrier, he took a snap
| shot that brought the man-eater down
ON the instant. 1t was lucky shot,
| the ball having entered the tigers
brain through the ear. The bull ter
rier was cut up so badly that it was
unable to move, but it recovered from
its hurts, and Capt. Burton now says
there isn't money enough in India to
| buy the dog.