New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-04
PANTHER HUNTING IN INDIA
/. n,rrrc1r1,r AND UNPRoDUCTIvE SPORT
AND THE METHODS OF PURSUING IT,
From The Field.

From The Field. ,ieh+
OF al forms OF sport in India sitting up al t ng
over a. bait for panthers is about the most u,teiH
Wearisome and most unproductive ana YEA v,a near
Ons near to which pan tpd srs more OF or less
Generally without ever having seen, m Hr1res II
6ags Paapth he ro s htef Of trying
once again when some village shk his age every
reports 1ndf has Slled large number OF the VII
layers or goats The me'nGa spoPtsman sits
n r1rin N tree on native bedstead generally While
underneath the tree Is tethereo ,nao, any nan
thar Which may be in the neghborhood within close
range OF the sportsman above him VI eouise, ,ot
sine qua non. as a lantern with the glass covered
with white tissue paper hung in Tree Over on espe
cialy If the ground round the kid is covered WIN YIN
chat (Which is procurable at every viase e as than
I II only the dark ground were beneath him one
reason for the non-success OF thls I or ~ night
does not 70 his rounds in that jungle or else .n ne
comes so late that the sportsman, oleo or % what il
Tp fU Commonly the case both sportsWa1 and
kid have gone to sleep at their posts Not come 11
S %ith Sus S"fh ike @ railway engine the spOrts
is taken BY surprise d 5hst ne snd ali native
h hs do creak. and Of course. scares the
panther II campehsr Is placed upon so ene as 10
s5s sSs anh nv asff rGu Is possible hours
with great comfort oS ana w Forward and take
Ell s6an yna snS fat hV On ones
Is far more tscb for length o. time. The kid
generally loudly for half or aGes 20 seep
after er witch nothing on earth will make him oieat
This the greatest ar S aSS e Rd beats he
Wst as we'll 20 home at once, as there Is nothing
10 attract the panther.
KEEPING THE KID LIVELY.
There are several ways of keeping the KID awake
and ves o5 more e er SsS method is to
kids one be tied up under the mach snn,e Mace
Few DC hundred Yards away in the direction from
which the panther is least likely 70 come 70 re
one me-" there is panther about and If he does
not run away he viii probably fall ASLEEP When When
b Sa wo Should be Quietly whsed up and the kids
changed; and when the fresh klu aISo tiod IN
By this means sportsman can have a. kid ItsI ne
ing under his tree from sunset 10 srhI1 Must con-
fess never had must have sat up over oven s saw
twenty twenty-five times 6e5e e Tew evT at
last and then only after began TO try the pan
Of h@yHs s d farce P panh wn had been
lot Of mischief for some months at g t5s local
twenty miles IRON me- to So ana try for him So
having sent my camp ana TWO d MOS aS Sn o. m
t and rssed up ' not far from the village
and between 1t and a rather extensive 'u"s'0 '
which the panther generally came.
THE PANTHER THAT DECAMPED.
Il got into my machan at dusk, and had to change
the ski kids only once before heard the panther
gruniing in the jungle about quarter Of mile Ne
him and began to think he had passed on But
ali Of a sudden he came with TREMENDOUS rum
from S SsRnd moved oo ay for the
was before / used eamp-chair) creaked and the
nnG sy at GoS Snc' II "sP
minutes he began to crawl very slowly towar nff my
again rushed at the kid caught 1t by the neck
10 on T been Tns Rs iS T ham
mered into the ground. and Il came out when me
Reavg and made such ac noise as bumped
the hard ground that the. panther was startled.
y YARDS ise he q lay d and watched The kid
nearly quarter Of an hour He then 6ega an to
him come too near for fear he should make another
rush and make off with the kid before could get
ired at his chent-not very large mark to aim at
by moonlight When fired he gave loud wough;
get second shot could not find any blood that
night; next morning found few drops but could l.
nothing of the panther, so gave him up as lost
SUCCESS AT LAST.
| Next day beat the Jungle in the neighborhood
| for spotted deer without success. and when mad
finished the last beat sent man to look at
srns Of pan panther nG having entered it. He reported
he ad hs slR panther at a h nd Of he
into the b9Trow On going to look at the place
friend of the night before was there I collected
nd and to e OF he end
long bamboo, with view to boiling the panther
! from the burrow. | fancy he must have heard
| US walking about over his head, for, with loud
roar he suddenly charged out Of the hole and
made straight for a man who had Jagged behind
without my knowing IT, He got up his hind
| legs placed his paws the mans chest and
back and tried to bite his face AS it happened;
! the bullet / fired at him the night before had
broken the beasts right foreleg half way up SO
that when he seized The man the broken leg, gave
way and man and panther fell TO the ground.
| on the top of the other. The panther Immediately
! left the man and bolted into some thick jungle;
! i went to the other end of this Jungle, and had
him driven CIT by stones thrown from the hillside
| above. He came within thirty yards of me and
stood there looking at the bcaters. and killed him
| on the spot with q bullet through the shoulders
| Except for a small scratch the man was quite un-
| hurt The panther male and measured
| seven feet three and one-hah inches.