The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-25
The FILIPINO IN SPORT.
rienty OF uame to be Found in the Far.away
Islands.


, Islands.
In Outing appears an article by Ed
WIN Wildman on the Filipino in spor:
Regarding the Filipino as a hunter th
writer says:
although the Filipino is somethin,
of a vegetarian, the abundance of trop
zeal fruits and the blood-heating prop
erues OF meat recommending such |,
dlet' he keeps his family supplied with
deer, pheasant, snipe and duck on fas,
days. But when he goes out for seri
Gus sport, he hunts the bear, wiIdca,
or carabac, as the wild water buffalo
is called.
1T is not child's play to drop a cara.
pao with an ancient carbine of the
f1intlock type; neither is it easy to lay
him low with a bamboo arrow, a speaI
or oolo. The carabao dies hard. and
has way of returning the compliment
when attacked, putting up fight thai
would do credit to the African spe.
cles. In fact, he is liable to see Won
first, in which case he opens the ball
without further ceremony. He has nc
speed and he knows it, so he employs
his talents that nature provided him
with, and holds his ground.
IF he does not discover you first. all
you have to do is to let him know thai
you are in the neighborhood, and he
will do the rest. Rushing through the
bamboo. tramping underfoot the nepa
grass. he comes at you like a Philip |
pine typhoon, snorting and shaking his
great head in fury. When within a few
feet of you'll you are still there-he
lowers his colossal horns for the toss.
Then Is your chance-your last chance
l might say-for, if you don't stor
him by well placed ball between the
eyes, or in that vicinity, your danger
Is extreme"
Mr.. Wildman then says Of the other
of game: There are three
varieties of deer, two of them distinct
y peculiar to the islands, small and flai
footed, something like the little fellow
'ound on the plains of India. The
smallest is the cherrotain or mouse
leer, not much larger than a house
at"
'Snipe, quail and wild duck inhabit :.
be marshes and the rice fields, but are
o plentiful that it is rather tame bust.
ess shooting them"
The writer says that fishing is vel
uited to the temperament of the Fill
inc, the heat of the sun having little
feet on his exposed Uranium. Also [
nat the hunting of beetles he finds lu a
rative, as they bring a good price IL
he markets, being regarded as a great [
elicacy. n
Mr.. Wildman says that the national c
port il cock-fighting, and amounts tc IL
passion with the native; that he may Ii
eglect his family, but he attends tt
lie diet and housing of his fighting d
'cks with scrupulous care, and thai o
e government might as we'll try te ~
que the Tagalog woman out Of chew u
g the betel nut as to abolish cock u
yhtinc.
He says that racing and fencing sc
hich General Luna introduced, are the al
'Orts of the higher class and the rich ei
llf-caste. Cd
the pests Of the islands u"
e writer says: &c
Little fear of the snakes need be en- ai
despite the stories that have &c
en- circulated. There is but one poi al
nous reptile known, and the natives ~
We made war upon it until the species Id
nearly extinct. Mosquitoes are, OF ~
urse, a pest to be dreaded, but thf oe
'eigner in the Philippines, when he ~
es out for hunt or a pilgrimage nc
cks his mosquito netting before he Ia
ckles on his revolver. In the north nc
Luzon, where the altitude is higher
, mosquito Is less vicious" ."'
n closing Mr.. Wldman remarks: 81 oe'
not think that shooting will be pop Di'
II nor game abundant in Luzon fol ~
next few years. The man behinc 'N'
gun is no longer entirely safe ir
interior and the man without one
uld speedily forfeit or realize his 4
urance policy" out