The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-14
AAHARhIAH' 5 ODD SH|)N'
BRITISH GENERAL ENTERTAINED
AT JEYPORE BY FIGHTS OFF
VARIOUS KINDS
BIRDS AND BEASTS CONTEST
Couches Covered With skins of IT,
gers Which the High OmciaI
Had Killed Him
self.
Jeypore Gndla) Cor. New York Sun

Jeypore 0ndia) Cor. New York Sun.
General Palmer, the communicating
chief OF the British forces in Ind a. came
to Jeypore yesterday morning He is
making a tour Of the northern cities.
chiefly for the purpose of inspecting the
garrisons. Wherever the commanding
general goes he not only receives an Off
cial welcome from the British residents
and the army, but Is also entertained by
distinguished native citizens The Ma
harajah of Jeypore arranged in the after
noon an exceedingly novel entertaining emit
for him.
1t was a combat of various kinds Of
wild and domestic animals and birds
There are vast stables attached to the
Maharajah's city palace which accom-
modate more than 100 fine horses, These
stables inclose great arena, at one end
of which is a handsome platform con-
Structed mainly of polished marble The
battles of the beasts and birds began
at o'clock in the afternoon in the arena
in front of the platform.
Gen. Palmer and his party arrived at
that hour and occupied the platform fac
ing the arena. All around the great field
were gathered thousands Of natives CAV
ly dressed in their brightest garments.
Then two Indians wearing the oliye-col-
ored turbans Of the Maharajahs house
hold, brought out in front of the specta-
tors cages containing brilliant plumaged
birds as large as American quails.
The birds were released, and Instantly
flew at each other and began a fierce
contest. This combat lasted only a few
minutes, and then other attendants
brought out the chickens for a cock fight.
After that about twenty deer Of the
specie called black bucks in India were led
into the field.
The blackbucks are not so large as the
common deer found in the mountains OF
New York state, but they are armed with
pair of great antlers twisted like a
huge corkscrew. The antlers are usually
two feet along on an average deer. Each
buck was led by two men who walked
on either side Of it. Ropes thirty feet
long were fastened to the deer's head
and in this way the men We're able to
prevent the animals escaping into the
crowd Of spectators.
The bucks were paired off, and soon 10
separate battles WERE holly raging Be-
fore locking their black antlers the willy
antagonists would, as, prize-fighter
would say, spar for an opening. Then
suddenly they would lunge forward in
terrible collision. The bucks We're full of
pluck and fought for iens minutes, when
they were pulled partGbyethe attendants
After the bout a pair of immense rams,
with great, curling horns, were driven be
fore the stand from opposite sides Of the
arena. When sixty feet apart, the mo-
ment they saw each other, they rushed
forward, and their iron heads met in such
terrific impact that both rams fell back
ward. 'fel q
Immediately they backed off in opposite
directions, as a college high jumper
might do before making his leap, until
they were fifty feet apart, when they
again shot forward each at his living
target. The ram that ran the swiftest
and the farthest would always succeed in
throwing back his foe. In these fights it
happens sometimes that "a rams head is
split open and he is killed In the first
onslaught.
There were three or four ram fights
and then a dozen large deer were led out
After them came a score Of wild boars,
some large and some small. Each boar
was securely held with ropes They sur
prised all the spectators who had not pre-
viously seen such contest by the COM
paratiye tameness of their battle. The
biggest boars seemed bent more upon
charging the keepers and the crowd than
upon fighting their selected antagonists
When fighting they stand upon their rear