Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1905-06-29
rne FILIPINO IN Sport.
P'eaty Of Game to be Pound n the PARKWAY
Islands

Islands
Al outing appears an article by Ed.
win Wildman OH the Filipino in sport.
Regarding the Filipino rs hunter the
writer says:
Although the Filipino Is something
OF vegetarian. the abundance Of trop-
zeal fruits and the blood-heating prop
ertes Of meat recommending such a
aiet. he keeps his family supplied with
deer, pheasant. snipe and duck on fast
days. But when he goes out for seri-
Gus sport. he hunts the bear. wildcat
or carabaO. as the wild water buffalo
Is called.
1T is not child's play to drop a cara
pao with an ancient carbine OF the
nintiock type: neither is il easy to lay
him low with bamboo arrow. a spear
or oolo. The carabao dies hard. and
mas way Of returning the compliment,
when attacked. putting up a fight that
would do credit TO the African spe-
cies. In fact. he Is liable to see you
first. In which case he opens the ball
without further ceremony. He has no
speed and he knows 1t. 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 that
you are I'm the neighborhOod. and he
Will do the rest. flushing through the
bamboo. .tramping underfOot the nepa
grass. he comes at you like n Philip
pine typhOOn. snOrting and shaking his
great head i'm fury. When within n few
feet OF you'll you are still there-he
lowers his colossal horns for the toss.
Then Is your chance-yOur last chance,
1 might say-for. il you don't stop
him by n well placed ball between the
eyes. or in that vicinity, your danger
Is extreme
Mr.. Wildman then says of the other
varieties OF game: There are three
varieties Of deer. two of them distinct
ly peculiar to the islands. small and fat
footed. something like the little fellow
found on the plains of India. The
smallest is the cherrOiain or mouse
deer. not much larger than a house
cat"
'Snipe. quail and wild duck inhabit
the marshes and the rice fields. but are
so plentiful that it is rather tame bust
ness shooting Them
The writer says that fishing is well
suited to the temperament Of the Fiji
pino. the heat OF the sun having little
effect on his exposed Uranium. Also
that the hunting of beetles he finds lu-
crative. as they bring a good price in
the markets, being regarded as u great
delicacy.
Mr.. Wildman SAYS that the national
sport Is cOck-fighting. and amounts to
a passion with the native: that he may
neglect his family. but he attends to
the diet and housing OF his fighting
cocks with scrupulous care. and that
the government might as well try to
argue the Tagalog woman out of chew
ing the betel nut as to abolish cock
fighting.
He says that racing and fencing,
which General Luna introduced. are the
sports OF the higher class and the rich
half caste.
Regarding the pests of the islands,
the writer says:
Little fear of the snakes need be en-
tertained, despite the stories that have
been circulated. There is but one poi
sonous reptile known. and the natives
have made war upon IL until the species
is nearly extinct. Mosquitoes are. of
course. n pest TO be- dreaded. but the
foreigner I'm the Philippines. when he
goes out for = hunt or a pilgrimage,
packs his mosquito netting before he
buckles on his revolver. In the north
of Luzon. where the altitude is higher,
the mosquito Is less vicious"
In closing Mr.. wldman remarks: 81
do not think that shooting will be pop
ular nor game abundant i'm Luzon for
the next few years. The man behind
the gun Is no longer entirely safe in
the interior and the man without one
would speedily forfeit or realize his
insurance policy"