Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-29

much damage. and In this respect 7
nave always thought the Kadir is
E"' quite as sporting or entertaining
Us pE-St!ck, where you have 10
HSht your pig till either he is
srassed. or he has erased you.
mere is no bct;er-piucked animal
III an the jungle than 4 pig: he is
COCK walk. and the only thing
oil which tiger is afraid. An nlc
phant has deadly dread of him
ana he Is no bad Judge, for when
you come to consider that some pips
WIKI scale between nineteen ami
twenty-five stone and have tushcs
nine TO fourteen inches long. sharp
rs bayonets. and that the gentleman
Is ready TO fight SO long as he ha.
got drop OF blood in his BODY, he IL
'hc kihd OF opponent for which most
people would have respect. \ pig
VIII not wait to be attacked; he is
Always out for the offensive
big Game Shooting.
II Is, of course. the duty of cvcry
Eody who wants to learn all about
INDIA to kill his tiger and bring
nome his skin. There are three forms
OF this cntcrtainmcnt-shoo him
on foo' which is only attempted by
people who arc either anXious for
quick passage to Nirvana, or mr.,
SO brave that they ought not to he
"iioWcd 10 walk about the earth
none shooting from thing called q
ihaChan. which is a sort OF pla,rnru,
ragged up in the fork Of big tree:
ana a big drive with a whole division
OF beatcrS and about a regiment ana
halt OF elephants. The first, of
course is tho true game. and is tho
/ way that intrepid forest officers and
the hide of pig without doing him
cracked-brain game enthusiasts take
IL on. tiger. We viii say, has been
/ NiIiing the populacc or cattle in u
| certain district at tho ratio OF about
man or a COW day. according to
now hungry he happens to be- and is
marked down. The gallant "sladia-
tor then collects AZ many Lcat.rs
as he can manage TO put heart into 10
drive him. and takes up his stand nj
I some point at which he hopes he NAV
get shot. Perhaps the tiger gets
me hrst chance, and then as u rule
there Is only brass button left OF
the intrepid hunter. Sometimes he
IL more fortunate.
When the King was in India in
WI and was shooting in Ncpa! at
the foot Of the Iiimalayas with tn.
Maharaja Of Ncpal, he did ii from an
"l"phant-in my opinion a most dic-
lcu!t form OF shooting. for YOU need
1" lac something OF "a naval gunncry
"Apcrt to get on your target The
total bag of that shoot was thirty
nine tigers. twcnty-four of which
were credited TO his Majcsty's rifle;
they got eighteen rhino. and four
bears Of the type which IS common
IN the hills
The real sport. however. in my
opinion. is To lac found when the
expedition is of Il less ambitious ina
turc. For instance. In the Delta OF
the GangcS. Il cluster OF islands called
the Sundcrbans are thick with tigers.
II is not Il healthy spot in which TO
walk about. but If YOU are prepared
10 brave malaria and other discom-
forts YOU VIII get more targets here
than even in the Central Provinces,
which is midas recognized tiger
land. or in the junGlcs at the foot of
the iimaiayaS. The isolated sports
man who goes out on this kind OF
cscapadc has been known to indulge
in methods which. to my idea. are not
strict cricket" For instance, a
Creek tiger slayer. whom | know
very intimately. used TO have what is
called a tic-up. that is to say kid
or calf tied To a. tree adjacent to his
machan. and on the ground near tho
tie-up he had an electric bulb; tho
switch he held i'll his left hand with
his rife. and when the eventual
charge happened he pressed his
switch, Illuminated the target and
plugged poor old stripes" | often
wished the tiger would win. for he is
q gallant focman. and | am certain
that IL IN" positions had been re-
verscd he would never have descended
to such "A suburban trick.
Thirtrcn-"oot Tiger Slain.
IL would he dangerous. suppose.
10 state what the record tiger is.
but Rowland ward gives him as
about II feet before being skinned.
IL feet 10 inchcs when lie il dressed.