The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
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Vo HA v V ~ the official weapon of the Kadir cup It's advantage appears in pursuit over uncertain country. Its length and un- derhand carriage enable the rider to keep the boar at a distance from the horse. But the short "jobbing" spear is more suitable for the jungle, where the point of the long spear may be de- Elected by bushes at full gallop with carried when riding through heavy growth. Unlike the longer spear. it en- ables the rider to receiEes charges from the extreme right or the rear, both of which are favorite tactics with the boar. Chiefly it is commended for mak- ing it necessary for the rider to came alongside of the boar, more sporting and exciting situation. It enables him to deliver the downward perpendicular thrust in the middle of the back, which is most effective. But the short spear calls for greater skill and strength from the rider, and in the event of the falls so common in this rough and tumble sport the short. spear is likely to be a menace to both horse and rider. If the spear is wrenched from the rider IS grasp and left, as sometimes happens standing in the boar, the swaying lead en butt in the charging brute is another menace to the field. r5y.
 Pig-sticking calls for expensive horse flesh. The Arab, quick. courageous and handy, tranied to jump a cactus hedge mud wall, or a dry watercourse or swim river, is the ideal mount. The Indian boar sets pace. The touch-and. go scurry typical of the polo field makes polo ponies the best material for pig, sticking There are lots of Walers, the big Australian horses that are used for Indian cavalry charges, but they are not so handy after "jinking" (dodg- ing) pig, and are preferable in open galloping country with the long spear.
 General Baden-Powell, the Boy Scout protagonist, was great pis-sticker in India in his subaltern days, and wrote the standard work 32r years ago in which he said good word for the light Indian galloway scorned by his successor with the pen, jor Ward TOD, and the Indian princes and British sportsmen with lengthy purses
 "A bad 'un to tackle, "a worse one to chase" the Indian boar first became a quarry in the eighteenth century in Bengal, where the British first settled An East India company officer relates that it was the rule to throw the spear from horseback, like the javelin. This entailed having grooms with spare spears within reach. Bnt.it was also a dangerous performance when more than one rider chased the same pig
 In every district where two or three horsemen are able to come together a tent club is formed for pig-sticking Word is brought from the outlying sec. tions that pigs are in the crobs. The master sets date, directs the erection of the clubs mess tent in suitable coun. try, and the members arrive bringing their own tents, servants, and horses Thus the cultivators, besides getting rid of their destructive enemy. add to their income by selling vegetables and horse iced to the camp. In few sections the cold season is chosen. but pig-sticking enthusiasts find it at it's best from March, when the heat begins to in. crease until it is almost unbearably hot and the monsoons come in June.
 The kadir cup is usually run off in March mad is the most elaborate and popular event of the sporting world The finest riders and horses come from all over India for the meet, Many ele. phants form line to beat the tall grass of hte Kadir. The enormous field, com. posed of experts, takes a week or more to eliminate in a series of closely con. tested heats. There are referees and an umpire directing operations from ele plants, while each heat has also its umpire. As soon as a. boar is sighted the order to ride is given the three or four horsemen in each heat.
 Follow The Pig
 The first of three riders to spear though not necessity to kill the boar wins the heat, and not he who deals the coup de grace. And so with plenty of spills and invariably one severe accident year, Indian and British horsemen strenuously contest the cup. You can't as in fox hunting. choose your own line. You follow the pig wherever he goes. The last day, when the final heal ot three successful spears ride for the cup, is the most exciting and is fol. lowed by the famous hog-hunter's cup polnt-to-pOint, carrying spear. which was won in q ding-dong race by the Prince of Wales in 1922.
 These are the rules of pig-sitcking Always gallop fast at a boar; never walk. Always ride at him or receive his charge at an angle, never head on In race for first spear, ride with A loose rein and as fast as, the pig, so as to negotiate unseen jumps. Where a pig goes ahorse may go. Hounds indicate the line of country in fox chasing. But the pig may ''jink' under your spear and wound or knock his legs Aonl under him and attack you before you are up. Many pig-sticker has been obliged to receive his charging quarry on foot. A pig does not hesitate to jump. over a precipice. Deep rocks and dry irrigation ditches are nothing to him. He often swims river full of treacherous quicksands. But xou must go after him. And in the high grass 1t sometimes happens that you are charged by hidden panther with noth. ing but hog-spear for defense.
 Pig-sticking, after polo, remains the only oriental field sport which appeals to the west, but which can never leave those regions where Moslem or Hindu religious susceptibilities hold the pig in horror.
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