CHAPTER X 



THE NAGPUR HUNT 



By Lieut.-Colonel F. W. CATON JONES, R.A.M.C. 



WE all love our hunt, and are not ashamed of 

 wishing to see it take its proper place in print 

 among the old Tent Clubs of India. 



Baden -Powell does not mention the Nagpur 

 Hunt in his book on pig -sticking, but we have 

 another famous sportsman as our scribe and poet 

 in Moray Brown. His fascinating book, Stray 

 Sport, is at my side, and his description of a bout 

 with a good old boar makes one long to be in the 

 saddle again. 



There is no competition in our hunt like the 

 Kadir or Guzerat Cups, but the member who takes 

 the greatest number of first spears in the season 

 keeps a very handsome challenge cup until the 

 following year. On this cup are engraved the 

 names of the winners from the year 1863, although 

 it was not presented until 1893. It was designed 

 by F. D. Fowler, J. Moray Brown, and G. D. 

 Giles, the soldier artist. 



Another very beautiful cup is in the permanent 

 possession of the Royal Artillery Mess at Kamptee. 

 It was presented to the Royal Artillery Mess by 

 Colonel MacMaster, Madras Staff Corps, in 1869. 



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