CHAPTER I 



INTRODUCTORY 



It is twenty-four years since Baden-Powell wrote 

 his charming book on Pig-sticking, and it is no less 

 than twenty -seven years since F. B. Simson's 

 equally classical Sport in Eastern Bengal was 

 published. These works are as true and as valuable 

 as ever, but they are hard to get. 



The water under the bridge never stands still. 

 There has been a great revival of pig-sticking. 

 New Tent Clubs have sprung up ; the class of horse 

 has improved ; preservation, riding, and hunting 

 are carried out on possibly more scientific lines. 



I can tell you of no better men, illustrate to you 

 no finer sport than you will find in the books I have 

 mentioned. I only try to write, in the interval, 

 as I hope, between two pig-sticking campaigns, 

 of the sport as I have known it in the past fifteen 

 years. 



In any affair in life, if a man talks one's first 

 thought is always, " Who is he ? What does he 

 know about his subject ? " So I will tell you what 

 is necessary about the other writers in this book 

 and myself. I love a clear understanding. 



Colonel John Vaughan, D.S.O., of the Cavalry 

 School, lately commanding the 10th Hussars, winner 

 of the Kadir Cup, as well known after pig as he is 



