PIG-STICKING IN BENGAL 137 



21st March 1886, when twenty- one boar were killed. 

 The late Archie Hills owned Patkabari, and was, 

 I think, an Honorary Member of the Club, who were 

 his guests at this meet. 



Under the Rules of the Club any one who killed 

 a sow, or who speared a boar on his near side, was 

 liable to a fine of one dozen champagne, and the 

 penalty seems to have been inflicted on more than 

 one occasion, the principal offender being a sports- 

 man who shall be nameless, and who also had an 

 unpleasant habit of throwing his spear at a boar. 



From what I have been told by old members of 

 the Tent Club I think one of the chief reasons why 

 pig failed them was because they killed small 

 boar. This is an undoubted mistake, and nothing 

 should be killed under 28 inches. If small boar are 

 killed before they are of a really rideable size, the 

 supply soon fails. 



The " Shikarpore Hunt," which was originated 

 by Malcolm Crawford about ten years ago, hunts, 

 in the Nadia district, principally at Moiscoondie 

 and on the neighbouring " churs " of the river 

 Ganges. The hunt coat is blue with gilt buttons 

 with a boar's head embossed on them, and the 

 letters S.H. The button is given to no one who 

 has not taken twenty contested first spears. 



" Squire " Cresswell and Crum have now 

 resuscitated the Tent Club, and with their young 

 entry and the ground at their disposal I see no 

 reason why the new Tent Club should not enjoy 

 better sport than the old Club, provided they kill 

 no small boar. Their bag last year, which was 

 their first season, was fifty- six boar. 



Simson's book on pig-sticking, published in 1886, 

 still is, as it was then, the standard work and last 



