Sporting Trips of a Subaltern 



drink than a tiffin coolie, and can also take an 

 unlimited supply of venison, etc., home. I saw 

 some find herds of black buck my first day, but 

 was only able to bag one. 



Next day I made for some low, rocky hills, 

 the home of the chinkara gazelle, the real object 

 of my visit. These hills were very bare, cover 

 there was none, and the "chink" were almost 

 unapproachable. In the morning I kicked up 

 a wolf almost at my feet, but starting off at top 

 speed he was out of sight, over a ridge, before I 

 could get my rifle to my shoulder. Late in the 

 afternoon a very long stalk, ventre d terre, resulted 

 in an indifferent chinkara, and with this I had to 

 be content, as though I toiled all the following day 

 till I had to drive back to Delhi for an evening 

 train, I never got another chance. 



About this time I had a horse " cast " from my 

 troop at the earliest possible age limit. This horse, 

 C. 104, was a " waler " (Australian), with a well- 

 shaped frame, but for years he had been a great 

 trouble to me and my troop-sergeant, as, despite an 

 allowance of food far in excess of the regulation, 

 he never could be induced to put on any condition 

 whatsoever, and the first long day in the field 

 reduced him invariably to skin and bone. I tried 

 putting a trumpeter on him, but the extra gallop- 

 ing entailed thereby more than nullified the 

 advantage of the lighter weight. Eemedy after 



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