Sporting Trips of a Subaltern 



which is one in excess of the regulation. Another 

 parah behaved in a most unaccountable manner. 

 Two of us saw him standing in front of the 

 advancing line ; we galloped at him, but he 

 remained absolutely immovable, and we came to 

 a deadlock, one each side of him. Naturally, 

 we couldn't spear like this, and in due course the 

 coolies came and surrounded him. We thought 

 he was very sick, and allowed a coolie to cut his 

 throat; subsequent examination, however, found 

 nothing amiss with him, and the matter was never 

 afterwards explained in any way. 



The three days' meet resulted in ten boar and 

 four parah stag. 



The competition for the Kardir Cup, the great 

 pig-sticking event of the year, was due to com- 

 mence on March 22. Seven of us went out 

 on March 11, to beat up some rather hilly 

 country on the confines of the Kardir, with the 

 double purpose of enjoying some sport ourselves 

 and driving the pig down to the more rideable 

 country. Directly the line started on the first 

 day, I got away after a boar on Peacock. I lost 

 him in some reeds, but immediately saw two 

 spears riding something beyond. Never doubting 

 it was my boar, I put on best pace to join in. 

 One of them, however, signalled "Sow" (spear 

 held horizontally reversed), and I tried to pull 

 Peacock up quickly to get back to where I had 



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