Back to One of two 9th Lancers albums of photos and sketches `Records of the Gujerat Cup for Pig-Sticking' c1885-1932
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( FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT . ) The Guzerat Pig - sticking Meet of 1887 is now a thing of the past , and , as far as sport is concerned , may be said to have been a great success . entries , however , this year for both the Null Next morning the final heat for the Null Cup was run off between Messrs . Langley , Bulkley and Younghusband , the latter riding Beauty for Tully who had not recovered from the effects of his accident the previous day . One or two pig broke back through the line of beaters and were not ridden , but eventually a large sounder appeared in sight some distance off in front of the line , and the " heat " rode towards it . and Pony Cup were unusually few - several A medium sized boar was selected , but , owing notable pig - stickers ( among whom may be men- to some misunderstanding on the part of the riders , tioned Colonel Hancock and Mr. W. White from the umpire called " No heat " much to the disgust Kattywar , Captain Salmon , last year's winner of of Bulkley , who ( thinking the word to ride had Bombay ) being absent from one cause and another . the " Null Cup , " and the brothers Symons from been given ) gave Templar his head and was on The meet this year was at Bagodra , and , when all to the boar and speared it before it had jinked once . Eventually , another sounder started , and , the were met on the evening of the 7th , it was found biggest pig having been selected , the word to ride that only five ( each with double entries ) would con was given , and , after a closely contested ride be " test the Null Cup " and six the Pony Cup- the latter single entries . After dinner the drawing of tween Bulkley and Langley the former gained first the heats " took place , and , curiously enough spear , which was challenged by Langley , who also speared immediately afterwards . On inspection Messrs . Tully , Langley and Younghusband were blood was found on Bulkley's spear and the heat " drawn together twice , and Messrs . Chance and awarded to him . The question was then raised as Bulkley the same . The draw for the Pony Cup to whether Bulkley had speared the pig across resulted in Messrs . Tully , Langley and Bulkley Langley's horse when the latter was in possession having to oppose each other , while Messrs . of the pig ; but the matter , being referred to the Younghusband , Thatcher and Jardine made up unjire , was decided in Mr. Bulkley's favour . The whole party now commenced We commenced operations on the morning of and three boars were killed by breakfast . the 8th about 8 a.m. , at the dried marshy land evening " khubber " of pig close at hand known as the " Kala Null , " and Messrs . Chance and brought in , and the party turned out and succeeded Bulkley were the first to ride , a fine boar breaking in killing two more boar , making a total of seventeen well in front of them . The word to ride being boars killed in the two days . Next morning the given , Bulkley at once dashed to the front and camp was moved to Dholka , but all cup competition the other " heat . " took first spear almost immediately . Within a was at an end . THE GUZERAT PIG - STICKING MEET . The Cup short space of time , the other " heat " was started after a fair boar , which well tested the merits of the competitors , and first spear was gained by Dr. Tully on his horse Beauty . Barely quarter of an hour had elapsed , when Bulkley and Chance were again despatched after a crafty boar which had more than once broken back through the line of beaters , but eventually was made to face the open country . The riders started rather wide apart , and Chance appeared to have an opportunity of spearing , but , failing to take advan tage of it , let in Bulkley , who scored another win . While this " heat " was being decided , Messrs . Langley , Younghusband and Tally were started after what proved to be a very fast and jinking sow , the first named scoring a clever win , after which the horses were sent home and the competi tion for the Pony Cup was commenced . Messrs . Youngbusband , Thatcher and Jardine were the first to start after a fair boar , who suc ceeded in making good his point and getting into some high rushes , where for a time he was lost . He was , however , shortly afterwards seen " mak ing tracks " some 400 yards the other side of the rushes , and Messrs . Thatcher and Younghusband raced neck and neck for the spear , Jardine's pony refusing to try his best owing to a sowar riding too close behind . This heat resulted in Thatcher gaining the spear which entitled him to ride in the final heat . For the other heat a nice boar broke well in front of the line of beaters , and the word to ride was at once given , when Bulkley - whose pony had the legs of the other two - was soon close on to the pig , which jinked suddenly throwing him out and letting up Tully and Langley . Another jink , however , let up Bulkley again and rather threw out Tally , but he nicked in again at once , and then all three seemed to have an equal chance of success . Bulkley's pony , however , again forged ahead and enabled his owner to spear the boat . Tully , who speared almost immediately after wards , challenged the spear , and Bulkley , instead of stopping and showing the blood on his spear to the umpire , rode on and speared the pig again more than once , thereby forfeiting his claim to first spear and losing the heat . " The final now rested between Tully and Thatcher , and very soon a fine boar ( which turned out to be the best killed of at the meeting ) was started and the word given to ride . The ponies were pretty evenly matched for speed , but Tully's pony seemed the more handy , Thatcher going wide of the boar , which turned and charged Tully before it had been speared once . Here Tully missed a grand opportunity scoring , but , cleverly handling his pony , soon got on to the boar again and speared before Thatcher could quite get up , thus winning the Pony Cup for the third year in succession . This finished the business of the day , the final for the Null Cup being left over for the next day , Bulkley having two chances to Messrs . Tully and Langley's one . All now started after a large sounder of pig , which contained more than one boar , when sud denly , after going but a very short distance , Tully's pony put a foot wrong and came down on his head , throwing his rider heavily to the ground . No one seems quite to know what happened afterwards , but the pony picked himself up and galloped off home , and when Younghusband got up to Tully , he found him unconscious and much cut about the face . Although restoratives were close at hand , some time elapsed before the sporting hono rary secretary regained consciousness , when he was sent home on a charpoy in charge of some faithful attendant as he would not bear of any of the pig stickers accompanying him home , but entreated all to continue the sport , the result being that , before a move was made for tiffin , the party succeeded in killing two more boars , making a total of seven killed by mid - day . About 4 p.m. a fresh start was made , and five more boar were killed before the party relinquished sport for the day and returned to Bagodra . pig - sticking , In the was |
