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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1907 SOF IND halfa APR 1907 from the NEWS . Souter . was rider bore traces of claimed the spear , but neither blood nor fat | news of a sounder only half a mile could be seen and the heat was awarded to camp , and Owen Symons on Rosette and Sir darsinhji on Black Beer , still bearing marks We now adjourned for lunch and after a of his previous day's struggle with the babul , good rest went off to where a sounder had were sent on ahead with the Umpire and been located . The successful ; both country here was very Dhanna . The sounder was most accurately the jungle through which open , giving a considerable advantage to the located , and broke away in a big cotton field . they best mounted . had ridden . An adjournment was the order to ride being given as soon as the now made for lunch but only a short one , for The Salmon Cup , fourth heat , and Salmon biggest pig of the sounder had parted com Cup first semi - final were sent off almost pany with the rest . Unfortunately this boar pig were plentiful and the day none to long together after the two biggest pig in the was headed by the spectators in his first at for the work before us . Khubber of an out- sounder . The Salmon Cup fourth heat was tempt to leave the field , and made two circles , ( BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT . ) lying boar and of three separate sounders was first over and resulted in a duel between Owen win the spears hot pursuit , before he despatched from was sent after a boar which had been well brought in and heat No. 5 of the Gujarat Cup Symons and Ranjitsinhji of Baria , Darley dashed out over a double fenced lane with Telegraphic summaries towns are often somewhat marked being rather outpaced . Both had chances , Sirdarsinhji in close pursuit and Symons small up - country severely mutilated , and as this has been the gallop between Darley and Crum , the other two This heat produced a good but Ranjitsinhji eventually speared . length behind . The pig made straight for the I case with the several messages that I have being somewhat outpaced , a nice boar of the heat , though a short The Salmon Cup semi - final was a very good corner of an orchard , but finding the fence one . Forbes sent to you this year it will , perhaps , be was the hardly to his liking , jinked to the right first to get on to the pig and had his shot , through another cactus fence into the open , Medlicott then where Sirdarsinhji speared him , Symons never in the in cown . and galloping kind was put up and Darley of but missed mistakes and chance The umpire had seen Forbes , um interest to your readers to peruse an account Crum raced for him , a left - handed jink let in but thought he had missed . written after the meeting which will correct the the former who missed and Crum had a good went on and killed the pig with one spear . really having a chance of getting up . likewise , Darley then as he thought , This left Medlicott and Sirdarsinhji various what more adherent history of the progetting possession and spearing cere than a touch with his first spear and asked to see final for the Gujarat Cup , and a move was ceedings . We met this year at Dholka , a been seen in the morning's work . was a fast run over more open country than had his spearhead , when blood was discerned and made to Trasad , with J. L. Symons as Forbes was given first spear . It turned out pire . Darley had been out since the early third heat , which Sirdarsinhji was Cup The next lot to get away was the Salmon that Forbes had just touched the pig above morning looking for a suitable boar , but had been unable quite to locate a big one little lucky to win ; the boar was a fine speci that had been pugged there . We had a long beat but failed to find anything , and were al most despairing , when the Hon . Sec . , full c resource , a way a most the hock . was a competitors had arrived in camp , as well close ; Brown eventually drove him into a bush the top ladies , Mrs. Boyd , Mrs. Crum and and went on expecting him to break on the a move of the a straight in behind secured him . Miss Croft , spears on every possible occasion . An upper all of whom were out with the his tracks , and Sirdarsinhji who had waited storied bungalow formed the centrepiece of dotted round it were the couple of miles to a dry tank surrounded by jungle , beyond Rampur village . The heat were moving along the righ . hand side of the tank when Thatcher viewed a sounder away to the a left , which he followed , separating a nice boar from it . Meanwhile a spectator had gallopped and The Salmon Cup second heat was also run the spacious compound . between them found himself confronted by a deep well , and Symons had the misfortune to come down to see three good lives lost , even in the ardent heats up to the finals , afterwards giving diary of each day's hunting . a station on the railway about 40 miles from Ahmedabad and a village in the centre of a district full of game , in every suitable spot for a pigsticking Two more boar had been viewed back and competition . The first day's hunting we fixed for Friday , men of the Gujarat pig and in a straight run the two remaining heats of the Brown and Rudkin alternately pressed him Gujarat second chances were got ready . 29th March , and by Thursday afternoon all the start Heat No. 1 was first away . Unfortunately bad one , the boar jinking through a big hedge , in which there was only one gap , immediately after the word to ride had been given . The result was that Colonel Forbes had things all to himself for about half a mile . Then Symons came tents of the competitors , and the horses , about off after a small boar ; in a fast run Colonel great fight ensued between the two , till a ji up and 90 in number , were stabled round the edge of Forbes always led , and won somewhat easily . let in Alister Forbes . The latter again gave through the tank to the only opening This and the next heat , the 6th of the Gujarat way to Colonel Forbes , and fore proceeding further I will give you the heat lost their boar and were disqualified , but The heats were drawn on Thursday and be- / Cup , were run off in thick country ; the latter they drove the boar across a sunk lane , where the umpire , and beat pursuing him . Unwilling names of the competitors and winners of the they had plenty of chances . We now returned to Sakodra for tea , ail the Alister Forbes then had a shot and missed , letting in Colonel Forbes who speared . Gujarat Cup First Chances having been Shortly afterwards the second chances third heats . About hive o'clock Nos . 4 and 5 of the good start , completed , as well as three of the Salmon Cup heat was let go after a small pig to a very Salmon Cup were put in the line and after a Crum at once going ahead and running him through three fields and missing long heat a sounder broke , which produced him as he entered the same lane that had two rideable pig . first on to brought J. L. Symons the to grief . Crum was sounder . the Umpire soon pounded in the lane , and Owen Symons , who detached a nice boar therefrom . Lloyd on a had been waiting for the jink , got across the very fast pony led , but gave way to Graham lane at a gap , and having matters all to him boar jinked again into a thick cactus hedge . on a jink and the latter speared just as the self , took his time about spearing . Meanwhile No. 5 were off after another boar . semi - final of the This gentleman took them straight into the open over a pretty line of bunds , and Medli Darley KS Ranjitsinhji cott , who did all the work , eventually speared , Crum's bit breaking into two pieces . These two pig were found close to the village of Sindhraj . GUJARAT CUP . a well 4 were No. and ( spear ) KS Becharsinhji of Katosan The second DN Graham SIXTH HEAT Thakur Sabib of Katosan Salmon Cup was the last to be decided , and produced a really fine run . A big sounder , containing covert , one fine boar , broke away from the end of the and the gentleman of the party was most cleverly nursed by Moore for about half a mile through moments of the final of the Gujarat Cup , he placed himself across the well - shouted " Ware well . " The umpire did not quite catch what he had said and pulled up asking what the shouting was about ; on being told that he and his beat were r ' ding straight for shrieked : " I thought the pig was in the well , where is the pig , " and riding for the thick babul hedge surrounding the tank went on in pursuit of Thatcher , still muttering impreca tions at the interloper . Medlicott , on Result , and Sirdarsinhji , on Black Beer , got off ab solutely level after the boar , and Medlicott at once commenced to draw away . The beat was a very fast one , but straight , as the pig was not of the jinking kind , and in open country Medlicott speared and won the Gujarat Cup of 1907 before Sirdarsinhji had a shot at the boar . Medlicott is to be heartily congratulated high unjumpable cactus fences , the other two on his success ; he had worked his way into both losing the pig , but following Moore . The the final some days before that event was de pig was then driven into the open , and an cided and had been kept in suspense during Saturday was a most disappointing day , extremely pretty race followed over low scrub that peroid . His grey South African Result , a grandson of the great Ormonde , is an ideal We met at Sindhraj , close to where we had jungle with many holes , by which none of the left off on the preceding afternoon and news competitors were trapped . Just as the pig pigsticker , being very fast and able to turn was at once brought in by Dhanna of two out with any pig in the country . was reaching his point , a thick piece lying boar and two tolas , all well separated . jungle , he was nearly speared by Sirdarsinhji , The two heats of the Gujerat Cup second but jinked to the left and succumbed to round first chances were selected for the two Ranjitsinhji , all three riders being practically boar , and after a longish beat the second heat in a line at the time ; unfortunately this good got away after a nice pig . This was a really boar escaped , nobody else being near enough good gallop . Medlicott had the legs of Forbes at the time to follow him up . and was ahead most of the way , of Baria Heat disqualified SECOND DAY . of a committee was decided After the finish of the Cup meeting was held at which it that in future years , if possible , all the heats of the first chances were to be decided up to the final before any of the second chances were run off , so that should there be a scar . but in a to be decided country well fenced with big cactus hedges left Forbes ' " khala ' was in his element . tually Medlicott speared , the two being neck to neck after the boar at the time , and was just able to show blood thus winning a most exciting contest . This completed the third day's hunting and the Salmon Cup final Even- between Colonel Forbes and Ranjitsinhji of Baria , and the two semi - finals of the Gujarat Cup second chances , as well as the final of the Gujarat Cup between Medlicott and the eventual winner of the second chances . We then retraced our steps and beat at right angles to the previous direction . A SPORTING GUJARAT PIGS TICKING . A Record of Good Sport./ 1987 FIRST EAT . Lt - Col JR Forbes ( spear ) CA Beyts Alister Forbes KS Narsinhji of Katosan FOURTH HEAT . FIRST CHANCES . FIRST ROUND . SECOND HEAT . WE Crum RC Brown JL Symons TD Moore ( spear ) R R Boyd wen Symons ( sper ) Colonel Dimmock ( spear ) K S Sirdarsinhji W L Souter of Shahpura THIRD HEAT . FIRST HEAT . Owen Symons ( spear ) Captain Darley TD Moore TJ Thatcher W E Crum Captain FIFTH HEAT . FIRST HEAT . SECOND ROUND . FIRST HEAT . Lt Col J R Forbes ( spear ) Alister Forbes J L Symons H Medlicott TD Moore Owen Symons ( spear ) FINAL ROUND . H Medlicott ( spear ) Owen Symons . SECOND CHANCES . FIRST ROUND . SECOND THIRD HEAT . Captain Rudkin H Medlicott A SECOND HEAT , H Medlicott ( spear ) Lt - Col JK Forbes SECOND HEAT . W L Souter ( spear ) Captain Darley Thakur Sahib of Katosan TJ Thatcher . FOURTH HEAT . RC Brown K S Sirdarsinhji of Shahpura ( spear ) DN Graham ROUND . SECOND HEAT 76 city of pig towards the end the winner of the first chances could be declared the winner of the Cup . POINT - TO - POINT RACES . In the afternoon the Point - to - Point Races took place over a sporting course with numer ous big cactus fences . m . POLG AGE 100G |
