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Title: The encyclopaedia of sport
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898 Peek, Hedley Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918
Subjects: Horses Sports Games
Publisher: London : Lawrence and Bullen
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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not, youmust try in another direction. The best partof a day can be spent in this way, often withoutsuccess, often losing the track altogether, butsometimes the track leads into a hill or thickjungle, out of which there is no track, and youknow the tiger is there. Many tigers can begot without a kill, by tracking them, and to mymind there is an additional charm in thesport where you have had to work for it. I aminformed that in the Central Provinces, the au-thorities have made a rule by which one is pro-hibited from having a beat for tiger without akill. A more vexatious and ridiculous rule itwould be difficult to conceive. ^\hen beating for tiger, the rule is not to fireat panther, bear, or other animal that may be inthe beat, for the tiger may be turned by hearinga shot in front of him, or, worse still, may breakthrough the beat and perhaps maul a man onthe way. When the beat is over, the beatersshould be paid at once on the ground ; theusual rate of pay is 2 annas (2d.) a day, and
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tiger) THE encvclop.*:dia of sport 469 double pay if a tiger is shot. They sit roundaccording to their villages, and you should paythem yourself, for otherwise it is probable theywill not get their due. A large supply of smallcoin should be taken. When the tiger is skinned, the ground wherethe skin is to be pegged out should be coveredwith wood ashes to the depth of half an inch orso, as this is a sure protection against white ants,who will destroy a skin in a few hours if theycan get at it. The skin is placed on the woodashes hair downwards, always in the shade.Wood ashes should be rubbed on the innerside, which should be left covered with the ashtill the skin is quite dry. The ashes absorb thegrease out of the skin. The whiskers becomevery brittle and and are sure to break off Theyshould be pulled out and kept if it is desired tostuff the head. The lips and ears are the partsmost difficult to clean : the ears especially shouldbe skinned down to as near the tips as possibleor the hai

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