SHOOTINGIN INDIA
HU K'ING BIG GAME WITH A
NATIVE PRINCE.
Sport on the ereserves of H. H. tke
Jtaharajah of Rewah-Interesting
&inuseir er.ts of the Nativ ss
On Elej tant Back.
A tiger, a leopard, a couple of g d
sambur, with a possible bear, some black
buck and ravine deer if I cared to go
after them. This v my dream as I
slowly crawled along in an East India
railway "express" train in response to
a hospitable invitation from H. H. the
maharajah of Rewah to spend my
Christmas in his preserves. At Sutna
Station I found a charming rubber
tired victoria, with a fine pair of Aus
tralian horses and a snart gold-laced
c( 'hman, awaiting me; also a convey
ance : hich reminded me of a diligence
in some very out-of-the-way part of
Switzerland, with a cage fixed on top
of it; the former for my servants, the
I r'
ELEPHANT READY FOR THE CHASE
latter for my baggage. Relays of horses
were posted every six miles. and the lit
tle afternoon's drive of 30 miles was
done under the four hours,
Govinghur was my destination, and
here I found an imposing camp, as the
agent to the governor general for the
central provinces was paying his offi
cial visit to Rewah. Christmas day was
devoted to sports, which the maharajah
personally conducted on horseback, and
the event of the day was an elephant race.
The pace at which these unwieldly
loc' ing creatures lumbered along was
considerable. They were urged by the
yells and prods of the mahout, and also
by men on foot with long spears. The
beasts evidently quite understood what
was going on. and their furious dashes
at each other could hardly have escaped
being classed as foul riding.
