The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . THE DERBY FLYING FOX ON THE WAY TO THE COURSE.(Photo: W A. Rotich, Strand, ) lOI. IN FULL CHASE. HUNTING WITH THE CHEETAH. By HERBERT COMPTON. THERE can be few more exclusive sports thanthat of cheetah hunting, indulgence inwhich is now confined to native rajahs inIndia. The object may be described as coursingantelope with cheetahs or hunting leopards trained for the pursuit. Sir William Jones, thefamous Oriental scholar, asserts that cheetahhunting was originated bv a king of Persia aboutthe year 865, but the
The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . THE DERBY FLYING FOX ON THE WAY TO THE COURSE.(Photo: W A. Rotich, Strand, ) lOI. IN FULL CHASE. HUNTING WITH THE CHEETAH. By HERBERT COMPTON. THERE can be few more exclusive sports thanthat of cheetah hunting, indulgence inwhich is now confined to native rajahs inIndia. The object may be described as coursingantelope with cheetahs or hunting leopards trained for the pursuit. Sir William Jones, thefamous Oriental scholar, asserts that cheetahhunting was originated bv a king of Persia aboutthe year 865, but the bas-reliefs on Assyrianand Egyptian monuments discovered in recentyears suggest a much greater antiquity. It isprobable that the sport reached its zenith duringthe Mogul dominion in Hindustan, for it is re-corded that certain of the emperors kept manyhundreds of cheetahs for their amusement, whilstabout the same date we read of the existence ofhunting leopards in the establishment of some ofthe kings of France. After the capture of Seringa-patam by the English in 1799, two of TippooSultans hunting cheetahs were sent home toGeorge III., and the Duke of Cu
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