The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . -« 3f:~ VaUweU |?UZ HE HAS A THOUSAND TRICKS, OF WHICH HIS FAVOURITE IS JINKING (p- ««) 13* 206 THE SPORTS OF THE WORLD. straight from first to last ; to keep your spear wellforward ; to glue your eyes on to the pig and noton the ground ; to leave your horse the duty ofavoiding holes and obstacles ; and never to losetouch of your boar no matter where he goes. At racing speed, often over the most dangerousand breakneck ground, careless of everythingexcept the first spear, the riders pelt along. But. A CHARGING BOAR IS A
The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . -« 3f:~ VaUweU |?UZ HE HAS A THOUSAND TRICKS, OF WHICH HIS FAVOURITE IS JINKING (p- ««) 13* 206 THE SPORTS OF THE WORLD. straight from first to last ; to keep your spear wellforward ; to glue your eyes on to the pig and noton the ground ; to leave your horse the duty ofavoiding holes and obstacles ; and never to losetouch of your boar no matter where he goes. At racing speed, often over the most dangerousand breakneck ground, careless of everythingexcept the first spear, the riders pelt along. But. A CHARGING BOAR IS A . . DESPERATE BRUTEENCOUNTER to overtake the pig is by no means a certain pre-lude to spearing him, for he is as cunning as a fox,and has a thousand tricks, of which Iris favouriteis jinking, or turning sharply aside as tne riderimagines he is on to him. Thus, with manya slip twixt the cup and lip, the chase keeps onuntil Fortune favours one of the huntsmen, andwith an exultant cry of First spear ! he registershis success. If the boar is well speared he will most probablvchange his tactics, and giving up flight turn tofight. And now comes the most dangerous partof the sport, for a charging boar is a cunning anddesperate brute to encounter, as manv a huntingfield, witli its unseated riders and its ripped horses,has proved. Safety Ins in pace ; a boars chargeshould always be met at the gallop. Walking, trotting, or standing are fatal. The greater thespeed with which he is met the more telling thethrust. Nearly all the accidents which occur inthe pig-sticking field
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