Show MADE LIVING BY CRACKING WHIPS carloa carious trad trade Disc discovered evered by the th police 1 at of Jr ranco the pax pai I 1 lice olice have recently been informed b one at af the fraternity of whip hip crackers that such a calling ex Is laa iss s and claims recognition as one of the th professions by tha tho exercise 0 ot w which hl c h men earn their livelihood in france whip crackers it appears are men who possess strong wrists and are ang ns to t crack whips all day long if if i ailred un on receipt of a suitable feo fee A 11 he hia commencement of the shooting e n when mhd proprietors of neigh 6 i ing jag deir derr esnes are not good friends the who bears III will to the other wees i a chip cracker whose duty it la Is to crack a whip so as to frighten away all the birds at the approach of the disliked sportsman and his friends the whip crackers ere are also found useful by farmers afflicted with diseased cattle which they cannot sell having engaged a they turn out the sick beasts on the most frequented highway they can find the cracker follows with his ahl whis ostensibly to guide the cattle really to drive them under the wheel wheels i of a carriage a motor car or a tram this be he does by cracking his whip at tho the critical moment so as to frighten the beasts and drive them to destruction |