| Show TIGER LOOSE IN A DAIRY surprise of a thirsty bull when the big cat in ula face there was considerable excitement at mysore recently one of the maharajahs mahara jahs tigers got loose and was not recaptured for over 48 hours allowing tigers and other wild animals to escape out of confinement seems a common event in mysore during the time of the late maharajah mah arajah one got out of his cage in the menagerie and also during his fathers reign a tiger loafed all over the fort a whole day going in and out of peoples houses but strange t say ou none ot thag occasions baa anyone been injured the tiger in the present instance ia one which is kept by his highness dairy to keep away the evil eye from the cattle lie was netted for lord lansdowne to shoot when his excellency visited mysore a few years ago and is a splendid brute the dairy is a very large yard with open sheds all round in which the cattle are tied the tigers cage being close to one end and a fountain near the other the tiger got out about seven p m and calmly strolled around the place being full of cattle and people at the time ly he biad no desire whatever to taste stall fed beef or hindmo either although he passed within a few feet of the cows and the men and after examining them all quietly lay down by the fountain by nine a couple of elephants brought down the nets and a cordon was run around the preventing the tiger escaping or getting at the cattle when two rather amusing incidents occurred A cow managed to get into the yard and after shipping for some time rushe dinto a part of the net closest to te tiger and for some time struggled frantically to get loose every one fully expected that the cow would be killed finally however a number of men went out and held the wretched animal down and removed the net hardly was this over when a splendid s stud bull got over a part of the net which had fallen dowland dow nand after as the cow had done rushed right up to the fountain and dipped his noso into the water evidently lie had no idea the tiger was there or he would never have gone up in the etyle he did however after drinking he looked up when alie tiger who could not have been more than a few feet away in his face and the w ay that bull went away after that did ones heart good to see these were two grand opportunities for witnessing how the tiger seizes hie prey particularly as there were several sportsmen about but unfortunately it was not to be after worrying the poor brute for two days and two nights during which time he got into the net once he quietly walked into his cage and was shut up alie cool and indifferent way in which Bassa pali urs fossilized hunters their fearfully and wonderfully made hun dooks walked up and down past the tiger was most amusing what they would have done in the event of the tiger making for one of them it is hard to lell the claws have grown into the pads of the tiger and the wretched animal seems to be suffering great pain had it not been for this there would doubtless havo been a very different tale to tell asian |
