Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-09-01 | Page 8 | Cheetahs Trained for the Hunt

CHEETAHS TRAINED FOR THE HUNT. Trained cheetahs are used in Persia atd India In much the tame manner that hounds are used In European i-nd North American countries, ' says ihe AuKiist Popular Mechanics. The g?'me they arefused to hunt Is principally prin-cipally deer and antelope. The shee-lah shee-lah Is an animal, with black and brown spots resembling a leopard, but longer In body and limb. The Indian princes keep packs of them for the hunt. The heads of the hunting cheetahs are usually covered with a hood until wlihln 200 yarda of the game. The hoods are then removed re-moved and thd animals creep steal- . thlly towards the herd, and, having approached as near as possible, pounce upon their rey, killing with tne blow of (he paw.