Show A MEAL FOR A TIGER the ram was a fighter though and n furnished a surprise nature mature has hag made the tiger unequaled in the combination of speed strength cunning dating tind physical beauty A tigers first bounds are so rapid al af to bring it alongside an antelope and a blow of its paw will stun a charging lull it has ha been known to spring over it a wall five feet high into a cattle pen p and alid to jump back with a full grown animal in its jaws sportsmen slay say they have knonk it to carry away the bait while they were putting up the shelters from which to shoot it it Is a fact however that the tiger makes no pretense to invincible courage geas may be S seen la in the instance of one kept in the calcutta zoological gardens which was butted to death by a ram A soldier owned a fighting ram which became so troublesome it bad to be sent to the zoo there it caused so much annoyance it was decided to give it to the great tiger the tiger was so ferocious its food was let down through a sliding gra grating t in the roof of its cage the rum ram was lowered down the tiger dozing in one corner comer saw the ram descend and rising began to stretch itself the ram rain enot not knowing he be was intended to be food for the big be beast ast supposed the stretching was the signal tor for a fight stepping nimbly back to the farthest corner of the cage it put down its head and went st aught at the tiger and in a few minutes minute s butted it to td death new york press |