Pigsticking, ''boar-hunting,'' or ''hog-hunting'' is a form of hunting in which wild boars are pursued on horseback and killed with spears. It was popular among United Kingdom officers in India during the Victorian era. According to the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, it was encouraged by military authorities as good training because "a startled or angry wild boar is ... a desperate fighter [and therefore] the pig-sticker must possess a good eye, a steady hand, a firm seat, a cool head and a courageous heart." Pigsticking was a favorite recreation of Lord Baden-Powell, who wrote about it at length in his 1889 book ''Pig-Sticking or Hog-Hunting.'' In ''Lessons from the Varsity of Life'' he says that "I never took the usual leave to the hills in hot weather because I could not tear myself away from the sport." To those who condemned it, he said "Try it before you judge. See how the horse enjoys it, see how the boar himself, mad with rage, rushes wholeheartedly into the scrap, see how you, with your temper thoroughly roused, enjoy the opportunity of wreaking it to the full. Yes, hog-hunting is a brutal sport—and yet I loved it, as I loved also the fine old fellow I fought against." Michael Rosenthal quotes him as saying "Not only is pig-sticking the most exciting and enjoyable sport for both the man and horse as well, but I really believe that the boar enjoys it too." As of 2004 pig-sticking is still practiced in Hungary, using domestic pigs rather than wild boars. According to the website for one farm that accommodates guests, guest "can participate in the farm's everyday life: mushroom production, animal-care... Guests arriving on horseback can get their horses put in stables and given fodder to. They can also participate at a pigsticking. If needed we process the animal and the delicious parts can be taken home." See also blood sport ==External links== *[http://www.harpers.org/PigSticking.html Pig-sticking in India], 1880 magazine article *[http://www.chsscout.net/rescenter/docs/BPLit/bp-pigsticking.shtml Lessons from the Varsity of Life, Chapter 3] by Lord Baden-Powell *[http://faculty.smu.edu/bwheeler/chivalry/rosenthal.html Recruiting for the Empire: Baden-Powell's Scout Law], Michael Rosenthal. Source of quotation "the boar enjoys it too." *[http://www.champex.hu/roural.htm Hungarian farm offering recreational pigsticking] Hunting Blood sports
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Pigsticking, ''boar-hunting,'' or ''hog-hunting'' is a form of hunting in which wild boars are pursued on horseback and killed with spears. It was popular among United Kingdom officers in India during the Victorian era. According to the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, it was encouraged by military authorities as good training because "a startled or angry wild boar is ... a desperate fighter [and therefore] the pig-sticker must possess a good eye, a steady hand, a firm seat, a cool head and a courageous heart." Pigsticking was a favorite recreation of Lord Baden-Powell, who wrote about it at length in his 1889 book ''Pig-Sticking or Hog-Hunting.'' In ''Lessons from the Varsity of Life'' he says that "I never took the usual leave to the hills in hot weather because I could not tear myself away from the sport." To those who condemned it, he said "Try it before you judge. See how the horse enjoys it, see how the boar himself, mad with rage, rushes wholeheartedly into the scrap, see how you, with your temper thoroughly roused, enjoy the opportunity of wreaking it to the full. Yes, hog-hunting is a brutal sport—and yet I loved it, as I loved also the fine old fellow I fought against." Michael Rosenthal quotes him as saying "Not only is pig-sticking the most exciting and enjoyable sport for both the man and horse as well, but I really believe that the boar enjoys it too." As of 2004 pig-sticking is still practiced in Hungary, using domestic pigs rather than wild boars. According to the website for one farm that accommodates guests, guest "can participate in the farm's everyday life: mushroom production, animal-care... Guests arriving on horseback can get their horses put in stables and given fodder to. They can also participate at a pigsticking. If needed we process the animal and the delicious parts can be taken home." See also blood sport ==External links== *[http://www.harpers.org/PigSticking.html Pig-sticking in India], 1880 magazine article *[http://www.chsscout.net/rescenter/docs/BPLit/bp-pigsticking.shtml Lessons from the Varsity of Life, Chapter 3] by Lord Baden-Powell *[http://faculty.smu.edu/bwheeler/chivalry/rosenthal.html Recruiting for the Empire: Baden-Powell's Scout Law], Michael Rosenthal. Source of quotation "the boar enjoys it too." *[http://www.champex.hu/roural.htm Hungarian farm offering recreational pigsticking] Hunting Blood sports
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