AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 July 1921, Page 9

AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE.

ENCOUNTER WITH WILD BOAR. Messrs. Harry and Graham Scott, of Waikare, had an unusual and distinctly exciting experience while on their way to AJf. Virgin’s run the other day. Oi reaching the boundary gate, an old and very large’ wild boar emerged from the tussocks just through the fence, and instead of rushing away as nearly all wild pigs invariably do when the course is clear and they are not pursued, slowly approached the visitors, who had neither dogs nor firearms. The situation became far from pleasant, as the horses had become frantic through fear, and the Messrs. Scott, being un able safely to turn the waggonette the road at this part being on a hill side—had to hurriedly detach th< horses from the vehicle and beat ;; retreat. Finding that neither their presence nor their shouting would induce the pugnacious brute to, leave the vicinity of the gateway, Mr. Graham Scott, by making -a detour, rode to the homestead, which was about a mile distant, for dogs and a butcher's knife. On his return he found that the boar had pursued his brother quite a considerable distance back. The dogs now came on the scene, when the pig instantly turned at bay. Amongst their number was a purebred bull-dog, who at once sprang for an car, but, missing his mark, was tossed fully 10 yards down the hillside. He, however, luckily escaped a tusk thrust, and immediately 'returned to the attack, and this time i secured an ear, which he held with •characteristic tenacity until Mr. Harry i Scott came up and quickly despatched the boar with a knife, thus terminating a most interesting “hold-up,” and removing from rhe public road a formidable and dangerous animal. The Messrs. Scott, who have done much pig-hunting, affirm that they have never before known a wild boar to be so jofelurateiy without, provoca-