Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus)

[Acinonyx sp.]

Description of asiatic cheetah being used to hunt from the article Newcastle Morning Herald and Miner's advocate written in 1913

THE CHEETAH
The cheetah, or hunting leopard, has
been trained in India from the earliest
times. It Is generally employed to 'hunt
the antelope, and one of the commonest
ways of procedure is as follows:-A na
tire cart is made use of. It Is drawn by
a couple of bullocks: the cart wheels
are thlck and clumsy, and groan and
creak as they turn; The noise or sight of
a cart does not annoy the antelope, for
it is accustomed to it. A cheetah shut
up in a cage is placed in the cart, which
is driven towards the haunts of the an
telope. When a herd is discovered, the
cheetah is taken out of a cage, and sits
on the seat by the side of the driver,
who puts one of his arms round the ani
mal, whose head is completely covered
with a hood. On nearing the herd, the
hood is taken from the cheetah, who,
seeing the antelopes, jumps down
creeps stealthily towards its prey, con
coaling itself as it goes behind stones
and herbage. Then, with a rush, it
bounds with marvellous swiftness upon
the nearest antelope, and strikes It down.
As a reward the cheetah is allow to
drink the blood. The cheetah differs from
most leopards by being larger in its limbs.

Its paws are very long. Reply