Sports in Java

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This unique and interesting subject, which is bound to prove a potent feature among the scenic pictures which have preceded it on the market, depicts some of the sports indulged in by the natives of Java. Their ideas of sport, while vastly different from most people on account of certain cruelties, is nevertheless interesting, being so wide apart from anything witnessed by Americans. In the first picture we are treated to a strenuous combat between two large bucks, after which the natives show their skill in handling themselves in a friendly bout. Next is a bow-and-arrow contest, and the marksmanship with the arrow by some of the contestants is indeed commendable. Lastly is a fight between two quails, and so intense is the combat between the game little creatures that the men are compelled at times to separate them.