Lo sport del mondo, con illustrazioni da disegni e fotografie . d off i suoi occhi, il guinzaglio con-disegnato, e nella frazione di un secondo si hadsighted quarrv l. Il molleggio leggermente e grace-completamente al suolo si è insinuato in avanti con amazingspeed, accovacciato in basso sul suo ventre e takingadvantage di ogni ciuffo di erba e inequalityof la superficie per velare il suo approccio. Ma il vecchio doe che era stata la causa di laprima controllare era evidentemente in stato di allerta, per almostbefore l'occhio potrebbe viaggiare da ghepardo a herdit aveva preso l'allarme ed è stato spento, seguita da caccia con il ghepardo. o^

• Collaboratore: The Reading Room / Alamy Foto Stock
• ID dell’immagine: 2ANAFNE
• Dimensioni dei file: 7,2 MB (305 KB Download compresso)
• Liberatorie: Modello - no | Proprietà - no
• Dimensioni: 1868 x 1338 px | 31,6 x 22,7 cm | 12,5 x 8,9 inches | 150dpi

Altre informazioni

Questa foto è un'immagine di pubblico dominio, il che significa che il copyright è scaduto o che il titolare del copyright ha rinunciato a tale diritto. Alamy addebita un costo per l'accesso alla copia ad alta risoluzione dell'immagine.

Questa immagine potrebbe avere delle imperfezioni perché è storica o di reportage.

The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . d off its eyes, the leash with-drawn, and in the fraction of a second it hadsighted the quarrv. Springing lightly and grace-fully to the ground, it crept forward with amazingspeed, crouching low on its belly, and takingadvantage of every tuft of grass and inequalityof the surface to veil its approach. But the old doe which had been the cause of thefirst check was evidently on the alert, for almostbefore the eye could travel from cheetah to herdit had taken the alarm and was off, followed by HUNTING WITH THE CHEETAH. o^o the rest of its companions. Simultaneously thecheetah extended itself and bounded forwardwith lightning leaps and springs , but the effortwas made too late, and it had not traversed fiftyyards when, with that want of pertinacity which On this occasion there was a lordlv buck grazingsome few yards distant from its companions, which afforded the cheetah a fine opportunity.It managed to creep quite close to it before beingdiscoyered. Off went the black buck, not with * V h. WITH ONE MONSTROUS LEAP LANDED ON ITS HAUNCHES. is characteristic of the animal, it gaye up thechase and squatted sulkily on the ground untilthe keeper ran up and secured it, and after slippingthe hood over its eyes, gaye it a good scolding.He excused its failure by saying it had been toorecently fed, as the order for the hunt reachedhim after feeding time the evening before, andto ensure success the animal should be taken outfasting. It was now the turn of the second cheetah, and, after sighting another herd, exactly the same pre-liminaries of approach were gone through again. those graceful leaps and springs which it generallyaffects when first startled, but pelting along, lowto earth, scared into its utmost endeavour bv theMidden apparition of its pursuer. But it had nobetter chance than the bicycle rider who, with astanding start, has to compete with a rival whohas a flying one. In half a dozen bounds thech

Parole chiave associate all'immagine

• bookcentury1900
• bookdecade1900
• bookpublish
• bookpublisherlondon