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*[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/archive/201205A17.html English Howdah Pistols, ca. 1846] A howdah is a very large saddle, which was used on the back of an Indian elephant and these pistols were used in emergencies while hunting from an elephant. Antiques Roadshow Archives from the episode Corpus Christi (#1703) (USA) originally filmed August 4, 2012. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howdah_pistol Howdah pistol] Wikipedia. [http://www.acant.org.au/Articles/HowdahRifle.html Tiger Tamer: A 12-Bore Howdah Double] from the collection of Tony Orr. acant.org.au
*[http://www.kingscollections.org/servingsoldier/collection/hunting-trip-in-coimbatore-india Hunting trip in Coimbatore, India 1920] Photographs taken during Charles Foulkes' big game hunting trip, from "The Serving Soldier" collection, King’s College London
*Hog Sticking Raj Style! [http://trochronicles.blogspot.com/2010/03/hog-sticking-raj-style-pt-i.html Part I], [http://trochronicles.blogspot.com/2010/03/hog-sticking-raj-style-pt-ii.html Part II] with extracts from ''Field Sports in India 1800-1947'' by Major General J.G Elliott *[http://racingworldindia.com/horseracing/content/view/1071/114/ Pigsticking] by Major S Nargolkar (Retd) racingworldindia.com*[http://www.britishpathe.com/video/the-mutra-cup-meeting-aka-the-muttra-cup-meeting/query/cup Video: The Muttra Cup Meeting: India’s Largest Pig-Sticking Contest 1934] 1 min 33sec preview British Pathe*[http://www.pigsticking.com/history.htm Photographs: Pigsticking in India] pigsticking.com
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/indianracingremi00haye#page/n7/mode/2up ''Indian Racing Reminiscences''] by M. Horace Hayes , illustrated by J.K.Ferguson 1883 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/lettersonsporti00simsgoog#page/n9/mode/2up ''Letters on Sport in Eastern Bengal''] by Frank B. Simson, Bengal Civil Service (retired) 1886 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924024053773 ''Rifle and spear with the Rajpoots: being the narrative of a winter's travel and sport in northern India''] by Mrs Alan Gardner (Nora Gardner) 1895 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/pigstickingorhog00baderich#page/n5/mode/2up ''Pigsticking or, Hoghunting: a complete account for sportsmen, and others''] by Captain R. S. S. Baden-Powell [of Scouting fame] Illustrated by the author. 1889 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reminiscencesoft00raourich#page/n9/mode/2up ''Reminiscences of twenty years' pigsticking in Bengal''] by Raoul 1893 Archive.org
