I believe pig-sticking, as practised by British officers in the Indian Army, was started by the Lancers (mounted soldiers with lances), providing as it did opportunities for sharpening their technique while having fun. Organised "real" sporting events included trying to pick up a wooden peg stuck in the ground while riding past at speed. The native wild pigs must have been an even greater challenge, as they naturally would run away, dodging and hiding. God, in His wisdom, even provided a target, just under the pig's tail. Yeuch!

In his comic song "I wonder what happened to him?", Noel Coward included the memorable line, "He took to pig-sticking in quite the wrong way!". I think he was talking about something different ...

Steve (oink!)