Last year Madan, a well known wrestler of Gwalior, threw a challenge to the wrestlers of his district. The challenge was taken up by Harinath. A match was arranged between them on the Dussehra day.
The news of the match caused a stir I" the town. The entry was by tickets. Thousands of people gathered to see the match. My friend Mohan and I also purchased tickets, as we entered the arena we saw it was full of spectators. Every in0" of space was occupied. Many other wrestlers were present to see the match.
At 4 p.m. two wrestlers jumped into the arena. They shook hands with each other; Madan was tall, heavy and well-built. He seemed to be full of energy. Harinath was short and thin hut muscular. At first we thought that Harinath was no match for Madan. Madan seemed to be the stronger of the two.
Presently the match began. The wrestlers came to grip Madan gave a terrible push to Harinath and then wanted to pull him to the ground. But Harinath stood the push well- Though he was smaller and probably weaker he proved to be the braver and cleverer of the two. Madan soon realised that it was not easy to give defeat to his opponent. He, therefore, changed his tactics. Instead of depending upon his superior strength he began to make use of his devertricks In this way the match went on for about fifteen minutes.
The friends of the two wrestlers cheered them at every move. The crowd of spectators showed great sympathy for Harinath, perhaps because of his being smaller of Ihe two. Whenever Harinath played a good trick or drove madan into a difficult position the audience clapped and cheered loudly.
For some time if seemed as if the match would end in a draw. Both wrestlers seemed to be equally clever and strong. Both were perspiring and getting exhausted. But expectations proved false. We saw that Harinath managed to catch hold of Madan's waist from behind. He then pulled him with alt his strength and with a violent jerk threw him on the ground- Before Madan had time to gel
