Photograph of a group of three cheetahs with handlers at Baroda, Gujarat from the Curzon Collection, taken by an unknown photographer during the 1890s. Hunting with cheetahs was one of several royal sports traditionally favoured by Indian princes and continued during the 19th century. These animals belonged to the Gaekwar Sayaji Rao III (ruled 1875-1939), 12th Maharaja of Baroda.
Date 1890s
Source http://www.oldindianphotos.in/2010_07_04_archive.html
Author Unknown
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Threee_cheetahs_with_handlers_in_Baroda_in_the_1890s.jpg

The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is a large felid of the subfamily Felinae that occurs mainly in eastern and southern Africa and a few parts of Iran.