The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-11-29 00:00:00

YEOVIL.

Y.M.C. A.—The members of tills association held is
meeting at the Institution lia,l on Tueeday evening
for the discuseion of the question "Will Nagland
decline as the great uatioes of antiquity have don.
Mr. C. Tite opened in the .ffirmative and sfr. Boor-
lead Aplin followed in the negative. Both gentlemen
dealt with the subject in a clever, vigorous, and
union:wale, and were warmly oongratulated and
Several member, atomiseds yobs upoo
it,l4
emetic% bat no formal vote wee tan

ATTACKED BY 4 BULL.
A FAMES AND A LABOttliga NIABLY KILLED.
A most serious occurrence took piece last Thursday,
by which Mr. Edmund Coles, of Stone Farm, and •
Labourer, named George Snook, nearly lost their lives.
Mr. Coles exhibited a bull at the Caot.lo Cary
Agricultural Show, And was forbidden by the nutria-
tions of the Contagious Dioceses Act to remove the
animal for eight days. The bull was left in charge of
Mr. Mullins, of Ansford Park, who kindly undertook
to see it attended until the tight days had expired.
On Thursday Mr. Coles received an srder for removal,
and he went at once with his workman, George Snook,
to get the bull home. The animal showed signs of
restiveness nearly as soon as it started, and when about
200 yards en the road it suddenly wrested the leading-
poie from Snook's bands, and savagely attacked him.
The bull had been walking quietly for • few yards,
and the man was not prepared for so sudden • resist-
ance. The moment the savage animal was at liberty
the poor man was lying in the road, suffering from
a severe blow in his chest. He made an attempt to
gee away, And Mr. Cotes, who was close by, tried to
rescue him. The furious beast, however, would not
leave his vicitim until he had pinned him against •
bank. The bull now turn on Mr. Coles, and, inflicting
a blow in his stouta..h, knocked him down. Mr. Coles
got up and and was trying to get over a low wall Ole
bull at him) when a ;nen with a stonehemmer came
up and, by a well-aimed blow, knocked one of the
bull's eyes out. The animal was then caught and tied
to • tree. After the wounds bad been seen to a hake
and putt were procured and the bull was fastened to
the putt and taken back to Castle Cary and at once
killed. Mr. Coles and Snook were taken to the house
of Mr. Goukl, of Ansford, and their bruises examined
by Dr. Coombs, of Castle Cary. After some time
Mr. Coles W 24 removed to the house of Mr. Mullins,
where be remained until the next day, when he was
conveyed home in • fly sent from the Choughs HokL
Snook was also taken home to Preston. The kind
attention paid to the sufferers by Mrs. Gould and Mrs.
Mullins did much to alleviate their pain, and both
Invalids entettein hope of speedy recovery, but they
are unaulo to leave their beds yin. Dlostof the injuries
inflicted by the infuriated animal are internal. The
name by which the bull was known in " literature'
was Stamboul, and everyone who has frequented
cattle stows duriug the last three years must have seen
him a number of times. tie was four years uld and
took a second prise at the Castle Cary Exhibition.
Stamboui also won first prize at the Abingdon Show
in 1879; first at Blenheim Park; first at the Bath and
West of England at Exeter; second at the Interna-
tional Show at Kilburn; second at Stamforai third
at Shrewsbury; first at Malvern; hrst at the Coutes!
Bucks Show at Ayltiobury in 1880; and first at the
Barks show at Portsmouth.