The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-09-24
scene. i'm tho Spanish Bu,l Circus.

The Bu,l Circus of Arapjuez lately became
the theatre Of spectacle oithier of the age
Of the Romans Of the empire than of the nine
teenth century. Several wild beasts were in
troduced successively to fight in the arena The
queen mother and her family, together with the
king and the Duke Of Rianzares, were present
in the royal box. The first 6gh, was between
wolf and several dogs. The wolf looked at
first excessively frightened, and made several
leaps to clear the lofty iron grating which sur
rounded the arena These efforts became des
perate when he saw bounding into the circus
four powerful dogs, which in a few minutes
reduced him TO such ptiiul state that it was
necessary to Withdraw him. The wolf stood
merely on the defensive-he shook off the dogs,
but did not attack them. Next entered byena,
against which four dogs were likewise loosed
One Of the dogs distinguished himself greatly
in this combat. and several times mastered the
but he was SO punfSiIcd by tho fcrce-h,tes OF
the wild beast, tha: his master was fain to enter
the arena and withdraw him from the combat,
amid salvos Of applause. The hyena was then
withdraw, in rather mangled condition. The
next wild beast that appeared was sturdy,
surly bear, against whom were launched as
many as thirteen dogs. The enemy was now
| evidently of more formidable kiud, for the
dogs were no longer eager to grapple with
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| selves with barking around him in ring \; and
when any of the number ventured into closer
quarters, he received hug and bite which
left him apparently lifeless during several
seconds The public loudly called for
the intrepid dog who had mauled the hyena.
This was the first of the pack who had dared to
seize the bear with his teeth. The others lrni-
tated his example with less pluck, but no effect
seemed to be produced by any of the assailants
upon the shaggy beast, and the bravest Of them
seemed baffled by the thickness of his coat,
which defed the gripe of his adversaries. The
last act of the spectacle was tina, which had
more particularly attracted crowds by railroad
to Aranjuez. The fight was now between a
hon and bull. The first was one of the finest
of his species. No sooner was he loosed into
the arena, and espied the bull, than he made
toward him at once, and attacked him with
fury. But he only succeeded in seiz,ng the
tail of his horned foe, by which he hung on
with his claws. The bull, thus attacked from
behind, was unable to defend himself by his
horns, but presently the lion having bitten his
tail off close to the rump, the bull turned on
him, and frantic with pain, charged with tre-
mendeus fury, toss ing the lion, notwithstanding
his size. into the air, which SO damped the pluck
of the latter, that it became at once clear Oh
which side the victory would be declared The
lion sat down detected and moaning with pain
while the bull charged him several times in
succession, instigated by the crowd outside the
grating more than by his own will, for as soon
as the lion was hors de combat, the bull sought
no longer to modest him, and would have leil
him alone but for the stimulation which was
applied to him by the spectators. The lion was
killed.