Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-09-06
FeroCious and Brutal Amusement.

a correspondent OF one Of he London pa
pvrs, wiring from Madrid, July 26, gives this
account Of an entertainment, at which the
highest classes Of Spain were present:
Yesterday the Bull Citcus Of Aranjuez be-
came the theatre of spectacle worthler of the
age of the Romans OF the empire, than of the
! 18th century. Several wild beasts were intro
duced successfully to fight in the arena. The
Queen Mo.her and her family, together with
the King - Duke of Rianzares were present
i'll the roya! box The first fight was between
wo 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 bound into the circus four
powerful dogs, which III few moments re-
duced him to such pitiful state that it was
| necessary TO withdraw The wolf stood on
the detensiye-he shook off the dogs, but he
did uol attack them.
Next entered hyena against which four
DOGS were likewise looseu. One Of the dogs
distinguished himself greatly in this combat,
ard several times mastered the hyena alone,
dragging him over the ground, but he was 70
punished by the fierce bite of the wild beast,
that bis master was fain to enter the arena and
Withdraw him from the combat, amid sa vos OF
applause. The hyena was then Withdrawn IN
rather mangled condition The next wild
beast That appeared was sturdy, surly be;r
against noun were launched as many as thir-
teen dogs. The enemy was not evidently Of
more formidable kind, for the dogs were no
longer So eager to granple with the object OF
their attack, but contented themselves with
barking around him in ring, and when any
of 'he number Injured into closer Quarters,
he received a hug and bite which left hum ap-
parentIy Lteless during several seconds. The
public now loudly called for the intrepid who
had mauled the hyena. This Was the first of
the pack who dared to seize the bear with his
teeth. The others initiated his example with
less pluck, bat no effect seemed to be produced
by any OF the assailants upon the shaggy beast,
and The brayest of them seemed bati1ed by the
thickness of his coat, which deftd the grip pc
of his adversares. The last act of the specta-
Gle, was that which had more particularly at
tracted crowds bY railroad to Arau juez. The
fight was now between a lion and Il bull. The
first was one of the finest of his species. No
sooner was he loosed into the arena and espi-
ed the bull, than he made towards him at once,
ard attacked him with fury. But the Ion only
succeeded in sezng the tail Of his horned foe,
by " ~nch he clung on with his caws. The
bull, thus attacked from behind, was unable to
defend himself by his horns, but presently the
lion having bitten his tail close off to the rump,
the bull turned on him, and frantic with pain,
charged with tremendous fury, tossing the
lion, notwithstanding his size, into the air,
which so dumped the p uck OF the latter, that
it hc:ame at once clear on which side the vic
tory would be declared. The lion sat down
detected and moaning with pain, whi'e the bull
charged him several times in succession, instl-
gated by The crowd outside the grazing more
than by his own will, for as soon as the lion
was hors de consbat the bull sought no longer
to n,olest him, and would have left him alone,
but for 'he stimulation which was applied to
him by the spectators. The lion was killed.