Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-04-11

AAlG DEitaQGfA1-l
While the masses of our population were
yesterday gathered for divine worship or
virtuously rePosing at home, a fight be.
tween two dogs and Brazilian tiger drew
some eight or nine hundred men and bows
TO Arsenal park. The exhibition had been
largely advertised in the city prints. and
by immense posters on the streets. and III.
only wonder il that much greater crowd
was not attracted by the promised specta-
Gle. As It was, however, the Fifth
street cars were nearly monopolized be.
tween one and Two P. 81 by the hundreds
of "roughs'-men, women and boys-aud
gentlemen who would object to being
clAssed as ''roughs"-nll bound 10 tie
scene of excitement.
The tiger was a Verit,,ble tiger: imported
two years since from Brazil, South Amerf-
ca-Of II small, leopard like species. and
said TO be three years old. The animal
has been for several months on exhibition
at small menaSerie on the Southeast
corner of Sixth and O'FaIion streets. The
creature stood about twenty inches high,
and was some three and half feet long.
and weighed about uiuety-five pounds
The proprietor states that he purchased it
for 5000.
The dogs were bull terrier, weighing
about ffty pounds, and huge black slut,
Of mixed greyhound breed, imported from
Germany, and weighing some eighty-five
pounds. Their owner is Mr.. StumpH,
barber, billiard and beer saloon proprietor,
on Carondelet avenue, near Park avenue.
This momentous match was made some
TWO weeks ago, and the conflict was TO
have taken place last Sunday, hut was de-
ferred in consequence Of the impairment
thunder and lightning and rain on that
day. No wager was made, the parties
the hipedal, OF cOurse-expecting TO be
repaid by the fee of twenty five cents re-
quired for the admission of each visitor.
The tiger was domiciled in a cage eigh-
teen feet long, seven wide, and ten high.
This was placed upon an eligible spot,
and around it in front was built wooden
fence to keep of the crowd. At three
o'clock the dogs were led from their ken
mel TO the door Of the cage, and allowed
TO look for moment ON the enemy. The
latter erOucbed at the extreme end of its
cage, cycling them intently.
The door was raised, and they few saw
agciy in, while at the same instant the liz
ger sprang bounding to the ceiling aud
coming down upon the invaders. Their
blood and fur few terrifca!ly, but they at
once eKtricAted themselves, and both dart
ed furiOnsly toward tue foe. Sir tiger re-
ceived them With murderous strokes of his
fore paws, nearly scalping them, and tear
ing of ribbons of flesh and hide at each
blow. He finally seized the saucy terriers
jaws iu his mouth, and was crunching
them shockingly, when the slut planted
her incisors deep in bis throat Very re-
inctantly, he was thus forced to re-
lease the terrier, but the slut desperately
refused to relinquish her hold. His ut
most efforts to shake or tear her of were
uuRVailing, the terrier in tho meanwhile
having pOunced upon his back and being
engaged with the utmost enthusiasm in
gnawing through his neck from the ton.
II became plain that the poor tiger was
worsted and would probably be Killed,
hut his owner dared not attempt to draw
of the dogs. 1t was proposed to shoot
them, but this would only have transfer
red the war from the cage to the crowd.
Stumpf, however, removed the dogs
Their victim then rose, staggered a few
steps, fell, and expired.
In the excitement of the occasion, the
crowd broke through the wooden barrier
and rushed close to the iron bars of the
cage. There WAS nm Undesirable amount
of confusion and showing, and one or two
hghts among tue spectators. but none of
tue latter were seriously injured. The
contest between the brutes lasted about
half an hour.
The proprietor of the slain tiger express
es considerable remOrse for his sabbath
days work. and AYERS that he will never
participate in similar affair again on the
Sabbath. But he eherishes schemes of
conquest over that dreadful slut. Her
owner is ready to match her and another
dog against lion, aud Mr.. -, who
begs us not to mention his name, thinks he
can tiud a lion to ayenge the ill-starrcd til
ger.