Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-10-13


stripped the bride off Cherokee, the deuc
was in himalmost instantly he made dasf
at the horse on the other side of the fence
! and by mutual consent they came heads to
gether, a seven foot plank fence bstweel
! them: ] ran up, bride in hand, and lashe.
away. hitting both over the head, but coult
I not, separate them. They reared upon th'
fence and fought across it, till. they broke
off three lanks, when Cherokee, although
on the dos n, hill side, went over to, his horse
and commenced the r.. sa,ssGi,.a9 tc aoa
!, 1st Round. Both reared upon their hind
+ feet and came to close quarters, Cherokee
catching Nimrod by the right ear, where
upon the young one, by aturn ofthe neck
got hold Of the old ones throat; this soon
/ caused Cherokee to quit his hold and break
| ing Nimrod's lock, both wheeled into
! position for scientific kicking; but neither
Amade kick. g a9.l1se@3s = s''.1 297s.i
ilda2d Round. Both came rushing to the
, scratch, reared up with evident intention Of
taking grab at each others ears; but
! Nimrod being the longest in the reach, got
| fairly on the back of the neck, and for a
while held his horse with the grasp of a
vice.. Cherokee> suddenly dropped down
uponhis knees and using his rear propellors
/, shot'ahead, breaking the young ones hold
and passing back caught him by the left
hook, and Immediately swinging round,
raised the leg up about four feet, and com
menced running round, and soon ended the
| round by throwing his horse. First throw
down for Cherokee .s5s3''. ''- i1aa !,
l. Sd Round Both came up fresh as ever,
reared up, and Nimrod caught the old 'un
! by the end of the nose, and the two, side by
SIDE, ran round the paddock, which is sew
entya yards square, Ni;n,od still retaining
his hold, Thinking this foul, and exceed
ingly anxious to put an end TO the fight.
once more triod to seperate, them. iNimrod
willingly let go his hold but Cherokee, dis
regarding several hard licks which | gave
/ him with,a ten foot hickory pole, was soon
at him for the sY
4th Round. After a few passes a ia wolf
in which pieces ofhide about the size OF the
palm Of my hand were, snapped off, they
separated for the .f.,...,.,.. -laat
| 9Th Round. This time, both came rush-
ing at each other, heads down, noses close
to the ground Each seemed to aim to
catch by the hook. Cherokee being the
quickest, got the desired hold, and immedi-
ately swung round to prevent his adversary
from getting like hold upon him, and pur-
sued his old tactics-running round until
he threw the yonng one down, but passing
too near his adyersary's head, he was
caught by the fore leg, which caused him to
| turn sommerset. 9al
9th Round. Both were uo about the
same time, but Nimrod wheeled and
"threw up his heels in token of d.feat,
and ran, Cherokee pursuing and inflictine
severe punishment upon his hips and loins
taking hide and flesh at every bite. Thus
they went Ave times round the, paddock
when the ''oid un's' wind began to fail, ant
the other gradually went away from him
which gave me chance to get between
them, and by a vigorous application of th'
hickory pole over the old ones head. sue
ceeded in driving him back into his ewu
| paddock. + ..... Ill.,. sa.... ~, sair
Cherokee, though minus several pieces 0
hide, cut about two inches long on th'
end of his nose, and the. ear about half bit
ten off, was not other wise much injured
| Nimrod was literally all cut to pieces
Every leg bore evidence of the scientific
manner in which Cherokee had used hi
teeth, in the shape. of cuts from, two to fou
inches long. Both hooks were cut tofith
bone, and he may never recover frolnoth
injury the joint has received. ,sa ofa
This is the FIRST stallion Gght eyer saw
:. and hope it may be the last. No one VIII
has never witnessed a fight between tw
Z
horses can imagine with what, savag
ferec;ty they come. together. and how still
sullenly andsbull-dog- like they fight The.
are quick as a cat, and when theylget hol
! they hold on like bulldogs They ar
strong enough in the jaw to. drag thei
adversary on the ground whendown, fea
4 which Cherokee accomplished in she abov
described fight. 10 He dragged Niinro
several feet, and that, too, by hold upo
: the hook, which is much harder feat
: accomplish than to, drag by the neck
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