The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1865-01-26
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Isdiby different lpsisoas, and farmed By
them. One summer day, | remember
9: if:it were yesterday, the hour Of noon
had arrived, and'agwup Of fun seeking
AaBass were sent out for recreation. ~
,$e5Sou a sudden the roaring of two bulls
That had bgobsB ensol their confinement
ATTRACTED our4l:tbIiop. III. Z
The beasts were not yet in sight Of
each Othef, bu! were approaching al a
rate Of speed which caused thea TO
meet near the center of the high bridge
which have described. and beneath
which ran the river between steep banks.
The mora daring of US gathered near
the bridge 10 see the anticipated fight. -
And we were not disappointed,
Nearer and nearer approached the
paving combatants. Bashan never pro
iuced two brues offercer aspect.
Presently, as they simultaneously as,
cendcd the respective obutmenls, they
Bepmc in full sight of each other Ard
they went it witha gusto. Front 10
iIout, taeir horns locked, every muscle
strained, they were fighting only as bulls
can fight. 1t seemed an even match
Now one would press back his oppo.
nent few PAGES, and then you would
hear quick, sharp, short steps, and his
adversary would press back in turn
The fight was hard, and now and then
savage. For time nei!hetgancd.
Hitherto they were pressing back each
other Iengihwise Of the bridge. On a
sudden they began TO wheel, aud in a
moment they were facing each other
Cross wise. They we're at right ongles
with the bridge, which shook with their
Irapipling aud strife,
n IL was The work Of single moment;
pc Of the beasts, however, as II con-
srious ofi!s position, made desperate
plunge forward, and PRESSED his antog
onist back, SO that there was but anoth,
er step Of the plank between him and
the water beneath,
The moment was one of intense in
tercst to us spectators, Never was the
OmphiIheater OF ancient Rome the scene
Of mo;e exciting combat. Another
step Backward; yes, the unfortunate bull
was forced to do it. Back he is pressed
aod over the bridge he goes. Such a
sight never saw, and never wish TO see
again.
Imagine large and powerful bull
pitched backward over bridge, and
tum bling thirty feet over aod over. He
turned once or twice, thought he
turned fifty times, there seemed such a
confusion of horns aud feet revolving in
the air.
Down he went-tho river was very
deep he disappeared from view,
a whrIpoolbehind him, and making
water undulato far and wide with the
conclusions Of his weight
The other beast did not laugh, be.
cause | supposed at the lime he could
not.
But we laughed and shouted our ap-
plsuse. There stood the victor, look
ing directly down into the abyss below
into which he hurried bis unIucky foe.
He stood but moment, and then, as
If frightened at the prospect, he began TO
snort and step backward.
Buthe rOtreated with his head in the
snme pugnacious attitude as when in
combat, back, still another step, and
over he went on The opposite side Of
the bridge performing just as many and
ludicrous somersets es his adversary had
done moment before,
1t was a scene to be long remember
ed, and the performance called forth
immense applause.
In about five minutes both bulls might
have been seen, well sobered by their
duckiug, and dripping wet, scratching
up tho steep banks, each one on his own
side of the river. s3Sis W
"Those bulls will never fSht again"
said boy behind me,
His prediction proved to be correct,
for two more peaceablo bulls than they