The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-11-27
4 Tunrr Houn,s coMBAr WITH AN ELE-

4 A THREE Hours COMBAT WITH AN ELE-
PLANT. 80 Mr. Hyatt Frost, of Van Amburgh's
Menaeerie, gave us yesterday the particulars
of terrible fight with Tippoo Sahib. the j
well-known elephant, which occurred at
Connersville, Indiana. last Tuesday. The
menagerie has gone into winter quarters at
that place, and the animal is chained in
building. Tippoo Sahib is now the largest
elephant in America. He is 30 years old,
and weighs 10000 pounds The battle re-
suited from change of his keepers. Frank
Nash, his keeper for 10 years, was recently
supplanted by Charles johnson, formerly OF
Barnum's menagerie. The elephant was in
particularly bad humor with all mankind.
He would allow nobody in his quarters,
striking at every intruder with his trunk and
tusks most viclously. On Tuesday morning
last, at 10 o'clock, the combat opened. The
new keeper, with nine assistants, had fully
equipped himself with cables and chains for
tying, and spears and pitchtorks for subdu-
ing Tippoo. The first thing done was to
fasten brickbat to the end of the rope, and
throw it over the ed of the tusk chain, which
latter is fastened to one leg and one tusk.
By means of this rope, a twenty-ton cable
! chain, Formerly used to subdue the famous
Hannibal,) was slip-noosed around the tusk.
Next, an excavation three feet deep was made
under the sill of the house, and while the
elephants attention was attracted to the
other side of the room by pail of water
poured into his trough, the cable chain was
| passed through the excavation and fastened
to heavy stake outside All this time the
| Infatuated monster struck all around him
with terrible ferocity, and tugged at his
| chain with incredible momentum. The next
thing accomplished was the sharing of his
| hind legs. This was contaminated by the
singing OF fresh ropes around those two
stately pillars of elephant flesh, bone, and
muscle, and, finally, by the stealthy strategy
OF the keeper and another man, these ropes
were fastened to stumps outside. The ele-
plant was now sufficiently pinioned to allow
the order charge pitchforks " to be given.
! Ten men armed with these Ugly implements
of offence, plunged them into the rampaging
| beast, taking care, of course, to avoid pene-
trating his eyes or joints. The tenderest
spot in an elephant is just behind the fore
legs, and that locality was probed unmerci-
fully. By means of hooked spear sunk in
his back TippoO was brought to his knees,
but he surged up again with such awful
| SIreuSIu thaI He swept HIS t0rineEtOfS OH
their feet, and made his chains whistle like
fiddle strings. After an hours fighting, he
was brought down on his side, but for two
hours longer he tugged at his chains with
frenzied obstinacy. He pulled so hard at
times that his hind legs were straight out
behind him. and three feet off the ground
At the end of three hours the giant gave in
by trumpeting, which is the elephant way of
crying enough. The moment this peculiar
cry was heard the battle ceased The keep
ermade Tippoo get up and lie down num-
Der of times, and he was as obedient to the
word of command as a gentle pony. The
animal was then groomed and rubbed off
with whiskey. He allowed all manner of
liberties without so much as tapping an ear.
Hewas subjugated elephant At one stage
of the fight the dog Jack "a companion OF
the elephan) thought some of the tying
business foul play. He flew upon Johnson's
back and tried to sink his fangs into his
neck, but was pulled off and dragged out.of
the room. Jack evidently sympathized with
his big friend Cincinnati Commercial, Noe
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