Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-07-03
6eneral Sntelligenfe.
SPORTING EXTRAORDINARY.
Cruelties Reviyed-Hat
Ixilling-COOn Drawing-Bear ana
Bull Baitfng-A Mad Bull Breaks
LOOse-Consternatio among the
From the Cincinnati Gazette

TxiIiingICoon Drawing-Bear and
Bull Baiting-A Mad Bull Breaks
Loose-Consternatio among the
Crowd.
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
At the Greenland Race Course, near
Louisville, ON Friday, the rowdy sporting
men" had everything their own way, and
revived many cruel inhuman sports which
we had deemed obsolete in this enlightened
age In the saloon, gambling of every
description was going on, while on the
course fox chase came of, followed by q
horse race. Next about a bushel OF
rats were put into circular cage
to be killed by dogs. Then a
coon was put in am elbow-shaped tunnel,
to be drawn out by dogs. Then a mon
strous wild cat was fastened to stake, by
a chain eight feet long, and two bull dogs
successively.s set upon him. The contest
with the firiEdog was protracted and doubt
ful, but door having been accidentally
left open a pack of fox hounds bounced
upon the cat They We're driven off with
difficulty, when the second dog was brought
in After some indecisiye fighting, the
dog finally Topped him on the ground, al
ter which he succeeded in fastening his
teeth in the cats neck. The cat III the
meantime made terrible havoc of the dogs
flesh with his long claws, and the blood
poured in streams from both. AT the end
Of five minutes they were with great diff
Guilty torn apart, and the dog was awarded
the collar
A medium sized black bear Was next
brought into the ring and chained to the
stake. A bull dog was set at him. The
bar knocked him heels over head by
stroke Of his paw The dog retreated,
and il was some time before he could be
induced TO make another attack. He
f.ally rushed in and fastened his teeth TO
tie bears throat, while bruin keeled over
and Rugged him iondly for time, when
he commenced scalping the dog with his
fore paws, and thumped HIM in the ribs
18th his hind feet. The dog fought the
hear gamely for ten minutes, at the end OF
Inch time he was shockingly cut up, and
tiey were separated.
The second dog,was beaten and third
Horribly lacerated. A fourth was seized by
ne bear and almost Rugged to death. The
log would not let so, but was at last taken
gay.
4 huge bull named Rebel, was now led
into the interior of ring, and fastened to
. stake by q rope fifteen feet iii length.
Cne bull dog, who was put into the ring TO
salt the bull took fright and ran off. An
other dog was tossed by the ferocious ami
nal, who finally broke loose, but was re-
captured and fastened by two very large
lopes We quote verbatim, from the Cour-
III. the scene that followed.
The brindle dog, which stuck to the bearso
7amely, was then turned loose, and he went
.or' the bull with rush. The dog WAS tos-
sd distance of from thirty to forty feet
Il the air number OF times and badly
amped once or twice. Ii was deemed adj
visible TO turn in another dog, which was
7 cali fIa hull no. ali "a aHt
tsce tossing and kicking him with terrible
force The third bulldog was finally turn
cd In, when Rebel became furious; he
laaped and lunged, throwing the dogs alto
gether in the air, and kicking them as they
came down. In one of his terrific leaps he
stamped the life nearly out OF the game
brindle dog and broke loose again, darling
into the very midst OF the large crowd be-
hind the ropes A terrific scene ensued.
In his mad rush the bull tossed a large box,
ON which a number of persons were seated,
and the unlucky ones were tumbled Violent
ly over each other in the dust.
The people behind the ropes became
panic stricken, and a large number of
horses attached to buggies and carriages
took fright, throwing the whole mass to
gether with terrible crash, while all who
could, fled in terror. Fortunately, the
rope stretched across the track caught the
horns of the bull and brought him to his
launches. Although the horses reared and
hinged, MASKING some OF the vehicles, no
body was seriously hurt but all were-badly
scared The bull was for the third time,
secured to the stake, and the two dogs left
fought him gamely, one Selling his throat,
and the other his nose. The English thor
ough-bred slut, belonging to Jack Brown,
and only weighing nineteen pounds. took
the throat hold on the bull every time, and
made the best fight. The dogs were all
shockingly cut and bruised by the goring
and stamping of the bull.
I'm the hardest part of the terrific battle
the bull was tangled in the ropes, and could
not use his legs freely. He came out OF
the fight fresh and paving the earth in de-
fiance. The bull was raised in Jefferson
county, and is we'll known for his ferocious
disposition. He is very quick, and under
stands how to fight a dog. The crowd
drew a long breath, as if relieved from
terrible suspense, when Rebel was led out
of the ring. Jack Browns brindle dog,
nineteen pounds weight, was awarded the
prize, for having made the most scientific
fight with the bull A second fox chase, at
sight, in which all the hounds were follow
ed by their owners, wound up the exhibit
ton The affair throughout was brutal in
the extreme and too cruel to be tolerated
Yet it received the countenance OF many
men of high standing, and good share of
the fair sex.