The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-07-10

Atthe Greenland Race Course, near
Louisville, Friday, the rowdy sporting
men" had everything their own way,
and re ived many cruel, inhumsu
sports which we have deemed obsolete
in this enlightened age. In the saloon
gambling of every description was go
ipr on, while on the course fox chase
came off first followed by horse race.
Then a coon was put in an elbow-shap'
ed tunnel, to be drawn out by dogs.
Next about bushel of rats were put
into a circular cage, to be killed by
dogs. Then moustrous wild cat was
fastened to stake, by chain two feet
long, and two bull dogs successfully set
upon him. The contest with the first
dog was protrscted and doubtful, but a
door having been aeeideutly left open
a pack of fox hounds pounced upontA
cat They we're driven of. with diff
Guilty, when the second dog was brought
and after some indscisive fighting the
dog finally collared the cat and Topped
him on the ground. After which be
succeeded in fastening his teeth in the
cats neck. The cat in the meantime
made terrible havoc Of the dogs flesh
with It's long claws, and the blood pour.
ed in streams from both. At the end
of five minutes they we're with great
difficulty torn apart, and the dog was
awarded the collar. b.
A medium sized black bear was
next brought into the ring and chained
to the stake, A bull dog was set at
him. Tie bear knocked him heels over
head by strokes of his paw. The dog
retreated and it was quite time before
he could be induced to make another
attack. He finally rushed in and fast
ed his teetAiiu the bears throat while
bruin keeled over and Rugged him
fondly for time, when he commenced
scalping the dog with his fore paws,
and humping him in the ribs with his
hind feet. The dog fought the bear
gamely for ten minutes, at the end of
which time he was shockingly cut up,
and they were seperated. di 10 4
4 second dog was beaten and third
horribly lacerated. A fourth was seiz-
ed by the bear and almost ehugged to.
DEATH The dog would not let go, but
was at last taken sway. eef1l. a n
A large bull, named cRebel, was
now led into the interior Of the ring
and fastened to a stake by a rope fifteen
feet in length. One bull dog, who was
put into the ring to bait the bull, took
fright and ran of. Another dog, was
tossed by the ferocious animal, who
finally broke loose, but was recaptured,
aHd fastened by two very large ropes.
We quote verbatim, from the Courier;
the scene that followed: n
"The brindle dog, which stuck to the
bear so gamely, was then turned loose
and he went for the bull with rush.
The dog was tossed distance of from
thirty to forty feet in the air a number
of times, and badly stamped onpe or
twice. 1t was deemed advisable to
turn In another dog, which was done,
and still the bull had all the advantage,
tossing and kicking with terrible force.
Fhe third bull dog was finally turned
in, when Rebel became furious; he
leaped and lunged, throwing the dogs
altogether in the air, and kicking them
as they came down. In one of his ter
rife leaps he stamped the life nearly
out of the game brindle dog, and broke
loose again, dsrtipg into the very midst
of the large crowd behind the ropes
In his mad rush the bull tossed large
box, on which number of men were
seated and the unlucky ones were tun-
bled violently over each other in the
dust, =
The people behiud the ropes became
panic stricken, and large number Of
horses attached to buggies and car
riages took fright, throwing the whole
mass together with a terrible crash,
while all who could fed in terror. For
tunately, the rope stretched aOFoss the
track caught the horn of the bull and
brought him to his launches. AlthO'
the horses reared and lunged, MASKING
some of the vehicles, nobody. was ser
ouly hurt, but all were badly scared.
The bull was for the third time tied to
the stake, and the two dogs left fought
him gamely, one seizing his throat and
the other his nose. An English thoro'-
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
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