The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-08-18
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Nevada ,,,,rosscd It's
...anSiu.awajted fight betweeh . Of
hesr' It took place 10 t Wsner,s Onera
saturday, the 9Th inst, IN ,a it ,ear live to
House, and the bun anu n,a Vt TerTltorial En-
.a;nica that Il Ia over. Inc to,
I.gu,.s describes the scene tnus ou,aod
ferpfss nsc,o1.k the theatre was c,oWu n ns
pS ,,,n,,tos more IL was cralnmeo, shu ~
IN ~ nl.n after 3. when the sliding door OF
minutes ,r.s raised, and the bear entered
tne c"s ssna IL was jammed. The bear,
, Tue Coast. Range animal OF the CINNAMON
snecies. walked leisurety into tne n .,s'
and took up HE stand near the op;:
WIN s;,o " slidne-ga.e, by which the bull
pos pos''e to be let In. The bear was
,oudly cheered. He began smell.
inc about the door OF the bulps
stall. Gle smells the bull ~ was the cry cry.
/" IN no. ne Amt no fighter % "He smells
the bnil and wants to get at him J" S'lch
were the cries heard, and the bear sGock
began to look up. 1t was matter OF some
difficulty to get the bear away from Tue
door long enough to let the bull into the
uu", at last the bear left the door; 1t
was raised and In started the bull. NO
sooner had he entered than ne caught
e;oht of the bear coweriug at the opposite
eide Of the cage. There was just time Tor
= sl;obt hum of applause and approval,
when The large, firmIy-knit, and fierce
looking bull stepped forth and shook bus
head. and made dash at the bear anu gave
him tremendous dig With his horns,
causing the bear to utter loud roar. Inc
hear ciawed the bull about the head for
second or two and then got away.
bo e,,rll made ph8rpa the gee.
opd which much resemhled the first, but
soon after the bull charged the third time
unon the bear, when he was in q corner,
when Bruin for a short time made lively use
Of both teeth and claws, showing more tight
than at any other time during the evening.
The bear went off and got in another cor.
ner of the cage. when the bull approached
him and stood looking ut him, and paving
the ground for nearly ten minutes before ne
made another dash and jammed him against
the side of the cage. The bear claWed
little. uttered roar, and skunk away to an
other corner. The bear was evidently AFRAID
Of the bull from the moment he first caught
sight OF him.
From this time forward it was necessary
to stir the animals up TO get them together.
when there would be rush by the bull
and roar or two by the bear, and II
round was ended. Persons got upon the
roof of the den and poured blood upon the
bull, who stood paving and gazing upon
the bear. a red cloth was fastened 10 o
mole and waved about the bear. but 0Dth
animals stubbornly kept the peace. Driven
from the rear corner of the cage, Bfuln
nosted himself in Fl ont aud laid down. He
was punched with sticks, whipped with
foiIs, ard proddcd with iron bars, but ali
this only caused him to roar and strike ut
those who were tormenting him. Some one
now got upon the roof of the den, III obe.
dience TO the clamorou> cries OF Il hundred
TO "sir up the bull, J" and with Il pole stlr-
red him up.
Upon being "stirred up," instead Of
darling upon the bear, the bull made
dash upon the bars forming the front OF
. the care, causing the whole fabric to shake,
and bending one OF the large bars until
quite q gap was made. Instantly there
was a grand stampede among those seated
i'm the paruuctte-eveu in the dress circle
many rose to their feet, and some prepared
To leave. As the bull drew back his head
The man Standing on that side OF the cage
fired at him with Henry rifle. the shot
produced no visible effect SO far as the bull
was concerned, but added greatly to the
terror of those in the lower part of
the house. 1t seems that the ball
struck one of the iron bars in front
of the care, and split it, u piece
of it striking Mr.. j. p. Smith, who
was stationed on the opposite side of the
den with Henry rifle, but not hurting
him. After this the bull was let alone, and
the business of stirring up confined to the
bear, who stood it well. 1t seemed impos-
sible to get the bear upon bis feet, and
Charley Palmer, chief engineer of the show,
came forward and said that the bull had
whipped; that the bear was about dead,
and could fight no more. An immense
hooting followed. All was u confused up
roar of voices, some crying one thing and
some another. About all that could be I'M
derStood was that the "many headed mon
Ster" was icarfully angry and aWfuiiy dis
satisfied. and the fight must 60 on. The
gas was now turned off, and many left the
house. but the majority remained, there
being dim light, just sufficient to render
The arena and the forms OF the animals Vlsi-
BILE.
Chairs were thrown from the parquetse
and orchestra against the bars OF the cage,
and soon rush was made for the stage by
men CARRYING chairs and whatever else
they could get hold of, which they thought
might be used to good advantage In stirring
I'D the animals. Soon over hundred men
were upon the stage, croWding against and
beating upon the bars, regardless OF either
bull or bear. The lights were now turned
completely OUT, Dit Au"eShoo WIZ hSn'eu
in ali parts of the house by those who had
them. Ana the crowd yelled tiercely for
the house to be lighted. The gas was
turned ON. and Charley Palmer came upon
the stage. AT first he was Kissed and
booted' hut he stood his ground, and was
finally allowed to speak. He said he had
done all he could to make the animals
fight. and If the audience thought they
conld do better, they could appoint com
mittee and 20 at it. He would pay for the
gas, even though they wished to run the
fight all night. Soon a sort Of volunteer
committee began operations.
a cry for flre.crackers was at once raised,
and the cry was instantly answered by q
big package being thrown upon the stfge.
The package was opened, and man was
about to light the lot, when the pro perry.
man OF the theatre interfered, saying Ghey
would set the building on fire.. Had the
crackers gone into the den, the chances are
that both bull and bear would have come
out.
Poles armed with bayonets were nov
freely used upon both animals, aud the
crowd succeeded in getting about as many
rounds out of the animals as they had seer
before the exhibition, and being convinced
that bull and bear fighting was no grea
shake after all, they allowed the bear to &c
isded, which they never would have done
had they not been allowed to tire them
selves out with the animals. Our people
have now seen q bull aud bear fight, anf
we venture to say that they will never care
to see another. prodding the animals Il
make them fight is cruel business, ant
when seen the fight amounts to little.
A Touch MULE SToRY.-There is MAJ