Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-16
Elephant and Bull Fight.

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A combat took place at Madrid
in Spain, between the celebrated
elephant Pizarro and a wild bull
The excitement among the popu.
lace of the Spanish capital, fol
days previous to the fight, was tire.
mendous. The price of seats in
the amphithestre rose 10 a fabu'
Ious figure, and the ticket-office
was besieged by a crowd of buy.
ers, in which the mobility aud the
commonalty, the rich and the
poor, hustled each other regardless
of rank or the want of it, and on.
ly intent upon securing a place
whence to witness the strange
spectacle.
When at length the eventfnl
day arrived, the amphitheatre was
packed to Its utmost capacity
There was some by-play of the
usual bull-6ght order; but the
spectators had come for sport of a
different kind, and soon grew
clamorous for the elephant, The
barrier gates were at length
thrown wide open, and the Inn,
mense form of Pizarro was seen
slowly advancing into the ring.
To his hind legs was attached a
massive chain, the other end of
which was Immediately secured
by means of a ring to post which
had been firmly planted in the
centre of the amphitheaire This
precaution was necessary because
Pizarro was subject to violent fits
of anger, during which he was la
BILE to do a great deal of mischief.
To the intense disgust Of the
audience, the combat was very
tame. The bull was apparently
awed by the immense size of his
opponent; and Pizarro cared so
little for his antagonist that he oc-
cupied himself with picking up or
anges and cakes thrown to him
from the boxes. At length, Irrita-
ted by darts and fire-crackers, the
bull made a desperate charge;
bat, being thrown back on his
by the violence of the
shock, he could not be induced
to renew the fight. After stand
ing still few minutes, as it to
recover from his astonishment, he
skunk thoroughly intimidated, into
a corner, from which neither fire.
works nor the irritating red man.
tie could not make him stir. A
second bull succeeded in inhicting
a slight wound on Pizarro's trunk,
but, like his predecessor, soon
gave up in dispair.
The singular combat was. re-
newed the next day. with just as
tame results, The bulls were ap-
parently perplexed TO know what
to make of monster from whose
huge head they rebounded as if
they had charged against a solid
wall. After one or two attempts
they would retire, and nothing
could drive them to make another
charge. As for the elephant, he
took things in a very cool and
philosophical manner, and ATE his
oranges and drank his wine, which
was freely sent him from the box
es, with the dignity bene6tting q
monster of his importance and
prowess. But as no man was killed,
and ms none of the brute antago-
nists received a serious wound, the
gentle audience came to the con-
clusion that a bull and elephant
fight was a very tame and uninter-
esting affair. Something better
was expected of Pizarro, who is
known to be a vicious-tempeied
beast. In one of his fits of fury
he once made a raid through the
streets of Saragossa, in the course
of which one Of bis tusks was
broken. At Madrid he seemed to
look upon his antagonists as wor-