American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-08-29
An Exciting >cene.

| YESTERDAY afternoon about six o'clock
| n fine bay horse, attached to a light
| wagon, was being driven along Kearney
street by two men. When near Suffer
street IA small English ulldog, weighing
| eighteen or twenty pounds, made IA spring
| from the sidewalk and tried to catch the
horse by the nose. Missing him, the dog
| fell under the horses feet, and in an in
slant caught him 10y the right ore leg
| Just above the knee, where he held on
| with the grip of death. The horse reared
| and plunged and stamped The men ip
| the wagon, having all they could do to
control the animal in that crowded thor
| oughfa e, dared not attempt to ge out to
| fight the dog off Finally, with IA violent
stamp and sudden dropping to his
knees the horse shook the vicious brute
| off his leg, but in an instant he was
| caught again in the chest. Fastening
his teeth in the tough, thick hide, the
dog hung on like leech. The poor horse,
unable to shake him off, bolted across Il
low pile of lumber at the corner of SUIT
ter and kearney streets, where he was
caught by a dozen men out of the large
crowd which had assembled. Some one
ut this point raised the cry that the dog
was mad. hat was enough to keep the
crowd back and insure fair play. Not Il
soul would go near, and the horse was
several minutes left to fight it out alone.
Again and again did he shake off the
tenacious little animal, kicking and strik-
ing at him with all his fierce strength,
but in vain. He would not desist- Once
in while a hoof would hit the dog and
send him Keeling in the dus, but quicker
than lightning he would gather himself
up and again fasten his viselike fangs in
the horses flesh. "Get a club hereI'
shouted some one in the crowd " Tn
fasten that horses rheck-rein, and he'll
soon Tx him with his teeth" shouted an
other man. Keep away from him don't
touch himr don't you see he's mad?" was
again yelled out and the crowd stood
back. Once the dog sprang. and,
clasping the horses left fore-leg. just
as a young bear would climb Il
pole, fastened his teeth in and held on
The horse snorted with pain and plunged
wildly about: he reared, kicked, fell on
his knees and stamped, but still those
sharp white teeth were buried in his
flesh, and the cold, sharp eye cleaned
with tenacity and vicious hate. Finally,
some one got long club and beat the
dog vigorously over the head. He would
not let go. The n another man got club
and came TO the horses relief. fierce
| ~hack fell on the dog nose and then the
| teeth loosened and the fierce little brute
fell under the horses heels. Again he
made Il spring, but this time something
struck nm 1ull IN the lace. IL was an
| iron bound hoop, and it came with the
force of a trip-hammer Beaten sense
less, with the wind knocked completely
out of him and a leg broken, the dog went
rolling into pile OF rubbish, where his
owner picked him up and carried him
away in his arn.s.
The poor horse was completely I'M
strung. The sweat poured off him in
streams and he shook and trembled SO
that he could scarcely stand. His owner
got some rum and bathed the animals
legs. which were badly cut and lacerated,
and after a few moments he got suffi-
GENTLY quiet to be driven home The
morse is a valuable one, but. unless there
is danger of hydrophobia, his injuries are
not likely to prove serious he novel
spectacle lasted fully ten minutes and
was Witnessed by as many as 500 people
The dog is owned by mau in the employ
of the gas company. He is regular En-
gli>h bull and is said to be one OF the best
lighters on this coast. He is terribly vi
clous, and is usually kept closely muzzled,
but on this occasion he did not have his
muZZle on.-Sdn Francisco Chronicle.